《Lesson 076 Hodgepodge》.pdf

The Bob and Rob Show Study Guide Lesson 76: Hodgepodge date: March 10, 2007 file name: bobrob 03- 10-07 Show notes Today we had the regular phrasal verb and idiom sections as well as ‘Both Sides of the Pond’. We also invited Bubba back to provide some humor (Rob spells it ‘humour’)  Phrasal Verbs and Idioms to miss out (on something) To lose a chance to gain from something or enjoy oneself by not participating e.g: He just missed out on a new world record. “to miss something/somebody out” To not include something/somebody either by accident or on purpose e.g: Hey, you’ve missed out Fred, don’t forget Fred. (we can also say “leave someone out”). Idioms: 1) “to be on the mend” To be recovering after an illness or injury e.g: Rob is finally on the mend after breaking his leg. 2) “mend (your) fences (with somebody)l” To find a solution to a disagreement with someone e.g: Let’s hope that the estranged sisters can mend their fences. Bonus Idiom: “mend your ways” To improve your behavior or lifestyle and so on e.g: If those kids don’t mend their ways, they’ll end up in jail for sure. Joke A Superman joke from good ol’ Bubba. Ancient Japanese Study Secret Quantifiers: Little and few One of the tips we mentioned today was that few is used after personal pronouns whereas little is not. Look at some more rules concerning little/few here and try some of the exercises on the link at the top: .uk/grammar/archive/little_few01.html 1 Both Sides of the Pond We dealt with some pronunciation/stress differences this week: (US) ame’nity (UK) amenity (US) anchovy (UK) anchovy (US) anti /antai/ (UK) anti /anti/ (US) apparatus (UK) appara/y/tus (US) aristocrat (UK) aristocrat EXTRA: (US) asphalt /asfault/ (UK) asphalt /asfelt/ Song Superman, I Wish I Was You by Molly and Sonny Boy. See more at Show transcript BOB Hey, hey, hey, its the Bob and Rob Show again, again, and again. ROB Ar