Lesson 2 A good ear for languages

VOCABULARY
couldn’t stand– hate, detest, really dislike
get my head around it– understand it
wasn’t very keen on– I didn’t like very much
fascinating– really interesting
have quite a good ear for– very good at hearing and repeating something
pupils– students of school age, below sixteen years old
have a knack for– have a talent for, find something easy to do
moan– complain
there was no point– no good reason for doing something
translate– change written words into a different language
complicated– difficult to understand because there are many parts
root– the origin, beginning or basis of something
pretty handy– very useful, helpful
a real challenge– something difficult to do but worth the hard work