Learning English

Session 1 - Exam Skills

resources
learning materials 

graded
made suitable for a particular level of learning

make the most of (someone/something)
make use of something as much as possible

Session 2 - News Review

carnage
the killing of large numbers of people or animals

poachers
people who catch and kill animals illegally to eat or sell

decimate
destroy or kill a large number

Session 3 - Pronunciation in the News

life expectancy
the length of time someone is likely to live

One syllable in life, four in expectancy: life ex-pec-tan-cy
Main stress on life: LIFE expectancy
Stress in expectancy on second syllable – exPECtancy
Phonemic transcription: /'laɪf ɪkˈspektənsi/

Session 5 - Learners' Questions

Pop out
Pop out means leave a building for a short time – possibly to run a short errand, such as buy milk or smoke a cigarette.

I'm just popping out to get some milk. I'll be back in a minute.

Pop in
Pop in means go into a building for a short time – maybe a shop to quickly buy something. 
I need to pop in this shop and buy some toothpaste.

Pop round
Pop round means to go to a place. The emphasis is that the journey there will be quick and easy.
Sarah, why won't you pop round and have a cup of tea?

Change the preposition
Remember that in some cases the preposition can change to suit the context.
I need to pop up on the roof and fix the satellite dish.
Are you looking for John? He's just popped downstairs to speak to Tim.