How to understand ( any ) text

1. How to understand (any) text Guess the meaning of wordsyoudon’t know

2. Read this Manchild For millions of Britons, home is where the heart (and their 30-year-old son) is The Observer , Sunday November 23, 2003 I haven't accomplished much in my life, but at least I managed to leave home. No arguments, no recriminations, I didn't even tell my parents. The day after my A-levels I secretly stuffed a few bin liners with my paltry belongings and was out of home At first my parents didn't even realise I'd gone. (Hurtful, but I'll live.) They didn't seem to mind too much that I'd departed - in fact, I'm sure I could hear some kind of party going on in the background as we chatted over the phone about why I'd stolen the hair dryer and other such practicalities, which on their part was doubtless an attempt to mask a sense of deep emotional loss. It would appear that these days many children just won't do the decent thing and leave home. Well, I say 'children'. A recent survey revealed that 6.8m people over 18 are still living with their parents and being financially supported by them. Of these, a staggering 2m are over 30 and more than 1m are pushing 40. Some parents are shelling out significant lump sums to encourage their progeny to get a place of their own, but still they won't budge. Their main reasons for not leaving are high property prices and sheer laziness. Now it's like the divorce that never finalises . Soon empty-nest syndrome will be a thing of the past. Parents will wave their children off to university then race off dry-eyed for secret talks. 'This is our only chance - should we put a Jacuzzi in their bedroom or just blow it up?' Personally, I would be more than happy to move back home, but with the condition my parents move out first. Which is the point, really. Parents and adult children are simply not supposed to cohabit J. Keller - reproduction interdite

3. There must besomewordsthatyoudon’tunderstand, and so, youmaythink the textistoo hard for you …. Trythese few techniques to guess the meaning of the wordsyoudon’t know J. Keller - reproduction interdite

4. 1 - Spot the transparent words Manchild For millions of Britons, home is where the heart (and their 30-year-old son) is The Observer , Sunday November 23, 2003 I haven't much in my life, but at least I managed to leave home. No , no I didn't even tell my parents. The day after my A-levels I stuffed a few bin liners with my paltry belongings and was out of home At first my parents didn't even I'd gone. (Hurtful, but I'll live.) They didn't seem to mind too much that I'd - in fact, I'm sure I could hear some kind of party going on in the background as we chatted over the phone about why I'd stolen the hair dryer and other such , which on their part was doubtless an attempt to a of deep loss. It would that these days many children just won't do the decent thing and leave home. Well, I say 'children'. A survey that 6.8m people over 18 are still living with their parents and being financially by them. Of these, a staggering 2m are over 30 and more than 1m are 40. Some parents are shelling out lump to their to get a place of their own, but still they won't . Their main reasons for not leaving are high and sheer laziness. Now it's like the divorce that never . Soon, empty-nest will be a thing of the past. Parents will wave their children off to university then race off dry-eyed for talks. 'This is our only - should we put a in their bedroom or just blow it up?' Personally, I would be more than happy to move back home, but with the my parents move out first. Which is the point, really. Parents and adult children are simply not to accomplished arguments recriminations, secretly realise departed practicalities emotional mask sense appear recent revealed supported pushing significant sums encourage progeny budge property prices finalises syndrome secret chance Jacuzzi condition supposed cohabit J. Keller - reproduction interdite

5. 2 - Understandwordswithprefixes and suffixes Manchild For millions of Britons, home is where the heart (and their 30-year-old son) is The Observer , Sunday November 23, 2003 I haven't accomplished much in my life, but at least I managed to leave home. No arguments, no recriminations, I didn't even tell my parents. The day after my A-levels I stuffed a few bin liners with my paltry and was out of home At first my parents didn't even realise I'd gone. ( but I'll live.) They didn't seem to mind too much that I'd departed - in fact, I'm sure I could hear some kind of party going on in the background as we chatted over the phone about why I'd stolen the hair-dryer and other such practicalities, which on their part was an attempt to mask a sense of deep loss. It would appear that these days many children just won't do the decent thing and leave home. Well, I say 'children'. A recent survey revealed that 6.8m people over 18 are still living with their parents and being supported by them. Of these, a 2m are over 30 and more than 1m are pushing 40. Some parents are shelling out significant lump sums to encourage their progeny to get a place of their own, but still they won't budge. Their main reasons for not leaving are high property prices and sheer . Now it's like the divorce that never finalises . Soon empty-nest syndrome will be a thing of the past. Parents will wave their children off to university then race off dry-eyed for secret talks. 'This is our only chance - should we put a Jacuzzi in their bedroom or just blow it up?' Personally, I would be more than happy to move back home, but with the condition my parents move out first. Which is the point, really. Parents and adult children are not supposed to cohabit secretly belongings Hurtful, doubtless emotional financially staggering laziness simply J. Keller - reproduction interdite

