Unit 6

Vocabulary:
• Bid: to offer to pay money for something
• Bow: inclinar-se / reverència / inclinar-se a favor d’algú
• Gang: banda de gangsters
• Ribs: costelles

Phrases with take:

• Take exception to something: to become angry or upset
• Take (no) notice of: to (not) pay attention [normally used in negative]
• Take part in: to participate
• Take the view that: to have the opinion
• Take account of something: to put everything together and sum it all [always used
with numbers]
• Take issue with: criticise and argue against
• Take second place / take a back seat: to become less important
• Take (someone/something) for granted: donar per suposat / no valorar /
subestimar / take advantage from someone or something [always used in negative
way]
• Take a stand: to become strict, hard and not be forgiving (no ser permissiu)
• Take place: tenir lloc (en referència a on es realitzarà alguna activitat)
• Take advantage of: treure profit
• Take someone by surprice: per sorpresa / sorprendre
• Take into account/consideration: tenir en compte

Adverb-participle and adverb-adjective collocations:

• Seriously ill: greument malalt
• Strongly worded: contundent escrit
• Singularly successful: particularment satisfactori
• Keenly priced: preu popular / baix / econòmic
• Widely believed: àmpliament cregut
• Carefully chosen: delicadament escollit
• Staggeringly expensive: exageradament car
• Finely grained: de gra fi
• Incredibly strong: increiblement fort
Idiom spot:
• Someone of note: someone or something that is important
• To be in tune with: to be in agreement with someone
• To be going for a song: cheap
• Have a second string to someone bow: have another skill or ability
• To settle the score: to get a revenge
• To strike the (right) chord: tocar la fibra

Modals degrees of likelihood:

» Can: used to express possibility without reference to past, present or future “He can
sound off-key at times when he sings”.
» Could, may, might: express present possibility with reference to the future, present
or past “It may/might/could be a good concert / have been a good concert”.
» May not, might not: express possibility negatively “He may/might not have bought
the album you wanted”.
» Must be/must have been, will be/will have been, should be/should have been: to
express deduction “You must be tired after your performance” / “That will be my
guitar teacher” / “She should have been able to sing at the concert”.
» Cannot, can’t, could not: used to express impossibility “It can’t be a flute”.
» Could, might: can be used to imply criticism or irritation. Intonation is very important
in carrying meaning with these modals “You might have told me you’d be coming
late”.
» Various expressions can be used to express likelihood:
o In all likelihood (+ noun): amb tota probabilitat “In all likelihood Theresa May
won’t be Prime Minister next year”.
o The chances are: it is likely “Chances are they will be late anyway”.
o It’s a foregone conclusion: so obvious you can see the conclusion happening
before it happens “the result of the election seems to be a foregone
conclusion”.
o There’s every likelihood (= in all likelihood): more or less certain to happen
“There’s every likelihood that the appointment will go through”.
o Be bound to: be sure of something “She’s bound to fail”.
o There’s a slim/faint chance: improbable “There was a slim chance of
becoming a reality”.
o It’s doubtful: improbable “It’s doubtful they will find someone”.