Angol gyakorló feladatok 97

________________________________________ Elementary

Match the idioms with their definitions. Párosítsd össze az idiómákat a meghatározásukkal.

1. Give someone the evil eye 2. Have your nose in a book 3. Eat like a bird 4. Not get a wink of sleep 5. Give someone a hand

a. eat very little b. look at someone in an angry or unpleasant way c. help someone d. be reading e. not sleep at all

Now translate the sentences into Hungarian. Fordítsd le a mondatokat magyarra.

1. She gave me an evil eye when I told her that I don’t love her any more. 2. My daughter loves reading, and she always has her nose in a book. 3. I’m on a diet so I eat like a bird. 4. Their neighbour had a party last night, so they could not get a wink of sleep. 5. Could you give me a hand? This bag is very heavy.

Put one word to complete the sentences. Egészítsd ki a mondatokat egy szóval.

1. She is very thin because she eats ….. a bird. 2. My boss is really helpful so he always ……me a hand. 3. When my dog does something stupid, I always give her the ……eye. 4. She never does any housework because she always has her …..in a book. 5. Why are you so tired? Because I didn’t get a ……of sleep last night.

Translate the text into English. Fordítsd le a szöveget angolra.

Helen egy különös lány. Nagyon magas, de nagyon vékony, mert annyit eszik, mint egy kismadár. Általában senkinek sem segít, mert állandóan olvas. Így aztán az anyukája mindig mérges rá, és rosszallóan néz rá. Sajnos Helen mindig fáradt, mert általában egy szemhunyásnyit sem alszik, mert minden éjjel olvas.

________________________________________ Intermediate

Choose the best meaning for each idiom from a, b or c.

1. Take your pick a, Choose someone you will pick on in the future b, Choose what you want c, Carry your bag on you

2. Keep something under your hat a, Keep something secret b, Hide something from other people c, Spend a lot of time doing your hair

3. Have a good ear for something a, Be hard of hearing

b, Be able to hear very well c, Be good at something

4. Start with a clean slate a, Appear in clean clothes b, Start something again, forgetting all the problems caused in the past c, Begin a course with a new notebook

5. Not see eye to eye a, Disagree b, Not be sincere with each other c, Not meet very often

Now put one word to complete the sentences.

1. Please, don’t tell it to anyone. Keep this information about her ….your hat. 2. I think everyone deserves one opportunity to start with a clean ….. after having done something silly. 3. His parents didn’t ….eye to eye so they got divorced. 4. Madonna has a good …..for music, this is quite obvious. 5. Which one can I have? Any of them, ….your pick.

Rewrite the sentences so that they contain the appropriate idiom.

1. She can always choose what she wants, and she always gets it because her parents are very wealthy. 2. Some people learn languages very easily because they are good at languages. 3. Dave and Rose disagree on everything, so I think they should finish their relationship.

4. She kept his past secret, so no one knew who he really was. 5. After we talked everything over, we decided to start everything again, forgetting our past bad feelings.

________________________________________ Advanced

Match the idioms with their definitions.

1. Go easy on someone 2. Get blood out of a stone 3. Nothing to write home about 4. Run around like a headless chicken 5. Dig deep into your pockets

a, do something very quickly, without thinking carefully b, pay something from your own money c, treat someone in a gentle way, and not punish them severely d, be difficult to get something e, not be especially good or exciting

Rewrite the sentences so that they contain the appropriate idiom.

1. Persuading her to talk was very difficult. 2. Parents have to pay a lot at Christmas time. 3. She had too much on her plate and she could hardly manage her tasks so she did everything quickly, without considering it first. 4. Don’t be angry! Just treat her gently, she is only a five-year-old child. 5. This new best seller is not especially good.

Now put one idiom to complete the sentences.

1. Everyone thinks that this magazine is just fabulous, but in my opinion it’s ………….. 2. At the beginning of the school year parents really have to …………… 3. …………….., she didn’t do it on purpose. She is only inexperienced. 4. Don’t ………………….Get organised instead! 5. Getting the criminal to talk was like …………………….

Now find the mistake in each sentence.

1. Go easy with her, she can’t have been familiar with the rules. 2. Acquiring the necessary information was like getting water out of a stone. 3. The match was OK, but nothing to inform home about. 4. She has three jobs, participates in a language course and raises her two kids alone. No wonder she is always running around like a crazy chicken. 5. No one likes digging much into their pockets.

Elementary

Read the example sentences. Olvasd el a példamondatokat.

1. Don’t use up all the milk. We’ll need some for breakfast. 2. Your spelling is quite poor. You will have to work at it. 3. I always wash up the plates and cups after dinner. 4. Stop playing with your nails! It’s driving me crazy.

5. He promised to phone me up when he arrives home.

Write here all the phrasal verbs that you have found in the sentences. Írd ide az összes prepozíciós igét, amit a mondatokban találtál.

Now pair them up with their meanings. Párosítsd össze a jelentéseikkel.

A, Felhívni valakit B, Dolgozni valamin C, Felhasználni, elhasználni valamit D, Játszadozni valamivel E, Elmosogatni

Put the words in the correct order to make sentences. Tedd sorba a szavakat, hogy mondatokat alkoss.

1. Men themselves do dishes usually the up wash not after 2. She a now used have can’t all up we the shower water 3. Something me please phone know accident up the as about you as soon 4. Disturbing that me because do with pen is play it not 5. I I will hard pass my English at so work exam the language

Translate the sentences into English.

1. Amikor a vendégek elmentek, rengeteg edényt el kellett mosogatnom. 2. Bocsi, de elhasználtam az összes fogkrémet. 3. Felhívsz, amikor majd talákozni akarsz velem? 4. A diákok a tollaikkal játszadoznak unalmas órák alatt.

5. Sok diáknak kell dolgoznia a szókincsén.

________________________________________ Intermediate

Read the text first.

Last week my friend called to invite me to a fantastic football match. At first, I didn’t know what to say so I promised to call him back. I spent a couple of hours playing with the idea of joining him. I knew I should have said no because I had an important exam the following day. Still, I accepted the invitation, and thought I would study after the match. However, things happened in a completely different way. First of all, the match was washed out, consequently the fans got so angry that they broke in shop windows and started fights with the police. I really can’t stand violence so I worked myself up about the happenings. By the time I got home, the events wore me out so much that I immediately fell asleep. And of course the next day I failed my exam. What I have learnt from this is that in the future I will first work, and then have fun.

Find the phrasal verbs in the text which mean the following.

1. Call someone again 2. Make someone feel upset, worried or excited 3. Consider doing something 4. There’s so much rain that an event, especially a sport competition can’t take place 5. Make someone feel very tired

Fill the gaps with an appropriate word.

1. He said he would ……me back but it seems he has forgotten about me. 2. I never work …….up about stupid gossips. I simply refuse to deal with them.

3. Unfortunately, the cup final was ……out so thousands of fans have to wait patiently for another week. 4. Having a job, a dog and three kids would …..out anyone. 5. For a couple of days I played ….. the idea of quitting my job, but finally I decided to stay.

Now translate the sentences into English.

1. Ne izgasd fel magad az ilyen buta magatartáson! 2. A főnököm majd visszahív, mihelyst lesz egy kis ideje. 3. A buta viták nagyon lefárasztják az értelmes embert. 4. Eljátszadoztál már valaha a külföldre költözés gondolatával? 5. A meccset elmosta az eső, ezért csalódottak voltunk.

________________________________________ Advanced

Match the phrasal verbs with their definitions.

1. Work up to something 2. Win through 3. Wear off 4. Wash over someone 5. Point out something

A, finally succeed after trying hard to achieve something B, you suddenly feel a feeling or emotion very strongly C, gradually prepare yourself for something that you will find difficult D, tell someone a fact they didn’t already know, especially one that is important

E, a feeling or the effect of something gradually disappears

Now correct the mistakes in these sentences.

1. He encountered a lot of hardships, but in the end he won over. 2. I think it might be a good idea to put out the differences between your essay and your roommate’s essay. 3. My ex was so shy that he had to prepare up to asking me out to date. 4. After a couple of hours the novelty of the toys dropped off, so the kids went out to the garden again. 5. A sense of despair ran over me when I noticed my boyfriend with another girl.

Translate the sentences into English.

1. Biztos vagyok benne, hogy nem fog sikerülni, hacsak nem próbálkozol erősen. 2. Felhívhatom a figyelmed arra a tényre, hogy elvesztetted az összes pénzed? 3. Elöntött a bodogság, amikor elolvastam a diákjaim véleményét. 4. Fel kellett készülnöm arra, hogy elmenjek a tesztem eredményeiért, mert féltem a következményektől. 5. Alighogy elmúlt az érzéstelenítő hatása, akkora fájdalmaim voltak, hogy majd belehaltam.

Elementary

Let’s do some revision. You will have to use the some of the idioms we have dealt with so far. You can use the previous lessons but here there is a list of idioms to help you. Ismételjünk egy kicsit. Azok közül az idiómák közül kell használnotok néhányat, amikkel már foglalkoztunk. Használhatjátok a régebbi leckéket, de itt is van egy lista, ami segíthet nektek.

Be slow on the uptake Be in charge of something Not get a wink of sleep Life is no bed of roses Get out of the bed on the wrong side Not your cup of tea Make a mistake Eat like a bird Lose your head Be as old as the hills Do someone a favour Drop someone a line Speak in earnest Broke Be no oil painting Give someone a hand Eat like a pig Be out of order Make up your mind Throw in the towel

Now translate the sentences into English. Fordítsd le a mondatokat angolra.

1. A nagymamám kilencvennégy éves, tehát nagyon öreg. 2. Az emberek húsvétkor rengeteget esznek. 3. Ne dobd be a törölközőt. Próbáld meg újra! 4. A szupermodellek nagyon keveset esznek.

5. A kémia nem nekem való. 6. Én vagyok felelős az újságért. 7. Kérlek, írj nekem, amikor hazaérsz. 8. A nővéremnek sosincs pénze a hónap végén. 9. Ez az új színésznő nem egy szépség. 10. Nem lehetsz nagyon jó diák, ha lassú a felfogásod. 11. Minden felnőtt tudja, hogy az élet nem habostorta. 12. Nem baj, ha hibázol, mert a hibáidból is sokat tanulhatsz. 13. A számítógépem nem működik, ezért nem tudok most dolgozni. 14. Ha túl sok alkoholt iszol, könnyen elvszítheted a fejed. 15. Megtennél nekem egy szívességet? 16. Ne törődj vele, csak bal lábbal kelt fel. 17. Egy szemhunyásnyit sem aludtunk, mert a baba egész éjjel sírt. 18. Komolyan beszéltél vagy csak egy vicc volt? 19. Tegnap eldöntöttem. Soha nem fogok megházasodni. 20. Ha szükséged van rám, örömmel segítek.

________________________________________ Intermediate

Let’s do some revision. You will have to use the some of the idioms we have dealt with so far. You can use the previous lessons but here there is a list of idioms to help you.

Have had one too many Be on good terms with someone Bite off more than one can chew Under your roof Once in a blue moon

Not see eye to eye Through thick and thin Have green fingers Put something on ice Bite someone’s head off Move mountains to do something Stone’s throw from Be head over heels in love Tighten your belt Your jaw drops Be at your wits’ end Be on the same wavelength Once and for all Night owl By heart

Now translate the sentences into English.

1. Nem fogom hagyni, hogy ez történjen az én házamban. 2. Az uszoda nagyon közel van a lakásunkhoz. 3. Általános iskolában sok verset meg kellett tanulnunk kívülről. 4. Néhányan többet ittak a kelleténél, és balhézni kezdtek. 5. Ne harapd le a fejem! Nem én voltam! 6. A fiam egy igazi éjszakai bagoly, soha nem fekszik le éjfél előtt. 7. Sajnos, nem értek a növényekhez, ezért nincs sok növényem. 8. Általában jó a kapcsolatom a diákjaimmal. 9. Szerencsére egy hullámhosszon vagyok a kollégáimmal. 10. Egyszer s mindenkorra abbahagytam a dohányzást.

11. A jó barátok egymás mellett állnak jóban rosszban. 12. Bármit megtennék azért, hogy segítsek a családomnak. 13. Fülig szerelmes vagyok a férjembe. 14. Néha nem értek egyet a szüleimmel, de mindig meg tudjuk vitatni a dolgokat. 15. Nagyobb fába vágta a fejszéjét, mint kellett volna, amikor a felsőfokú tanfolyamot választotta. 16. Ritkán hagyjuk egyedül a kutyánkat. 17. Érdemes volt jegelnie azt a tervét, hogy külföldre költözik, mert máskülönben nem találkozott volna a férjével. 18. Leesett az állam, amikor észrevettem, hogy az exem a legjobb barátommal csókolózik. 19. Manapság szinte minden családnak össze kell húznia a nadrágszíjat, ha ki akar jönni a pénzéből. 20. A nap végére annyira elfáradtam, hogy már nem tudtam, mitévő legyek.

________________________________________ Elementary

Robbie Williams is one of the hottest celebrities in Britain. Here’s a song from one of his albums. Listen to it and make sure you go to his concert in July. :)It’s a good opportunity to practise your English. Robbie Williams az egyik legnépszerűbb híresség Angliában. Itt van egy dal az egyik albumáról. Hallgasd meg, és menj el a júliusi koncertjére. Jó alkalom, hogy gyakorolhasd az angolod.

Read the lyrics first. There are some words missing from it. Put the appropriate words into the gaps. There is a list to help you. Olvasd el a dalszöveget először. Néhány szó hiányzik belőle. Írd be a megfelelő szavakat az üres helyekre. Itt van egy lista segítségként.

Talk / sweet / die / beside / near / touch / heaven / meet / better / hair

Nan's Song

You said when you'd 1…… that you'd walk with me every day And I'd start to cry and say please don't 2…… that way With the blink of an eye the Lord came and asked you to leave You went to a 3……. place but He stole you away from me

And now she lives in 4……… But I know they let her out To take care of me

There's a strange kind of light Caressing me tonight Pray silence my fear, she is 5…….. Bringing heaven down here

I miss your love I miss your 6………. But I'm feeling you every day And I can almost hear you say 'You've come a long way baby'

And now you live in heaven But I know they let you out To take care of me

There's a strange kind of light In my bedroom tonight Pray silence my fear she is near

Bring your heaven down here

You taught me kings and queens While stroking my 7……. In my darkest hour I know you are there Kneeling down 8……. me Whispering my prayer

Yes there's a strange kind of light Caressing me tonight Pray silence my fear She is near Bringing heaven down here

The next time that we 9…… I will bow at her feet And say wasn't life 10……. Then we'll prepare To take heaven down there

Now find the expressions that mean the following. Találd meg azokat a kifejezéseket, amik a következőket jelentik.

1. Gyorsan, hirtelen 2. Gondoskodni valakiről 3. Dédelget, ölel 4. Imádkozik 5. Elcsendesít, csend 6. Simogat, simít

7. Letérdel 8. Suttog 9. Lehajol, odahajol valaki lábaihoz 10. félelem

________________________________________ Intermediate

Robbie Williams is one of the hottest celebrities in Britain. Here’s a song from one of his albums. Listen to it and make sure you go to his concert in July. :) It’s a good opportunity to practise your English.

Read the lyrics first. There are some words missing from it. Put the appropriate words into the gaps. There is a list to help you.

Long / heaven / lows / yellow / scream / heard / short / pill / teachers / right

"Let Me Entertain You"

Hell is gone and 1……..'s here There's nothing left for you to fear Shake your arse come over here Now 2……. I'm a burning effigy Of everything I used to be You're my rock of empathy, my dear

So come on let me entertain you Let me entertain you

Life's too 3…… for you to die So grab yourself an alibi Heaven knows your mother lied Mon cher Separate your 4…… from wrongs Come and sing a different song The kettle's on so don't be 5……. Mon cher

So come on let me entertain you Let me entertain you

Look me up in the 6……… pages I will be your rock of ages Your see through fads and your crazy phrases yeah Little Bo Peep has lost his sheep He popped a 7…… and fell asleep The dew is wet but the grass is sweet, my dear Your mind gets burned with the habits you've learned But we're the generation that's got to be 8……… You're tired of your 9…….. and your school's a drag You're not going to end up like your mum and dad

So come on let me entertain you Let me entertain you Let me entertain you He may be good he may be outta sight But he can't be here so come around tonight

Here is the place where the feeling grows You gotta get high before you taste the 10…… So come on Let me entertain you Let me entertain you So come on let me entertain me Let me entertain you Come on come on come on come on

Now find the expressions that mean the following.

1. Képmás, jelkép 2. Megragad 3. Teáskanna 4. Hóbort, vesszőparipa 5. Harmat 6. Szokás 7. Dögunalom, nyűg 8. Végezni, kikötni valahogy

________________________________________ Advanced

Robbie Williams is one of the hottest celebrities in Britain. Here’s a song from one of his albums. Listen to it and make sure you go to his concert in July.:) It’s a good opportunity to practise your English.