6. secretly adverb adjective ly financially ness noun laziness noun less doubtless adjective ful hurtful emotional al adjective verb ing staggering noun belonging J. Keller - reproduction interdite

7. 3 - Understand compound words Manchild For millions of Britons, home is where the heart (and their son) is The Observer , Sunday November 23, 2003 I haven't accomplished much in my life, but at least I managed to leave home. No arguments, no recriminations, I didn't even tell my parents. The day after my A-levels I secretly stuffed a few bin liners with my paltry belongings and was out of home At first my parents didn't even realise I'd gone. (Hurtful, but I'll live.) They didn't seem to mind too much that I'd departed - in fact, I'm sure I could hear some kind of party going on in the as we chatted over the phone about why I'd stolen the and other such practicalities, which on their part was doubtless an attempt to mask a sense of deep emotional loss. It would appear that these days many children just won't do the decent thing and leave home. Well, I say 'children'. A recent survey revealed that 6.8m people over 18 are still living with their parents and being financially supported by them. Of these, a staggering 2m are over 30 and more than 1m are pushing 40. Some parents are shelling out significant lump sums to encourage their progeny to get a place of their own, but still they won't budge. Their main reasons for not leaving are high property prices and sheer laziness. Now it's like the divorce that never finalises . Soon syndrome will be a thing of the past. Parents will wave their children off to university then race off for secret talks. 'This is our only chance - should we put a Jacuzzi in their or just blow it up?' Personally, I would be more than happy to move back home, but with the condition my parents move out first. Which is the point, really. Parents and adult children are simply not supposed to cohabit 30-year-old background hair-dryer empty-nest dry-eyed bedroom J. Keller - reproduction interdite

8. Compound words word 2 : essential element - word 1 qualifies word 2 hair-dryer séchoir à cheveux empty -nest nid vide dry-eyed les yeux secs J. Keller - reproduction interdite

9. 4 - Guess the meaning of prepositions… and numbers Manchild For millions of Britons, home is where the heart (and their 30-year-old son) is The Observer , Sunday November 23, 2003 I haven't accomplished much in my life, but at least I managed to leave home. No arguments, no recriminations, I didn't even tell my parents. The day after my A-levels I secretly stuffed a few bin liners with my paltry belongings and was of home . At first my parents didn't even realise I'd gone. (Hurtful, but I'll live.) They didn't seem to mind too much that I'd departed - in fact, I'm sure I could hear some kind of party going in the background as we chatted over the phone about why I'd stolen the hair dryer and other such practicalities, which on their part was doubtless an attempt to mask a sense of deep emotional loss. It would appear that these days many children just won't do the decent thing and leave home. Well, I say 'children'. A recent survey revealed that people 18 are still living with their parents and being financially supported by them. Of these, a staggering 2m are 30 and more than 1m are pushing . Some parents are shelling significant lump sums to encourage their progeny to get a place of their own, but still they won't budge. Their main reasons not leaving are high property prices and sheer laziness. Now it's like the divorce that never finalises . Soon empty-nest syndrome will be a thing of the past. Parents will wave their children to university then race dry-eyed for secret talks. 'This is our only chance - should we put a Jacuzzi in their bedroom or just blow it ?' Personally, I would be more than happy to move home, but with the condition my parents move first. Which is the point, really. Parents and adult children are simply not supposed to cohabit out on 6.8m over over 40 out for off off up back out off : fin, départ over : au dessus, plus de out : sortie 6.8 : 6,8 m : million up : vers le haut, entièrement back : retour 40 yearsold J. Keller - reproduction interdite

