VOCABULARY

New vocabulary from all the lessons:

• make (marca)

What make is your phone?

• car piece (auricolare)

You have to use the car piece while you drive.

• loudly (ad alta voce)

You shouldn't talk loudly on a mobile on public tranpsort.

• impolite/polite (non educato/educato)

My pupils are all polite.

• to dial (comporre)

I'm dialling a number.

• to text (scrivere un messaggio)

He's texting a friend to say about the party.

• hung up (riagganciare)

When you finish a phone call you hung up.

• ring tone

Now that I have the new mobile, I'm choosing a ring tone.

• calling back (richiamare)

She doesn't answer, I'll call back later.

• left message (lasciare un messaggio)
• voice mail (segreteria telefonica)

Sara's mobile isn't on, I left a message on her voice mail.

• busy/engaged (occupato)

I'm trying to call John, but the line's engaged/busy.

• switch off (spento)

You must remember to switch off your mibile when you go into a theatre.

• overweight (sovrappeso)

I'm going on a diet because I am a bit overweight.

• bald (calvo)

You probably will become bald because your father and your grandfather were bald.

• to revise (ripassare)

I must revise tonight because I have an exam tomorrow.

• to cheat (chiacchierare)

The pupils had tried to cheat in the exam.

• to fail (non superare)

My parents will be furious i f I fail this exam.

• suburbs (periferia)

Last year I moved into suburbs of London because the rents are cheaper.

• chimney (camino)

If I had more money, I'd buy a bigger house with the chimney.

• roof (tetto)

We need to repair the roof because when it rains, the water comes into the attic.

• balcony (balcone con muretto)

I went out onto the balcony to see what happening in the street.

• garage (garage)

Jim, can you put the car in the garage?

• wall (muro)

This is a traditional cottage with thick stone wall.

• gate (cancello)

You make sure the gate is closed well.

• garden (giardino)

I would like to plant colorful flowers in the garden.

• path (percorso)

The path will take you to the exit.