TEACHING 3 PH. V.

I hate to say it, but there seems to have been some sort of dumbing down as far as movies go (the act of making something simpler and easier for people to understand, 

especially in order to make it more popular: * American movies have dumbed down * If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you. This is the principal difference between a dog and a man * Giving up smoking is the easiest thing in the world. I know because I've done it thousands of times * To me, working out is literally like eating a meal or drinking water or breathing * Because of the chance of my being completely paralyzed again, I broke down in tears * A peaceful resolution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict will likely depend to a great extent on the economic development of a future Palestinian state * Always write your ideas down however silly or trivial they might seem. Keep a notebook with you at all times (put/take/jot down) * I usually make up my mind about a man in ten seconds, and I very rarely change it * To tell you the truth, I myself don't always show up exactly on time (myself)... (if you're stronly emphasizing it) * My theory is that if you look confident you can pull off anything - even if you have no clue what you're doing * We never really grow up, we only learn how to act in public * Drastic times call for drastic measures * I'm reading a book about anti-gravity. It's impossible to put down * Gravity gets me down (depress) / brings me down (disappoint) * If you want to get along (be friends/cope/progress), go along (1.consent, accept, 2.move, advance):1. I'll go along with the idea, even though I don't think it's a good one 2. Until yesterday, things had been going along quite nicely * I never set out to be weird. It was always other people who called me weird * It's amazing what ordinary people can do if they set out without preconceived notions

THREE WORD PHRASAL VERBS
 

I always arrive late at the office / I'm always late to work, but I make up for it by leaving early (to improve a bad situation by compensating for it somehow.  * As I was holidaying I couldn't catch up with the news (keep abreast of) * Technique is what you fall back on when you run out of inspiration (you turn to it when you are in trouble, seek help) * She has an MBA to fall back on if her acting career does not take off * A diplomat is a person who can tell you to go to hell in such a way that you (actually/will) look forward to the trip * Whenever I get fed up with life I love to go wandering in nature (When you are fed up with somebody, you are tired of them) * You must first get along with yourself before you can get along with others (have a good relationship with) * I get along/on with everybody * I get along/on fine with the press * I find it hard to get along with my mother-in-law * I couldn't get along with the French * I'm not hard to get along with * I'm easy to get along with - I'm not a diva * She put her success down to hard work (her success is the result of hard work.) * If you are on the road on a Saturday night, look out for drunk drivers (be careful, anticípate) * He looks down on his subordinates (despise) * I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals (Churchill) * People who look down on other people don't end up being looked up to * Slow down! I can't keep up with you! * I've tried to do away with lying in my life in the last few years, but it's hard * I don't know what a world would be like if you do/did away with football * I don't want to fall out with you over something so silly. (argue) * I like second chances. I've given people second chances. You have fall-outs with friends, and forgiveness is a great thing to have. It's not easy to forgive. I definitely don't forget, but I do forgive * My intuition comes up with better stuff than my head, I think (think of an idea) * Don't wait until you're in a crisis to come up with a crisis plan * We have to put up with the cold weather (tolerate, to be able to bear cos you can't do anything about it) * To put up with me, you have to be patient * It looks like you're going to have to put up with us for another four years * Americans will put up with anything provided / providing (that) it doesn't block traffic (as long as) * Technique is what you fall back on when you run out of inspiration *
It's a very complicated issue, this fame thing - I wasn't cut out for it. There are some really fantastic things about it, but it's difficult for a private person like myself.