Unit 1: English in the News
Improve your English through the language of the news
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Wedding Vocabulary คำศัพท์เกี่ยวกับงานแต่งงาน
wed
get married (formal)
get hitched
get married (informal)
an aisle
a long narrow space between rows of seats in a church, train, cinema etc.
walk someone down the aisle
lead the bride down the aisle towards her future husband (often the bride's father)
a stag do
a party for a man who is going to get married
a hen do
a party for a woman who is going to get married
Phrases relating to seeing and understanding - วลีที่เกี่ยวข้องกับการมองเห็นและความเข้าใจ
shed light on (something)
make sth easier to understand by providing new information
spot
see/notice something that is difficult to see or that you are searching for
can't believe your eyes/ears
surprised by what you see/hear
New Year celebrations การฉลองปีใหม่
turn out
attend or watch an event or activity
turnout (noun)
the number of people who attend an event or activity
a bash (informal)
a party
a reveller
a person who is having fun in a noisy and lively way
ring in (the new year)
celebrate the start of (the new year)
Children and social media เด็กและสื่อสังคมออนไลน์
primary school (UK)
school for children between ages of 5 and 11
secondary school (UK)
school for children between ages of 11/12 and 17/18
a pupil
a person, especially a child at school, who is being taught
self-worth
a feeling that you are a good person who deserves to be treated with respect.
de-stress
relax and stop feeling stressed
ill-equipped
without the abilities or qualities or equipment to do something
Angry expressions การพูดถึงความไม่พอใจ
be/come under fire
being criticised ถูกวิจารณ์
spark
cause the start of something (often an argument or anger) ทำให้เกิด (ข้อถกเถียง)
be fuming
be very, very angry โกรธจัด
Street Food
guesstimate
(made up of 'guess' and 'estimate')
an approximate calculation which is based on guessing. การประมาณโดยอาศัยวิธีคาดเดา
guess
การเดา
estimate
การประมาณ
peel
remove the skin/shell of fruit, vegetables, prawns or crab.
การปอกเปลือกผลไม้และผัก หรือการแกะกระดองปู หรือแกะเปลือกกุ้ง
an eatery
a place where you can eat (restaurant, cafe, street stall).
Exercise and staying young
work out
exercise to improve the strength or appearance of your body
work out
understand something or to find the answer to something by thinking about it
hit the gym
go to the gym to work out
a 20-year-old body
20-year-old is used as an adjective so the 's' is dropped and hyphens are added.
Popular on the internet
viral (adjective)
spreading very quickly to many people via the internet
a (viral) hit
something/someone that is very popular (on the internet)
go viral
quickly become very popular on the internet
an online sensation
something/someone that causes excitement or interest on the internet
Making improvements
give someone/something a makeover
make lots of changes to the appearance of someone/something
a revamp
an improvement in structure or appearance of something/someone
revamp
improve the structure or appearance of something/someone
upgrade
make something better
get/have an upgrade (on a plane)
have something that is better than what you originally had
How to talk about babies
a newborn
a child recently born
give birth
produce a baby
be born
to come out of a mother's body, and start to exist
weigh
to have a specified weight
weight
how heavy something is
How to talk about friends
a companion
someone you spend a lot of time with or travel with
bestie
best friend
BFF
best friend
a buddy
a friend
a pal
a friend
a mate
a friend