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awful adjective headteacher noun [count]
used for saying how unpleasant someone or a teacher who is in charge of a school.
something is
These awful people behind us talked all through homework noun [uncount]
the film. work that a teacher gives a student to do out of
class
bored adjective Have the kids done their homework?
feeling impatient or dissatisfied, because you are
not interested in something or because you have issue noun [count]
nothing to do. a problem that needs to be considered
Oh, I’m so bored! A big issue in the region is that teachers are so
underpaid.
boring adjective
not at all interesting, and making you feel mate noun [count]
impatient or dissatisfied a friend
Our maths teacher is so boring! He’s over there, talking to his mates.

break noun mess around phrasal verb

a short holiday to behave in a silly way, especially when you
a weekend break for two in Florence should be working or paying attention to
something
envious adjective Stop messing around – I’m serious about this!
unhappy because you want very much to do
something that someone else does or to have miles away phrase
something that they have a long distance from something
He was envious of the local boys who could see her They live miles away from the nearest town.
every day.
miss verb [transitive]
forever adverb to wish you still had something or could still do
for all time in the future, or for as long as you can something
imagine I’m missing our lunchtime drinks on Friday.
They promised to love each other forever.
separate verb
freedom noun to take or move people apart
the state of being able to go anywhere and do The teacher separated the boys who were fighting.
anything without being stopped
I opened the cage and gave the bird its freedom. sweet adjective
kind, gentle, or nice to other people
GCSE noun [count] Caroline was the sweetest little girl I have ever
General Certificate of Secondary Education: an looked after.
examination in a wide range of subjects taken by
students in England and Wales, usually at the age switch off phrasal verb
of 15 or 16 to stop listening to someone, or to stop thinking
about something
give someone a lift phrase He just switches off and ignores me.
an occasion when someone takes you somewhere
in their car. tiny adjective
I can give you a lift into town. extremely small
The floor was covered in tiny bits of paper.
hang out phrasal verb
to spend time in a particular place or with
particular people

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