Archive episode 167: You voted that - Alice will make Tim make her breakfast for a week Episode 167: The phone bill Tim: Here's the mail. Helen: Another bill I bet you. Everyone ready to stump up their quarter share of the phone bill? Alice: What's t...
THE FLATMATES Quiz: Idioms: shoulder, back andneck For each of the six questions choose the correct answer. 1. She's got about not going touniversity.She thinks anyone who's been there issomehow better than she is. a. a cold shoulder b. a chip on her...
Archive Language Point 166 Idioms: shoulder, back and neck Idioms use language metaphorically rather than literally. When Tim said Alice was ' giving him the cold shoulder ' he meant she was being to be deliberately or intentionally unfriendly or rud...
Archive episode 166 : You voted that - Tim will never help Jack again in the kitchen; the work is too hard Episode 166: Holding a grudge Tim: I'm just putting the kettle on Alice. Em, fancy a brew? Alice: Humph! Tim: Is that a 'yes'? Alice: Sorry Co-...
THE FLATMATES Quiz: Kitchen vocabulary For each of the six questions choose the correct answer. 1. Empty that saucepan of vegetables into the ... to get rid of the water. a. strainer b. spatula c. hob d. lid 2. Just let the curry ...for a while, but...
Archive Language Point 165 Kitchen vocabulary Here is some vocabulary connected to cooking and kitchens. Utensils and equipment: a knife a basic, hand-held tool for cutting food a peeler a hand-held tool specially designed for removing the skin from...
Archive episode 165: You voted that - Helen's dad will make the flatmates move out during the redecoration Episode 165: Teamwork Tim: Jack, have you got a moment? Jack: What have I done wrong now? Tim: No, no, no. It's nothing like that. Can I help y...
THE FLATMATES Quiz: Thepassive For each of the six questions choose the correct answer. 1. Chocolate ...from cocoa beans. a. makes b. made c. is make d. is made 2. The telephone ... by Thomas Edison! a. not be invented b. didn't be invented c. wasn't...
Archive Language Point 164 The passive In English, many sentences use the active form of the verb. The performer of the action, or the agent, comes first and is the subject of the verb that follows. The receiver of the action is the object of the ver...
Archive episode 164: You voted that - Tim will say to Jack, 'I'm sorry, but let me know next time' Episode 164: A new bathroom? Helen: Sorry I missed your call the other week, Dad. We were out ten-pin bowling, for Khalid's birthday. Dad: Did you have...
