Try to listen and take down the words and their meanings
1)It's no use/it's no good:- When these expressions are followed by a 'VERB' the 'VERB' ends in 'ING':-
* There is nothing you can do about it, so it's no use worrying about it.
* It's no good trying to convince me. I wont allow you.
2)'There is no point in':-
* There is no point in having a car if you never use it.
* There was no point in waiting any longer, so we left.
3)But we usually say 'the point of doing something':-
* What is the point of having a car if you never use it.
4)'It's not worth.......':-
* I live only a short walk from here, so it's not worth taking a taxi.
* Our flight was early in the morning, so it wasn't worth going to bed.
5)You can say that a film is 'worth seeing', a book is 'worth reading.'
* What was the film like? was it worth seeing? (Not: was it worth seeing it.).
* Thieves broke in to the house and saw there was nothing worth stealing.
Vocabularies
1) Go by the boards (American).:- If something has been planned or arranged goes by the boards, It does not happen, and it something that exists goes by the boards, it ends.
* All our careful arrangements went by the boards when the trip was cancelled at the last minute.
2) On board.:- If someone is on board, they are working with an organisation or group of people.
* The hospital authorities said, we hope to have a new doctor on board by the end of the month.
3) Take on board something.:- To understand and accept ideas and opinions which may change the way you behave in the future.
* Banks need to take on board the ideas of their customers.
4) Bob's your uncle.:- Something that you say after you have explained how to do something, to emphasise that it will be simple and successful.
* You simply put on the stain remover, leave it for an hour and bob's your uncle, the stain is gone.
5) A bodice-ripper.:- A romantic book, usually where the story happens a long time ago, in which the characters show very happy strong emotions.
* she saw a serious novel, not some short of bodice-ripper.
6) Go off the boil.:- If a situation of feeling goes off the boil, it becomes less urgent or less strong.
* Their long love-affair went of the boil when she discovered that he was married.
7) Bolt upright.:- In a position where you are sitting up with your back very straight.
* He woke to see his wife sitting bolt upright beside him and wondered what the matter was.
8) Be near the bone.:- If something you say or write is close to the bone, it is close to the truth in a way that may offend someone.
* He said that he was only joking, but his comments were a bit near the bone.
9) Make no bones about something.:- To say clearly what you think or feel although you may embarrass or offend someone.
* He made no bones about is dissatisfaction with the service in the hotel.
10) Do something by the book.:- To do something exactly as the rules tell you.
* This is a privet deal...we don't have to do everything by the book.
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