The Flatmates episode 43 (including Video/Vocabulary)

Episode 43: Exam revision
Michal:	Oh dear I have my exam today. I'm really worried. Helen, will you practise with me please?
Helen:	You must be joking!
Michal:	Alice?
Alice:	Oh Michal, you know I'm just back from a night-shift. I'm exhausted, sorry.
Tim:	Don't worry mate, you'll be all right. Just relax, be yourself.
Michal:	But I did very bad in my practice test last week.
Helen:	I told you Michal, it's important to revise for exams but you went out every night this week.
Michal:	Yes I know but it's a speaking exam so I had to talk to people. Won't anyone help me? Thanks Bronka, that's a big help!

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Vocabulary:

 revision (noun) - British: study of information that was studied before, a change or a set of changes that corrects or improves something

 exam short for examination (noun) -the act of looking at something closely and carefully, a test to show a person's progress, knowledge, or ability

to revise for exams (phrase)  - to do special preparation for an exam, when you look back at your earlier work

practise or practice    (verb) - to do something again and again in order to become better at it

joking   (verb) - to say things that are meant to cause laughter, to make jokes about someone or something

you must be joking (verb phrase) - (you must be kidding), what you say is very surprising or hard to believe

a night-shift (noun) - a period of work that takes place during the night

to be exhausted ( adjective) -  to use all of someone's mental or physical energy, to tire out or wear out (someone) completely

mate (noun) - British: a friend

The Flatmates episode 42 (including Video/Vocabulary)

Episode 42: A raffle
Tim:	We're on our way to Deutschland, Deutschland!
Helen:	Tim, what's got into you?
Tim:	The promise of two gorgeous, free world cup tickets, that's what!
Alice:	That's fantastic. Can I go with you, please?
Tim:	No, it's a boy thing - Michal, ready for action?
Helen:	Well that's just typical! You're such a sexist, old-fashioned bore Tim. What makes you think Alice and I don't want to see the match?
Tim:	Oh-oh. OK, anything to keep the peace. Sorry Michal.
Michal:	Don't worry. Helen, how should we decide who goes with Tim?
Helen:	Oh stop trying to get on my good side - it's not working.
Tim:	Well?
Helen:	There's only one fair way - a raffle.
Tim:	OK everyone's name in the hat then.

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Vocabulary:
Deutschland - a word from the German language for Germany

promise (noun) -  a statement telling someone that you will definitely do something or that something will definitely happen in the future

the promise of something (noun phrase)  - to guarantee that you will get something

gorgeous (adjective) - very beautiful or attractive

World Cup (noun) - an international competition in a sport (such as soccer or hockey)

international   (adjective) - involving two or more countries, occurring between countries

competition (noun) - the act or process of trying to get or win something (such as a prize or a higher level of success) that someone else is also trying to get or win, the act or process of competing

ticket (noun) - a piece of paper that allows you to see a show, participate in an event, travel on a vehicle, etc.

fantastic (adjective) -  extremely good

a boy thing (phrase) - an activity that is thought of to be done in particular by boys

typical (adjective) - happening in the usual way, normal for a person, thing, or group, average or usual

sexist (noun) - unfair treatment of people because of their sex, especially, unfair treatment of women

old-fashioned (adjective) - of or relating to the past, such as a, no longer used or accepted, replaced by something more recent, using or preferring traditions or ideas from the past

a match (noun) - a contest between two or more players or teams, a game played between two teams (for example, tennis or football)

to keep the peace  (noun phrase) - to have a lasting state in which there is no war or fighting

a raffle (noun)  -  a competition where the winner is chosen at random or by chance (not on merit or skill), a contest that a group or organization uses to earn money and that involves people buying numbered tickets in exchange for a chance to win a prize

The Flatmates episode 41 (including Video/Vocabulary)

Episode 41: Tickets for lunch
Tim:	Yeah and just tidy up that display now. Oh good morning madam.
Customer:	Hello. It's nice to see you on this side of the counter for a change.
Tim:	Yes, I've been promoted. I'm an Assistant Manager now!
Customer:	Oh does your ambition know no bounds? Congratulations!
Tim:	Thank you. Now how can I help you today?
Customer:	It's more about how I can help you. I've got the option of some World Cup tickets and, quelle surprise, football bores me silly. Would you care for them?
Tim:	I'd love them! But I could never afford them.
Customer:	Well, that's where you're wrong. Just keep a gal company over lunch some time soon and they're yours for nothing...

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Vocabulary : 

tidy up (verb) - to make (something) tidy : to make (something) clean and organized

display (noun)  -  an arrangement of objects intended to decorate, advertise, entertain, or inform people about something

counter (noun) - the table or shelf in a shop that separates the shop assistant from the customers

for a change (noun) - as something different from what is usual

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

ambition (noun) - a particular goal or aim, something that a person hopes to do or achieve, a desire to be successful, powerful, or famous

bounds (noun) -  the point at which something (such as an idea or someone's behavior) stops being good or acceptable, the limit of what is correct or proper

option  (noun) - the opportunity or ability to choose something or to choose between two or more things

quelle suprise (idiom) - what a surprise

to bore (verb) - to make (someone) tired and annoyed by being uninteresting or too much the same

to afford (verb) - to be able to pay for (something)

your ambition knows no bounds (phrase) -  there is no limit to your goals or dreams

The Flatmates episode 40 (including Video/Vocabulary)

Episode 40: Right or wrong?
Michal:	You did what?
Helen:	I had to Michal. I had no choice.
Michal:	Haven't you got any morals? You know that you're supposed to stick to your friends.
Helen:	How could I? He cheated. The professor knew. She had me over a barrel.
Michal:	How you say in English? 'A friend in need is a friend indeed'? You didn't turn out to be a very good friend, did you?
Helen:	Listen Michal ...
Michal:	No, you listen for a change. You're selfish and two-faced Helen. It makes me worry about what you're saying about me behind my back. Now, leave me alone. I don't ever want to speak to you again!
Helen:	Oh no Michal!

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Vocabulary:
choice (noun) - the act of choosing : the act of picking or deciding between two or more possibilities

morals (noun) - proper ideas and beliefs about how to behave in a way that is considered right and good by most people

supposed (verb) - to believe (something) to be true

to stick to (verb) - to continue doing or using (something or somebody) especially when it is difficult to do so

idiom (noun) - an expression that cannot be understood from the meanings of its separate words but that has a separate meaning of its own, a form of a language that is spoken in a particular area and that uses some of its own words, grammar, and pronunciations

to have someone over a barrel (idiom) - to give someone no choice about what she/he will do

A friend in need is a friend indeed (idiom) - if someone helps you when you are having a problem that means s/he is a true friend 

selfish (adjective) - having or showing concern only for yourself and not for the needs or feelings of other people

two-faced (adjective) - to say one thing and then do something different. For example, to say you like someone but then gossip about her/him when she/he isn't there

behind someone's back (phrase) - if you do something behind someone's back, you do it without telling them.

The Flatmates episode 39 (including Video/Vocabulary)

Episode 39: A friend of a friend
Helen:	Well, you see, I have this friend. And, she has a problem. She saw a friend of hers doing something wrong and now she doesn't know what to do. If she reports him, he'll know it was her and probably won't ever speak to her again. But if she doesn't report him, he'll just get away with it.
Prof. Lewis:	What do you think your 'friend' should do?
Helen:	I haven't got a clue!
Prof. Lewis:	Well, you can tell your 'friend' that I'm extremely suspicious about someone's unusually high test score recently and I also overheard some very worrying comments about photocopying being 'very easy'.
Helen:	Really?
Prof. Lewis:	Yes really. Now what's your friend of a friend's name?
Helen:	It's .it's John.

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Vocabulary:

of (preposition) - belonging to, relating to, or connected with (someone or something)

to report (verb)  -  to tell someone with authority about (someone who has broken a rule, done something wrong, etc.)

probably (adverb) - very likely, almost certainly

ever (adverb) - at any time

to get away with something (phrase) - to do something wrong or illegal and not get caught or found out

clue (noun) - something that helps a person find something, understand something, or solve a mystery or puzzle, an understanding of something, knowledge about something

extremely (adverb) - very great in degree, very serious or severe

suspicious (adjective) - causing a feeling that something is wrong or that someone is behaving wrongly, causing suspicion, having or showing a feeling that something is wrong or that someone is behaving wrongly, feeling or showing suspicion

unusually (adverb) - to a great degree, in a way that is not normal or usual

recently (adverb) -  during the period of time that has just passed, not long ago

to overhear (verb) - to hear (something that was said to another person) by accident

to worry (verb) - to think about problems or fears : to feel or show fear and concern because you think that something bad has happened or could happen

comment  (noun) -  a spoken or written statement that expresses an opinion about someone or something

photocopying  (verb) - to copy  a document, picture, etc., that is made with a special machine