1. a pop star

popular (=pop ) : liked by a lot of people

popular music ; popular songs ; popular science ; popular newspapers ;

a popular teacher ; K

be popular with

The English teacher is popular with his students.

Chinese food is becoming popular among Americans.

2. play in a concert ; go to the concert

3.have a look at my diary

She keeps a diary.

4. right away = at once = immediately = in no time = right now

5. This time he has more difficulty in getting through.

have some difficulty (/trouble ) in doing sth.

There is some difficulty (/trouble ) in doing sth.

6. Will you give him a message, please?

Shall I take a message for you?

I have a message for you from Mr Smith.

Will you leave a message?

7.Itˇll be the biggest live concert the world has ever seen.

This is the biggest ship that Iˇve ever seen.

If a radio or television programme is live, you see or hear it at the same time as it happens.

a live football match

8. What was the purpose of doing this?

For what purpose did you go to Africa?

My purpose in going there was to meet some people on business.

--- Youˇve broken my pen!

--- Iˇm sorry, I didnˇt do it on purpose.

She lost the key on purpose.

on purpose : not by chance = not by accident

9. His greatest success has not been in singing but in organizing other singers to sing for him

--- for free.

冘 success ; successful ; ( unsuccessful ) ; successfully ; (unsuccessfully ) ; succeed

She finally succeeded in getting a job.

I tried to get a ticket for the concert but I didnˇt succeed ( but I failed ).

I wish you success with your studies.

The party was very successful.

He completed his studies successfully.

The film ¨Ghost〃 was a great success.

Failure is the mother of success.

冘 I need not money not knowledge.

冘 Bob asked all the airlines to fly the pop stars for free.

10. Suddenly he had the idea of making a pop record.

He had the idea of organizing two big pop concerts on the same day,K.

have an idea of doing sth.

I donˇt like the idea that money is everything.

I have no idea what to do.

11. manage to do sth. ; try to do sth. ( try doing sth. )

(= succeed in doing sth. )

The box was heavy but she managed to carry it to the car.

12. persuade sb. to do sth. ( = persuade sb. into doing sth. )

advise sb. to do sth. ( = try to persuade sb. to do sth. )

The doctor persuaded him to give up smoking and now he is in good health.

The doctor advised him to give up smoking but he wouldnˇt listen.

13. provide : give sth. to sb. who needs it

provide + n. Sheep provide wool.

The school will provide tents, but we must bring our own food.

provide sb. with sth. They provided the sufferers with food and clothes.

The company have provided me with a car.