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A Taste Of Your Own Medicine
When you are mistreated the same way you mistreat others.
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Antonyms Worksheet
2. Match the following words with their antonyms.
| Contraction detached join ambitious alive Exciting quarrelsome endless traditional determined |
1. to separate, not to take part in :
2. boring :
3. long form, expansion :
4. innovative :
Hugh Turvey is a British artist and photographer who uses x-ray technology to create what he calls Xograms, a fusion of visible light and x-ray imagery. I first worked with him for an assignment in the magazine and have to come to rely on his expertise when it comes to seeing the unseen. I spoke with him about his work and recent photo published in the February issue of National Geographic magazine.
X-ray of a goldfish in a bowl.
I am an experimentalist and I think in images. Since I started working with x-ray in the late 1990’s, I am constantly amazed with how little I know.” —Hugh Turvey
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Say or tell?
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Practice your English
Fill in the blanks with the words from the list.
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As soon as – However – As – Suddenly |
Gap-fill Exercise
Fill in the blanks using the words in the box below, then click the «Check» button to check your answers.
after around away down for into out over through up
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PHRASAL VERBS WITH “BREAK”
Break down = stop functioning (vehicle, machine)
Break down = get upset
break something down = divide into smaller parts
break in= force entry to a building
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25 Useful Phrasal Verbs
- Add up: sumar.
- Blow up: hacer explotar, ampliar.
- Bring up: mencionar, devolver.
- Call off: cancelar, suspender.
- Carry on: seguir, continuar.
- Come across: encontrarse con, entenderse, dar la impresión.
- Come up with: inventarse, conseguir.
- 8. Fall apart: desintegrarse, derrumbarse.
- Get along: llevarse bien, arreglárselas, prosperar.
- Get away: escaparse.
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Passive Voice
Use of Passive
Passive voice is used when the focus is on the action. It is not important or not known, however, who or what is performing the action.
Example: My bike was stolen.
In the example above, the focus is on the fact that my bike was stolen. I do not know, however, who did it.
Sometimes a statement in passive is more polite than active voice, as the following example shows: