Speakout Unit 7 (2023) | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

English 17 Public

Vocabulary: Words and phrases related to success and failure/ Grammar: PPS-PPC

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(v): to have an influence on someone or something, or to cause a change in someone or something

affect

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(n): a time or set of circumstances that makes it possible to do something.

opportunity

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(v): become very skilled at something

master

15

(Phrase) be ambitious and successful in your or you studies

be a high achiever

15

Hi Mary. I haven't seen/ been seeing you in ages.

haven't seen you

20

Yes. We have met/ been meeting each other before.

have met

15

My brother has travelled/ been travelling around the world for the last two years.

has been travelling

15

Help yourself and enjoy. My mom has made/ been making delicious cookies

has made

15

(n) a person with original ideas about what the future will or could be like.

a visionary

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(n) a person who sets up a business or businesses, taking on financial risks in the hope of profit.

entrepreneur

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(n) idea or plan has not been considered carefully enough

a half-baked idea

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(phrase) to think about or discuss something carefully for a long time

to chew over an idea

20

(phrase) the person in a family who works to provide the money that the family needs to live on

the breadwinner

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(phrase) to keep money for a time when it might be needed unexpectedly

to save for a rainy day

20

(phrase) something that is certain to fail from the start

doomed to failure

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(ph.v): to fail to take advantage of an opportunity by doing or saying something wrong

blow it

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