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EXERCISE 3
Use the appropriate collocations – collocations are set phrases of words which often co-occur. They are a
very important part of vocabulary, which is why, mastering them is of utmost importance. Try to fill in the
blanks with the most appropriate phrases. If you need help, you can check notes at the end of the page, which
give you some tips on how to complete the gap.
Mia:
Hello everyone. For those of you who don't
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, let me
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.
My name is Mia Smith and I am the
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of this beauty salon. I would
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all of you for coming here tonight and I am happy that I can
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this wonderful moment with you.
Today it is like my dream
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. I have always wanted to have my own beauty salon
since I was 19 years old.
I liked being pretty and
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other people beautiful was even
greater
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for me. At this point, I would like to thank my sister for letting me paint
her face with
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all the time when I was pretending to be a
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and my mother for not being mad at me when some creams went missing. I
would also like to thank everyone else for
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me.
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a few words about my salon now.
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, the name was
very difficult to
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. Since I couldn’t decide on it, I had to ask my manager to help
me choose it, so I hope you like it. I think it
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something beautiful and healthy
which is what I want for my clients to feel like. I want that this beauty salon will also make you even more
beautiful than you already are,
every time you
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visit it.
I
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a toast to successful business. Now I would like to invite you to come with me
and take a look at the salon yourself ...
(
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)
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Not to be familiar with something or someone who you have never met before
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Say your name, who you are, where you live
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A person who has bought or build the salon and is in charge of the salon now
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To say you are happy everyone came to your home…
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Deliti, preživljati ta trenutek z nekom
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To fulfil, or something which becomes real
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Narediti lepše, olepšati, polepšati
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Happiness
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A beauty product which women put on their lips in order to make them appear more reddish or of another colour
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A person whose job is to do professional makeup for people on special occasions, such as weddings, photo shootings,
fashion shows…
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Showing your approval, agreeing with somebody in their actions and encouraging them
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Allow me to explain
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To begin with
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Choose, decide upon
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Represents in a name of a symbol
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Come to visit
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nazdravimo
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A sound made when glasses hit each other
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EXERCISE 4
In addition to expanding vocabulary by using collocations, a cosmetologist must also be familiar with
technical terms in order to be able to properly explain a client the whole procedure of the treatment they are
about to perform. Take a look at the text and guess the missing words. Think of the knowledge you have
gained in other school subjects in order to complete the task or check the clues provided at the end of the
page.
Mia:
Usually a
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starts with
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include putting your hair back
with the help of a
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. What always follows is
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. This may
be done just once by
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cleansing milk or maybe two times if necessary to cleanse
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. After this, there comes a 5 to 10 minute massage with
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, starting from the
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. Normally, at first, the area
around the lips and cheeks is massaged and then the
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and the
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follow.
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, the
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is
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massaged. The cleansing
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with cleaning your face
with
water using
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.
After this, I will apply the toner on your face and neck with the help of a
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.
The face is then treated with a
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for about 4 minutes. This is great for
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and opening pores.
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the
skin is ready for the
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of any blackheads.
After this, the skin on the face and neck is massaged with a cream for about 20 minutes.
Then vitamin E capsule is applied and massaged on the face for about 4 minutes.
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The most common treatment in beauty salons
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Word formation:
PREPARE
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A small price of cloth which is put in your hair in order to keep them in place and away from the face
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A beauty therapy method in which a cosmetologist cleans the client's face
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Put on
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Very much
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Moving your fingers in the direction from bottom to top
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Gentle movements of hands on the face
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Part of the body connecting the shoulders and the head
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čelo
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brada
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Finally, at the end
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Organ of smell
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Not very strong
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To end
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gobica
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Material made of cotton
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A machine which is used for facial treatments and blows hot air or steam in order to open up the pores
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Krvni
obtok v telesu
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After that
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Word formation: REMOVE