GECKO ENGLISH

  1. a parting 2. plaits 3. a fringe 4. bunches 5. a buzz cut 6. a ponytail 7. have your hair curled 8. have your hair put up 9. have your hair straightened 10. have your hair dyed 11. have your hair bleached 12. have a perm 13. have a blow dry 14. have a shave 15. have highlights 16. have a treatment 17. have a trim We use have + object + past participle when we arrange (and usually pay ) for someone to do something for us, either because we can't or don't want to do it ourselves. Compare: I cleaned my car yesterday. (= I did it myself.) I had my car cleaned yesterday. (= I paid someone to clean it for me.) In this structure, we can also use get instead of have, e.g. I'm going to have my hair cut = I'm going to get my hair cut . If we want to say who did the work, we use by, e.g. We had our wedding photos taken by the same photographer you used. See also Hairstyles

  wingman = someone who helps or supports stage outfit = the clothing and accessories worn during a performance groove = a particular rhythm mate = (of animals or birds) to come together for breeding breed = to have sex and produce young animals generalist (species) = an organism that can feed on a wide variety of things and survive in a wide range of environmental conditions rare sight = something that is not common and is therefore interesting or valuable within earshot = near enough to hear

Quietly, and without much publicity, enormous strides (=significant progress) have been made in the past decades in the art and science of protecting, preserving, restoring, and replacing teeth. In less than 150 years, dentistry has grown from a primitive to a sophisticated profession. The resulting gains in public health have been enormous. Tooth decay in schoolchildren has dropped 32 percent in the decade of the seventies, and the proportion of children totally free of cavities (=a decayed part of a tooth) has risen almost 10 percent since 1973. Adults have benefited too: The number of denture (=a set of artificial teeth) wearers declined from 35 percent of the adult population to 24 percent in ten years. Much of this healthy progress can be credited to educational campaigns launched by the dental profession, which have heightened national awareness of the importance of healthy teeth. Oral hygiene has become almost as fashionable as jogging, and its enthusiasts would no more be caug...

Sodium . Table salt is made up of the elements sodium (Na) and chlorine (Cl) - the technical name for salt is sodium chloride. Your body needs some sodium to work properly. It helps with the function of nerves and muscles. It also helps to keep the right balance of fluids (=liquids) in your body. Sugars are a type of simple carbohydrate [ˌkɑːbə(ʊ)ˈhʌɪdreɪt]. They have a sweet taste. Sugars can be found naturally in fruits, vegetables, milk, and milk products. They are also added to many foods and drinks during preparation or processing. Types of sugar include glucose, fructose, and sucrose. Your digestive system breaks down sugar into glucose. Your cells use the glucose for energy. carbohydrate = any of various neutral compounds of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen (such as sugars, starches, and celluloses) most of which are formed by green plants Total Fat . Fat is a type of nutrient. You need a certain amount of fat in your diet to stay healthy, but not too much. Fats give you energ...

 

  hardware store = a shop selling tools, implements, and other items used in home life and activities such as gardening stroke of luck = something good that happens to you by chance somebody appears to ... = it looks like someone ... enamel = a decorative glass-like substance that is melted onto clay, metal, or glass object coating = a thin layer or covering of something insulate = to cover something with a special material so that heat, electricity, or sound cannot escape through it repel = push away alternating current = a form of electricity that regularly changes direction as it flows, and that is the form of electricity used in homes and buildings

Related to GDP, gross national product (GNP) is another important economic measure used to assess a country’s growth or depreciation . It’s an estimate of the total value of all the final goods and services produced by a country’s residents. Usually, it’s calculated by taking the sum of all personal consumption expenditures : private domestic investment, government spend, net exports, and any income earned by residents who invest overseas, away from the income earned within the country’s economy by foreign residents. Put more simply, GNP begins with GDP, adds a country’s residents’ investment income from overseas investing , and then subtracts foreign residents’ investment income which is earned within a country. depreciation =a decrease in the value of a currency relative to other currencies consumption expenditures = spending on goods and services domestic/overseas investment = a measure of the amount of money that businesses invest within their own country/a foreign country g...

  See also Car Exterior

 See also Rugby The Rugby Field

 around the clock = for an entire 24-hour day land a dream job = achieve an ideal career shift worker = an employee who works fixed hours outside or partly outside of normal working hours the letters might be declining the parcels are more than making up for it = the amount of letters may be less, but the parcels compensate it make a real go = to succeed in doing something timely gift = a gift that is given or received at the appropriate time

tackle = the equipment used for fishing, including rods, reels, lines, and bait. "Make sure you check your tackle before we head out." Synonyms : Gear, equipment. catch and release = a practice where fish are caught and then released back into the water. "We practiced catch and release today to help preserve the fish population." Synonyms : Conservation fishing. bite = when a fish takes the bait. "I felt a bite on my line but missed it." Synonyms : Strike, hit. lunker = a large fish, often considered a trophy catch. "He caught a lunker bass that weighed over 10 pounds!" Synonyms : Trophy fish, monster. limit = the maximum number of fish a person is allowed to catch in a day. "We reached our limit of trout after just a few hours." Synonyms : Quota, allowance. chumming = the practice of throwing bait into the water to attract fish. "We started chumming to bring in more snapper." Synonyms : Bait...