Episode 99: Girl Talk

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/flatmates/episode99/index.shtml


Learning English - The Flatmates


look at sth (THINK)
look at sth (READ)
look at sth (EXAMINE)
look at sth (OPINION)

-1---------- patut dikaji- idea itu patut dikaji- 2------ semak-- saya akan cuba semak draf awak- 3---------lihat- kita harus lihat persoalan ini dari pelbagai sudut--4-------------- menimbang- saya akan menimbang cadangan itu-- 5---------- menilai-metaksir- tukang emas itu pandai menilai,mentaksir permata ini--


mess (UNTIDINESS) noun

-1------- kotor- tidak teratur-- rumah saya hari kotor dan tidak teratur- 2------------- [keadaan] kucar kacir- serabut- dia harus menyelesaikan kedaan kucar-kacir dalam pejabatnya- 3- ----------------- tidak kemas-comot- dia sentiasa kelihatan comot- 4------------------- bercelaru- sistem yg bercelaru membuatkan saya jengkel--5----------- najis-


1- [S or U] Something or someone that is a mess or is in a mess, looks dirty or untidy:

.....He makes a terrible mess when he's cooking.
........Jem's house is always in a mess.
........Go and clear up that mess in the kitchen.
........Ian can't stand mess.
.........I look a mess - I can't go out like this!
...........My hair's such a mess today!


2 - [S] a situation that is full of problems:

.........She said that her life was a mess.
.........I got myself into a mess by telling a lie.
.......The company's finances are in a mess.


ever (AT ANY TIME) adverb
at any time:

.......Nothing ever happens here in the evenings.Have you ever been to London?
........If you're ever/If ever you're in Cambridge, do give me a ring.
........He hardly ever (= almost never) washes the dishes and he rarely, if ever, (= probably never) does any cleaning.
........When there's a James Bond film on TV, I never ever miss it.
........If ever there was a cause for celebration, this peace treaty was it.
.......The smell is worse than ever.
........I thought she was famous, but none of my friends have ever heard of her.

poor (NO MONEY)
poor (BAD)
poor (DESERVING SYMPATHY)

-1------ miskin- susah- org susah,miskin - 2------------- sedikit,sgt kurang- hasil tuai tahun ini sgt sedikit- 3--------------- tidak baik- hasil kerja agak kurang baik- 4--------tidak sedap- makanan ini tidak sedap- 5-------------- tidak subur- tanah ini tidak subur- 6-------------- buruk [ cuaca] -7- ----------tidak menyeronokannya-


I didn't see it coming
I didn't realise this was going to happen. It wasn't obvious to me

see sth coming
to expect something to happen:to see that something is likely to happen, especially something bad - kami dah jangka ianya akan berlaku

.......No one else had expected the factory to close, but we saw it coming.
...... i wasn't surprised when the company closed down. You could see it coming.



down (IN WRITING) adverb
in writing or on paper: - 1--------------catat-tulis- saya sudah tulis nombor teliponnya-

.......I'll write it down now so I won't forget.
.........Do you have it down in writing/on paper, or was it just a verbal agreement?
.........I've got/put you down for (= have written that you want) three tickets each.
.............The police officers were taking down the names of witnesses.


As if! INFORMAL
said to show that you do not believe something is possible: - -------1- macamlah - masakan--- takkanlah - takkan kamu tak tahu

..........Did you get a pay rise?" "As if!"

as if/though
used to describe how a situation seems to be:----------1- seolah2 - seakan - seperti- - kepalanya terasa seakan2 di belah dua-

........She looked as if she'd had some bad news.
...........I felt as though I'd been lying in the sun for hours.They stared at me as if I was crazy.

be (down) in black and white
to be written down: -------1- secara hitam putih - saya janji kamu secara hitam putih-

.........I couldn't believe it was true, but there it was, in black and white.
.........I wouldn't have believed him capable of fraud, but there it was, in black and white.

to see it down in black and white
to read something written in a letter, book, newspaper etc.

the brunt of it
the main force of something unpleasant


bear/take the brunt of sth
to receive the worst part of something unpleasant or harmful, such as an attack -----------1- menerima bahagian yg paling hebat- -- menteri itulah yg menerima bahagian yang hebat dari serangan penentangnya

..........The oldest parts of the town bore the brunt of the missile attacks.

brunt noun
the brunt of the main force of something unpleasant:

.............The infantry have taken/borne the brunt of the missile attacks.
..........Small companies are feeling the full brunt of the recession.
............He claimed that the middle class would bear the brunt of the tax increase.


I went off on one (informal)
I became very angry and lost my temper - ---------1- tidak suka lagi - saya tidak suka lagi telur



go off sb/sth (STOP LIKING) phrasal verb
to stop liking or being interested in someone or something:

..........I went off beefburgers after I got food poisoning from a take-away.
............I went off Peter when he said those dreadful things about Clare.