It is presentation which gives a brief about learning English with fun.

1. With
Nivedita

2. Example: “he was cracking nuts
with his teeth”

3.  the softer, usu. edible part contained in the
shell of a nut or of a fruit.
 the central or most important part of
anything; essence; core

4.  reduced to or
comprising only the
basic or essential
elements of
something.
 Example:
“a bare-bones version
of the story”
“he told us only the b
are bones of the sto
ry”
 work very hard.
Example
 "Auntie can work
her fingers to the
bone, but it's Miss
Green that gets
the thanks"

5.  the most important aspects or practical
details of a subject or situation.
 Example: "let's get down to the nitty-gritty
of finding a job“
 synonyms: basics, essentials, essential part,
essence, main point, fundamental point,
fundamentals, heart of the matter, core,
nub, centre, quintessence, crux, gist, salient
point, focal point, nucleus, nuts and bolts
and the list goes on

6.  the spongy white tissue lining the rind of
oranges, lemons, and other citrus fruits.
 the essence of something.
Example: "the pith of the argument"
 Verb use of pith: remove the pith from.
Example: "peel and pith the oranges“

7.  the boring or laborious part of a job
 Example: "supervisors who get a research
student to do the donkey work“
Synonyms:
 Toil (exhausting physical labor) eg: "a life of
toil“
 Slog (work hard over a period of time) eg:
"they were slogging away to meet a deadline"

8.  Mat
 Rid
 Mad
 Mate
 Ride
 Maid
SHORT LONG

9.  if you earn the money that you use to live on
by the sweat of your brow, you earn it
yourself, by doing hard, often physical work.
 Example: A Decent hard working man, he
supported his family by the sweat of his
brow.
Tom raised these vegetables by the sweat of
his brow.
Sally polished the car by the sweat
of her brow.

11.  Toby: Are you going to the concert this Saturday?
 Claire: No. I have to work Saturday night.
 Toby: That's too bad - but maybe you can get off
a little early? It's usually pretty slow on the
weekends.
 Claire: Because it's always so slow, Tim decided
to run a skeleton crew. There are only going to
be three of us here manning the phones.
 Toby: That's too bad. Well, I'll take lots of
pictures for you.
 Claire: Thanks.

12.  Mary: Wow, the service at that restaurant was
awful!
 William: Well, they were running on a skeleton
crew.
 Mary: Really? How do you know?
 William: When you were in the restroom, the waiter
told me. Apparently, the manager fired a server
everyone liked, so all of the servers went on strike.
There was only one server for the whole restaurant
tonight, and he had to act as bartender as well.
 Mary: Then that explains why it seemed like he was
always running around but everything came out so
late.
 William: Exactly. And that's why I left him a decent
tip. I felt bad for him.

13. Sound f
Find, effort, golf,
chef.
ph
Phone, photo,
alphabet, graph.
 -ough
Enough
Exception is dough
 -augh
Laugh, laughter,
laughed
Exception are
daughter and
caught

15.  Michael: Why is Oscar so upset?
 Pam: You didn't hear? Everyone found out that
his brother is in prison, and now he's really
embarrassed.
 Michael: Why? It's not like he's the one in jail.
 Pam: True, but some people don't like others to
know about their families' secrets. And no one
likes having the skeletons in their
closet revealed.
 Michael: That's true. I would hate it if everyone
was talking about some deep, dark secret in my
family.

16.  Adviser: So, Mrs. Smith, before you run for office, I
need to know. Do you have any skeletons in your
closet? Any affairs or other dirty little secrets?
 Politician: Not that I can think of.
 Adviser: You don't have any past criminal behavior -
any laws broken that might come out?
 Politician: Like speeding tickets?
 Adviser: No, no one cares about minor things like
that. I'm talking about major things like drinking and
driving, or a hit and run.
 Politician: Nope, can't think of anything like that.
 Adviser: Good. Now let's discuss marketing...

17. X He is a main
suspect.
X The police suspect
he is the criminal.
 He is the main
suspect.
 The police suspect
he is the criminal.

18.  Context #1 – Two students are talking about
the test tomorrow in class.
 Jason: I stayed up all night studying for this test
and I still don’t feel ready!
 Celina: Really? I studied with my friends last
night and I am not worried at all about this test.
It’s in the bag.
 Jason: I don’t know how you do it, Celina.
 Celina: Well, I think it helps to study with a
group of friends because then you can learn from
each other. Why don’t you study with us before
next week’s test?
 Jason: I think I will. Hopefully, I’ll have next
week’s test in the bag!

19. Context #2 – Two people are talking about a
recent job interview
 Jose: Hello, Theo. Why do you look so nervous?
 Theo: Well, I just finished a job interview for a
position that I have wanted for a long time. The
pay is better and I can work flexible hours.
 Jose: OK. Then why are you so nervous? It
sounds like everything is good.
 Theo: When I initially applied, I was such a good
match for the position, I felt that I had the
job in the bag. But after the job interview, I’m
not so sure. They asked a lot of difficult
questions and I don’t know if I answered
everything completely.
 Jose: Don’t worry so much about things, Theo!
I’m sure you have the job in the bag. Just be
patient.

21.  Jeff: What a vacation! San Francisco was
beautiful and the weather was perfect.
 Katie: I know. It’s nice to take a break from
school and get out of town for a while.
 Jeff: Yes, but now it’s back to school. I want to
take the TOEFL test in January, so I really
have to hit the books. I don’t think I have been
studying enough.
 Katie: Don’t worry! You still have time to study.
However, I have to take the TOEFL next week, so
I have been hitting the books for the past
couple of months. No breaks for me until I take
that test.
 Jeff: Well, good luck!

22.  Jonathan: Hi teacher. I’m here because I noticed that I’m
failing this class and that I may not be able to go to the
next level. Is there anything I can do?
 Timothy: Well, the first thing you must do is hit the
books, since we have tests in a couple of days. Then, you
need to attend class every day and come on time.
 Jonathan: I know. I’m really going to try to do better. I
have just been a little lonely and homesick lately. I really
miss my family back home.
 Timothy: In addition to hitting the books, practicing and
talking to people in English outside of class will help your
studies and your loneliness. Maybe if you make more
friends to talk to in English, you won’t be as homesick.
 Jonathan: You are right. I feel lonely sometimes, so it
would be good to make more friends and go out more
often. Then, I could also learn more English. Thank you for
the advice!