ENGLISH FOR INTERMEDIATE STUDENTS

“Ow!” cried Pooh. “You’re hurting!”
“The fact is,” said Rabbit, “you’re stuck.”
“It all comes,” said Pooh crossly, “of not having front doors big
enough.”
“It all comes,” said Rabbit sternly, “of eating too much. I thought at
the time,” said Rabbit, “only I didn’t like to say anything,” said Rabbit,
“that one of us was eating too much,” said Rabbit, “and I knew it wasn’t
me,” he said. “Well, well, I shall go and fetch Christopher Robin.”
1. for short
2. to hum to oneself
3. to say sth. over and over to sb.
4. to think to oneself
5. to push one’s way through sth.
6. to look in the direction of sth.
7. as a matter of fact
8. to nod to oneself
9. in a little while
10. to go and fetch sb. or sth.
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PHRASES
VOCABULARY ITEMS
1. to be – used as a link verb or as a verb to tell that sth. exists.
be about – to do, to perform. What are you about?
be after – to try to get or do. He is not after the pictures.
be away – to be gone. He was away on business.
be down – 1) to be downstairs. He is not down yet.
2) to decrease in intensity (of wind, temperature). The wind is down.
3) to be ill ~ (with). I had just been down with fever.
be in – 1) to be at home, at the office. Is she in?
2) to be exhausted, tired out. I’m all in.
be off – 1) to run away. Tom was off at once.
2) to be switched off. The brakes are off.
be on – 1) to be happening. What’s on?
2) to be in progress (strike, war, campaign, rain, etc.). The strike is
on.
3) to be shown (of plays, films). What’s on at the cinema this week?