Leftover a: that has not been eaten or used during a meal: leftover meatloaf Leftovers n To halve /hæv/: to divide something into two equal parts, or to reduce something to half of its o[r]
(1)English 12 – Unit – HOME LIFE Vocabulary A SPEAKING Night shift To work on shift Biologist (n) /bɑɪˈ ɑl·ə·dʒɪst/: a scientist who studies the natural processes of living things Lab (n): short form of laboratory “Men build the house and women make it home” To join hands Caring (a): thoughtful To take responsibility Eel (n) /il/: a long, thin fish, some types of which are eaten Chore (n) /tʃɔr/: a job or piece of work that needs to be done regularly: By the time he’d finished all the household chores it was mid-afternoon Mischievous (a) / ˈ mɪs·tʃə·vəs/: (of behavior) slightly annoying or slightly bad, esp in a playful way Obedient (a) /oʊˈ bid·i·ənt/: doing or willing to what you have been asked or ordered to by someone in authority To mend: to fix Close-knit (n) /ˈ kloʊsnɪt/: involving groups of people in which everyone supports each other To support – supportive To take out the garbage To come up: to be mentioned or talked about in conversation Frankly (adv) /ˈ fræŋk·li/: in an honest, sincere, and truthful way, even when this might make other people uncomfortable: E.g She spoke frankly about her troubled marriage Separate /ˈ sep·ər·ət./ (a) – separately (adv): existing or happening independently or in a different physical space: E.g The middle school and the high school are in two separate buildings B–C-E To spread out: to cover a larger area E.g Dark clouds began to spread out across the sky Leftover (a): that has not been eaten or used during a meal: leftover meatloaf Leftovers (n) To halve /hæv/: to divide something into two equal parts, or to reduce something to half of its original size, number, or degree: E.g The doctor decided to halve the dose of the drug (2)