Homework+3.+November+27-December+4

Playing Video Games
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-study how words are used in the sentences
**-tempt (v)** People write such strange things on their CVs that it’s ** tempting ** to believe that they don’t want the job at all. **-terminate (v)** His previous contract had been **terminated** because he had to get to work by 8.45am and he couldn’t work under those conditions **-typo (n**) **C** **Typos** are unfortunate typing mistakes. **-job seeker (n) C** **Job seekers** need to make their application stand out. **-stand out (v)** Job seekers need to make their application **stand out**, so there’s little point in saying that you’re into pop music, that you like going to the cinema or that you’ve been a supporter of your local football club for ten years **-prospective (adj)** **Prospective** employers worry about dangerous activities that can cause absences. **- resist (v**) **Resist** the temptation to invent things that are not true. **-voluntary (adj)** Some people claim they have done **voluntary** work when they haven’t. **-in deep water** You could find yourself **in deep water** if you don’t tell the truth. **-workout (n) C** Paintballing gives you a good physical **workout**. **-weird (adj)** One candidate wrote that she had taken up blood-donating (fourteen gallons so far!). ** Weird **. **-voluntary (adj)** Some people claim they have done **voluntary** work when they haven’t. **-weapon (n) C** I think paint guns are dangerous **weapons**. **-terminate (v)** His previous contract had been **terminated** because he had to get to work by 8.45am and he couldn’t work under those conditions **-survey (n)** **C** A recent **survey** shows that one in four CVs contain a lie of some kind. **- strategy (n)** **C** It’s a game of **strategy**. **-background (n) C** Resist the temptation to invent an interesting **background** for yourself. **-bat (n) C** **Bats** can also be used to hurt people. **-bloke (n) C** He’s just a normal **bloke** who likes to let off steam. **-blood-crazed (adj)** Dave’s not a **blood-crazed** maniac – he’s just a normal bloke. **-blood-donating (n) U** One candidate wrote that she had taken up **blood-donating** (fourteen gallons so far!). Weird. **-brand (v)** The paint markers were used for **branding** cattle. **-cattle (n pl)** The paint markers were designed for branding **cattle**. **-convention (n) C** Greg got the ‘Trekkie’ bug in a big way and became a real aficionado, setting up his own website and organising annual ** conventions **. **-dark horse (n)** U National champion? You Dave? You **dark horse**! **-draughts (n pl)** Paintballing is no more a war game than chess or **draughts**. **-draw a line between** At the beginning I found it difficult to **draw a line between** collecting and trading. **-dress up (v)** Isn’t the whole point of paintballing to **dress up** and play soldiers? **-eliminate (v)** Players work in teams and try to **eliminate** as many members of the rival team as they can. **-get carried away** Sorry, I **got** a bit **carried away**. I didn’t mean to get personal. **-glorify (v**) Do you think paintballing **glorifies** violence? **-job seeker (n) C** **Job seekers** need to make their application stand out. **-let off steam** He’s just a normal sort of bloke who likes to **let off steam**. **-make (sth) up (v)** A lot of candidates lie on their CVs and **make** things **up**. **-maniac (n) C** Dave doesn’t strike me as being a blood-crazed **maniac**. **-nutter (n) C** Are you saying the sport should be banned because there are a few **nutter** out there who take things a bit far? **-paintball (n) C** If a **paintball** hits you, you’re out of the game. **-paintballing (n) U Paintballing** can help relieve the stresses of a hard-working week. **-pellet (n) C** Paintball guns shoot paint **pellets**. **-prospective (adj)** **Prospective** employers worry about dangerous activities that can cause absences. **-re-enact (v)** Players shoot each other with paint and **re-enact** famous battle scenes. **-relieve (v)** Paintballing can help **relieve** the stresses of a hard-working week. **-resist (v)** **Resist** the temptation to invent things that are not true. **-rival (adj)** Players try to eliminate as many members of the **rival** team as they can. **-set up (v)** Greg Schultz became a real aficionado, **setting up** his own website.