During the week I usually stay in, do my home assignments and have a rest. But at the weekend I often go out, but quite often I also have friends for dinner, or friends just come round for a chat or we play cards, e.g. poker or bridge.
Housework
I do the shopping on Saturday. Fortunately I have a cleaner and she does most of the housework: she does my washing, the washing-up and does most of the ironing.
B. Match the definitions with the italicized words and phrases from the text.
| 1) dining hall
| 14) to succeed in sleeping
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| 2) to sleep too long
| 15) to go to bed very late
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| 3) to go to bed very early
| 16) without other people
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| 4) to stay in bed until later
| 17) to have small amounts of food
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| 5) to have a short sleep, e.g. 20-25 minutes
| 18) to do homework
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| 6) to make an effort
| 19) a teacher in higher education
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| 7) part of the academic year
| 20) to clean teeth
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| 8) to put down necessary information
| 21) to stop work or study for a meal
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| 9) to stay at home
| 22) to relax and do nothing
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| 10) to invite friends to one’s house and cook dinner for them
| 23) to leave the house for social reasons, e.g. go to the cinema or disco with friends
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| 11) to visit somebody at the house
| 24) conversation
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| 12) to buy food and clothes
13) to wash the clothes
| 25) a meeting of a group of students for tuition
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C. The text includes a number of expressions with “have + noun”, e.g. have breakfast, have a shower. Can you remember six more?