Read the lyrics first. There are some words missing from it. Put the appropriate words into the gaps. There is a list to help you.

Neon / ambition / declare / tips / elevator / soft-top / still / pace / patience / bell / search / palm

"Me And My Monkey"

There was me and my monkey And with his dungarees and roller blades smoking filter 1….. Reclining in the passenger seat of my super-charged jet black Chevrolet He had the 2……. down (he liked the wind in his face) He said 'Son, you ever been to Vegas?' I said 'no' He said 'that's where we're gonna go - you need a change of 3…….' And we hit the strip with all the wedding chapels and the 4…… signs He said 'I left my wallet in El Segondo' and proceeded to take two grand of mine We made tracks to The Mandalay Bay Hotel Asked the 5…… boy if he'd take me and my monkey as well? He looked in the passenger seat of my car and with a smile he said 'If your monkey's got that kind of money sir, then we've got a monkey bed!'

Me and my monkey With a dream and a gun I'm hoping my monkey don't point that gun at anyone Me and my monkey Like Butch and the Sundance Kid Trying to understand why he did what he did Why he did what he did

We got in the 6…….. , I hit the 33rd floor We had a room up top with the panoramic views like nothing you'd ever seen before

He went to sleep in the bidet and when he awoke He ran his little monkey fingers through yellow pages Called up some escort services and ordered some okey doke Forty minutes later there came a knock at the door In walked this big bad ass baboon into my bedroom with three monkey whores 'Hi! My name is Sunshine - these are my girls Lace my 7…… with silver baby and oh yeah, they'll rock your world' So I watched pay-per-view and polished my shoes and my gun Was diggin' old Kurt Cobain singing 'bout lithium There came a knock at the door and in walked Sunshine 'What's up? You'd better get your ass in here boy, your monkey's having too much of a good time!'

Me and my monkey Drove in 8…… of the sun Me and my monkey Don't point that gun at anyone Me and my monkey Like Billy The Kid Trying to understand why he did what he did Why he did what he did

Got tickets to see Sheena Easton, the monkey was high Said it was a burning 9…….. to see her before he died We left before encores, he couldn't sit 10……. Sheena was a blast baby but my monkey was ill We went to play black-jack, kept hitting twenty three Couldn't help but notice this Mexican just staring at me

Or was it my monkey? I couldn't be sure It's not like you'd never seen a monkey in rollerblades and dungarees before Now don't test my 11……… 'cause we're not about to run That's a bad ass monkey boy and he's packing a gun 'My name is Rodriguez', he says with death in his eye 'I've been chasing you for a long time amigos, and now your monkey's gonna die!'

Me and my monkey drove in search of the sun Now me and my monkey We don't wanna kill no mexican But we've got ten itchy fingers and one thing to 12 ……. When the monkey is high you do not stare, you do not stare you do not stare...

Looks like we've got ourselves a mexican standoff here boy huh... And I ain't about to run Put your gun down, boy huh huh... How did I get mixed up with this fucking monkey anyhow?

Now find the expressions that mean the following.

1. a pair of trousers with an extra piece of cloth that covers the chest and is held in place by a strap over each shoulder

2. to lean or lie back with the upper part of your body in a nearly horizontal position 3. very well-equipped 4. a building which is used for Christian worship by Christians who do not belong to the Church of England or the Roman Catholic Church 5. a type of large monkey found in Africa and Asia, which has a long pointed face like a dog and large teeth 6. an extra song or piece of music that is performed at the end of a show because the audience shout for it 7. to hurry after someone or something in order to catch them 8. situation in which agreement in an argument does not seem possible

Elementary

Match the expressions with their Hungarian equivalents. Párosítsd össze a kifejezéseket a magyar megfelelőjükkel.

1. Be as white as a sheet 2. Black and blue 3. Be green with envy 4. Go beet red 5. Blue 6. See red 7. Give someone a black look 8. Be off colour

A, beteg B, kék-zöld C, mérges

D, elvörösödni E, falfehér a félelemtől F, sárga az irigységtől G, szomorú H, mérgesen nézni valakire

Use these expressions to describe the following situations. Használd ezeket a kifejezéseket, hogy leírd a következő szituációkat.

1. You see your neighbour’s wonderful and very modern car. 2. Your dog bites holes into your new coat. 3. You see a ghost when you are going home. 4. You go to your garage and see that someone has stolen your car. 5. You have a bad cough and a high temperature. 6. Your elder brother has beaten you up. 7. Your boyfriend left you. 8. Your trousers fall off of you in the shop.

Now here you will read some things you can do with parts of your body. Olvasni fogsz dolgokat, amiket a tested részeivel csinálhatsz.

Cough / sneeze / pull a face / yawn / cry / laugh / hiccup / wink / nod / shake your head

Use these verbs in the appropriate situations. Használd ezeket az igéket a megfelelő szituációkban.

1. When I catch a cold, I …….. a lot. 2. When I ………, I have to drink something or someone has to frighten me. 3. When I eat too much ice cream, I ….. a lot.

4. When I say yes with my head, I ….. 5. When I am sleepy, tired or bored, I ……. 6. When I feel blue, I …… 7. When I have a wonderful time, I …… a lot. 8. When I say no with my head, I ……. 9. When I want to show a girl that I like her, I ….. at her. 10. When I don’t like something, I ………..

________________________________________ Intermediate

Who is who? Match the expressions with their definitions.

1. A white-collar worker 2. A blue-collar worker 3. A blue blood 4. A blue-eyed boy 5. A black sheep

A, someone from high social class B, someone who does physical work, e. g. in a factory C, a man who is liked and admired by someone in authority D, someone who does mental work, e.g. in an office E, a person who is considered a failure by their family or group

With which part of your body can you do these things?

1. Lick

2. Stare 3. Point 4. Shrug 5. Grimace 6. Scratch 7. Bite 8. Fidget 9. Hug 10. Sob

Decide whether the following actions are loud or not.

1. Scream 2. Hum 3. Snore 4. Murmur 5. Stammer 6. Whisper 7. Yell 8. Boo 9. Giggle 10. Howl with laughter

________________________________________ Elementary

Read the jokes and solve the tasks in connection with them. Olvasd el a vicceket, és old meg a hozzájuk kapcsolódó feladatokat.

A. A husband and wife were having dinner at a very fine restaurant when an absolutely stunning young woman comes over to their table, gives the husband a big kiss, tells him she'll see him later, and walks away. His wife glares at him and says, "Who was that??!!" "Oh" replies the husband, "that was my mistress." "That's it," says the wife, "I want a divorce." "Ok," replies her husband, "but remember, if you get a divorce there will be no more shopping trips to Paris, no wintering in the Caribbean, no Lexus in the garage, and no more country club. But, the decision is yours." Just then the wife notices a mutual friend entering the restaurant with a gorgeous woman. "Who is that woman with Jim?" she asks. "That's his mistress," replies her husband. "Ours is much better looking." says the wife.

Find the words in the text which mean the following. Találd meg a szövegben azokat a szavakat, amik a következőket jelentik.

1. Klassz, pompás 2. Ellenségesen méreget, mereven bámul 3. Szerető 4. Válás 5. Közös 6. Nagyszerű, pompás, ragyogó

Answer the questions in English. Válaszolj a kérdésekre angolul.

1. Who glares at whom? 2. Why does she glare at him? 3. Who comes to their table? 4. What does the wife want after the incident? 5. Why does she say she doesn’t want the divorce?

6. Who else has a lover too?

B. A guy walks past a mental hospital and hears a moaning voice "13.......13.......13.........13" the man looked over to the hospital and saw a hole in the wall, he looked through the hole and gets poked in the eye. The moaning voice then groaned '14.........14.........14.......14.'

Find the words in the text which mean the following. Találd meg a szövegben azokat a szavakat, amik a következőket jelentik.

1. Jajgató, siránkozó 2. Lyuk 3. Szembe bökni valakit 4. Nyög, sóhajt

Answer the questions in English. Válaszolj a kérdésekre angolul.

1. Why does the man looks over to the hospital? 2. What happens when he looks through the hole? 3. What does the number show?

C. A man hasn't been feeling well, so he goes to his doctor for a complete check-up. Afterward, the doctor comes out with the results. "I'm afraid I have some very bad news," the doctor says. "You're dying, and you don't have much time left." "Oh, that's terrible!" says the man. "How long have I got?" "Ten," the doctor says sadly. "Ten?" the man asks. "Ten what? Months? Weeks? What?!" The doctor interrupts, "Nine..."

Find the words in the text which mean the following. Találd meg a szövegben azokat a szavakat, amik a következőket jelentik.

1. Teljes ellenőrzés 2. Eredmény 3. Félbeszakít

Answer the questions in English. Válaszolj a kérdésekre angolul.

1. Why does the man go to the doctor? 2. Does the doc have good or bad news for him? 3. What is the bad news? 4. How much time has he got?

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Read the jokes and solve the tasks in connection with them.

A. It seems that this old couple are having trouble remembering things, so they sign up for a memory course. The course is wonderful; they come home and tell all their relatives, friends, and neighbours about it. Some months later, a neighbour approaches the man as he tends the garden. Neighbour asks, "Say, Ed, what was the name of the instructor of that memory course you liked so much?" Ed replies, "Well, it was...hmmm...let me think a minute... What's the name of that flower, you know, the one that smells so nice, but has thorns on the stems...? Neighbour says, "You mean a rose?" Ed replies, "Yeah, that's it!...(shouting toward house) Hey, Rose, what was that memory course instructor's name?

Find the words in the text which mean the following.

1. Gondot okoz megtenni valamit 2. Beiratkozni 3. Közeledni 4. Gondozni 5. Tövis

Answer the questions in English.

1. What causes problems to the old couple? 2. How do they want to solve this problem? 3. Was the course successful? 4. If yes, why? If no, why not?

B. An Illinois man left the snowballed streets of Chicago for a vacation in Florida. His wife was on a business trip and was planning to meet him there the next day. When he reached his hotel, he decided to send his wife a quick e-mail. Unable to find the scrap of paper on which he had written her e-mail address, he did his best to type it in from memory. Unfortunately, he missed one letter, and his note was directed instead to an elderly preacher's wife whose husband had passed away only the day before. When the grieving widow checked her e-mail, she took one look at the monitor, let out a piercing scream, and fell to the floor dead. At the sound, her family rushed into the room and saw this note on the screen: Dearest Wife, Just got checked in. Everything prepared for your arrival tomorrow. Your Loving Husband. P.S. Sure is hot down here.

Find the words in the text which mean the following.

1. Papírfecni 2. Meghalni 3. Gyászoló 4. Özvegy 5. Berohanni

Answer the questions in English.

1. Does the Illinois man’s email go to the right person? 2. When the widow read the email where did she think her husband was? 3. Did she survive after reading the message?

C. A chemist, a biologist, and an electrical engineer were on death row waiting for the electric chair. The chemist was brought forward first. "Do you have anything you want to say?" asked the executioner, strapping him in. "No," replied the chemist. The executioner flicked the switch, and nothing happened. Under state law, if an execution attempt fails, the prisoner has to be released, so the chemist was released. Then the biologist was brought forward. "Do you have anything you want to say?" "No, just get on with it." The executioner flicked the switch, and again nothing happened, so the biologist was released. Then the electrical engineer was brought forward. "Do you have anything you want to say?" asked the executioner.

"Yes," replied the engineer. "If you swap the red and the blue wires over, you might make this thing work."

Find the words in the text which mean the following.

1. Halálsor 2. Kísérlet 3. Befuccsol 4. Kiengedni 5. Ki/megcserélni

Answer the questions in English.

1. What is the law about execution? 2. Who survived the electric chair? 3. Why did they survive it? 4. Who did NOT survive the electric chair? 5. Why did he NOT survive it?

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Read the jokes and solve the tasks in connection with them.

A. One evening a family brings their frail, elderly mother to a nursing home and leaves her, hoping she will be well cared for. The next morning, the nurses bathe her, feed her a tasty breakfast, and set her in a chair at a window overlooking a lovely flower garden.

She seems OK, but after a while she slowly starts to lean over sideways in her chair. Two attentive nurses immediately rush up to catch her and straighten her up. Again she seems OK, but after a while she starts to tilt to the other side. The nurses rush back and once more bring her back upright. This goes on all morning. Later the family arrives to see how the old woman is adjusting to her new home. "So Ma, how is it here? Are they treating you all right?" they ask. "It's pretty nice," she replies. "Except they won't let you fart."

Find the words in the text which mean the following.

1. Törékeny 2. Idősek otthona 3. Ízletes 4. Dőlni 5. Alkalmazkodni, igazodni

Answer the questions in English.

1. What did the old lady like about the nursing home? 2. What was her only complaint?

B. A woman three months pregnant falls into a deep coma. Six months later, she awakes and asks the nearest doctor about the fate of her baby. "You had twins, a boy and a girl, and they are both fine," says the doctor. "Luckily, your brother named them for you." "Oh shit, not by brother! He's an idiot! What did he call the girl?" "Denise," the doctor replies. Thinking that isn't so bad, she asks, "And what did he call the boy?" The doctor answers, "Denephew."

Answer the question in English.

1. What are the two relationships mentioned in the joke?

C. It was early morning at the military base, and the first sergeant was calling out names for the daily work parties listed on a piece of paper: "Ames" "Here!" "Jenson" "Here!" "Jones" "Here!" "Magersky" "Here!" "Seeback" No answer. "Seeback!" No answer was heard again. "SEEBACK!!!" The troops remained totally silent. At that point, someone whispered into the first sergeant's ear. He looked again at what the last name really said, quickly turned over the list and continued calling the names printed on the other side.

Answer the question in English.

1. What caused the problem to the sergeant?

Elementary

Choose the odd one out and give your reasons. Válaszd ki a kakukktojást, és indokold meg a döntésed.

1. Reading room library bookshop

2. Textbook dictionary novel

3. Borrow return buy

4. Bookworm library card library member

5. publish sell paint

6. poem drama lexicon

7. on the bus on bike on the train

8. in your free time at night at work

9. bedtime story short story fairy tale

10. writer poet publisher

Now decide whether the following statements are true for you or not. Döntsd el, hogy a következő állítások igazak-e rád vagy sem.

1. I like reading.

2. I think it is an interesting free time activity.

3. I can learn a lot of things from books.

4. Reading is very important, useful and entertaining.

5. I read books at nights.

6. I read books at weekends.

7. I read books when I am travelling.

8. I read books during boring lessons.

9. I have a lot of books at home.

10. It is good to use the library.

11. I need a lot of books for my work / for my studies.

12. I love detective stories.

13. I love books on nature.

14. I love books on history.

15. I love novels and poems.

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Sort the following words into categories. Give a title to your categories.

Biography / novel / memoirs / sci-fi / guide-book / drama / manual / cookbook / encyclopaedia / poem / detective novel / atlas / dictionary / short story / autobiography / reference book / lexicon / adventure story / diary / textbook / map

Now list the words in order of your personal preference.

Now match the expressions with their Hungarian meanings.

1. Bookworm 2. Browse among the shelves 3. Borrow a book 4. Pay a fine 5. Return the books 6. Bedtime story 7. Overdue 8. Reading room 9. Read a book from cover to cover 10. Read a book at a sitting 11. Can’t break away from the story 12. Put a book down 13. Thumb/flip through a book

a. egy könyvet egy ültő helyedben elolvasni b. könyvmoly c. visszavinni a könyveket d. lejárt e. nézelődni a polcok között f. letenni egy könyvet g. esti mese

h. átlapozni egy könyvet i. olvasóterem j. kikölcsönözni egy könyvet k. elejétől a végéig elolvaasni egy könyvet l. nem tud elszakadni a történettől m. büntetést fizetni

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Explain the following words in English.

1. Paperback 2. Hardback 3. Blurb 4. Acknowledgement 5. Literary masterpiece 6. Footnote 7. Dustjacket 8. Foreword 9. epilogue 10. chapter

Put the following adjectives describing books into two groups: positive and negative.

1. Rich in unpredictable turns 2. Fascinating 3. Thrilling

4. Predictable 5. Sinister 6. Exciting 7. Unimaginative 8. Depressing 9. Surprising 10. Disappointing 11. Convincing 12. Shocking 13. Boring 14. Stunning 15. Gripping 16. Readable 17. Weak 18. Thought-provoking 19. Well-written 20. Dull

Advanced

Read the rules discussed above, and then put the appropriate article into the gaps. In some cases you don’t need to write anything.

1. There has been …rise in …..number of …..unemployed. 2. I don’t like ….cakes sold in ….local bakery. 3. …..handball is becoming one of ….most popular sports. 4. ……German enjoy sunbathing. 5. I don’t have ….Picasso at home. 6. She went to …..prison to visit her neighbour.