10. 5 - Use the context Manchild For millions of Britons, home is where the heart (and their 30-year-old son) is The Observer , Sunday November 23, 2003 I haven't accomplished much in my life, but at least I managed to leave home. No arguments, no recriminations, I didn't even tell my parents. The day after my A-levels I secretly with my belongings and was out of home At first my parents didn't even realise I'd gone. (Hurtful, but I'll live.) They didn't seem to mind too much that I'd departed - in fact, I'm sure I could hear some kind of party going on in the background as we chatted over the phone about why I'd stolen the hair dryer and other such practicalities, which on their part was doubtless an attempt to mask a sense of deep emotional loss. It would appear that these days many children just won't do the decent thing and leave home. Well, I say 'children'. A recent survey revealed that 6.8m people over 18 are still living with their parents and being financially supported by them. Of these, a 2m are over 30 and more than 1m are 40. Some parents are significant sums to encourage their progeny to get a place of their own, but still they won't budge. Their main reasons for not leaving are high property prices and laziness. Now it's like the divorce that never finalises . Soon empty-nest syndrome will be a thing of the past. Parents will university then dry-eyed for secret talks. 'This is our only chance - should we put a Jacuzzi in their bedroom or just blow it up?' Personally, I would be more than happy to move back home, but with the condition my parents move out first. Which is the point, really. Parents and adult children are simply not supposed to cohabit stuffed a few bin liners paltry staggering pushing lump shelling out sheer wavetheirchildren off to race off Whatcanhe do secretlybeforeleaving home ? Whatcouldqualifyhisbelongings ? Qualifies « 2 million » : isitmany or few ? Push : pousser . Whatdoesitmeanbefore an age ? Shelling out …sums (money) to get a place : what do they do withtheir money ? Qualifies « sum » : many or few ? wave : vague, onde … here: a movement, followed by « off » and « to » : what do they do ? J. Keller - reproduction interdite Qualifies « laziness »

11. If nothingworks …….. there’salways a solution …. J. Keller - reproduction interdite

12. do you know the « smurf » language ? Manchild For millions of Britons, home is where the heart (and their 30-year-old son) is The Observer , Sunday November 23, 2003 I haven't accomplished much in my life, but at least I managed to leave home. No arguments, no recriminations, I didn't even tell my parents. The day after my A-levels I secretly a few with my belongings and was out of home At first my parents didn't even realise I'd gone. (Hurtful, but I'll live.) They didn't seem to mind too much that I'd departed - in fact, I'm sure I could hear some kind of party going on in the background as we chatted over the phone about why I'd stolen the hair dryer and other such , which on their part was doubtless an attempt to mask a sense of deep emotional It would appear that these days many children just won't do the decent thing and leave home. Well, I say 'children'. A recent survey revealed that 6.8m people over 18 are still living with their parents and being financially supported by them. Of these, a2m are over 30 and more than 1m are 40. Some parents are significant sums to encourage their progeny to get a place of their own, but still they won't budge. Their main reasons for not leaving are high property prices and laziness. Now it's like the divorce that never finalises . Soon empty-nest syndrome will be a thing of the past. Parents will children off to university then dry-eyed for secret talks. 'This is our only chance - should we put a Jacuzzi in their bedroom or just it ?' Personally, I would be more than happy to move back home, but with the condition my parents move out first. Which is the point, really. Parents and adult children are simply not supposed to cohabit SMURFED SMURFS SMURF SMURF SMURF SMURFING SMURFING SMURF SMURFING SMURF SMURF SMURF SMURF J. Keller - reproduction interdite

13. Now, read the textagain Manchild For millions of Britons, home is where the heart (and their 30-year-old son) is The Observer , Sunday November 23, 2003 I haven't accomplished much in my life, but at least I managed to leave home. No arguments, no recriminations, I didn't even tell my parents. The day after my A-levels I secretly stuffed a few bin liners with my paltry belongings and was out of home At first my parents didn't even realise I'd gone. (Hurtful, but I'll live.) They didn't seem to mind too much that I'd departed - in fact, I'm sure I could hear some kind of party going on in the background as we chatted over the phone about why I'd stolen the hair dryer and other such practicalities, which on their part was doubtless an attempt to mask a sense of deep emotional loss. It would appear that these days many children just won't do the decent thing and leave home. Well, I say 'children'. A recent survey revealed that 6.8m people over 18 are still living with their parents and being financially supported by them. Of these, a staggering 2m are over 30 and more than 1m are pushing 40. Some parents are shelling out significant lump sums to encourage their progeny to get a place of their own, but still they won't budge. Their main reasons for not leaving are high property prices and sheer laziness. Now it's like the divorce that never finalises . Soon empty-nest syndrome will be a thing of the past. Parents will wave their children off to university then race off dry-eyed for secret talks. 'This is our only chance - should we put a Jacuzzi in their bedroom or just blow it up?' Personally, I would be more than happy to move back home, but with the condition my parents move out first. Which is the point, really. Parents and adult children are simply not supposed to cohabit J. Keller - reproduction interdite

14. In the sameway, youcanunderstand all types of texts So, neverpanick, northinkyou’re « useless » (hopeyouenjoyed) J. Keller - reproduction interdite