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The Flatmates episode 23 (including Video/Vocabulary)



Episode 23: New Year's resolutions
Alice:
Oh it's nearly the New Year. Has everyone got their champagne glasses ready? There's still time to think about our New Year's resolutions. Tim, you go first.
Tim:
OK, this year I'm going to work really hard and try and get promoted! What about you, cousin Michal?
Michal:
I'm going to give up fast food and be much more healthy. Helen?
Helen:
I've got to start really studying. My finals will be here before I know it. Alice?
Alice:
My resolution is to find love. I want to meet someone who's gorgeous, funny and rich! Look look, look, it's almost midnight! Let's start counting down: five, four...
All:
Three, two, one. Cheers, cheers. Happy New Year everyone!
Tim:
Marvellous..



 Vocabulary:

nearly (adverb) -not completely, almost but not quite

champagne (noun) - a French white wine that has many bubbles and that people often drink on special occasions

 resolutions (noun) - a promise to yourself that you will make a serious effort to do something that you should do

a New Year's resolution (noun) - a promise we make at New Year to improve ourselves

promote (verb) - to change the rank or position of (someone) to a higher or more important one

give up (verb) - to surrender, to abandon what one is doing or planning to do,  to desist from; stop

fast food (noun) - inexpensive food, such as hamburgers and fried chicken, prepared and served quickly

finals  (noun) - the examinations that happen at the end of a class, term, or course of study, (US) an examination at the end of a class

healthy (adjective) -  having good health, not sick or injured

gorgeous (adjective) - very beautiful or attractive

midnight (noun) - the middle of the night, 12 o'clock at night

count down  (verb) - to recite numerals in descending order, as during a countdown

 cheers (interjection) - used as a toast to wish everyone happiness,  but in British: used as an informal way to say thank you  or used as an informal way to say goodbye

interjection (noun) -  in grammar it is a spoken word, phrase, or sound that expresses sudden or strong feeling

(US) marvelous or (Brit.) marvellous  (adjective) -extremely good or enjoyable or wonderful






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