Proverbs - U & V

Union is strength

☆ Meaning:
A group has more force than an individual.



Unwillingness easily finds an excuse.

☆ Meaning:
A person who doesn't want to do something always finds a reason to avoid it.



Variety is the spice of life.

☆ Meaning:
Doing a lot of different things makes life more interesting.



Virtue is its own reward.

☆ Meaning:
You should not expect praise for acting in a correct or moral way.

Proverbs - W

Walls have ears.

☆ Meaning:
Be careful. People could be listening.



Waste not, want not.

☆ Meaning:
If you never waste anything, you will have is when you need it.



What a man says drunk, he thinks sober.

☆ Meaning:
People speak more freely under the influence of alcohol.



What soberness conceals, drunkenness reveals.

☆ Meaning:
People are less discreet under the influence of alcohol.



What the eye doesn't see, the heart doesn't grieve over.

☆ Meaning:
If a person doesn't know about something, it cannot hurt them.



When in Rome, do as the Romans do.

☆ Meaning:
You should adopt the customs of the people or country you are visiting and behave in the same way.



When poverty comes in the door, love goes out the window.

☆ Meaning:
When a couple loses everything, their relationship becomes difficult.




When the cat's away, the mice play.

☆ Meaning:
People sometimes misbehave when the person in authority, is absent.



Where there's a will there's a way.

☆ Meaning:
If you are determined to do something, you will find a way to do it.



Where there's life there's hope.

☆ Meaning:
As long as a person is breathing, there is hope for recovery.



Who makes himself a sheep will be eaten by the wolves.

☆ Meaning:
Possible interpretation: an easily influenced person can be mislead.



Wisdom is better than strength.

☆ Meaning:
It is preferable to use one's intelligence than one's physical strength.



Wonders will never cease!

☆ Meaning:
Expresses surprise at an unexpected pleasure or event.



Worry often gives a small thing a big shadow.

☆ Meaning:
Worrying over small details can make them seem worse.

Collocation: yoga

yoga (n)

uk: /ˈjəʊ.ɡə/ us: /ˈjoʊ-/

ADJ. 

gentle | meditative

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VERB + YOGA 

do, practise

"She does yoga for an hour a day. "

| take up | go to

"I go to yoga on Thursdays. "

YOGA + NOUN 

exercises, movements, positions, technique | class, session 

"He attends regular yoga classes. "

| teacher | practice | centre

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Collocation: yoghurt

yoghurt (n)

uk: // us: //

ADJ. 

natural, plain | apricot, strawberry, etc. | fat-free, low-fat | live | set, thick 

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QUANT. 

carton, pot 

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YOGHURT + NOUN 

carton, pot 

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Collocation: yogurt

yogurt (n)

uk: /ˈjɒɡ.ət/ us: /ˈjoʊ.ɡɚt/

ADJ. 

natural, plain | apricot, strawberry, etc. | fat-free, low-fat | live | set, thick 

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QUANT. 

carton, pot

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YOGURT + NOUN 

carton, pot

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Collocation: young

young (adj)

uk: /jʌŋ/ us: /jʌŋ/

VERBS 

be, feel, look, seem

"I felt young again. "

ADV. 

extremely, very

"She still looks very young. "

| comparatively, fairly, quite, relatively

"He seemed quite young to have so much responsibility. "

| enough

"She looked young enough to be his daughter. "

Collocation: youth

youth (n)

uk: /juːθ/ us: /juːθ/

1

period of your life when you are young 

ADJ. 

early | unhappy | lost

"nostalgia for her lost youth "

| misspent

"His lack of qualifications was taken as a sign of a misspent youth. "

VERB + YOUTH 

spend

"She spent much of her youth in Hong Kong. "

| idle away, waste

"He wasted his youth in front of a computer screen. "

PREP. 

during your ~

"She contracted the disease during her youth. "

| from ~

"from youth to maturity "

| in your ~

"He started going to discos in his early youth. "

| since your ~

"I haven't danced since my youth! "

| throughout your ~

"He played football throughout his youth. "

PHRASES 

not in the first flush of youth

"Though no longer in the first flush of youth she's still remarkably energetic. "

| scenes from/of sb's youth

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2

being young 

ADJ. 

extreme

"Her extreme youth was against her. "

| comparative | eternal

"in search of eternal youth "

VERB + YOUTH 

have

"You still have your youth?that's the main thing. "

3

young person 

ADJ. 

male | black, white | callow

"He was a callow youth when he joined the newspaper. "

| pimply, spotty

"She's going out with some spotty youth. "

| fresh-faced | gangling

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QUANT. 

gang, group

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4

young people 

ADJ. 

modern

"the aspirations of modern youth "

| local | urban | working-class | delinquent, disaffected | unemployed | educated | gilded

"(figurative) a club for the gilded youth (= rich and spoilt young people)of London "

YOUTH + NOUN 

culture | club, group, movement, organization, subculture, work | leader, worker | employment, unemployment, training | court, crime, custody

"a crackdown on youth crime "

PHRASES 

the youth of today

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