COUNTDWON TO FIRST CERTIFICATE - UNIT 10 - STAND BY ME - pages 100 to 105

- Different brands supported the event

- He wasn't being careful, so he bumped into the lady.

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The man with glasses was scruffily dressed; scruffy (adj): untidy and dirty

- He was surprised with his conversation with his daughter. The surprised happened because of the age gap between them.

- blame (v)

- break up = split up

He accused people in the company of being narrow-minded workers; narrow-minded (adj)

- stand up for yourself x give in

- stand up for sth/sb: phrasal verb (also stick up for sth/sb ) to defend or support a particular idea or a person who is being criticized or attacked

- They often have rows. /rəʊ/

- fate: (n) a power that some people believe causes and controls all events, so that you cannot change or control the way things will happen

- let sb down: phrasal verb - to disappoint someone by failing to do what you agreed to do or were expected to do.

- HOW INDEPENDENT ARE YOU?

- DO YOU LIVE YOUR LIFE ACCORDING TO YOUR OWN RULES, OR DO YOU LET YOURSELF GET TALKED INTO THINGS THAT YOU LATER REGRET?