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MY IDEAL CITY

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IDIOMS

To ask for the moon means to make unreasonable demands for things or to wish something impossible to achieve or to obtain

When you hold the fort it means that you take care of a place when the person normally in charge is away

Under the table is a phrase used to describe secretive behaviour often suggestion corruption or illegality

To horse around means to behave in a silly way, making noise and caussing disruption

When you say someone has chickened out of something you mean they have failed to do something or they haven't tried to do it because they were afraid

When you say someone is a wise old owl you mean they are very experienced in life

A night owl is someone who stays up late into the night

When you say someone is in safe hands you mean they are being cared for someone who is confident and skilled

A safe pair of hands is a similar expression it refers to someone who can be to do a good job avoiding mistakes

If someone tells you to hold your tongue it means they want you to stop talking because they don't like what you are saying

If a situation is black and white it means you have a clear opinion about it and you can easily see what you think is right and wrong

Money doesn't grow on trees means you must not spent to much money as there is a limited amount of it

Money is not object means that you have a lot of money available to spend

Let the chips fall where they may means to allow things to happen no matter what the consequences are

When you say something is as cheap as chips you mean it is very cheap

If you are chasing your tail you are very busy doing a lot of things but not achieving very much

GLOSSARY OF UNIT 7 (SOCIAL SCIENCE)

Plot: An area of land where crops are grown

Soil: The subtance on the surface of the Earth in which plants grow, produced mainly by the weathering of rock

Crop rotation: The practice of growing different types of crops in the same area in sequential seasons

Extensive agriculture: An agricultural system that uses small inputs of labour, fertilisers, and capital, relative to the area of land that is being farmed

Dryland farming: Farming in which the fields receive only rainwater

Irrigated farming: Farming in which the water from groundwater, reservoirs or rivers is brought to fields

Polycultures:  mixed farming
Monocultures: single-crop farming

Subsistence agriculture: A type of agriculture in which farmers only grow enough food to feed themselves and their families

Livestock farming: Farming bassed on rearing animals to obtain products

Housed livestock: Livestock fed with fodder in farm buildings

Rear: To care for, breed and grow animals until maturity

Fishing ground: An area of water that is used for fishing

GLOSSARY UNIT 6 (SOCIALSCIENCE)

Economic activity: the different processes involved in the production and consumption of goods and services

Economic agent: a person, group or institution involved in the economy

Goods: tangible economic products, such as food, that are usually consumed after production

Services: economic activities, such as banking or education, that are intangible

Production: an activity that provides goods and services for consumption. the production of goods combines natural resources, skills, financial investment and labour

Distribution: the marketing, delivery and sale of goods and services

Marketing: the act of researching, promoting and advertising a product or service in order to sell it

Consumption: the use of a product or service to satisfy needs or desires

Supply: availability of something of use or sale

Demand: the desire to own something in the market and the willingness to pay for it

Inflation: a rise in the general level of prices of goods and services in the economy or a decrease in value of the purchasing power of money

Profit: the monetary gain of a business after all expenses have been met

Tax: a monetary contribution to the government requires of people, groups or business

Raw material:  An unprocessed natural product used in manufacture

Telecommuting: To communicate by means of telecommunication

Employer: To engage the services of; put to work

Employee:  a person who is hired to work for another or for a business, firm, etc, in return for payment

Self-employed: Earning one's livelihood directly from one's own trade or business rather than as an employee of another

Active population: people currently employed in the production of goods and services  and the people who are unemployed or looking for their first job

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