บทเรียน 12: The continuous passive
How to sound less direct and more polite!
เลือกบทเรียน
- 1Go beyond intermediate with our new video course
- 2Reported speech in 90 seconds!
- 3If or whether?
- 45 ways to use 'would'
- 5Let and allow
- 6Passive voice
- 7Unless
- 8Mixed conditionals
- 9The zero article - in 90 seconds
- 10The indefinite article - in 90 seconds
- 11The. That's right - the! Learn all about it in 90 seconds
- 12The continuous passive
- 13Future perfect
- 14Need + verb-ing
- 15Have something done
- 16Wish
- 17Word stress
- 18Different ways of saying 'if'
- 19Passive reporting structures
- 20The subjunctive
- 21When and if
- 22Inversion
- 23Phrasal verbs
- 24The future
- 25Modals in the past
- 26Narrative tenses
- 27Phrasal verb myths
- 28Conditionals review
- 29Used to - review
- 30Linking words of contrast
คำศัพท์จากบทเรียน
Session 2 - News Review
restored
made to function again
cut off
unable to access something
canal
artificial river made to transport water or boats
vulnerable
if something is vulnerable, it's easy to damage or attack
grapple
to fight (a challenge or problem)
unrest
angry or violent behaviour by groups of people during protests or disagreements
Session 3 - Lingohack
have come out
have stated publicly, have declared
recalling
(here) asking consumers to return a faulty product in exchange for a refund
caesarean
operation in which a baby is born by cutting open the mother's womb
Session 5 - The White Elephant
a shock to the system
an unexpected surprise
what on earth!
(said to show complete surprise or anger)
the shock of my life
a very big shock
jump out of my skin
very surprised or shocked
out of the blue
completely unexpected
stunned
very shocked or surprised