7. The thief went to ….prison because he committed several crimes. 8. ….Mr Black called you while you were having a shower. 9. During lunch, I always read ….Sunday Times. 10. …..Oxford University is very famous. 11. A lot of students study at …..University of Oxford. 12. She was ….first woman to win the prize. 13. We moved to ….King Street. 14. He has ….horrible cold, so he is now in ….bed. 15. He used to have a lot of roles on …..Broadway, 16. I intend to stay at ….Hilton Hotel. 17. ….Westminster Abbey is one of the most popular sights in London. 18. ….Rockies are fabulous in spring. 19. I was born in …Dominican Republic. 20. …..Empire State Building is very high.

Elementary

Read the example sentences. Olvasd el a példamondatokat.

1. Drink up your tea and then come here. 2. Hungary borders on Austria. 3. My best friend dropped by and we talked a lot. 4. The teacher picks on me, but I don’t know why. 5. Every day she breezes into the office, and smiles at everyone.

Now match the phrasal verbs with their meaning. Párosítsd össze az igéket a jelentésükkel.

A. Beugrani B. Pikkelni valakire C. Belibbenni valahova D. Meginni valamit E. Határos valamivel

Put these words into the correct order to make sentences with the phrasal verbs mentioned above. Tedd a helyes sorrendbe a következő szavakat, hogy olyan mondatokat hozzál létre, amikben szerepelnek a fent említett igék.

1. Milk drank she ran quickly up and the away 2. U.S.A. Canada on the borders 3. By week usually my twice friend drops a 4. Often ones young weaker on children pick the 5. Lady looked and the the around into breezed restaurant young

Translate the sentences into English. Fordítsd le angolra a mondatokat.

1. Németország Ausztriával határos. 2. Mindig beugrok az anyukámhoz, amikor a szülővárosomba utazok. 3. Amikor belibbentünk, mindenki meglepődött. 4. Miért pikkelsz rám? Sohasem bántottalak. 5. Miért ittad meg a narancslevem?

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Intermediate

Match the phrasal verbs with their correct definitions.

1. Get down to something, doing something 2. Fend for yourself 3. Be set against something, doing something 4. Cut back on something 5. Breeze into something

A. take care of yourself without needing the help of other people B. get an important and well-paid job quickly and easily C. be opposed to doing something D. start doing something seriously and with a lot of attention E. reduce the number or the amount of something

Now put one word to complete the sentences.

1. After leaving university, she breezed ……a great position at an influential company. 2. I got …..to learning English two months ago. 3. My granny is very old, but luckily she still manages to …..for herself. 4. When I am pregnant, I am set …….smoking. 5. After three months I managed to ….back on cigarettes.

Rewrite the sentences so that they contain the appropriate phrasal verbs.

1. I promise I will start preparing seriously for the exam tomorrow. 2. Old people are usually unable to take care of themselves without help. 3. My father is opposed to the fact that I have a boyfriend. 4. You have to reduce the phone calls you make.

5. It’s so unfair that she got this important and well-paid job even though she didn’t study anything.

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Advanced

Choose the best meaning of the phrasal verbs.

1. Drift off a, Run away b, Fall asleep c, Be swept away

2. Abide by something a, Accept, obey a decision, rule b, Reduce in number c, Stay the same

3. Breeze through something a, The wind blows through the house or flat b, Quickly thumb through a book or a mag c, Succeed in something very easily

4. Take against someone a, Begin to dislike someone b, Oppose someone c, Look completely different

5. Loosen up a, Relax b, Have more free time c, Start to feel less embarrassed when you are with others

Use the phrasal verbs from above to fill the gaps in the sentences below. Use the correct form of the verbs.

1. She managed to ……..up after half an hour. 2. I …..against her after she had criticised me for my appearance. 3. Don’t worry so much. I know you are going to ……through your exam. 4. She might have …..by the new rule in her mind, but she gives no sign of it. 5. At the end of the day I was so exhausted that I ……off to sleep immediately.

Correct the mistakes in these sentences.

1. She seemed to abide to our decision. 2. If she hadn’t told a lie, I wouldn’t have turned against her. 3. It’s really difficult for him to loosen out in the company of strangers. 4. The baby drifted in sleep as soon as she put into bed. 5. I expected to breeze up in the test, but I failed completely.

25.04.2006, Tuesday Idioms

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Elementary

Match the idioms with their Hungarian equivalents. Párosítsd össze az idiómákat a magyar megfelelőjükkel.

1. Have the time of your life 2. Be a bit hard up 3. Green belt 4. Be green with envy 5. Cost an arm and a leg

A. zöldövezet B. Inged-gatyád rámegy valamire, nagyon drága C. nagyon jól érzed magad D. sárga az irigységtől E. le van égve anyagilag

Read the example sentences. Olvasd el a példamondatokat.

The Italian learners had the time of their lives at the Eros Ramazotti concert. My friend was a bit hard up after she paid for the concert tickets. It’s very pleasant to live in the green belt. My neighbour was green with envy when she saw my little puppy.

This pair of trousers costs an arm and a leg.

Now put one word to complete the sentences. Egészítsd ki egy szóval a mondatokat.

1. Houses in the green …….are very expensive. 2. Clothes from Gucci or Dior cost an ….and a leg. 3. At my wedding party me and my husband had the time of our ……. 4. If you spend all your money now, you will be a bit ….. up. 5. A lot of people become ……with envy if something good happens to other people.

Translate the sentences into English. Fordítsd le angolra a mondatokat.

1. Amikor nem kerestem sokat, a hónap végén mindig le voltam égve. 2. Amikor láttam, hogy a volt barátom boldog, sárga voltam az irigységtől. 3. Az exfeleségem ékszereire ráment ingem-gatyám. 4. A zöldövezeti gyerekek sokat mozognak. 5. Amikor a testvérem megszületett, nagyon boldog voltam.

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Intermediate

Match the idioms with their definitions.

1. Thumb a lift 2. Wouldn’t say boo to a goose 3. Have both feet on the ground

4. Pass your exams with flying colours 5. Be not up to scratch

A. be very realistic B. hitchhike C. do very well D. be not good enough E. innocent, never wants to harm anyone

Rewrite the sentences so that they contain the appropriate idiom.

1. It’s very dangerous for girls to hitchhike at night. 2. When I prepare a lot, I always do very well at my exams. 3. Fortunately, my husband is very realistic, so when I’m daydreaming, he is thinking about paying the bills. 4. The facilities of the elementary schools are simply not good enough. 5. Don’t be afraid of that dog, he never harms anyone.

Put one word to complete the sentences.

1. I would never …… a lift on my own. 2. If you practise English a lot, you will pass your language exam with ……. colours. 3. His results were simply not up to …….so he didn’t get the admission to university. 4. She is such an innocent, cute person so I think she would never say ….to a goose. 5. People who have both …..on the ground never forget about deadlines.

Find one mistake in each sentence.

1. It’s easy to pass your exams with great colours if you work hard. 2. I reached the city by fingering a lift. 3. Old nuns would never say wow to a goose, they only want to offer help to everyone. 4. Your excuses are not down to scratch so think about new ones that are believable. 5. Poets are not the ones who have both feet on the sky.

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Advanced

Which definition is the right meaning for these idioms?

1. rat race a, A cruel competition with animals just like bull fight that should be banned, mostly practised in China b, an unpleasant way in which people compete against each other at work in order to succeed

2. get butterflies in your stomach a, become nervous b, get an allergy from an exotic kind of food

3. catch someone red-handed a, notice that your children have not washed their hands before a meal b, to discover someone doing something illegal or wrong

4. keep someone at arm’s length

a, stay away from someone because his/her mouth is stinking b, to not allow someone to become too friendly with you

5. like a bear with a sore head a, to be in a bad mood which causes you to treat other people badly and complain a lot b, to be unhealthy

Put one of the idioms to complete the sentences.

1. If you don’t know someone, at first you should ….. that person …….. 2. Although she has been working as an actress for ten years already, she still …………………….. before every performance. 3. Whenever my boss is ………………….., I had better avoid him. 4. In the ……..of today’s world there are more and more people suffering from stress and depression. 5. I was about to enter my flat, when I ……….a thief ……so I immediately called the police.

Correct the mistake in each sentence.

1. In this mouse race, people simply do not have enough time to take care of their relationships. 2. She doesn’t trust anyone so she keeps almost everyone at arm’s distance. 3. I always get birdies in my stomach before going to the doctor. 4. When I have a bad hair day, I’m like a bear with an empty head. 5. The murderer was caught blood-handed so he was arrested on thr spot.

03.05.2006, Wednesday Phrasal Verbs

Creative Délután a Zsigmond Király Főiskolán Tudom, tudom, mindjárt a nyakunkon a vizsgaidőszak, de csak lassan a testtel! Mondtam egy szóval is, hogy elengedünk búcsú nélkül? Hát ezt hiszed rólunk? Ami már tuti: kaja, pia, laza stílus! Ami még kell: TE! Hiszen nélküled semmi sem az igazi… Ja, és persze vendég is lesz: Juhász Péter a Kendermag Egyesülettől… Tudod, a csávó, aki megsétáltatta a zöldséget a bíróságon… :-) 2006. május 3. szerda, 14:00, ZSKF részletek itt

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Elementary

Complete the expressions with a preposition from the list. Egészítsd ki a kifejezéseket egy elöljárószóval a listából.

In / of / in / with / in /of / in / to / about / for

1. Be interested …..something 2. Believe ……something 3. Be proud …..something/someone 4. Do a course ….something 5. Be allergic ……something 6. Complain …..something 7. Be full …..something 8. Be …..a hurry 9. Work …..someone

10. Be fed up …..something/someone

Now match them with their meanings. Párosítsd a jelentésükkel.

A, Panaszkodni valami miatt B,, Tele van valamivel C, Hinni valamiben D, Dolgozni valakinek E, Büszke valakire, valamire F, Tanfolyamot végezni valamiből G, Sietni H, Elege van valamiből I, Allergiás valamire J, Érdeklődik valami iránt

Complete the sentences with one word. Use the right verb forms where necessary. Egészítsd ki a mondatokat egy szóval. Használd a megfelelő igealakokat, ahol szükséges.

1. She doesn’t ……in God. 2. If you like English, why don’t you do a course …..it? 3. She is fed ….with all his lies, so she decided to leave him. 4. My grandmother is always ………..about her noisy neighbours. 5. His desk was ……of documents and pens. 6. I’m ………in learning languages so now I’m learning my fourth language. 7. My parents work ……the same company. 8. His parents were very …..of him when he won the championship. 9. I can’t go to the forest because I’m …….to flowers and trees. 10. I don’t have any time to talk with you now because I’m in a …….

Translate the sentences into English. Fordítsd le angolra a mondatokat.

1. A testvérem most egy pszichológia tanfolyamot végez. 2. Nem szeretem azokat az embereket, akik állandóan panaszkodnak valami miatt. 3. Érdekelnek a művészfilmek? 4. Elegem van a munkámból! 5. Te miben hiszel? 6. A városközpont tele van autókkal. 7. Én egy nagy cégnek dolgozom. 8. Szerencsére nem vagyok allergiás semmire. 9. Manapság mindenki mindig siet. 10. Én nagyon büszke vagyok a családomra.

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Intermediate

Complete the expressions with a preposition from the list.

From / for / out of / to / to / for / from / on / to / of / of

1. Prevent someone …….something 2. Recover……an illness 3. Pay attention …..something 4. Blame someone ….something 5. Blame something …..someone

6. Be …….the question 7. Apologise ….someone ….something 8. Belong …..someone, something 9. Remind someone …..someone, something 10. Die ….something

Now match them with their meanings. A, Felépülni betegségből B, Tartozni valahova, valakihez C, Okolni valakit valamiért D, Emlékeztetni valakit valamire E, Nem kérdéses F, Megelőzni valakit, hogy valamit tegyen G, Bocsánatot kérni valakitől valamiért H, Belehalni valamibe I, Odafigyelni valamire, valakire J, Rákenni valakire valamit

Complete each sentence with one suitable preposition.

1. Fortunately, after months the pop star has recovered …..her serious illness. 2. Do you belong …..any political parties? 3. Don’t blame me …..this mistake. 4. James Dean died ….. a car crash. 5. Changing my job is simply ………the question. 6. Living a healthy life prevents you …..becoming ill. 7. I really must apologise ….you ….saying these ugly things about you. 8. It’s easy to blame everything ….the person absent.

9. Will you pay attention … me while I’m talking? 10. This guy reminds me …..my ex-boyfriend.

Translate the sentences into English.

1. Bölcs dolog bocsánatot kérni azoktól, akiket megbántottál. 2. Hogyan lehet megelőzni, hogy a fiatalok dohányozzanak? 3. Mibe halt bele a hires énekes? 4. Nem igazán tisztességes másokat hibáztatni a saját hibáidért. 5. Ez a gyerekkoromra emlékeztet. 6. Ki van zárva, hogy ne csináljam a NAP-ot. 7. Kihez tartozik ez a nagy táska? 8. Ne kenj mindent a kishúgodra! 9. Fel fogsz gyógyulni a betegségből, mindössze időre van szükséged. 10. Érdemes odafigyelni a tanárodra, mert sokat tanulhatsz tőle.

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Advanced

Complete the expressions with a preposition from the list.

Of / with / in / of / on / from / in / of / in / of

1. Take advantage ….something 2. Accuse someone …..something 3. Be capable …..doing something 4. Be popular ……someone

5. Succeed …..doing something 6. Be engrossed …..something 7. Interfere …..something 8. Consist ….something 9. Congratulate someone …..something 10. Suffer …..something

Now match them with their meanings.

A, Sikerül megcsinálni valamit B, Beleavatkozni valamibe C, Vádolni valakit valamivel D, Szenvedni valamitől E, Kihasználni valamit F, Elmélyedve lenni valamiben G, Gratulálni valakinek valamihez H, Népszerű valakik körében I, Képes valamire J, Áll valamiből

Underline the correct word in each sentence.

1. I think everyone is capable of / to passing a language exam. 2. My grandfather has always been suffering against / from insomnia. 3. If you work hard, you will succeed in / to achieving what you want. 4. The meal consisted of / from three courses. 5. Why don’t you take advantage from / of your height and take up basketball? 6. She congratulated me for / on having a baby.

7. I was so engrossed in / with the book that I could not hear anything. 8. My classmate was accused with / of having stolen several wallets. 9. You had better not interfere in / to their fight. 10. Gellért Hill is rather popular with / among tourists.

Rewrite the sentences so that they contain the word given, using the expressions from above.

1. Children like this new toy a lot. WITH 2. The exam paper has fifty questions. OF 3. Everyone said that it was the old man was the one who started the fight. ACCUSED 4. I was paying so much attention to the book I was reading that I just didn’t notice that I had been robbed of my bag. IN 5. She says she is having a horrible headache and it gives her a lot of unpleasant minutes. FROM 6. I finally managed to find a well-paid job. FINDING 7. If you are clever enough, you can use your language knowledge in various ways. TAKE 8. I wouldn’t like to interrupt your conversation but I think he is right. IN 9. She just can’t understand the logic of normal people. OF 10. You should always say some nice words to the other team, even if you lose the match. ON 04.05.2006, Thursday Culture

Nyári előkészítő tábor a DFT-Budapesttel Ha 10., illetve 11-es diák vagy, aki az érettségi évét megelőzően is szükségesnek tartod, hogy tudásod rendszerezd, új módszertani ismeretekkel gazdagodj, és hatalmas előnyre akarsz szert tenni a veled egyidős, felvételizni kívánó diákokkal

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Elementary

First match these words with their meanings. You will find these words in the following text. Először párosítsd össze a szavakat a jelentéseikkel. A következő szövegben találkozni fogsz ezekkel a szavakkal.

1. Graduate 2. Quit 3. Suffer from 4. Throughout 5. Factory 6. Fatally 7. Turning point 8. Handyman 9. Shore 10. Observation 11. Account 12. Remark 13. Seek, sought, sought 14. Circumstance 15. simplicity

A, halálosan B, szenvedni valamitől

C, egyszerűség D, part E, lediplomázni F, fordulópont G, megjegyez H, abbahagy I, keres J, megfigyelés K, valami alatt végig L, beszámoló M, körülmény N, gyár O, ezermester

Read about the life of Henry David Thoreau, who was a famous American essayist and poet. Olvass Henry David Thoreau életéról, aki egy hires amerikai esszéíró ls költő volt.

Henry David Thoreau was born in Concord, Massachusetts, which was center of his life. Thoreau studied at Concord Academy (1828-33), and at Harvard University, and he graduated in 1837. He was teacher in Canton, Massachusetts (1835-36), and at Center School (1837), but he quit his job after two weeks. In 1835 he got the tuberculosis and suffered from it throughout his life. Thoreau also worked in his father's pencil factory. Later, opened with his brother John a school in Concord and taught there in 1838-41 until his brother became fatally ill, and they had to close the school. A very important turning point in Thoreau's life came when he met Ralph Waldo Emerson, another famous American writer. He was a member of Emerson household from 1841 to 1843, earning his living as a handyman. In 1843 he was a tutor to William Emerson's sons. In 1845 Thoreau built a home on the shores of Walden Point for twenty-eight dollars, and described his observations in A WEEK ON THE CONCORD AND MERRIMACK RIVERS (1849). The account was based on a trip he took with his brother in 1839. Thoreau's first book sold poorly and he remarked, "I have now a

library of nearly nine hundred volumes, over seven hundred of which I wrote myself." Walden; or, Life in the Woods described a two-year period in Thoreau's life from March 1845 to September 1847. From the Fourth of July, the author retired from the town to live alone at Walden Pond. He died at Concord on May 6, 1862. Thoreau actively sought simplicity in his circumstances because he wanted to enjoy richness in his intellectual and spiritual life.

