Monday 31st March
Look at the following expressions, match them to their meaning.
  
Light at the end of the tunnel         understand that you have been wrong
Keep someone in the dark              a mysterious person
Make light of something                 keep a secret from someone
Go out like a light                          not take something seriously
A dark horse                                   fall asleep at once
See the light                                      [...]

Clocks go forward this weekend so we are short one hours sleep.

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Friday 28th March, 2008
  
You are a journalist for a major newspaper.
 
Write a short article for the paper about why people should learn other languages no matter what their job is.

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Thursday 27th March, 2008
More vocabulary
What do these words mean, they are all to do with the law.
Blackmail  – to try to get money from someone because you know something about them they would like to keep secret
Manslaughter – To kill someone by accident
Libel – To write something about someone that is not true
Arson -  To [...]

  
Wednesday 26th March, 2008
 
What do the following expressions mean? Use a dictionary to help you.
A law unto oneself.  -  someone who is a law unto himself does what he thinks is right.
Above the law. – The law does not apply to this person.
The letter of the law – This is the exact meaning of the [...]

Tuesday 25th March
 Back to work.
Look at the following sentences, some of these sentences have a mistake.
If the sentence is correct, write correct. If the sentence is not correct then correct it.

Please don’t phone me between 8 am and 9am, we will be having have a meeting.
Phone me after 10.30 we will have finished finishing [...]

Back to work.
Look at the following sentences, some of these sentences have a mistake.
If the sentence is correct, write correct. If the sentence is not correct then correct it.
 

Please don’t phone me between 8 am and 9am, we will have a meeting.
Phone me after 10.30 we will have finishing the meeting by then.
Tom is [...]

I hope the weather is making it possible for you to enjoy your Easter weekend

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   We wish you a Happy Easter

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Thursday 20th March 2008
 
Answers
 
Opposites
 
Complete the spaces with the opposite of the underlined word.
 

Dig a deep this is a big tree the roots should not be too shallow.
Raise your hand to answer the question , then lower your hand.
Stress is very natural when you do this kind of job but you must relax at weekends.
These are [...]

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