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Lesson 54 / Habits & rest
5 phrases · 12 minutes · Look, listen and try.
Refresh yourself, catch up on sleep and talk about sleep every day.
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I will freshen up after playing outside.
I will freshen up after playing outside.
She washed her face to freshen up before dinner.
She washed her face to freshen up before dinner.
In the lesson, it's about making yourself cleaner and more comfortable by washing or dressing up; Doesn't mean go to sleep.
I went to bed early to catch up on sleep.
I went to bed early to catch up on sleep.
We can catch up on the homework we missed yesterday.
We can catch up on the homework we missed yesterday.
Make up for the missing or unfinished part. Different from "catch up with someone" to ask for news or catch up with that person.
I nodded off on the sofa with a book in my hands.
I nodded off on the sofa with a book in my hands.
He was so tired that he began to nod off.
He was so tired that he began to nod off.
An informal way of saying to put someone to sleep, often unintentionally. The past tense is written “nodded”.
Cambridge Dictionary · nod off
My alarm goes off at seven every morning.
My alarm goes off at seven every morning.
The timer went off while I was reading.
The timer went off while I was reading.
In the lesson, the subject is an alarm or signaling device and means to start making sound. Past tense “went”.
I like to sleep in on Sunday mornings.
I like to sleep in on Sunday mornings.
We slept in because there was no school that day.
We slept in because there was no school that day.
Talking about waking up later than usual, not having to sleep inside. Past tense “slept”.
Cambridge Dictionary · sleep in
The examples were written for this course. Usage was checked against Matt Errey’s book, pages 47, 20, 90, 56, 118. A2–B1 is the course’s intended level.
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Nhi washes her face in the sink after playing outside to feel more refreshed.
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Nhi goes to bed early to catch up on missed sleep. Minh pulls a blanket over her.
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Nhi fell asleep on the chair, her head tilted down while holding a picture book.
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Nhi hears the alarm clock ringing next to her bed in the morning.
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Nhi was still sleeping when it was dawn on her day off, when Minh gently opened the door.
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Read the conversation and find the expressions you have learned.
I nearly nodded off during the film.
I nearly nodded off during the film.
You can sleep in tomorrow; there is no early class.
You can sleep in tomorrow; there is no early class.
First I will freshen up and turn off the television.
First I will freshen up and turn off the television.
“Nod off” means begin sleeping, often unintentionally; “sleep in” means sleep later than usual in the morning. Dozing in the evening differs from a late morning.
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A reader unintentionally falls asleep on a train. On her day off, she can stay in bed later than usual.
Describe the train incident.
She nodded off while reading on the train.
Falling asleep unintentionally while reading on the train is “nodded off”, rather than choosing a lie-in.
Complete: Tomorrow I can sleep ___ because I am not working.
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With no work tomorrow, she can “sleep in”: stay asleep later than usual.
Write a short plan after she reaches home.
I will freshen up and catch up on my reading later.
“Freshen up” refreshes her on arrival; “catch up on my reading” addresses reading she has missed.
The usage comparisons are checked against the Cambridge Dictionary entries linked beside the compared expressions. The additional conversations and exercises are written for this course.
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