Decide whether the following statements are true or false. Döntsd el, hogy az alábbi állítások igazak vagy hamisak.

1. He mostly lived his life in Concord, Massachussets. 2. He only spent two weeks teaching at Center School. 3. He never had any illnesses. 4. His family had a successful pen factory. 5. Emerson was one of the people who hated Thoreau. 6. He was the teacher of Emerson’s sons. 7. He built a little house on the shores of the Atlantic Ocean. 8. It was a very expensive and luxurious house. 9. His first book didn’t really become a best-seller. 10. He lived alone in a forest for two years.

Read some of his famous quotations. Olvasd el néhány hires idézetét.

1. Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity!

2. There are many fine things which we cannot say if we have to shout.

3. Only great and worthy things have any permanent and absolute existencethat petty fears and petty pleasures are but the shadow of reality.

4. Heaven is under our feet, as well as above our heads.

Find the opposites in the quotations. Találd meg az ellentéteket az idézetekben.

1. Under2. Above3. Complexity4. Whisper5. Great6. Petty7. Temporary8. Hell-

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Intermediate

First match these words with their meanings. You will find these words in the following text.

1. Announcement 2. Sketch out 3. Pond 4. Devote attention to something 5. Recount 6. Detailed 7. Scrounge 8. Squat

9. Contemplation 10. Appreciate 11. Austerity 12. Solitude 13. Prosperity 14. Significance 15. Squirrel 16. Scuttle 17. Migrating birds 18. Pest

A, részletes B, jelentőség C, megbecsülni D, költöző madarak E, figyelmet szentelni valaminek F, bejelentés G, tó H, mókus I, elmélkedés J, felvázolni K, magány L, fut, siet, szalad M, kártevő, rovar N, elcsen, potyázik O, boldogulás, jólét P, letelepül, lefoglal Q, mértékletesség

R, elbeszél, elmond

Read about Henry David Thoreau’s most famous piece of writing, entitled Walden; or, Life in the Woods.

WALDEN opens with a simple announcement that Thoreau spent two years in Walden Pond, near Concord, Massachusetts, living a simple life supported by no one. Thoreau sketches out his ideals as he describes his pond project. He devotes attention to the skepticism and wonderment with which townspeople had greeted news of his project, and he defends himself from their views that society is the only place to live. He recounts the circumstances of his move to Walden Pond, along with a detailed account of the steps he took to construct his rustic habitation and the methods by which he supported himself in the course of his wilderness experiment. It is a chapter full of facts, figures, and practical advice, but also offers big ideas about the claims of individualism versus social existence. Thoreau tells us that he completed his cabin in the spring of 1845 and moved in on July 4 of that year. Most of the materials and tools he used to build his home he borrowed or scrounged from previous sites. The land he squats on belongs to his friend Ralph Waldo Emerson. In order to make a little money, Thoreau cultivates a modest bean-field, which tends to occupy his mornings. He reserves his afternoons and evenings for contemplation, reading, and walking about the countryside. It becomes obvious that he appreciates the values of austerity, simplicity, and solitude more than anything else. He repeatedly contrasts his own freedom with the imprisonment of others who devote their lives to material prosperity. Despite his isolation, Thoreau feels the presence of society surrounding him. The Fitchburg Railroad rushes past Walden Pond. Thoreau also finds occasion to converse with other people, such as the peasant farmer, railroad worker, or the odd visitor to Walden. He describes in some detail his relationship with a Canadian-born woodcutter, who is grand and sincere in his character, though not really intellectual. Thoreau devotes great attention to nature, the passing of the seasons, and the creatures with which he shares the woods. He does not observe and describe them neutrally and scientifically, but gives them a moral and philosophical significance. As autumn turns to winter, Thoreau begins preparations for the arrival of the cold. He listens to the squirrel, the rabbit, and the fox as they scuttle about gathering food. He watches the migrating birds, and welcomes the pests that infest his cabin as they escape the coming frosts. He prepares his walls with plaster to shut out the wind. By day he makes a study of the snow and ice, giving special attention to the mystic blue ice of Walden Pond, and by night he sits and listens to the wind as it whips and whistles outside his door. He meditates on the pond as a symbol of infinity that people need in their lives. Eventually winter

gives way to spring, and with a huge crash and roar the ice of Walden Pond begins to melt and hit the shore.. Thoreau announces that his project at the pond is over, and thus he returned to civilized life on September 6, 1847.

Decide whether the following statements are true or false.

1. A lot of people helped the writer during those two years of solitude. 2. The townspeople thought moving there alone was a great idea. 3. There are a lot of facts and figures in his novel. 4. He moved into his cabin on July 4. 5. He bought a lot of materials and tools to build his shelter. 6. He did nothing to make a little money. 7. He spent all his days contemplating, reading, and walking about the countryside. 8. He doesn’t devote his life to material prosperity. 9. He doesn’t simply observe creatures and nature neutrally and scientifically. 10. In the end, he returns to civilized life.

Read some of his famous quotations just for fun. You need to put some words into them from the list.

Essential / Quiet / wider / forever

1. The mass of men lead lives of ……desperation.

2. I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the ………. facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived.

3. Why is it that a bucket of water soon becomes putrid, but frozen remains sweet……….? It is commonly said that this is the difference between the affections and the intellect.

4. The universe is ……than our views of it.

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Advanced

Find the words in the text which mean the following.

1. most of 2. a person who stays in a particular place for a short period get 3. seriously badly 4. a rule for action or behaviour, especially obtained from moral consideration 5. more than is needed or wanted 6. someone who gives money to help an organization, society or person 7. make the best or most extreme example of something 8. be filled in an untidy or badly organized way 9. the beauty, importance, purity, etc. of something or someone being spoilt

Read some excerpts from Henry David Thoreau’s Walden.

When I wrote the following pages, or rather the bulk of them, I lived alone, in the woods, a mile from any neighbor, in a house which I had built myself, on the shore of Walden Pond, in Concord, Massachusetts, and earned my living by the labor of my hands only.

I lived there two years and two months. At present I am a sojourner in civilized life again….. Most men appear never to have considered what a house is, and are actually though needlessly poor all their lives because they think that they must have such a one as their neighbors have. As if one were to wear any sort of coat which the tailor might cut out for him, or, gradually leaving off palm-leaf hat or cap of woodchuck skin, complain of hard times because he could not afford to buy him a crown! It is possible to invent a house still more convenient and luxurious than we have, which yet all would admit that man could not afford to pay for. Shall we always study to obtain more of these things, and not sometimes to be content with less? Shall the respectable citizen thus gravely teach, by precept and example, the necessity of the young man's providing a certain number of superfluous glow-shoes, and umbrellas, and empty guest chambers for empty guests, before he dies? Why should not our furniture be as simple as the Arab's or the Indian's? When I think of the benefactors of the race, whom we have apotheosized as messengers from heaven, bearers of divine gifts to man, I do not see in my mind any retinue at their heels, any carload of fashionable furniture. Or what if I were to allow -- would it not be a singular allowance? -- that our furniture should be more complex than the Arab's, in proportion as we are morally and intellectually his superiors! At present our houses are cluttered and defiled with it, and a good housewife would sweep out the greater part into the dust hole, and not leave her morning's work undone. Morning work! By the blushes of Aurora and the music of Memnon, what should be man's morning work in this world? I had three pieces of limestone on my desk, but I was terrified to find that they required to be dusted daily, when

the furniture of my mind was all undusted still, and threw them out the window in disgust. How, then, could I have a furnished house? I would rather sit in the open air, for no dust gathers on the grass, unless where man has broken ground.

Decide whether the following statements are true or false.

1. He wrote the novel completely in the forest. 2. He earned his living with his own hands. 3. The writer believes that we should be satisfied with what we have, instead of wanting more. 4. A lot of shoes, umbrellas, guest chambers and other things are not superfluous at all. 5. Morning work should be dusting the mind, instead of dusting every kind of silly objects. 6. The writer himself does have several objects that need dusting.

Read some of his famous quotations just for fun. You need to put some words into them from the list.

Ourselves / Inward / Solitude / Castles

1. If you have built ……. in the air, your work need not to be lost, that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them.

2. Direct your eye………, and you’ll find a thousand regions in your mind yet undiscovered. Travel them, and be an expert in home-cosmography.

3. I never found a companion that was so companionable as……...

4. Not till we are lost, in other words, not till we have lost the world, do we begin to find……….., and realize where we are and the infinite extent of our relations.

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Elementary

Weather is a very important topic in the English language. First, match the expressions with their meanings. Az időjárás egy fonots téma az nagol nyelvben. Először párosítsd a kifejezéseket a jelentéseikkel.

1. It snows. 2. Flowers blossom. 3. People harvest fruits. 4. Leaves turn brown, yellow and red. 5. It’s misty. 6. It’s wet.

7. The weather is unpredictable. 8. It freezes. 9. It’s windy. 10. You build a snowman. 11. The temperature is below zero. 12. The sun shines. 13. It’s hot. 14. It’s cold. 15. It’s mild. 16. You sunbathe. 17. You go for long walks in the forests. 18. Roads are slippery. 19. Snow melts. 20. The wind blows.

A, Ködös. B, Mínusz fok van. C, Szeles. D, Napozol. E, Esik a hó. F, Fúj a szél. G, Csúszósak az utak. H, Az emberek betakarítják a gyümölcsöket. I, Kiszámíthatatlan az idő. J, Nagyon meleg van. K, Olvad a hó. L, Süt a nap. M, A virágok nyílnak.

N, Hosszú sétákat teszel az erdőben. O, A levelek barnává, sárgává és pirossá válnak. P, Nedves az idő. Q, Fagy. R, Enyhe az idő. S, Hideg van. T, Hóembert építesz.

Put these expressions into four groups. Tedd be az előbbi kifejezéseket négy csoportba.

SPRING:

SUMMER:

AUTUMN:

WINTER:

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Intermediate

Weather is a very important topic in the English language. First, match the expressions with their meanings.

1. You sledge down the hill. 2. There are floods. 3. You perspire/ sweat.

4. You wear a raincoat. 5. The heat is unbearable. 6. There are showers. 7. There are downpours. 8. There is a light breeze. 9. The wind whistles. 10. It’s bitterly cold. 11. There is thunder. 12. There is lightning. 13. You get soaked to the skin. 14. The sky is clear. 15. The rivers are frozen over.

A, Bőrig ázol. B, Izzadsz. C, Szánkózol a dombokon. D, Mennydörgés van. E, Elviselhetetlen a hőség. F, Be vannak fagyva a folyók. G, Csípős a hideg. H, Villámlik. I, Felhőszakadások vannak. J, Tiszta az ég. K, Süvít a szél. L, Zivatarok vannak. M, Esőkabátot viselsz. N, Árvizek vannak. O, Enyhe szellő van.

Put these expressions into four groups.

SPRING:

SUMMER:

AUTUMN:

WINTER:

Put these words into two groups.

Bright / wretched / excellent / nasty / pleasant / fabulous / awful / awesome / poor / terrible / lovely / dreadful / horrible / wonderful

FINE:

BAD:

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Advanced

Weather is a very important topic in the English language. First, match the expressions with their explanations.

1. Snowdrift 2. Drought

3. Glare 4. Dew 5. Drizzle 6. Hailstorm 7. Torrential rain 8. Be drenched 9. Blizzard 10. Snowbound 11. Precipitation 12. Sunstroke 13. Puddle 14. Avalanche 15. Changeable

A, (of vehicles or people) unable to travel because of heavy snow, or (of roads) not able to be travelled on or reached because of heavy snow B, a long period when there is little or no rain C, a small pool of liquid on the ground, especially from rain D, a sudden heavy fall of hail E, describes something that often changes F, drops of water that form on the ground and other surfaces outside during the night G, water which falls from the clouds towards the ground, especially as rain or snow H, be extremely wet I, a large pile of snow formed by the wind J, a severe snow storm with strong winds K, a large amount of ice, snow and rock falling quickly down the side of a mountain

L, rain in very small light drops M, an illness caused by spending too much time in strong heat and light from the sun N, used to refer to very heavy rain O, to shine too brightly

Put these words into two groups.

Stifling / frosty / wintry / chilly / scorching / sticky / soultry

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Elementary

Conditional sentences – Feltételes mondatok

Négy alapfajtája létezik. Kezdő szinten általában csak az első két fajtáját tanítjuk csak, de most a többit is megnézzük. Különböző igeidők ismeretét feltételezi, de ha ismerős az Egyszerű jelen, illetve Egyszerű múlt, akkor a nulladik, az első és a második típus is nyugodtan használható.

0.tÍpus If you drop an egg, it breaks. Ha leejtesz egy tojást, összetörik. Képzése: If után Present Simple (Egyszerű jelen), főmondatban Present Simple (Egyszerű jelen). IF- PRESENT SIMPLE TENSE, PRESENT SIMPLE TENSE Törvényszerűségeket fejez ki.

1. típus If I go home, I will do my homework. Ha hazamegyek, megcsinálom a házim. Képzése: If után Present Simple (Egyszerű jelen), főmondatban will és a főnévi igenév. IF- PRESENT SIMPLE TENSE, WILL- INFINITIVE Hogy ez a cselekvés megtörténik, az nagyon valószínű.

2. típus If I won the lottery, I would be very happy. Ha nyernék a lottón, nagyon boldog lennék. Képzése: If után Past Simple (Egyszerű múlt), főmondatban would és a főnévi igenév. IF- PAST SIMPLE TENSE, WOULD- INFINITIVE

Van arra esély, hogy ez megtörténik. Magyar megfelelője: na, ne, ná, né

3. típus If I had prepared more for the exam, I would have passed it. Ha többet készültem volna a vizsgára, akkor átmentem volna rajta. Képzése: If után Past Perfect (had és az ige 3.alakja), főmondatban would és a perfect infinitive (have és az ige 3. alakja). IF- PAST PERFECT TENSE, WOULD-PERFECT INFINITIVE Nincs már arra esély, hogy megtörténjen. Magyar megfelelője:volna

Mindegyik típusra igaz, hogy mindegy, hogy a főmondattal, vagy az if-es mellékmondattal kezdünk. Minden esetben vesszőt csak akkor kell tenni, ha az ifes tagmondattal kezdünk.

Type 0 Put the verbs into the correct form. Tedd az igéket a helyes alakba. 1. If it …….(rain), the ground …….(become) wet. 2. My friend always …….(sunbathe) if the sun …..(shine). 3. If you ……(hit) a mirror, it …..(break).

Type 1 Put the verbs into the correct form. Tedd az igéket a helyes alakba. 1. I ……(watch) TV if I …….(finish) my homework. 2. My mother ……(cook) the dinner if she ……(arrive) home. 3. What ………(happen) if you …….(not pass) the exam?

Type 2

Put the verbs into the correct form. Tedd az igéket a helyes alakba. 1. If you …..(go) to the party, you ……(have) a good time. 2. She ….(not say) it if she ……(not believe) it. 3. What …..you (do) if you …….(find) a thousand dollars?

Type 3 Put the verbs into the correct form. Tedd az igéket a helyes alakba. 1. If I …….(know) this, I …….(not go) there. 2. She …..(be) happy if she …..(win) the championship. 3. Our teacher …..(be) angry if we …..(do) our homework.

Translate the sentences into English. Fordítsd le a mondatokat angolra.

1. Ha süt a nap, az emberek boldogok. 2. Minden fehérré válik, ha esik a hó. 3. Mit fogsz csinálni, ha hazamész? 4. Mit fog az anyukád mondani, ha elveszíted a kulcsaid? 5. Mit csinálnál, ha valaki ellopná az autódat? 6. Nagyon szomorú lennék, ha elhagynál. 7. Nagyon boldog lettem volna, ha valaki meghívott volna. 8. Ha nem locsoltad volna a virágokat, nem lettek volna szépek.

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Intermediate

Conditional sentences First read the basic rules in the elementary section.

Here are some more rules you should know about conditional sentences.

1. Normally we do NOT use ‘would’ in the if-part of the sentences. However, it is possible to say ‘if…would’ when we ask someone to do something. I would be very grateful if you would send me his email address. I would be very happy if you would post these letters for me.

2. You can use might or could instead of would. If you did more sport, you might feel better. If it stopped snowing, we could go for a walk.

3. We don’t usually use was, but we use were instead. If I were you, I would quit smoking immediately. I would go jogging if it weren’t raining.

