VocabularyLIFE EVENTS

Unit 13 Outcomes Upper-Intermediate

Pass away

• A polite way to say die

Fed up with

• Not very happy with something or someone

Rough patch

• A difficult period

Fancied

• Liked a person a lot

A run

• A period of time when things go well or badly for you

Gossip

• Talk about other people or things that are not important

Flick through

to turn the pages of a book, magazine, newspaper etc very quickly looking at some of the pages for a very short time

A jerk

OFFENSIVE someone who does stupid, annoying or unkind things

Call it a day/a night

to decide that you have finished doing something

clean-cut

a  man who looks clean and tidy looks

confrontation

Argue angrily

Suck up to

SHOWING DISAPPROVAL to be very nice to someone in authority so thatthey will treat you well

Lighten up

To become more relaxed and less worried

Lose face

to no longer impress people or be respected by them, especially byshowing that you are not in control of a situation

Lose face

to no longer impress people or be respected by 

them, 

especially by showing that you are not in control 

of a situation

flashpoint

a situation in which serious problemsare likely to develop

Steer through

 to influence the way that something happens 

Falling-out

an occasion when you have a disagreement with someone

Set out to

 to start doing or working on something in order 

to achieve an aim

Rubbing someone up the wrong way

 to do or say things that annoy someone

Coming of age

NOUN When you officially reach legal age (18 in Spain)

Naming ceremony

a non-religious ceremony for naming a child. 

A religious ceremony for naming a child is a baptism or christening.

Joyous

causing happy feelings

Straightforward birth

Simple and not problematic birth

Went into labour

The moment the baby starts coming out

Rushed to the maternity ward

Taken quickly to the department in hospital for births

In labour

The period of giving birth

Maternity leave

Time off work after the birth

Expecting another baby

pregnant

scan

Non-invasive medical ultrasound to check what’s inside the body

It’s due

When the baby is expected