.. introduced into my ...
ADVENTURE przygoda
WOULD YOU LIKE TO LIVE A LIFE OF ADVENTURE? Yes, I'd like to live
a... or... No, I wouldn't like to ...
579 WHY OR WHY NOT ?
SEED nasienie
WHAT DO WE MEAN BY "SEED-TIME"? By "seed-time" we mean the time of the year when we put seeds into the land ...
LESSON 95
BEAR - BORE - BORNE nieść, znosić, urodzić
WHAT'S ANOTHER VERB WE CAN USE INSTEAD OF THE VERB "TO
CARRY" ?
Another verb we ... is the verb "to bear"
WHAT'S THE PARADIGM OF THE VERB "TO BEAR" ?
The paradigm of
... bear - bore - borne
DO YOU THINK YOU COULD BEAR SOMEBODY ACROSS A RIVER ON
YOUR BACK ?
Yes, I think I could bear ... or ... No, I don't think ...
WHY OR WHY NOT ?/
WHAT KIND OF THINGS CAN'T YOU BEAR? The kind of things I can't bear
are such things as people who make too much noise,
children, animals in the house, eating with dirty hands etc.
580 WHO WAS THE LAST CHILD YOUR MOTHER BORE: YOUR BROTHER,
YOUR SISTER, OR YOU ?
The last child ... was ...
WHAT'S THE GREATEST PHYSICAL PAIN YOU'VE EVER BORNE ?
The greatest physical pain I've ... was ...
WHEN WAS IT?/
ON na
UPON na
There's no difference between the words "on" and "upon" except that the word
"on" is much more common.
WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE WORDS "ON" AND "UPON" ?
There's no difference between ...
WHOLE cały
ON THE WHOLE ogólnie
COULD YOU EAT A WHOLE CHICKEN ?/ Yes, I could eat... or... No, I couldn't...
WOULD YOU SAY THAT, ON THE WHOLE, LIFE WAS BETTER TODAY
THAN IT WAS IN THE PAST ?
Yes, I'd say that... life was ... or ... No, I
wouldn't say that... life was ... worse than ...
581 As it is sometimes easy to confuse the difference in pronunciation between the words
"all" and "whole" in a dictation, it is well to remember that the word "all" is followed by the Definite Article, whilst the word "whole" is preceded by it. For example, we say "all the chicken" but "the whole chicken"./
HOW CAN WE AVOID MAKING A MISTAKE IN A DICTATION BY
CONFUSING THE DIFFERENCE IN PRONUNCIATION BETWEEN THE
WORDS "ALL" AND "WHOLE" ? - AND GIVE ME AN EXAMPLE. "We can avoid ... by remembering that "all" is followed by the Definite
Article, whilst the word "whole" is preceded by it:
e.g. "all the chicken" but "the whole chicken"
POSSESSIVE CASE FOR SHOPS •
In the sentence "I bought my suit from Simpson's", we understand that "Simpson"
is the name of a shop. It is not necessary to use the word "shop" in such sentences: it is enough just to put an apostrophe and an "s" after the name of the shop./
WHERE DID YOU BUY YOUR SHOES FROM ?
I bought my shoes from ...'s
WHICH SHOP DID YOU GET YOUR WATCH (OR PEN) FROM ? I got my
watch from ...'s
582 ACCOUNT FOR wytłumaczyć się
SPEND wydać
WHAT DOES THE VERB "TO ACCOUNT FOR" MEAN ? The verb "to account
for" means "to explain the reason for"
HOW DO WE ACCOUNT FOR THE FACT THAT ITS LIGHT DURING THE
DAY WHILST ITS DARK DURING THE NIGHT ?/ We account for the fact...
by the fact that the earth moves round the sun and turns round and round as
it does so. For about half the 24 hours, one side of the earth is facing
the sun, whilst, for the next half, it is away from the sun
DO GOVERNMENTS USUALLY HAVE TO ACCOUNT TO THE PUBLIC FOR
ALL THE MONEY THEY SPEND?
Yes, governments usually ...
RACE (v) ścigać się
DO YOU LIKE TO SEE TWO CARS RACING EACH OTHER ALONG THE
ROAD ?
Yes, I like to see two ... or ... No, I don't like ...
WHY OR WHY NOT ?/ ... it's too dangerous
COULD YOU RACE ME TO THE STATION AND BACK WITHOUT
STOPPING ?
Yes, I could race you ... or ... No, I couldn't...
583 IF YOU RACED AGAINST A HORSE, WHO'D WIN? If I raced ...the horse'd
win
WHY ? Because a horse can run faster than I can
NORTHERN SOUTHERN EASTERN WESTERN STATE
północny
południowy
wschodni zachodni stan, państwo
WHAT ARE THE ADJECTIVES OF THE NOUNS "NORTH, SOUTH, EAST"
AND "WEST" ?/
The adjectives ... are "northern ..."
NAME ME A NORTHERN EUROPEAN COUNTRY, PLEASE!
Finland is a northern ...
TELL ME THE NAME OF A SOUTHERN STATE IN AMERICA ? The name
of... is Texas (Florida, Georgia etc.)
DOES THE STATE IN YOUR COUNTRY GIVE FREE EDUCATION ? Yes, the
state in ... or ... No, the state in ...
DO YOU THINK EASTERN ART IS MORE BEAUTIFUL THAN WESTERN
ART ?/
Yes, I think eastern .... or... No, I don't think...
SIGN
DRAW FROM OR DRAW OUT OF CHEQUE RELIGION/
podpis, znak wyciągać z...
wyciągać z...
czek
religia
584 WHEN WE DRAW MONEY FROM THE BANK, WHAT MUST WE DO
BEFORE THE BANK WILL GIVE US THE MONEY ? When we draw ... we must
sign for the money on a piece of paper or a cheque
before the bank will give us the money
WHAT KIND OF SIGN AM I MAKING ?/ You're making a sign which means
"come on" or "come here"
IF A MAN HAS ROUGH SKIN ON HIS HANDS, WHAT IS THAT
PROBABLY A SIGN OF ?
If a man has ... it's probably a sign that he does
physical work or works with his hands
WHAT IS THE SIGN OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION ?
The cross is ...
SIZE rozmiar
TAKE nosić
WHAT SIZE SOCKS (OR STOCKINGS) DO YOU TAKE ?/ I take size ... socks
(or stockings)
VIOLENT gwałtowny
DO YOU THINK LIFE IS MORE VIOLENT THESE DAYS THAN IT WAS IN
THE PAST ?
Yes, I think life's more ... or... No, I don't think life's ...
585 TEMPLE świątynia
REMAINS pozostałości
ARE THERE THE REMAINS OF ANY OLD TEMPLES NEAR WHERE YOU
LIVE ?
Yes, there are ... some old ... or ... No, there aren't the remains of...
WHAT KIND ?
NAVY marynarka wojenna