Translate the sentences into English.

1. Nagyon meg lennék lepve, ha Ann nem adna kölcsön neked pénzt. 2. Ha eladnám a kocsimat, nem kapnék érte sok pénzt. 3. A tanárod elmagyarázza neked ezt a mondatot, ha megkéred. 4. Ha megtalálom az órád, megmondom neked. 5. Nagyon merges lennék, ha a párom hazudna nekem. 6. Nem bánod, ha becsukom az ablakot? 7. Nagyon hálás lennék, ha hazavinnél. 8. Ha abbahagynád a dohányzást, lehet, hogy többet tudnál futni. 9. Ha a helyedben lennék, nem vennám el feleségül. 10. Ha nem lakna olyan messze, gyakrabban meglátogatnánk. 11. Ha éhes lettem volna, ettem volna valamit. 12. Ha tudta volna a címedet, meglátogatott volna.

13. Ha a helyedben lennék, nem venném meg azt a kabátot. 14. Ha gazdag lennék, vennék egy hatalmas palotát. 15. Nagyon boldog lennék, ha elfogadnád ezt az ajándékot. 16. Ha megállna az eső, elvihetnéd sétálni a kutyát. 17. Nem lenne pénzünk, ha nem dolgoznánk. 18. Szeretnék Angliában élni, ha az idő job lenne. 19. Ha elmentem volna a buliba tegnap este, sok új emberrel találkoztam volna. 20. Ha tudtam volna, hogy kórházban vagy, elmentem volna meglátogatni téged.

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Advanced

Conditional sentences First read the basic rules in the elementary and intermediate sections. Here are some more rules you should know about conditional sentences.

1. IF + SHOULD can be used in Type 1 to express that the action, though possible, is not very likely. If you should see Ann, tell her to call me. If she should come here, tell her to wait for me.

2. Sometimes if can be omitted, but then the subject and the auxiliary change places. Should he call, tell him not to come. Had I known about the accident, I wouldn’t have made fun of her style of driving.

3. If it weren’t for is used to express that something is due to a particular circumstance. If it weren’t for his help, I wouldn’t be able to do this job.

If it hadn’t been for your support, I wouldn’t have been able to pass the exam.

4. There are some other conjunctions that we can use instead of if. These are the following: Even if = even though / unless / otherwise / provided that / on condition that / as long as / so long as / suppose / supposing that Translate the sentences into English.

1. Ha esetleg találkozunk vele, elmondjuk neki a hírt. 2. Ha esetleg találkozol vele, megmondanád neki, hogy beszélni szeretnék vele. 3. Ha nem lennének autók, szeretnék a városban élni. 4. Ha nem lett volna a vitánk, soha nem derült volna fény az igazságra. 5. El kell menned holnap, még akkor is, ha nem vagy felkészülve. 6. El fogsz késni, hacsak nem indulsz el azonnal. 7. Az apja fizeti ezt a tanfolyamot, máskülönben nem lenne itt. 8. Használtam a szótáram, máskülönben tovább tartott volna megoldani a feladatokat. 9. Piknikezhettek itt, feltéve, hogy nem hagytok rendetlenséget. 10. Tegyük fel, hogy sok munkám lenne, várnál rám? 11. Az anyukám kölcsönadta a ruháját azzal a feltétellel, hogy vigyázok rá. 12. Maradok, amennyiben bocsánatot kérsz. 13. Átmész a vizsgán, hacsak nem leszel lusta felkészülni. 14. Ha ló lennék, négy lábam lenne. 15. Ha nem lenne a Napi Angol Percek, nem foglalkoznék minden nap az angollal. 09.05.2006, Tuesday Idioms

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Elementary

Match the sentences with their translations. Párosítsd össze a mondatokat a frodításaikkal.

1. She was over the moon when her son was born. 2. We can’t go out now because it’s raining cats and dogs. 3. The horror film made the children’s blood run cold. 4. We are still in the dark about the exam results. 5. His music leaves me cold.

A, A zenéje hidegen hagy. B, Nagyon boldog volt, amikor megszületett a fia. C, A horrorfilm megfagyasztotta a vért a gyerekekben. D, Nem tudunk kimenni, mert nagyon erősen esik. E, Még nem tudunk semmit a vizsgaeredményekről.

Match the idioms with their definitions. Párosítsd az idiómákat a meghatározásaikkal.

1. Be over the moon 2. It’s raining cats and dogs.

3. Make someone’s blood run cold 4. Be in the dark 5. Leave someone cold

A, something makes you feel frightened B, be very pleased C, not be interested in something D, It’s raining very heavily. E, Not know something

Put the appropriate idiom in the sentences. Tedd be a megfelelő idiómát a mondatokba.

1. She ……………..now because she got the job. 2. The weather is really horrible today. ……………… 3. I don’t care about your problems so they ……………….. 4. My friend is still …………about the details of the accident. 5. Yesterday the accident …………………….

Translate the sentences into English. Fordítsd le a mondatokat angolra.

1. Nagyon boldog voltam, amikor megkaptam a kiskutyámat. 2. Ma nem tudunk piknikezni, mert szakad az eső. 3. A gyilkosság megfagyasztotta a vért az emberek ereiben. 4. Még mindig nem tud a nagyija haláláról. 5. A jazz engem hidegen hagy.

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Intermediate

Choose the correct meaning for each idiom.

1. Shake like a leaf a, Be very frightened b, Be very weak

2. Ask/cry for the moon a, Want something which is nearly impossible b, Be a werewolf

3. Be as right as rain a, Be very annoying b, Feel well

4. Have a face like thunder a, Be very angry b, Have an ugly face

5. A storm in a teacup a, A situation where people get very nervous or angry about something which is not important b, Times of drought

Put the appropriate idioms into the sentences.

1. Now that I have recovered from my illness, I ……………….. 2. Oh, come on! It’s not a serious problem, it …………………..

3. After the accident, the driver ………………………….. 4. The famous pop star always ……………. on her tours. 5. My dad ………………….when I told him that I had got a one at school.

Rewrite the sentences so that they contain the appropriate idioms.

1. The passengers were all very frightened when the car hit a cat. 2. I had a training so now I feel really well. 3. There’s no need to worry about the future of the cats in the town, people just exaggerating the importance of the problem. 4. The teacher was very angry because the students didn’t behave properly at the school celebration. 5. This girl always wants things which are impossible to get, like lemon-scented towels and slippers with real roses on them.

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Advanced

Choose the correct meaning for each idiom.

1. Turn over a new leaf a, Start behaving in a better way b, Start writing a new book

2. Promise someone the moon a, Promise to give someone everything b, Promise good weather for the following day

3. Answer the call of nature

a, Go walking in the forest b, Go to the toilet to urinate

4. Make heavy weather of doing something a, Do something with a sad look on your face b, Take a longer time than necessary to do something

5. Come rain or shine a, Whatever happens, whatever the weather is like b, The weather forecast was very uncertain about the following day’s weather

Put the appropriate idioms into the sentences.

1. While I was ………………someone stole my cell phone. 2. I will buy this CD player ……………….. 3. He gave up drinking and ……………………….. 4. The boy ……………………….to the girl but in the end it tuned out that he was lying. 5. The new teacher ……………………..getting to know the library facilities.

Rewrite the sentences so that they contain the appropriate idioms.

1. You should quit going to pubs every night and start behaving better. 2. I will pass the exam whatever happens. 3. Where are you going? To the toilet. 4. My new boyfriend promised to give me everything but now he has disappeared and has not called me for days. 5. Don’t take a longer time than necessary to finish this project. I have already finished it for days.

10.05.2006, Wednesday Phrasal Verbs

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Elementary

Read the sentences first. Olvasd el először a mondatokat.

1. My mother can’t stand rock music. 2. If you practise a lot, you will learn the language slowly but surely. 3. We are on speaking terms with our neighbours. 4. Sometimes people think I’m crazy because I think aloud many times. 5. Sorry, I can’t go to the party, I’m tied up.

Now write here the expressions from the sentences which mean the following. Írd ide a mondatokból azokat a kifejezéseket, amik a következőket jelentik.

1. Beszélőviszonyban lenni 2. Ki nem állhat valakit, valamit 3. Elfoglalt 4. Hangosan gondolkozni 5. Lassan, de biztosan

Put one word to complete the sentences.

1. Our neighbours ……..stand us so we never talk. 2. Is your English getting better? Slowly, but ……… 3. I had an argument with my boss so now we are not on ……..terms with each other. 4. It is funny to watch people when they ……aloud 5. Are you coming to the cinema tonight? No, sorry, I’m really …….. up, I have to prepare for my Spanish lessons.

Now translate the sentences into English.

1. Manapság nagyon elfoglalt vagyok, mert sokat tanítok. 2. Ki nem állhatom azokat az embereket, akik lusták. 3. Beszélőviszonyban vagy az új kollégáddal? 4. Én minidg hangosan gondolkodom, miközben tanulok. 5. Lassan, de biztosan megkapom azt, amit akarok.

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Intermediate

When do you use these expressions? Write the appropriate expression after each situation.

Stand behind someone Make sure Be on good terms with someone Think little / nothing of someone

End in a tie

1. When you check whether there is enough of something in your fridge for example : 2. You have a really bad opinion of someone or something: 3. A match ends in 2-2: 4. When you support someone: 5. When you get on well with someone:

Put one word to complete the sentences.

1. I will always …..behind my children whenever they need my help. 2. The football match ended in a …… so the teams had to play for another half an hour to decide. 3. Fortunately, I’m on good …..with all of my colleagues. 4. Before leaving home, …… sure you lock the door. 5. He’s a very bad person so I think ……..of him.

Rewrite the sentences so that they contain the appropriate expression.

1. My parents helped me a lot when I had some difficult times. 2. I expect this match to be 3-3 in the end. 3. My daughter really has a good relationship with her grandparents. 4. Check whether you have answered all the questions before handing in your exam paper. 5. I think Chris is a very annoying and dishonest person.

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Advanced

Read the short text first.

Last week I had to stand in for one of my colleagues so I had a huge amount of work to do. But there was one thing I knew for sure: I didn’t want to lose anything in terms of quality. Therefore, I worked day and night, and didn’t get much sleep at all. My bosses were all very proud of me and said that after that particular week they thought highly of me. So all in all, it was worth tying myself down.

Find the expressions in the text which mean the following.

1. Regarding something 2. Substitute for someone 3. Keep someone occupied 4. Have a great opinion of someone 5. Be certain about something

Put one word to complete the sentences.

1. At school I thought …….of my English teacher. 2. This week I’m ………in for my colleague because she is on holiday. 3. I don’t want to …..you down so you can leave whenever you want to. 4. She is a much better player in …… of concentration. 5. Do you know for …… when your mom arrives?

Rewrite the sentences so that they contain the appropriate expression.

1. My daughter really admires his father and has a great opinion of him. 2. Have you already found someone who can substitute for you while you are staying in hospital?

3. Are you certain about his exam results? 4. Regarding quality, this more expensive product is much better than the cheaper one. 5. Sorry for keeping you occupied with my silly little problems. 11.05.2006, Thursday Culture

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Elementary

Sting is one of the most famous English singers in the world. Here is one of his songs, Fields of Gold. Sting az egyik leghíresebb angol énekes a világon. Itt van az egyik dala, a Fields of Gold.

Match the words with their Hungarian meanings. Párosítsd össze a szavakat a Magyar jelentésükkel.

1. Promise 2. Barley 3. Swear 4. Pass 5. West

6. Lightly 7. Jealous 8. Gaze 9. Lie 10. Awhile

a, nyugat b, ígéret c, egy ideig, egy kis ideig d, esküdni, ígérni e, bámul, néz f, árpa g, féltékeny h, feküdni i, múlni j, könnyedén

Now put the words from above into the lyrics. Sometimes you need to change the form of the words. Tedd be a fenti szavakat a dalszövegbe. Néhol meg kell változtatnod a szavak alakját.

You'll remember me when the 1……. wind moves Upon the fields of barley You'll forget the sun in his jealous sky As we walk in fields of gold

So she took her love For to 2……. 3……… Upon the fields of 4……

In his arms she fell as her hair came down Among the fields of gold

Will you stay with me, will you be my love Among the fields of barley We'll forget the sun in his 5…….. sky As we 6……... in fields of gold

See the west wind move like a lover so Upon the fields of barley Feel her body rise when you kiss her mouth Among the fields of gold

I never made 7………. 8………… And there have been some that I've broken But I 9……….. in the days still left We'll walk in fields of gold We'll walk in fields of gold

Many years have 10.……….since those summer days Among the fields of barley See the children run as the sun goes down Among the fields of gold

You'll remember me when the west wind moves Upon the fields of barley You can tell the sun in his jealous sky When we walked in fields of gold

When we walked in fields of gold When we walked in fields of gold

Now translate the sentences into English. Fordítsd le a mondatokat angolra.

1. A barátom könnyedén tesz ígéreteket. 2. Franciaország Európa nyugati részén van. 3. A férjem sohasem féltékeny. 4. Délután feküdni fogok egy rövid ideig. 5. A sört árpából készítik. 6. Ő most nem csinál semmit, csak bámul.

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Intermediate

Sting is one of the most famous English singers in the world. Here is one of his songs, Englishman in New York.

Match the words with their Hungarian meanings.

1. Cane 2. Legal 3. Alien 4. Manner 5. Hero 6. Suffer 7. Ignorance 8. Modesty

9. Propriety 10. Notoriety 11. Sobriety 12. Society 13. Candle 14. Enemy 15. Avoid

a, ellenség b, viselkedés c, illem d, józanság e, sétabot f, tudatlanság g, elkerülni h, társadalom i, törvényes j, szenvedni k, szerénység l, hős m, közhír, híresség n, idegen o, gyertya

Now put the words from above into the lyrics. You don’t need all of the words from above.

I don't drink coffee I take tea my dear I like my toast done on the side

And you can hear it in my accent when I talk I'm an Englishman in New York

See me walking down Fifth Avenue A walking 1….. here at my side I take it everywhere I walk I'm an Englishman in New York

I'm an alien I'm a legal alien I'm an Englishman in New York I'm an alien I'm a legal alien I'm an Englishman in New York

If "manners maketh man" as someone said Then he's the hero of the day It takes a man to 2…… ignorance and smile Be yourself no matter what they say

I'm an alien I'm a legal alien I'm an Englishman in New York I'm an alien I'm a legal alien I'm an Englishman in New York

Modesty, 3…….. can lead to notoriety

You could end up as the only one Gentleness, sobriety are rare in this society At night a 4…….'s brighter than the sun

Takes more than combat gear to make a man Takes more than license for a gun Confront your enemies, 5…….. them when you can A gentleman will walk but never run

If "manners maketh man" as someone said Then he's the 6…….. of the day It takes a man to suffer ignorance and smile Be yourself no matter what they say

I'm an 7…… I'm a legal alien I'm an Englishman in New York I'm an alien I'm a 8……. alien I'm an Englishman in New York

Now put one of the words from the list above to complete the sentences. Sometimes you need to change the form of the words.

1. Old people usually carry a …….when they go out for walks. 2. Nowadays fewer and fewer men have good …….. 3. I can’t work any longer because I’m ………. from a terrible headache. 4. …………, when people are silly, makes me really angry. 5. ………..is very important when you are driving, so never drink any alcohol.

6. When there is no electricity, people use …….to be able to see. 7. Fortunately, I have a lot of friends and only few ……….. 8. I always try to ………..arguments because I can’t stand stress.

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Advanced

Sting is one of the most famous English singers in the world. Here is one of his songs, Englishman in New York.

Find the following words in the lyrics.

1. answer 2. a suggestion that something unpleasant or violent will happen, especially if a particular action or order is not followed 3. to put a dead body into the ground, or to put something into a hole in the ground and cover it 4. to agree with or support an opinion, belief or theory 5. the basic level of practical knowledge and judgment that we all need to help us live in a reasonable and safe way 6. a structure which divides two areas of land, similar to a wall but made of wood or wire and supported with posts 7. despite; not being affected by something 8. an action, situation or decision which has already happened and which can be used as a reason why a similar action or decision should be performed or taken

Now write in the appropriate words to complete the lyrics. Choose from the list. Be careful: there are more words than necessary.

Bury / deadly / view / growing / protect / might / speeches / same / point / threat / regardless / mouth / children

In Europe and America, there's a 1……..feeling of hysteria Conditioned to respond to all the threats In the rhetorical speeches of the Soviets Mr. Krushchev said we will bury you I don't subscribe to this 2……of view It would be such an ignorant thing to do If the Russian love their children too

How can I save my little boy from Oppenheimer's 3……. toy There is no monopoly of common sense On either side of the political fence We share the 4…… biology Regardless of ideology Believe me when I say to you I hope the Russians love their children too

There is no historical precedent To put words in the 5………of the president There's no such thing as a winnable war It's a lie we don't believe anymore Mr. Reagan says we will 6…….. you I don't subscribe to this point of view Believe me when I say to you I hope the Russians love their children too

We share the same biology 7……… of ideology

What 8……… save us me and you Is that the Russians love their children too

12.05.2006, Friday Vocabulary

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Elementary

Today we are going to deal with the topic of illnesses. First find out what these words mean and then put the expressions into groups. Ma a betegségekkel fogunk foglalkozni. Először találd ki, mit jelentenek a szavak, aztán csoportosítsd őket az alábbaik szerint.

