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1.Theme【Elementary-Difficult Customer】

pharse/vacabulary	explain
still working on	not yet completed,need more time
would recommed	suggest
complimentary	free
go with	to choose,pick
grab	get quickly
fancy	nice,expensive,upscale
casual	relaxed,not dressy

2.Theme【Elementary-Calling In Sick】

pharse/vacabulary	explain
was hoping	to kindly expect
calling in sick	report that you will not go to work because you are sick
coming back	getting,acquiring
quite ill	very sick
how may I help you	Polite offer to help
make it into work	go to work
sick day	day off because you’re sick
symptom	a sign,indication

3.Theme【Daily Life-Hotle Upgrade】

pharse/vacabulary	explain
check in	register at a hotel or airport
under the name	name used for the reservation
reservation	booking
confirmation	an approval,verification
mix-up	confusion
complimentary upgrade	free improvement of quality
overbooked	full
checkout	pay and leave a hotel
concierge	hotel employee that helps guests
deluxe room	hotel room,better than standard
receipt	paper showing payment details

4.Theme【The Office-I need an assistant】

pharse/vacabulary	explain
understaffed	not enough people to do the job
the timing is jut not right	it is not a good time now
weight off my shoulders	remove pressure or stress
give me a hand	help
recruit	hire
overworked	working too much
short staffed	not enough people to do the job
overstaffed	having too many employees

5.Theme【Daily Life-Cut In Line】

pharse/vacabulary	explain
unbelievable	incredible,amazing
be a mile long	is very long
traffic jam	many cars not moving on the road
a few hours from now	soon,in a couple of hourse
from a queue	to get in line
jump the queue	cut in line
stand in line	wait in line
line up	from a line

6.Theme【The Weekend-Road Trip】

pharse/vacabulary	explain
packed	full,everything is inside
munchines	snackes,food
fill up the tank	put gas in the car
got all the bases covered	have everything ready
get going	start,leave,depart
road trip	long car trip
trunk	the luggage area of a car
rental car	a car you rent,a car you pay to borrow
highway toll	fee paid for using the highway

7.Theme【The Office-Virus】

pharse/vacabulary	explain
freeze	to stop working properly
take a look	see,revise
act up	not working propelry
be right up	go upstairs soon
browse	look,search
up to date	having all the most recent information
monitor	computer screen
corrupt file	damaged or broken computer file that can’t be opened
surf the net	look for information on the internet
web browser	computer program that allows you to go on the internet

8.Theme【Daily Life-What’s your name again?】

pharse/vacabulary	explain
around here	close to here
around the corner	on the next street
in bit of a hurry	moving quickly,having no time
contact details	information required to contact someone, i.e. telephone number,email address
slip my mind	been forgoteen
terrible with	bad at
acquaintance	someone you know,but who is not close friend
in a rush	move quickly,not have much time

9.Theme【The Weekend-Silence please!】

pharse/vacabulary	explain
inconsiderate	not thinking of the feelings of other people;not thoughtful
not such a big deal	not a big problem
keep it dowm	be quit
to disturb	to interrupt,bother,or upset
to interrupt	to speak or make noise when someone esle is speaking
to whisper	to speak very softly

10.Theme【The Office-Driving Sales】

pharse/vacabulary	explain
drive sales	increase sales
promotion	something done to make people aware of a product
concrete solutions	a real or specific solution to a problem
will never fly	will not work,will not approved
be here any mintue	will arrive very soon
brilliant	excellent
win sales	make sales sucessfully
sales cycle	the process a customer goes though when deciding to buy a product
to outsell	to sell more than others
customer loyalty	when a customer buys the same brand over and over

11.Theme【Daily Life-New Guy in Town】

pharse/vacabulary	explain
fill me in	tell me about it
weird/bizarre	strange,unusual
kick out	make or force someone leave when they don’t want to
creep me out	make me feel uncomfortable and a bit scared
you’ll never guess	phrase used to introduce a piece of news
scare the heck out of me	cause someone to feel a lot of fear
creepy	strange or scary, causeing people to feel nervous and afraid
vampire	a dead person who drinks the blood of living people
have you heard	phrase used to introduce a piece of gossip
guess what	phrase used to introduce an interesting or surprising piece of information

