WEEK 11: COMPLAINING


  • Phrasal verbs to travel:


 Other phrasal verbs to travel are:
  • Drop off -  to take someone to a place and leave them there.
  • Check in  - to register at a hotel.
  • Pick up - to go and fetch someone from a place and take them somewhere else.
  • Set out - to start a journey.
  • Take off - when a plane leaves and begins to fly.
  • Get on - to climb on board.
  • Speed up - to increase speed.
  • Look around - to explore what is near you, in your area.
  • Hurry up - to rush and not waste time.
  • Go back - to go the place someone is leaving from to say goodbye.
  • See off - to go the place someone is leaving from to say goodbye.
  • Look forward - to look forward to something that is going to happen in the future.


COMPLAINING

In this letter we can see some expressions which are commonly used in order to complain:

  • I wish to bring to your knowledge...
  • They should have been checked for all defects
  • I regret to inform...
  • This is a serious breach of our agreement
  • I request you to...
  • I look fordward to your co-operation



This week I talked with my english and irish friends and I started reading Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare.

Gala Aldonza Hernando


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