1. SYMPTOMS: 2. ILLNESSES: 3. DOCTORS DO IT: 4. PEOPLE: 5. FEEL GOOD: 6. FEEL BAD:

a, give an injection b, heart attack c, have a running nose d, be as fit as a fiddle e, GP f, Patient g, Hayfever h, Have a cough i, Be unwell j, examine you k, vomit l, take your blood pressure m, chemist n, be unhealthy o, have a sore throat p, pneumonia q, be healthy r, sneeze s, put you on a strict diet t, flu u, prescribe some medicine v, dentist w, have a headache

Now use the words from above to complete the text. Most használd a fenti szavakat, hogy kiegészítsd a szöveget.

I am very young so usually I’m 1. ……… so I don’t often visit the doctor. But in winter I sometimes catch a cold or a 2. …… and have a 3. ……throat and a running 4. ……. and then I go to the doctor who 5. ……… me and 6. ……. some

medicine or gives an 7. ……….. My 8. …….. is a very good doctor and he always knows what my problem is so I’m 9. …….only for a short time. That is why I never have any serious illnesses, for example a heart 10………..

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Intermediate

Today we are going to deal with the topic of illnesses. First put the words into two groups.

1. ILLNESS: 2. SYMPTOM:

a, Food poisoning b, Have a high temperature c, Chicken pox d, Lose your appetite e, Nervous breakdown f, Dizzy g, Sprain / dislocate your ankle h, Feel sore all over i, Constipation j, Bruise k, Blisters l, Lung cancer m, Feel a stabbing / blinding pain n, Ulcer o, Lose your voice

What are these things used for?

1. Stethoscope 2. Thermometer 3. Scales 4. Syringe 5. Hearing aid 6. Crutches 7. Wheelchair 8. Stretcher 9. Plaster 10. Bandage 11. Ointment 12. Painkillers 13. Antefebrile 14. Sedative 15. Effervescent tablets

Now put one word from the list to complete the sentences.

Die / allergic / keeps / under / extracts / nip / neglect / have recovered / courage / list / picture / ruin

1. If someone is …….to a kind of tree or flower, then s/he has to take some pills to ease the symptoms. 2. If you have a job, but you become ill, then the doctor puts you on the sick …… 3. If your tooth is completely unhealthy, then the dentist ……… it. 4. If you are not ill any longer, then you have ………from your illness.

5. Smokers are more likely to ……of lung cancer than non-smokers. 6. If you are in perfect health, then you look the …….. of health. 7. If you are seriously ill, you feel ……the weather. 8. If you smoke and drink alcohol eat unhealthy foods, you …… your health. 9. If you don’t pay attention to what is good to your health, then you …… your health. 10. If you treat an illness at the very beginning of it, then you …..the illness in the bud. 11. If you are afraid of dentists, then you have to pluck up your ……to visit him or her. 12. It is said that if you eat an apple a day, it ….. the doctor away.

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Advanced

Today we are going to deal with the topic of illnesses. In the elementary and intermediate sections you can revise the basic vocabulary in connection with this topic. Then, you can read an article taken from an earlier issue of Newsweek which deals with a global disease, depression.

Within a decade Ugandan villager, Josephine Namaganda lost her husband, mother and six children to AIDS, which left her, at the age of 54, to care for nine orphaned grandchildren. Despite these responsibilities, she found herself profoundly unmotivated. She couldn’t leave her house, she couldn’t sleep, she lost her appetite. She even stopped making the brightly, coloured mats that earned her meagre income. She is not the only one in her village, near Lake Victoria, who has had trouble coping. Beyond Kampala, the nation’s capital, brick houses gave way to mud huts, the to bamboo shacks. Twenty years ago truckdrivers and businessmen drove these dirty roads through the swaying grasses and banana groves, bringing some of Africa’s earliest AIDS cases. In these desolate towns, no one has escaped poverty and grief. Sadness may be appropriate for somebody who’s had to bear misfortunes like Namaganda’s. But what happens when sadness overwhelms hope? For Namaganda, relief came form an unlikely source: Western-style psychotherapy. Two years ago some U.S. researchers investigating how talk therapy could be

more widely applied around the world started a pilot programme in a nearby village. Although Namaganda was sceptical, she agreed to attend group-therapy sessions. ‘I couldn’t believe that mere discussion would bring changes to my life’, she says. Reassured that whatever she said would be kept confidential, she started to open up about her grief and focus on making concrete changes in her life. After four weeks her outlook began to shift. She realised that even though her own daughters had died, she could still fill the traditional ssenga role- a wise elder advising young girls. War, disease and globalisation have at least one thing in common: they can disrupt the familial- and community-support networks that many people rely upon to cope with life’s burdens. Without support, many people find those difficulties unbearable, and their loss of hope becomes disability. A recent study from the World Health Organisation found that depression is a deepening global health crisis: it afflicts 150 million people and ranks fourth among all the diseases in the economic and social costs it extracts. It strikes in poor villages like Namaganda’s, where 20 percent of the populations showed symptoms, as well as in rich, Western countries. Ten percent of the population in the U.S., Germany and other countries are depressed, says psychiatrist Ronald Kessler at Harvard University Medical School, who released the results of the WHO study in the Journal of American Medical Association this month. The impact on people’s lives can be devastating. Between 15 and 20 percent of sufferers commit suicide. Depression is also associated with high-risk behaviours, such as alcohol and drug abuse and unprotected sex, which can lead to other illnesses such as AIDS. ‘Mental illness has a global effect on a person’s ability to function,’ says public-health expert Paul Bolton of Boston University’s School of Public Health, who headed the Uganda study. ‘You’re less able to do things physically, think, concentrate, have relationships. In that sense it’s more incapacitating than losing a limb. Fortunately, many of the changes triggering depression in new parts of the worldthe fragmenting communities, eroding moral certainties, exposure to increasingly global media- are also promoting greater openness toward what many mentalhealth experts says the best cure: talk therapy. Once associated with Woody Allen’s neurotic New Yorkers- and eclipsed by the hype over psychotropic drugs like Prozac- psychotherapy is enjoying a revival beyond western countries. It’s catching on in Japan, where the idea of discussing hidden feelings had been considered too embarrassing to contemplate. Even in the Arab world, where the stigma of mental illness is powerful, psychotherapy is gaining ground. Talk therapy comes in many flavours, but most centre on the relationship between therapist and patient, where deeply buried or taboo feelings can surface in conversation. This revealing of hidden feelings is therapy’s central mechanism: it defuses the time bombs of the psyche that, left alone, can fuel pain and anxiety. In particular, cognitive behavioural therapy, which focuses on transforming specific, destructive patterns of thought, is gaining popularity. ……..

Although talk therapy can’t bring back the dead or alleviate poverty, research shows that it can change people’s responses to external events that trigger depression. These can be bullying at school, loss of a job, rape or death of a family member or any other stressful event. ……… In the Uganda pilot study, Bolton and his colleagues found that the rate of clinical depression in patients dropped from 86 percent before therapy to 6.5 percent afterward. ‘The level of improvement in people’s functioning was impressive,’ says Bolton. As mental-health experts promote Western-style therapies, they have had to translate them to non-Western cultures. ……. Therapists are using local customs and beliefs to connect with their patients. Using the Hindu and Buddhist notion that the mind is the root cause of suffering can help patients better understand the therapeutic processes, says an Indian therapist. Because Arabic relies on metaphor rather than direct description, Dr. Marwan Dwairy, a psychotherapist in northern Israel, says he’s become more sensitive to patients’ mental images. One of his patients- a young woman in her 30s- described her depression as a black cave she couldn’t escape. Dwairy used that image to help her see beyond it. Nadin, a soft-spoken man in his early 30s, likened his childhood with his abusive father to being battered by waves in a choppy sea. ‘Getting to the beach, to stable ground is to accept myself, as I am’, he says. Most psychotherapies follow Freud’s original idea that each person’s ego is shaped by unconscious drives and by received notions of what is socially acceptable. These concepts are somewhat foreign to Asian and Arab cultures, where family and community- and not our inner subconscious- play the crucial role in everyday life. Nevertheless, unadulterated psychotherapy does work in many cases. In Taiwan, for instance, as social restrictions loosen many young people are becoming less inhibited in therapy. Nearly everywhere though, mental illness still carries a stigma. Especially in countries that are just now acknowledging their depression problem, many patients won’t ask for help. Fifty percents of sufferers worldwide go untreated, estimates the WHO- and those who do seek treatment are often secretive. Kalsoom,40, a housewife from Islamabad who prefers not to give her last name, had such severe depression that she suffered from migraine and backaches, became paranoid that her husband would kill her and started to believe that he had married again behind her back. But she never spoke of her problems to her family. Neither did she tell them about her therapy, during which forgotten memories surfaced of abuse she had suffered as a child. Despite the few successes, the spread of talk therapy remains limited. According to WHO, 40 percent of countries have no mental-health policy. In China, patients wait hours at public hospitals for a 15-minute session, after which they’ll generally leave with a prescription for drugs. Primitive treatments are still the norm for the world’s poorest. ….Doctors in much of the world still find it easier to reach for the prescription pad. Yet, antidepressants, though effective for many, often don’t address the problems that poorer patients face. After suffering a

trauma in 1999, Cintia Mignone, a bubbly salsa dancer in her 30s, took antidepressants for a couple of months, but they left her dozy. ‘They help eliminate the symptoms,’ she says. ‘But if you don’t do therapy, they will return.’ ….. There are encouraging signs. For one, the stigma surrounding depression is starting to dissipate. Psychotherapy helped rekindle some genuine joy in life, opening up the possibility of change, as well as bittersweet acceptance that life is always going to include a measure-now perhaps a manageable one-of pain.

Answer the following questions according to the text.

1. What did ‘unmotivated’ mean in Namaganda’s life? 2. What can disrupt familial- and community- support networks? 3. What do the following numbers refer to? A, 150 million B, 15-20 percent C, 40 percent 4. What is the primitive treatment of depression?

Find the synonyms from the article.

1. describes a place that is unattractive and empty, with no people or nothing pleasant in it 2. to defeat someone or something by using a lot of force 3. hope, plans for the future 4. causing a lot of damage or destruction 5. making someone unable to work or do things normally, or unable to do what they intended to do 6. to cause something bad to start 7. to make something bad such as pain or problems less severe 8. with lots of small, rough waves caused by the wind 9. not spoilt or made weaker by the addition of other substances; pure

10. tired and wanting to sleep

Find the words in the article and then explain them in English.

1. To surface 2. Inhibited 3. Bubbly 4. To eliminate 5. To dissipate 6. To rekindle 15.05.2006, Monday Grammar

Tanulj nyelvet anyanyelvi környezetben, és ismerd meg az adott kulturát! Válaszd ki az úti célt, a szervezést pedig bízd ránk! Külföldi utazásodat nyelvtanfolyammal, szállással, transzferrel, biztosítással, szabadidős programokkal együtt megszervezzük, és ha nincs meg hozzá a keret, akkor a Credigennel közösen adunk hitelt! Utazz velünk külföldre! Töltsd hasznosan a nyarat és tanulj nyelveket! részletek itt

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Elementary

Today we are going to do some revision. You will need the Present Simple, the Present Continuous, the Present Perfect, the Past Simple and the Conditional Sentences.

Ma ismételni fogunk egy kicsit. Szükséged lesz az Egyszerű Jelenre, a Folyamatos Jelenre, a Befejezett Jelenre, az Egyszerű Múltra, és a Feltételes Mondatokra.

First put the verbs in the appropriate form. Először tedd be az igéket a megfelelő alakba.

1. Every morning I ……(drink) tea for breakfast. 2. We ………. (do) already the shopping, so now we don’t have anything to do. 3. Where ……(be) she yesterday? 4. My friend ……(read) a great book now, and he will lend it to me when he finishes. 5. If you hit someone in the face, the person …..(get) a black eye. 6. The bank ……(not open) at 8 on Saturdays, it opens at 10. 7. If I had a big house with a big garden, I ….. (keep) a lot of dogs. 8. We ……(not go) to the theatre yesterday, we went to the cinema instead. 9. ……(be) you ever to Paris? 10. I ……(start) learning Spanish a year ago. 11. When …..(start) she learning English? 12. Stop making that noise. I ……(write) my homework. 13. She ……(go) to work by car every day. 14. She …….(fly) never a plane. 15. If I …. (be) you, I wouldn’t go there alone. 16. I usually wear trousers, but today I …… (wear) a skirt. 17. What time …..(arrive) your bus yesterday? 18. We ……(not see) this film yet. 19. If I study a lot of English, I …..(pass) the language exam very easily. 20. Now we …..(do) the Daily English Minutes.

Translate the sentences into English. Fordítsd le a mondatokat angolra.

1. Mi soha nem megyünk gyalog dolgozni. 2. Mikor kel fel a testvéred általában? 3. Ő nem szereti a horror filmeket. 4. Ne zavarj! Éppen a tanárommal beszélek. 5. Nem tudsz vele beszélni, ő most épp zuhanyozik. 6. Mit csinálsz? Az angol leckémet írom. 7. Jártál már valaha Japánban? 8. Még soha nem láttam kengurut. 9. Már megfőztem, ezért most pihenek. 10. Egy nagyon jó filmet láttam tegnap. 11. Ő a barátaival moziba ment múlt héten. 12. Mikor vesztetted el a kulcsaid? 13. Mit fogsz csinálni, ha hazaérsz? 14. Ha minden este futnál, nem lennél kövér. 15. Ha befejezem a NAPot, elkezdek dolgozni.

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Intermediate

Today we are going to do some revision. You will need the Present Simple, the Present Continuous, the Present Perfect, the Past Simple and the Conditional Sentences.

First put the verbs in the appropriate form.

1. We ……(be) to the cinema lately. 2. The Sunday lunch ……(consist) of three courses. 3. At the end of the film, the main character ……(die).

4. If I …….(be) you, I would start learning Russian. 5. I …..(live) with my sister until I find a flat to rent. 6. I …….(live) always with my family. 7. I ……(live) in a small town, which I really like. 8. Where is Allen? He ……(go) shopping. 9. Why are you so full of plastic bags? I …..(be) shopping. 10. How many books …….(read) you recently? 11. What ……she (do) three days ago? 12. I ……(read) a good book at the moment. 13. She ……(weep) all night long when her boyfriend left her. 14. Then the hero …..(survive) the accident and saves the lives of thousands of people. 15. …..(write) she ever a letter to you? 16. When ….(write) she that letter? 17. Can you turn off the gas? The water …..(boil). 18. Water …..(boil) at 100 degrees Celsius. 19. My colleague always ….(work) very hard. 20. I don’t know what has happened to him. He …..(work) unusually hard today.

Translate the sentences into English.

1. A könyv hét fejezetet tartalmaz. 2. Minden egyes fejezet egy külön történetet mond el. 3. Ő alig hagyja el a lakását. 4. Te most már hozzám tartozol. 5. Néhány barátomnál szállok meg. 6. Egy gyönyörű lakásban élek. 7. Mi történt tíz évvel ezelőtt? 8. Mikor házasodtak össze?

9. Tavaly télen egy szörnyű megfázást szedtem össze. 10. Próbáltad már valaha a kínai kaját? 11. Tíz éve élek itt. 12. 1996 óta él a nagyim egyedül. 13. Ha befejezem az spanyol házim, elmegyek lefeküdni. 14. Mi történne, ha ellopná valaki az autódat? 15. Ha korán lefeküdtél volna, nem lettél volna fáradt és álmos.

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Advanced

Today we are going to do some revision. You will need the Present Simple, the Present Continuous, the Present Perfect, the Past Simple and the Conditional Sentences.

First put the verbs in the appropriate form.

1. This is the first time I ….(read) a Spanish book. 2. Don’t care about him! He ……(be) just selfish today. 3. I ……(hope) everything will be fine. 4. She …..(see) her boyfriend once in a blue moon. 5. She is worried because she …..(see) her boss tomorrow. 6. If you should …..(see) Helen, tell her to call me. 7. If it ……(not be) for the car fumes, I would love to live in a city. 8. Suppose you ….(win) the lottery, what would you do? 9. ……(be) younger, I wouldn’t have married him. 10. On day three we …..(visit) some statues in the heart of the city. 11. How many pages ……(write) so far?

12. Unless the rain ….(stop), we won’t be able to go out. 13. First, ….. (open) the bottle, and then pour its content onto the floor. 14. How many times ……(take) you a day off this year? 15. I will wash the dishes as long as you ….(stay) with me in the kitchen. 16. Had I studied a lot more, I ………(pass) the exam with flying colours. 17. This is the last time I …..(help) you. You don’t deserve anything! 18. What ……(think) you about? 19. She …..(think) he is a cruel guy. 20. They ……(seem) to be happy now.

