PUT ACROSS (separable) to communicate; convey effectively During the meeting, management put across the message that our concerns were insignificant. PUT AWAY (separable) to discard; renounce Let's put away our worries, and live for the moment. (separable) to consume I watched Max put away several hamburgers in just a few minutes. (separable) to confine; incarcerate; imprison The government put Sherman away for a year for having the wrong information on his website. PUT BACK (separable) to place something where it was previously When you finish the milk, please don't put the empty container back in the fridge. PUT DOWN (separable) to insult or make disparaging remarks about someone I feel sorry for Max. Everytime he and Mary get together with their friends Mary puts him down in front of everybody. (separable) to kill a sick or injured animal (usually out of mercy) The vet said it was necessary to put down the race horse because of its broken leg. PUT OFF (separable) to postpone Many st
Phrasal verbs: Pass & Pull M.P Pass Pass off - Convince something that something is real I managed to PASS OFF the fake money in the market. Pass on - Give a message to someone -Decline an invitation or opportunity I'll PASS the message ON when she gets here. Pass on to - Change topic or subject Let's PASS ON TO the next item on the agenda. (British Eng.) Pass around - Give out to everybody there The teacher PASSED the handout AROUND. Pass away - Die Georgia’s uncle PASSED AWAY yesterday. Pass by - Go past without stopping - Miss an opportunity I was just PASSING BY when I saw the accident. Pass down - Transmit information or give property to younger generations The tales were PASSED DOWN for centuries without changing any of the words. Pass through - Visit a place without stopping or only stopping briefly I didn’t see much as I was only PASSING THROUGH the town Pass to - Become owner of or responsible for something The property will
Russian national tale "The rolling bun" Once there lived an old man and old woman. The old man said, "Old woman, bake me a rolling bun." "What can I make it from? I have no flour." "Eh, eh, old woman! Scrape the cupboard, sweep the flour bin, and you will find enough flour." The old woman picked up a duster, scraped the cupboard, swept the flour bin and gathered about two handfuls of flour. She mixed the dough with sour cream, fried it in butter, and put the rolling bun on the window sill to cool. The rolling bun lay and lay there. Suddenly it rolled off the window sill to the bench, from the bench to the floor, from the floor to the door. Then it rolled over the threshold to the entrance hall, from the entrance hall to the porch, from the porch to the courtyard, from the courtyard through the gate and on and on. The rolling bun rolled along the road and met a hare. "Little rolling bu
to be on the wagon (194) - someone who is on the wagon has decided not to drink any alcohol for a period of time. Albertine talks about Gerry, who had been thirteen years on the wagon. He was drinking tonic water with crescent of soiled lemon and Maraschino cherries. mayhem (196) Infliction of violent injury on a person or thing. Albertine says she had a false view of pregnant women. She had thought that pregnant women are wearing invisible halos, not committing mayhem. a suit of mail (199) - a kind of armor, made from interlocking metal rings. It's effective against some cutting weapons. Albertine describes Dot's knitted garments which stood up like miniature suits of mail. sallow (203) Of an unhealthy yellowish color. Albertine describes Dot after pregnancy. Her skin was loose, sallow, and draped like upholstery fabric over her bones. to weld (206) - To bring into close association or union. When Albertine misses Dot, the days were like welded seamlessly to one another and taki
Sylvia Day Bared to You Sylvia Day Bared to You The first book in the Crossfire series, 2012 This one is for Dr. David Allen Goodwin. My love and gratitude are boundless. Thank you, Dave. You saved my life. Acknowledgments My deepest gratitude to my editor, Hilary Sares, who really dug into this story and made me work for it. Basically, she kicked my ass. By not pulling her punches or letting me shortchange the details, she made me work harder and because of that, this story is a much, much better book. BARED TO YOU wouldn't be what it is without you, Hilary. Thank you so much! To Martha Trachtenberg, copy editor extraordinaire. This book is an important one for me and she treated it that way. Thank you, Martha! To Victoria Colotta, for all her hard work on the i
English lexicology 1. Size of English vocabulary Vocabulary is a sum total of words used in a language by speakers or for dictionary-making. Active and passive vocabulary. The Old English vocabulary was homogenous. There were about 50 000 – 60 000 words, 1/3 of which have survived. o About 450 loans from Latin o About 2000 from the Viking invasions. The Middle-English vocabulary became a heterogeneous hybrid of Germanic and Romanic languages. 100 000 to 125 000 words. o About 10 000 loans from Norman French, 75% are still in use o Continuing Latin influence Early Modern English. 200 000 – 250 000 words o English becomes a pluricentric language. o Polyglot. Cosmopolitan language Modern English. 500 000 words o At present at least 1 billion lexical units 2. Core and periphery. Origin o
Gym Hazards Working out is seen as one of the healthiest ways to exercise but still sometimes it could be more than your body can cope with. A young woman in her first aerobic class collapsed and passed out. All attempts to resuscitate her were futile. Born with a heart defect, she was risking her life when she pulled on her fitness gear. A whole range of things should be taken into account before starting a training but unfortunately, many fitness instructors still fail to take a detailed personal history of their clients. It's crucial to work out first undergoes of "warm-up" a succession of low-intensity movements to prepare the body for exercise by increasing circulation. Equally important is "cooling down" at the end of a workout. Stopping suddenly, especially when fatigued, can bring cramps and fainting. Today's gyms are packed with an array of equipment so beginners should be given detailed,
DAYDREAM I was kayaking across the ocean, when I realised I had come to a foreign land. Upon reaching the shore, I got out of my kayak and went exploring… I was walking on the beach when I suddenly noticed a tiny house in the middle of nowhere. The windows were broken and the door was open. It was made of wood and in a really bad condition. I saw the smoke coming from the chimney. I walked, scared, towards the tiny house, I was afraid to go in but I still entered. The house was really dusty. I was looking around, when suddenly a door appeared. I opened it and i was pulled in. The stair steps appeared one after another. I was really confused and at that moment I wished I had never got out of my kayak. I was walking down, when suddenly the stair steps started to get warmer and warmer.
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