A careful work on videos is a very useful tool to improve listening, to acquire vocabulary and to see how the parts of speech fit together. And best of all, to look at all these things at the same time, in context.
So here is a nice video, that teaches us essential vocabulary, in order for us to be able to participate in a discussion about the future of our country! Be a part of it! 😉
Suppose you’re on a bus/train. How do you ask the other passengers if a seat is unoccupied?
OR
Is this seat free?
OR
Is this chair/seat empty?
Is this chair/seat vacant?
Now, with the word ‘house’ or ‘apartment’:
The house has been empty for some days now. There is nobody in the house but it does not mean that you can occupy or buy it; it may be that the residents are out of town.
The house has been vacant for some days now. There is nobody living in the house and so if you want to live in it by renting or buying it, you can do so.
Yesterday Father’s Day was celebrated in Brazil.
Families gathered to enjoy each other’s company (spend time together), or to bring back memories.
We’ve already looked at Comparatives and Superlatives. And here is a video in which we can listen to them, besides the message it brings.
Did you like it? What do you think about it?
Her (object and possessive form of she) and hair (noun). Do they sound the same when you say them? If so, listen and practice!
RUN OUT OF (something) is a phrasal verb and it means to come to an end, to not have any left, e.g. gasoline, time, patience etc. [não ter mais, “ficar sem”, acabar, p.ex. gasolina, tempo, paciência etc.]
Observe sempre com que palavras o phrasal verb ‘run out of‘ combina [collocations]. O que faltou, acabou, será indicado após a preposição of.
I’ve run out of milk.
[Fiquei sem leite.]
We have run out of money.
[Ficamos sem dinheiro/Nosso dinheiro acabou.]
He never runs out of patience.
[Ele nunca perde a paciência.]
He said he ran out of ideas.
[Ele disse que as ideias acabaram.]
Unfortunately, we have run out of time.
[Infelizmente, o nosso tempo esgotou.]
They ran out of fuel/gas/petrol.
[Eles ficaram sem gasolina./A gasolina deles acabou.]
As seguintes estruturas são igualmente possíveis:
The milk has run out.
[O leite acabou.]
The time is running out.
[O tempo está acabando.]
My contract runs out next July.
[Meu contrato acaba em julho próximo.]
When does your visa run out?
[Quando seu visto expira?]
Well, I hope you never run out of energy to learn new things! 😉