Translate the sentences into English.

1. Remélem, be tudom fejezni a házim ma este. 2. Először keverd össze a lisztet és a tejet, majd tedd be őket a sütőbe. 3. A második napon meglátogatjuk a Buckingham Palotát. 4. Általában nem ilyen. Ma nagyon ideges. 5. Ő egy idegroncs. Mindig nagyon ideges. 6. Nagyon jól érzem most magam. 7. Miért mentél oda? 8. Öt évvel ezelőtt kaptam a kutyámat. 9. Mi nem utaztunk el a hétvégén. 10. Ez az első alkalom, hogy spanyolórán veszek részt. 11. Idén már tíz könyvet elolvastam. 12. Hány oldalt olvastál ma? 13. Ha esetleg találkoznál a férjemmel, mondd meg neki, hogy hívjon fel. 14. Ha nem lett volna a te segítséged, nem tudtam volna megoldani ezt a problémát. 15. Neked adom az autóm feltéve, hogy óvatos leszel.

16.05.2006, Tuesday Idioms

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Elementary

Read the example sentences. Olvasd el a példamondatokat.

If you need a shoulder to cry on, I will be here. Robbie Williams is very successful all over the world. This three-day holiday worked wonders for me. You must work yourself to death if you want to be successful. Come on, don’t just stand there, make yourself useful and lay the table.

Find the expressions in the sentences which mean the following. Találd meg azokat a kifejezéseket a mondatokban, amik a következőket jelentik.

1. Csodákat tenni: 2. Egy váll, amin kisírhatod magad: 3. Hasznossá tenni magad: 4. Halálra dolgozni magad:

5. Szerte a világon:

Now put one word to complete the sentences. Tegyél be egy szót, hogy kiegészítsd a mondatokat.

1. Nowadays if you are honest, you have to work yourself to ……if you want to earn enough money. 2. My mom is always there for me when I need a …….. to cry on. 3. We went to the concert and we had a very good time, so it ……wonders for us. 4. I like making myself ……., so I always help if I can. 5. People use the Internet the …..world over.

Translate the sentences into English. Fordítsd le a mondatokat angolra.

1. A tiszta levegő csodákat művel a tüdővel. 2. Egy segítőkész ember mindig hasznossá tidja tenni magát. 3. A barátaim mindig jöhetnek hozzám, ha egy vállra van szükségük, amin kisírhatják magukat. 4. A számítógép nagyon népszerű szerte a világon. 5. A nagypapám 50 éven át halálra dolgozta magát.

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Intermediate

Read the example sentences.

You should put your shoulder to the wheel, otherwise you will not get ready for the deadline. We were all sweating blood while writing our thesis paper.

City life is worlds away from country life. Teachers are not walking dictionaries so it can happen that they don’t know a word.

Find the expressions in the sentences which mean the following.

1. Be very different from something: 2. Do something in your own pace: 3. Start working: 4. Work very hard: 5. Know everything:

Now put one word to complete the sentences.

1. One of my students was a real …… dictionary, she knew thousands of words. 2. I put my shoulder to the …..last week, and started brushing up my Spanish. 3. You don’t need to hurry. …..your time over the dinner. 4. Horror movies are ……away from art movies. 5. The training was so tough that everyone was sweating ……

Rewrite the sentences using the appropriate expressions.

1. When the course started, I seriously started working on improving my Russian. 2. Me and my brother are very different from each other. 3. You should learn a language at your own pace, because otherwise it will not be effective at all. 4. In the exam period I had so many exams that I worked extremely hard to pass all of them. 5. You don’t need to know every word for the exam, but you need to use the ones that you know cleverly.

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Advanced

Read the example sentences.

After the incident, she had been giving me the cold shoulder for over a year. You do a lot of harm to your kid if you wrap him or her in cotton wool. We all have worked our fingers to the bone this year. The news of the defeat wiped the smile off the president’s face. My father took the wheel because my husband was way too tired to go on driving.

Find the expressions in the sentences which mean the following.

1. Work very hard: 2. Treat someone in an unfriendly way: 3. Start driving instead of someone else: 4. Protect someone too much: 5. Ruin someone’s good mood:

Now put one word to complete the sentences.

1. Why are you ….him the cold shoulder? I don’t think he deserves such treatment. 2. I have always been working my fingers to the …..but it was worth it after all because now I can afford basically anything. 3. I drank a can of beer so my husband took the …..

4. My sister has been wrapped in …….wool she has not met the tough side of life until now. 5. I can easily wipe that smile off your …… if I tell you the truth about your partner.

Rewrite the sentences using the appropriate expressions.

1. My boyfriend had been treating me in a bad way, when after two days it turned out that he had just been jealous. 2. My boss ruined all my good mood when he fired me. 3. I hope I will not overprotect my child. I want her to experience everything necessary. 4. I’m really proud of my son because he works very hard in the summer breaks. 5. I encouraged him to start driving instead of me, but he refused.

23.05.2006, Tuesday Idioms

Tanulj egyénileg és mindent hozzád igazítunk! Megválaszthatod a helyszínt, időpontot, intenzitást. Alapos szintfelmérés után kialakítjuk a képzési tervet, megkeressük az elvárásaidnak legmegfelelőbb tanárt és már kezdődhet is a nyelvtanulás. És egy óra költsége mindössze 1680 Ft/45 perc! Szólj a barátaidnak is! részletek itt

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Elementary

There is one word missing from the idioms. Put one word from the list to complete the sentences. Be careful because there are more words than necessary. Egy szó hiányzik a kifejezésekből. Tegyél be egy szót a listáról, hogy kiegészítsd a mondatokat. Légy óvatos, mert több szó van, mint amennyi szükséges.

Open / problem / matter / mistake / afraid / wrong / air / unsure

1. It doesn’t ………….. = Semmi baj! 2. My door is always ………to you. = Az ajtóm mindig nyitva áll előtted. 3. She is …….of her own shadow. = Még a saját árnyékától is fél. 4. Everything is up in the …… = Még minden függőben van. 5. You are in the ....... = Tévedsz.

Use one of these expressions in the following situations. Használd valamelyik kifejezést a következő szituációkban.

1. Don’t ask her to go out in the dark because ……………… 2. I’m sorry, but I have broken one of your expensive glasses. Oh, …………….. 3. I’m afraid ………………… It wasn’t me who stole your bag. 4. Remember, …………………………when you have some problems. 5. We don’t know our teacher’s name, the number of the classroom and the title of our course book so ……………………….

Now translate the text into English. Fordítsd le a szöveget angolra.

Furcsa szomszédaim vannak. Az öreg hölgy még a saját árnyékától is fél. Múlt héten nem volt áram, és sötét volt. Félt, ezért elrohant otthonról. Tudta, hogy a barátja ajtaja mindig nyitva van előtte. Én mindig bátor vagyok, ezért nem értem

az ilyen embereket. Van egy másik szomszédom. Ő nem tud dönteni. Az életében minden függőben van. Csak a lakása fele van kész, mert nem tud dönteni a színekről. Amikor látom őket, csak azt mondom magamban: nem baj, ők úgyis csak a szomszédaim, és nem a rokonaim.

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Intermediate

There is one word missing from the idioms. Put one word from the list to complete the sentences. Be careful because there are more words than necessary.

Melt / hands / open / on / direction / up / shadow / amiss / wrong

1. take matters into your own ……… = saját kezedbe venni a dolgokat 2. ………. up = felengedni 3. be only the ………. of one’s old self = csak árnyéka önmagának 4. it is …… to someone = valakin áll valami, az ő kezében van a döntés 5. get something ……..= félreérteni valamit, valakit

Use one of these expressions in the following situations.

1. He is very shy so it takes him quite a lot of time to ……………. 2. I think I’ve waited enough. Now I’m going to …………………… and solve the problem somehow. 3. Don’t ……………but I think this guy is not the right one for you. 4. I can’t decide for you. ………..whether you want to marry him or not. 5. Since the accident she has ………………………. I hope she will recover soon.

Now translate the text into English.

Tegnap volt egy hosszú beszélgetésem a barátommal. Ő mesélte el nekem Jane történetét. Jane egy okos lány volt, de nagyon félt az emberektől. Soha nem beszélgetett senkivel sem, és soha nem is oldódott fel mások társaságában. De hirtelen megjelent az életében egy férfi, aki megváltoztatott mindent. Sikerült felengednie, és a kezébe vette az irányítást. Rajta múlott, hogy mit akar megváltoztatni az életén. Ezért aztán elköltözött a férfi városába, levágatta a haját, munkát váltott, és végre boldog volt. A régi barátai nem értették félre. Épp ellenkezőleg, segítettek, amiben csak tudtak. Azonban a bodogsága nem tartott sokáig. A férfi, aki olyan sokat segített neki, egy szörnyű balesetben meghalt. Jane ezután csak árnyéka volt saját magának. Bár a barátai és a férfi barátai mellette állnak, Jane nagyon szomorú és kétségbeesett volt. De túlélte, és most már tud örülni az életnek.

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Advanced

There is one word missing from the idioms. Put one word from the list to complete the sentences. Be careful because there are more words than necessary.

Centre / shadow / heart / down / past / up / start / wrong / open / bad

1. get to the ……. of the matter = start talking about the main points 2. ……… up new opportunities = create new possibilities 3. be in someone’s ………….. = play second fiddle to someone 4. be ….. against something = face up to something, especially problems 5. bark up the …… tree = be mistaken about something

Use one of these expressions in the following situations.

1. I think she is …………….when she is blaming me for her own failure. 2. This new school …………………for the people living in the village.

3. I’m afraid we …………..a serious problem: we have forgotten about the dog. How shall we enter the garden in another way? 4. Finally, we managed to …………. After talking about unimportant things for hours. 5. She has always ……………….as her mom was a famous and very popular actress as well, and I must say it’s inevitable that everyone compares her to the her mother.

Now rewrite the text so that they contain the above mentioned idioms.

Unfortunately, I always played second fiddle to one of my colleagues. He was really pushy and knew very well what he wanted to achieve and the way he wanted to achieve it. So I was very relieved when he decided to quit the job and look for a more challenging one. I thought this created a whole lot of possibilities. A new colleague arrived to fill up his position and after only two weeks it became quite obvious that he would be the leader from the two of us. I started blaming my boss for not appreciating my efforts, my other colleagues for not seeing how good I am, and of course my new colleague for oppressing me. Then I took a few days off to recharge my batteries and only then did I realise that I had been mistaken. I should have started dealing with the most important aspects of everything, instead of getting lost in the details. I should have been more determined and self-confident. So I decided to change. From then on, my colleagues started to take notice of me, what’s more some of them even look up to me already. 22.05.2006, Monday Grammar

Tanulj nyelvet anyanyelvi környezetben, és ismerd meg az adott kulturát! Válaszd ki az úti célt, a szervezést pedig bízd ránk! Külföldi utazásodat nyelvtanfolyammal, szállással, transzferrel, biztosítással, szabadidős programokkal együtt megszervezzük, és ha nincs meg hozzá a keret, akkor a Credigennel közösen adunk hitelt! Utazz velünk külföldre! Töltsd hasznosan a nyarat és tanulj nyelveket! részletek itt

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Elementary

Today we are going to look at the differences between the Present Perfect and the Past Simple. Ma a Befejezett Jelen és az Egyszerű Múlt közötti különbségeket fogjuk megnézni.

First look at the sentences and their explanations. Először nézd meg a mondatokat és a magyarázatukat.

1. I have lost my key. – Elvesztettem a kulcsom. Az eredmény a fontos, az, hogy most a jelenben nincs meg. I lost my key. – Elvesztettem a kulcsom. Ezzel nem mondom meg, hogy megvane vagy sem. Csak egy egyszerű, múltbeli tényt közlök.

2. My mother has never seen the sea. – Az anyukám soha nem látta még a tengert. De még láthatja, hiszen él, ezért is Befejezett Jelen, merthogy köze van a jelenhez. My mother never saw the sea. – Az anyukám soha nem látta a tengert. De már nem is láthatja, mert sajnos meghalt, ezért is Egyszerű Múlt, mert az ő élete már lezárult, és nincs köze a jelenhez.

3. My sister is a writer. She has already written a lot of books. – A testvérem író. Már sok könyvet írt. De mivel még él, és köze van a jelnhez, azaz még írhat, ezért befejezett jelen. Shakespeare wrote a lot of plays. – Shakespeare sok színdarabot írt. De mivel már nem él, ezért nincs köze a jelenhez, ezért használunk múlt időt.

4. I haven’t seen her this morning. – Nem láttam őt ma reggel/délelőtt. De mivel – szövegkörnyezetből kiderül- még nem ért véget ez a periódus, ezért befejezett jelen, tehát még láthatom őt ma reggel / délelőtt. I didn’t see her this morning. – Nem láttam őt ma reggel/ délelőtt. De mivel ez a periódus már lezárult–szövegkörnyezetből kiderül-, tehát már délután vagy este van, azaz ma reggel már nem láthatom őt. Ezért múlt idő.

5. I have worked here for two years. – Két éve itt dolgozom. Tehát még nem zárult le az időszak, azaz még itt dolgozom. I worked here for two years. – Két évig itt dolgoztam. Tehát ez az időszak lezárult, és már valahol máshol dolgozom.

6. When/ What time: ha arra kérdezünk, hogy mikor, hány órakor, akkor mindig egyszerű múltat használunk. When were you born? I was born in 1981. What time did you get up yesterday? I got up at 7.30. How long : ha arra kérdezünk, hogy mióta, akkor mindig befejezett jelent használunk. How long have you worked here? I have worked here for three years.

7. Ago: valamennyi idővel ezelőtt. Vele mindig egszerű múltat használunk. We started learning English seven years ago. Since: valami óta. Vele mindig befejezett jelent használunk. I have had my dog since July 2005. For: valamennyi ideje. Vele mindig befejezett jelent használunk. I have had my dog for a year.

Now let’s do some exercises to practise their uses.

Most csináljunk néhány feladatot, hogy gyakoroljuk a használatukat.

Write questions. Use the present perfect or the past simple. Look at the answers before you write the questions. Írj kérdéseket. Használd a befejezett jelent vagy az egyszerű múltat. Nézd meg a válaszokat, mielőtt megírnád a kérdéseket.

1. When / Jack / move / to France? Five years ago. 2. How long / Jack / live / in France? Since 2001. 3. When / Rose / get her new job? Last Monday. 4. How long / you / have your cat? For three months. 5. When / Chris / go to the cinema? Yesterday. 6. How long / your grandmother / be in hospital? Since Monday. 7. When / she / become ill? Last weekend. 8. What time / the film / start? At 9.

Put the verbs into the correct tense: present perfect or past simple. Tedd be az igéket a megfelelő alakba: befejezett jelenbe vagy egyszerű múltba.

1. My colleague ……(be) tired all day. She …..(go) to bed very late last night because she ……(have) to prepare for her exam. 2. My husband …..(leave) home at 6 this morning. 3. I ……(move) to Budapest seven years ago, so I …..(live) here since 1999. 4. I …….(see) our new classmate yet. 5. What time …..(arrive) the teacher? 6. When …..(start) you working for this company? 7. My brother ……(be) a carpenter since he left school. 8. I …..(lose) my wallet eight months ago.

Are the verbs in the right tense?

A helyes igeidőben vannak az igék?

1. My grandfather has called me ten minutes ago. 2. He said the weather was fine in his village. 3. I have never learnt Italian. 4. Charles Dickens has written some famous novels. 5. Robbie Williams has published a lot of albums. 6. We started learning Russian last week. 7. I have had 4 Russian lessons last week. 8. She worked here since the beginning of May.

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Intermediate

Today we are going to look at the differences between the Present Perfect and the Past Simple. First look at the sentences and their explanations in the elementary section. Here you can read some more information.

1. When we give a new piece of information, we usually use the present perfect. I’ve burnt my finger! But when we give further details about this action, we use the past simple. I touched a hot spoon.

2. In newspapers and in broadcasts, when we introduce an action, we use the present perfect, but then this action will be described in the past simple.

Three very expensive necklaces have been stolen. Two middle-aged men broke into a shop yesterday, and stole the abovementioned jewellery. The police caught them in a park nearby, just an hour after the robbery.

Now let’s do some exercises to practise their uses.

Put the verbs into the correct tense: present perfect or past simple.

