convenience n

1. the quality of being convenient or suitable: at your earliest convenience, for convenience

2. (pl) useful or helpful devices: The house has all modern conveniences (central heating, hot water supply, gas)

Antonym: inconvenience

to join vt/i

1. to put two things together; to connect or become connected: Where do the two streams join (each other)?

Synonym: unite

NOTE! to join usually means to put two things together: The island was joined to the mainland with a bridge; to unite usually means to join together (by a common aim or bond) several objects so as to form one new unit: Party members united behind their leader.

2. to take part in (an activity): We’ll join you in a few minutes.

3. to become a member of an organization, society or group: If I were you I should join this club. He was twenty-two when he joined the army.

Phrase bank:

1. to join a queue – to go and stand at the end of a line of people: He went in and joined the queue for the tickets.

2. to join forces – to combine efforts: Let’s join our forces to finish the project.

3. to be joined in marriage/ holy matrimony – to be married

4. to join in – to take part in sth that a group of people are doing: He stared at them without joining in the conversation.

5. to join up – to become a member of the armed forces: He was twenty-two when he joined up the Navy.

to depend vi

1. to be affected or determined by ( on/ upon sb; for sth): We depend on the newspaper for information about world events.

2. to rely on: I depend on you to do it.

Phrase bank:

It (all) depends – used to say that you cannot give a definite answer to sth because your answer will be affected by sth else: Will you finish your work on time? – I don’t know; it depends.

to run (ran, run) v i/t

1. to move at a speed faster than a walk: I run all the way for fear of being late.

2. (of a bus, train, etc.) to make a regular journey on a particular route: The buses run every five minutes.

3. (of a liquid) to flow (in a particular direction or place): Torrents of water ran down the streets. If you have a bad cold, your nose runs.

4. to go in a particular direction: For several miles the road ran across a plain.

5. to tell; to publish or be published in a newspaper or magazine: So the story runs.

Phrase bank:

1. to run across sb/sth – to meet sb or find sth by chance: The other day I ran across a very interesting article in the newspaper.

2. to run away – to leave a place, especially secretly, in order to escape from sb or sth: Toby ran away from home at the age of 14.

3. to run down/ over sb – to knock down with a vehicle: Their daughter was run down by a car.

4. to run into sb – to meet sb by chance: I ran into a friend of mine on my way home.

5. to run into sth – to collide with: Our car ran into the bus.

6. to run on – to continue without stopping: These things always run on longer than people imagine.

7. to run out – to use up or be used up: They ran out of money and had to give up the project.

8. Don’t run before you can walk – proverb – Не лізь поперед батька в пекло

9. You can’t run with the hares and hunt with the hounds – proverb – Не можна служити двом хазяїнам