XIII. Rewrite this note, making it more informal by using short forms where possible.

Michael,

Peter had a mathematics examination this afternoon and then he had to take his bicycle to repair shop, so he’ll probably be a bit late home. You can watch television while you’re waiting for him, and please help yourself to anything in the refrigerator. If there’s a problem (for example, Doctor Brown rings about the influenza vaccination), my telephone number is next to the photographs on the dining room table. I should be home myself by about five o’clock.

Margaret (Peter’s mother).

XIV. Complete these sentences with suitable abbreviations or shortened words.

1 If you go to any of the Mediterranean islands ................ Sardinia or Corsica, it's a good idea to hire a car. 2 He didn't want to walk so he went on his ................. 3 A: Do you always listen to tapes in the classroom? B: No, we sometimes listen in the ................. 4 I asked the teacher to write the word on the ................. 5 If you go there, you can buy books, pens, writing paper, ................. 6 She was away from college last week because she had ................. I think she's better now, though. 7 When I decided to sell my records, I put an ................ in the paper and I had three replies the same day. 8 It was a warm day so I put the milk and butter in the ................. 9 If the tickets are very expensive ................ more than $75, don’t buy any. 10 I put my ................ in a left luggage locker.

XV. Which of the following words are a) graphical abbreviations; b) initial abbreviations; c) lexical abbreviations; d) blends?

A., b2c, AC, SU, e.g., i.e., Aus, BA, gym, RU OK?, me2, Oxbridge, 4U, NBA, to vac, Afro, maths, fax, IATA, ad, IMPACT, if nec, PSP, SLEPT, subs., copter, brunch.

Mamma Mia

I've been cheated by you since I don't know when So I ………………….., it must come to an end Look at me now, will I ever learn? I don't know how but I suddenly ……………………………… There's a fire within my soul Just one look and I can hear a bell ring One more look and I forget everything, o-o-o-oh Mamma mia, here I go again My-my, how can I resist you? Mamma mia, does it show again? My-my, just how much I've missed you Yes, I've been …………………. ………. since the day we parted Why, why did I ever let you go? Mamma mia, now I really know, My-my, I could never let you go. I've been angry and sad about the things that you do I can't count all the times that I've told you we're …………… And when you go, when you slam the door I think you know that you won't be ………… too long You know that I'm not that strong. Just one look and I can hear a bell ring One more look and I forget everything, o-o-o-oh

Slipping Through My Fingers

School……… in hand, she ……………………… in the early morning

……………………………. with an absent-………………. smile

I watch her go with a surge of that well-……………. sad…………………..

And I have to …………….. for a while

The feel………….. that I’m losing her for……………

And with…………….. real…………. enter…………….. her world

I’m glad when……………… I can share her laugh…………….

That fun……….. little girl

Slipping through my fingers all the time

I try to …………………….

The feel……………. in it

Slipping through my fingers all the time

Do I real……….. see what’s in her mind

Each time I think I’m ………………. knowing

She …………………. growing

Slipping through my fingers all the time

Sleep in our eyes, her and me at the break…………… table

Bare………….. awake, I let precious time …………….

Then when she’s gone there’s that odd melancholy feel…………

And a sense of guilt I can’t deny

What ……………………….. the wonder…………. adventures

The places I had planned for us to go

(slipping through my fingers all the time)

Well, some of that we did but most we didn’t

And why I just don’t know

Sometimes I wish that I could freeze the picture

And save it from the fun………… tricks of time

Slipping through my fingers...

Slipping through my fingers all the time

School………. in hand she …………………….. in the early morning

……………………………… with an absent-………………… smile...

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