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And another run…

 Today, in first time we have learn some expressions:

“I’ve been taken for a ride” = i have been tricked by someone (je me suis fais avoir)

“I’ve just had forty winks” = to have a short sleep

“I must thighten my belt” = i have to economize (je dois me serrer la ceinture)

“I’ve let the cat out of the bag” = to reveal a secret (accidently)

“I’ve turned over a new leaf” = to become a better person / change of life (j’ai tourné la page)

“I’m in two minds about it” = To have two opinions about something

“They fell off the back of a lorry” = Something which has been stolen (tombé du camion)

“I’ve got butterflies in my stomach” = to feel nervous

“I’m on my last legs” = to be exhausted  (je suis sur les rotules)

“I’m over the moon” = to feel happy, excited

“I’m a bit thin on top” = To have not much hair

“I smell a rat” = to be suspicious

“I’ve lost my tongue” = to be speachless (avoir perdu sa langue)

During the other part of the hour we read some papers about how to write an abstract: you know, this little aprt of text at the beginning of each scientific paper which introduces the subject.

We saw that a good abstract is made of four parts:

1: An introductory statement including the problem.

2:The research methodology

3: The results

4: A concluding statement.

To have a better explanantion (longer and more clear) look at: http://www.csupomona.edu/~jcclark/classes/bio190/abstract.html