12.Theme【Daily Life-Cleaning the House】

pharse/vacabulary	explain
such a mess	very dirty,disordered
tidy up	put things in place,organize
spotless	perfectly clean
in the middle of something	busy doing something at the moment
chores	common house tasks
groceries	food that you buy at a store
immaculate	perfectly clean,having no dirty at all
do the laundry	wash the dirty clothes
dish detergent	soap used to wash the plates,knives,forks,bowls,etc.
tranch(AmE)/rubbish(BrE)	garbage

13.Theme【The office-Out Of Control Spending】

pharse/vacabulary	explain
through the roof	suddenly very high
off the charts	very high
expenditures	amount of money spent on something
look into	investigate,try to get information about something
revenue	amount of money paid to a business
the botton line	the net profit;the amount of money a business makes after expenses

14.Theme【Elementary-I’m in Debt】

pharse/vacabulary	explain
recession	a period of time when the ecomomy of a country is bad
hit me pretty hard	had a strong ,negative affect on me
broke	not have any money
pay back	return the money you borrowed
take out a lone	borrow money

15.Theme【Daily Life-I’m sorry,I Love you】

pharse/vacabulary	explain
explode	suddenly break apart
familiar	probably know,but not clearly remembered
coincidence	situation when two or more things happen at the same time in an unplanned way
knock over	make something fall over
love at first sight	falling in love the first time you see someone

16.Theme【Elementary-Turn left here!】

pharse/vacabulary	explain
step on it	drive a lot faster
nuts	crazy
have a fit	get very angry
cut though	quickly go past or though something that blocks you
road rage	be very angury at other drivers while driving
back street	small street that is away from the main streets
u-turn	a 180 degree turn in the car
to park	to stop the care and turn off the engine

17.Theme【Elementary-Here Comes the Bride】

pharse/vacabulary	explain
it’s about time	finally
bridesmaid	female friends or relatives who helps the bride at a wedding
aisle	a passage between sections of seats
groom	a man who is about to be married
goomsman	male friend or relative who helps the groom on the wedding day
maid of honor	female fiend or relative who acts as a witness at the wedding
best man	male friend or relative who acts as a witness at the wedding
ushers	man who help guest find their seats

18.Theme【Upper-Intermediate-Protest!】

pharse/vacabulary	explain
protest	an event where people gather together to show disapproval of something
break out	start suddently
bailout	the act of saving a company from moeny problems
injustice	an unfair situation
outrage	something thate morally wrong
mismanage	manage badly
have the nerve	dare to
placard	sign people hold at protests,usually a piece of cardboard on a stick
rally	public meeting in support or opposition of something
demonstration	event where people gather together to show that they support or oppose something
demonstrators	people who go to a demonstration or protest
opponent	a person who opposes something or someone
proponent	person who supports someone or something

19.Theme【The Weekend-Christmas Chronicles I】

pharse/vacabulary	explain
get a load of	look ata(informal)
license	official document that shows you have permission to drive a car
eggnog	traditional Christmas drink containing eggs,cream,sugar and rum
vehicle	machine use to carry people, i.e. a car or truck
step out	briefly go out of a place
take that tone	speak in that tone of voice
invoice	official document that shows you have paid for something you bought
arrest	that act of legally taking someone to jail
pout	push out your lips to show that you are unhappy
sleigh	large,open vehicle that is pulled by horses over snow or ice
handcuffs	a set of two metal rings that are used to join a persons hands together,esp. by police
prison	a building where criminals are kept as punishment
read someone’s rights	tell someone their legal rights, usually when they are arrested
DUI	driving under the infulence of alcohol or drugs
speeding ticket	a piece of paper the police give if you are diving too fast

20.Theme【Elementary - I Can See Clearly Now】

pharse/vacabulary	explain
seem to be	appears or is
struggle	try very hard
20/20 vision	perfect eyesight
far sighted	see fay-away things more clearyly than things nearby
as blind as a bat	have really poor vesion
vision	ability to see thins
blurry	not clear
prescription	a message written by a doctor that tells people what medicine to take
short sighted	unable to see things far awar(AmE)
nearsighted	unable to see things far awar(BrE)
optometrist	eye doctor
prescribe	officially tell someone to use a medicine or treatment
lenses	clear,curved piece of glass that helps people see better