D"Amico Shipping B1 Lesson 28

Class
1. Learner Training/Vocabulary Skills/Dictionary Skills
Improving your active vocabulary to overcome "blocks"when speaking. 

Complaint (noun)
Meanings:

A complaint is a statement in which you express your dissatisfaction with a particular situation. There's been a record number of complaints about the standard of service on Britain's railways. [+ about]

You can refer to an illness as a complaint, especially if it is not very serious. Eczema is a common skin complaint which often runs in families.

English law - a statement by which a civil proceeding in a magistrates' court is commenced

• Collocation: make a complaint
• Other noun forms: complainer, complainant (legal)

Complain (verb)

• Structure: Complain about something, complain of (pain/illness), complain to someone
• Informal synonyms: whine, whinge, carp, moan beef, grumble. 

2. Discussion - the importance of functional language and tone in short emails. 

Homework
Apply today's dictionary work to your own vocabulary learning.