PHRASAL VERB

Keep up with → Understand sth changing fast

Come across → Find by chance
Look into → Investigate, find out more
Stand by → Support someone who’s in difficulty
Cut down on → Reduce
Set off → Leave
Take part → Participate
Put off → Discourage

LINKING WORDS
Despite the fact that = Even though = Despite = Although → Tot i que

Structure
Despite the fact that + Subject + Verb
→ Despite the fact that he is kind, I can’t love him
Despite + noun / V-ing
→ Despite studying hard, I won’t get a high grade
→ Despite him kindness, I can’t love him

In spite of the fact that = in spite of = even though = although → Tot i que

Structure
In spite of the fact that + Subject +Verb
→ In spite of the fact that she was 14, she thought like a 16.
In spite of + Noun / V-ing
→ In spite of her young age, she thought like a 16.
→ In spite of being 14, she thought like a 16.

However → Tot i això

→ I was sleeping. However, I was talking

Although → Tot i que

→ Although I slept, I talked

A FEW/ FEW/ LITTLE/ A LITTLE

A few/ Few → Countable
Little/ A little → Uncountable

A few and A little → Quantitat petita/ Suficient → Idea positiva

Few and Little → Quantitat petita, PERÒ insuficient → Idea negativa
COMPARATIVES AND SUPERLATIVES
Comparatives
→ Much / many / far / a lot / way (MOLT)
The airplane is much faster than the train

→ Considerably/quite/ pretty /rather (BASTANT)

Mathematics are considerably more difficult than Latin.

→ A bit /slightly (POC)

My mother drives a bit slower than my dad.

Superlatives
among→ Mentre
one of→ Un dels
two of→ Dos dels
by far→ De lluny
Math is among all the subjects the most difficult one.

Similarities
AS – ADJECTIVE –AS Not + AS / SO - ADJECTIVE + AS
August is as hot as July Rome is not as/so big as Paris

THE + COMPARATIVE…….THE + COMPARATIVE

The less coffee you drink, the better

VOCABULARY
Pouring down → diluviar Cross → angry (enfadat)
Chilly → fred Cheerful → alegre
Melt → desfer Set off → marxar
Heat → calor Lose sight of → perdre visió de
Point out → destacar Make up my mind → decidir-se
Unable → incapaç Drop out → abandonar
Dust → pols Rush up → córrer
Turn into → transform Shore → costa
Sensible → sensat Sensitive → sensible
Failure → fracàs Exhausting → esgotador
Thrilling → emocionant Outstanding → espectacular
Relieved → alleviate Frightening → aterrador
Persuade → Convèncer Actually → realment