.. is, if the problem
is serious, to call the police
WHAT'D I EXPECT YOU TO DO IF I TOLD YOU TO GET RID OF THAT
PEN ?
If you told me ... you'd expect me to throw it away
895 ABOVE ALL ponad wszystko
GIVE ME A SENTENCE WITH THE WORDS "ABOVE ALL" IN IT. Dont forget
we need plenty of paper, pencils, rulers, etc. for the
exam, but above all pens that write properly
IDIOM 38
IN A NUTSHELL = briefly; in a few words krótko mówiąc
e.g. After all the complicated explaining you have been doing, what you really mean
to say - to put everything in a nutshell - is that you are not able to do the job.
WHAT DOES THE IDIOM "IN A NUTSHELL" MEAN ? The idiom... "briefly..."
GIVE ME AN EXAMPLE, PLEASE !
To put it in a nutshell, the answer is "no"
DICTATION 76
As a rule,/1 do not waste a lot of time/ worrying about details of little importance./ Last
night/ there was a terrible storm/ and the surface of the sea/ looked like/ a mass of hills
and valleys./ There has been a wonderful improvement/ in his health/ and he is now
beginning/ to enjoy life again./ Wisdom usually comes with experience./ Although he
objected,/ he was still defeated./ I do not mind you smoking your pipe/ whilst I am
eating./ We switched on the light/ and found that all the Christmas gifts/ had been stolen
from the tree.
896 LESSON 136
FLOUR
GRIND - GROUND - GROUND
SHARPEN
mąka mleć ostrzyć
HOW IS FLOUR MADE?
Flour is made by grinding corn
HOW DO WE SHARPEN AN AXE ? We sharpen an axe by grinding it on a stone
HARM HARMFUL
HARMLESS
CREATURE
szkoda, krzywda szkodliwy
nieszkodliwy
stworzenie, istota
IF YOU WANTED TO HARM SOMEBODY, WHATD YOU DO ? If I wanted... I'd...
WHICH DO YOU THINK'S THE MOST HARMFUL CREATURE AND WHICH
DO YOU THINK'S THE MOST HARMLESS CREATURE ON EARTH ?/ I think
the ... is the most harmful creature and the ...
is the most harmless creature on earth
"DO" WITH "WHO"
The auxiliary verb "do" is not used with the interrogative pronoun "who" - e.g.
"Who speaks German here ?" and not "Who does speak German here ?", unless, of course, one is being emphatic. Sometimes, however, you will find "do" together
with "who", but this is because in such cases the word "who" should really be
"whom", e.g. "Who do you think I saw yesterday ?" should really be "Whom do you think I saw yesterday ?"/
897 WHY IS IT WE SOMETIMES FIND THE AUXILIARY VERB "DO" WITH
THE INTERROGATIVE PRONOUN "WHO" WHEN, IN FACT, "DO" IS NOT
SUPPOSED TO BE USED WITH "WHO"?
The reason we sometimes find
... "who", is that, the word "who" in such cases should really be "whom"
GIVE ME AN EXAMPLE, PLEASE ! "Who did you give the money to ?" should
really be "Whom did you give the money to ?"
IRON (v+n) prasować / żelazo, żelazko
DO YOU IRON YOUR CLOTHES YOURSELF OR DOES SOMEONE ELSE
IRON THEM FOR YOU ? I iron my... or... Someone else irons my clothes for me
LIKELY prawdopodobny, możliwy UNLIKELY nieprawdopodobny
DO YOU THINK ITS LIKELY TO RAIN IN THE NEXT 24 HOURS ?
Yes, I think it's likely to ... or... No, I don't think...
DO YOU THINK ITS VERY UNLIKELY THAT YOU WILL GO THROUGH
THE ENTIRE WINTER NEXT YEAR WITHOUT CATCHING A SINGLE
COLD ?/
Yes, 1 think it's very ... or ... No, I don't think it's very ... but
I think it's very likely that I will catch a cold
898 DO SOMEONE A FAVOUR
THAT'S ALL RIGHT
zrobić przysługę
nie ma za co, w porządku
NOT AT ALL nic takiego, proszę, bardzo
IT'S NOTHING
WELCOME
DON'T MENTION IT
nic takiego
witamy
nie wspominaj, drobiazg
When we give something to someone or do someone a favour etc., and they say "Thank you", there are many ways in which we can reply, depending to some extent on what
we have given them or what we have done. We can say, for example, "That's all