1. Look, someone ……(burn) a hole into the carpet. 2. My younger sister ……(break) her leg. She ……(climb) to the top of the tree and she …..(fall) off. 3. She ……….(break) her leg two years ago, too. 4. The Chinese ……(invent) printing. 5. My parents ……(live) here since 1976. 6. They …….(move) to their new flat a couple of months ago. 7. Einstein …..(be) a great scientist. 8. The singer ……(be) very popular ever since he left his band. 9. You can’t talk to Ken. He ….(go) out but he will be back soon. 10. I’m very tired because I …..(go) out to the pub last night. 11. We ……(go) swimming to the beach last summer. 12. We ……(go) swimming this summer yet. 13. …….you (see) that fabulous film on TV last night? 14. ……..you ever (see) such a great film before? 15. Jake …..(leave) school in 1985. 16. Our neighbours ……(buy) a new car. Now everyone in the neighbourhood is envious. 17. Last week I ……..(buy) a splendid book. 18. I …..(smoke) for seven years, but then I …..(give up). 19. My father ……(smoke) for 25 years. 20. I ………(solve) all the sentences so now I’m perfect at present perfect.

Make sentences from the words. Use the present perfect or the past simple.

1. It / snow / much / this week. 2. The weather / be / fine / lately. 3. The weather / be awful / last month. 4. I / learn Russian / yesterday. 5. I / learn Russian / today. 6. We / not / go on holiday / last summer. 7. You / be on holiday / this summer? 8. Kertész Imre / publish / a lot of books. 9. Poe / write / a lot of poems. 10. Seventy people / get injured / in an accident yesterday.

Are the verbs in the right tense?

1. I’ve lost my mobile phone. Now I can’t make any phone calls. 2. Have you read the paper yesterday? 3. Where were you last night? 4. When has this article been published? 5. What time did you go to bed last night? 6. How long have you had your fish? 7. Two years ago my wallet has been stolen. 8. My wallet has been stolen so now I’m broke. 9. I cut my finger yesterday. 10. I cut my finger so now it’s bleeding.

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Advanced

Today we are going to look at the differences between the Present Perfect and the Past Simple. First look at the sentences and their explanations in the elementary and intermediate sections.

Put the verbs into the correct tense: present perfect or past simple.

1. I never …..(see) anyone more beautiful than your wife. 2. ……you (hear) the news? Two masked men …..(enter) the bank and …..(steal) two million dollars last night. 3. So you …..(have) had an unpleasant experience this weekend. What …….. (happen) exactly? 4. I’m completely broke. I ……(spend ) my last dollar on the taxi. 5. Last time we met you …..(have) a scar on your forehead but now it …….. (disappear). 6. My father ……(fight) for four years in the last war. 7. We are going out tonight. We ……(have) any fun for a long time. 8. When ….you (join) the army? 9. Why …..you (choose) this profession? 10. I ……(have) a long talk with my son today. 11. When …..you (see) last a good movie? 12. ……you (see) any good movies recently? 13. She …..(have) some negative experience with men so now she is really careful when it comes to relationships. 14. I ……(break) my leg so now I can’t walk at all. 15. Last winter the road ….(be) so slippery that I …..(fall) over and …..(break) both my arms. 16. My mom is quite old but she ……(be) never abroad.

17. My mom did a lot of things in her life but she ….(swim) never in the ocean. 18. How long ……you (have) this car? The last time I …..(see) you, you …..(have) a different and less expensive one. 19. Which topic …..you (choose) for your thesis paper? 20. Two years ago I …..(think) I would never leave him so I ….(have) his name put on my shoulder as a tattoo.

19.05.2006, Friday Vocabulary

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Elementary

Today we are going to deal with meals and food. You will have to use your dictionaries. Ma az étkezésekkel és az ételekkel fogunk foglalkozni. Használnotok kell majd a szótáratokat.

First put the words into three groups. Először tedd be a szavakat a három csoportba.

FRUIT:

VEGETABLE: MEAT:

Chicken / mushroom/ cherry / garlic / veal / beet / tomato / duck / carrot / strawberry / lamb / pear / fig / lettuce / peach / turkey / bean / sour cherry / pineapple / banana / cauliflower / peas / potato / coconut / beef / lemon / cabbage / goose / melon / apple / cucumber / orange / plum / fish / date

What time do you have the following meals? Mikor eszed a következőket?

1. Breakfast 2. Elevenses 3. Brunch 4. Lunch 5. Snack 6. Dinner

What do you usually eat for each of these meals? Choose from the following words. Általában miket eszel ezen alkalmakkor? Válassz az alábbi szavak közül.

Tea / cornflakes / cold cuts / hot dish / a sandwich / soup / toast / rolls / orange juice / bacon / eggs / marmalade / cookies / biscuit / meat / vegetable / fruit / milk / coffee / pancake

There are some idioms in connection with food. Here you can read some. Try and match them with their meanings. Van néhány étellel kapcsolatos idióma. Itt olvashatsz közülük néhányat. Próbáld meg összepárosítani őket a jelentésükkel.

1. Maths is not my cup of tea. 2. She is very thin because she eats like a bird. 3. I didn’t eat anything! Now I could eat a horse! 4. I think you are in a jam now. Why did you break that window?

5. She didn’t have to work for her house and her car because she was born with a silver spoon in her mouth.

A. Nem ettem semmit! Most fel tudnék falni bármit! B. A matek nem nekem való. C. Nem kellett dolgoznia a házáért és az autójáért, mert gazdag családba született. D. Nagyon vékony, mert annyit eszik, mint egy kismadár. E. Azt hiszem, bajban vagy. Miért törted be azt az ablakot?

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Intermediate

Today we are going to deal with meals and food. You will have to use your dictionaries.

What kind of restaurants are described below? Choose from the list.

1. Self- service restaurant 2. Fast-food restaurant 3. Open-air restaurant 4. Take-away food restaurant 5. Drive-through restaurant 6. Pub 7. Café 8. Bar 9. Confectioner 10. Inn

A. You can drink a cup of tea or coffee there and eat some cakes or cookies while you chat with your friends or read a book. B. You can sit out, enjoy the fresh air and the sunshine while watching the people going by. C. You can eat your meal very quickly, there are no waiters and you help yourself. D. You can sit at the counter and order drinks. E. This is typical of Britain. You can drink and have a meal there, while usually there are also playing facilities. F. You drive to the window, order your food and when you get your food, you can drive away. G. This is a public house where you can eat, drink and stay for a few nights. H. This sells food which can be prepared and consumed very quickly, for example sandwiches or different kinds of salad. I. This sells delicious cakes and ice-cream. J. This sells you food wrapped up in containers, and you can take your food to your workplace and eat it there.

What do you use these objects for?

1. Spoon 2. Fork 3. Knife 4. Tablecloth 5. Toothpick 6. Pot 7. Frying pan 8. Teapot 9. Tray 10. Plate

What are these meals in Hungarian?

1. Stuffed cabbage 2. Strudel with cottage cheese 3. Doughnut 4. Paprika chicken with sour cream 5. Veal stew 6. Noodles with roasted paprika potatoes 7. Broth 8. Mashed chestnut with whipped cream 9. Goulash soup 10. Bean soup Jókai style 11. Breaded fried mushrooms with tartar sauce 12. Breaded fried cheese 13. Fried chicken 14. Breaded pork cutlet 15. Fried goose liver 16. Sweet noodles with poppy seeds 17. Sponge cake Somló style 18. Gundel pancakes

There are some idioms in connection with food. Here you can read some. Try and find the idioms that mean the following.

Unfortunately, a lot of people are on the breadline. My daughter is the apple of her father’s eye. His elder brother is a real couch potato. I’ve never seen anyone as lazy as he is.

I think she has too much on her plate and that is why she is so nervous all the time. Everyone spoke Spanish at a very advanced level so I felt like a fish out of water with my little Spanish.

1. Have too many things to deal with, e.g. a lot of work 2. Someone who sits in front of the TV a lot and eats junk food 3. Feel strange somewhere or in a company 4. Be very poor 5. Be the most loved person in someone’s life

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Advanced

Today we are going to deal with meals and food. You will have to use your dictionaries.

Decide whether the following adjectives describing meals are positive or negative.

Nourishing / overcooked / spicy / sugary / mild / tasteless / tasty / fattening

POSITIVE: NEGATIVE:

What can you do to these things? Choose from the list of verbs.

1. Egg 2. Potatoes

3. Meat 4. Pastry or dough 5. Fish 6. Cream 7. Vegetables

roll / scramble / knead / grate / mash / slice / whip / stew / bone / steam / peel / beat / stuff / crack / bake / boil / fry

Decide what can be considered as healthy and unhealthy food.

HEALTHY: UNHEALTHY:

Red meat / poultry / spice / fish / honey / white sugar / dairy products / greasy meat / sweets/ herb tea / brown sugar / junk food / fruit juice / smoked meat / mineral water

There are some idioms in connection with food. Here you can read some. Try and find the idioms what these idioms mean. Consult your dictionary if necessary.

1. I must confess that I bit off more than I can chew when I volunteered for finishing the project. 2. I threw a party last night and my guests ate me out of house and home. 3. My brother wouldn’t wash the dishes for all the tea in China. 4. That movie really gave me food for thought. 5. Something wonderful happened to me today. To put it in a nutshell, I met someone and it was love at first sight.

18.05.2006, Thursday Culture

Csoportos tanfolyamok 6 nyelven! Angol, német, francia, olasz, orosz, spanyol nyelvtanfolyamok! Adókedvezmény, ÁFA mentes oktatás! Nyelvtanfolyamainkat folyamatosan indítjuk, nincsenek szemeszterek, így bármikor csatlakozhatsz nyelvtanulóink köréhez. A kínálatban a teljesen általános tanfolyamoktól a szaknyelvi tanfolyamokig mindent megtalálsz! részletek itt

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Elementary

Read the quotations of famous people. Olvasd el a hires emberek idézeteit.

1. "I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most people never listen." - Ernest Hemingway

2. "If you want to make enemies, try to change something." - Woodrow Wilson

3. "You don't have to deserve your mother's love. You have to deserve your father's. He's more particular." - Robert Frost

4. "I love Mickey Mouse more than any woman I've ever known." - Walt Disney

5. "Be true to your work, your word, and your friend." - Henry David Thoreau

6. "My mother had a great deal of trouble with me, but I think she enjoyed it." - Mark Twain

7. "In complete darkness, we are all the same. It is only our knowledge and wisdom that separate us. Don't let your eyes deceive you." - Janet Jackson

8. "The worst sin toward our fellow creatures is not to hate them, but to be indifferent to them: that's the essence of inhumanity." -George Bernard Shaw

9. "I'm not denying the women are foolish; God Almighty made 'em to match the men." - George Eliot

10. "If you become a star, you don't change, everyone else does." - Kirk Douglas

Now find the expressions from the quotations which mean the following. The number behind the words shows the quotation where you can find the expression. Keresd meg azokat a kifejezéseket az idézetekben, amik a következőket jelentik. A szavak mögötti számok azt az idézetet jelölik, amikben a kifejezés megtalálható.

1. Ellenség- 2 2. Megérdemel- 3 3. Válogatós- 3 4. Valaha- 4

5. Hűséges- 5 6. Ugyanaz- 7 7. Bölcsesség- 7 8. Hagyni- 7 9. Becsapni- 7 10. Legrosszabb- 8 11. Bűn- 8 12. Közömbös- 8 13. Tagad- 9 14. Bolond- 9

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Intermediate

Read the quotations of famous people. There are some words missing from them. Try and complete the quotations using words from the list.

Cement / Prejudices / World / Personality / Lost / Carry / Colour / Characteristics / Said/ Cold /

1. "If I read a book and it makes my whole body so …… no fire can ever warm me, I know that is poetry." - Emily Dickinson

2. "We should take care not to make the intellect our god; it has, of course, powerful muscles, but no …………." - Albert Einstein

3. "In politics, if you want anything ……, ask a man. If you want anything done, ask a woman." - Margaret Thatcher

4. "Friendship is the only ……. that will ever hold the world together." - Woodrow Wilson

5. "Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must …… it with us or we find it not." - Ralph Waldo Emerson

6. "I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the ……. of their skin, but by the content of their character." - Martin Luther King, Jr.

7. "Common sense is the collection of ……… acquired by age eighteen." - Albert Einstein

8. "If you have to resort to violence, you've already …..." - Sean Connery

9. "You have all the …………. of a popular politician: a horrible voice, bad breeding, and a vulgar manner." - Henry James

10. "The most incomprehensible thing about the …….. is that it is at all comprehensible." - Albert Einstein

Now find the expressions from the quotations which mean the following.

1. impossible or extremely difficult to understand 2. polite and socially correct behaviour that someone has because they were taught it when they were a child 3. when you have to do something because there is no other way of achieving something 4. to obtain something 5. actions or words which are intended to hurt people 6. the basic level of practical knowledge and judgment that we all need to help us live in a reasonable and safe way 7. a person, especially when you are describing a particular quality that they have 8. poems in general as a form of literature

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Advanced

Read the quotations of famous people. There are some words missing from them. Try and complete the quotations using words from the list.

Spark / Fence / Mankind / Important / Compare / Learn / Catch / Everybody / Tact / Trouble

1. "Everything happens to ………. sooner or later if there is time enough." - George Bernard Shaw

2. "Don't ever take a …… down until you know why it was put up." - Robert Frost

3. "Half of the harm that is done in this world is due to people who want to feel ……….." - George Eliot

4. "It's noble to be good. It's nobler to teach others to be good, and less …….." - Mark Twain

5. "…any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in………..; and therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee." - John Donne

6. "You're only given a little ……. of madness. You mustn't lose it." - Robin Williams

7. "The more I ……, the more I realise I don't know." - Albert Einstein

8. The Constitution only gives people the right to pursue happiness. You have to ……. it yourself." - Ben Franklin

9. "……. is the ability to describe others as they see themselves." - Abraham Lincoln

10. "Shall I ……….. thee to a summer's day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate: Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, And summer's lease hath all too short a date." - William Shakespeare

Now find the expressions from the quotations which mean the following.

1. moral in an honest, brave and not selfish way 2. to reduce or be reduced in size or importance 3. ring 4. very small amount of a particular emotion or quality in a person 5. follow, attempt

17.05.2006, Wednesday Phrasal Verbs

Szervezeti nyelvtanfolyamok akár ingyenesen is! Tanfolyamainkat, tréningjeinket kihelyezett formában partnereinknél tartjuk, az előzetesen megbeszélt időpontban. Tanáraink a hét minden napján, reggel 7 órától este 9 óráig állnak rendelkezésre. részletek itt

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Elementary

Today we are going to do some revision. You will need phrasal verbs from previous units but you will also find a list of necessary verbs here. First match them with their meanings. Ma ismételni fogunk egy kicsit. Szükségetek lesz néhány korábbi leckére, de itt is megtaláljátok a szükséges igék listáját. Először párosítsd az igéket a jelentésükkel.

1. Pay attention to something 2. Take after someone 3. Speak up

4. Look through 5. Forget about something 6. Take up something 7. Turn into something 8. Clean up somehting 9. Pass out 10. Have something on

A, válni valamivé B, figyelni valamire C, viselni valamit D, hangosabban beszélni E, átnézni valamit F, feltakarítani valamit G, hasonlítani valakire H, megfeledkezni valamiről I, elájulni J, elkezdeni valamit

Put one of these phrasal verbs to complete the sentences. Tedd be a megfelelő prepozciós igét, hogy kiegészítsd a mondatokat.

1. After the party we had to ……… the whole flat. 2. The students were really nice and ………….to the new teacher. 3. Sorry, but I …………….your birthday. It was yesterday. 4. Tomorrow I will ……..my new clothes ….. 5. I …………..learning Spanish six months ago. 6. Everyone says I ……………….my father.

7. Sometimes I don’t have time to read the newspapers so I just …………..them. 8. When I saw my blood, I ………………. 9. When he drinks, he ………….. a monster. 10. Could you …….., please? I can’t hear anything.

Translate the sentences into English. Fordítsd le a mondatokat angolra.

1. Sajnálom, de elfelejtettem a könyvet. 2. Minden vasárnap feltakarítom a lakásunkat. 3. Bocs, de nem tudok most rád figyelni. Tudnál várni egy kicsit? 4. Miért van most szoknya rajtad? 5. Hangosabban kellett beszélnem, mert ő süket volt. 6. Miért kezdted el az oroszt? 7. Hetente kétszer elájulok. 8. Te kire hasonlítasz? 9. Amikor meghallotta a hírt, féltékeny bestiává változott. 10. Csak átlapoztam az újságot, nem olvastam el minden hírt.

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Intermediate

Today we are going to do some revision. You will need phrasal verbs from previous units but you will also find a list of necessary verbs here. First match them with their meanings.

1. Let someone down 2. Put a little by

3. Get the joke 4. Brush up 5. Run out of 6. Walk out on someone 7. Eat out 8. Scrape by/along on something 9. Have something on you 10. Look down on

A, valami nálad van B, felfrissíteni C, cserbenhagy valakit D, elhagyni valakit E, lenézni valakit F, félretenni egy keveset G, kifogyni valamiből H, megélni kevés pénzből I, érteni a poént J, étteremben enni

Put one of these phrasal verbs to complete the sentences.

1. Every month I try to ………..because I wnat to go to the U.S. at the end of the year. 2. After their argument the husband ………….his wife. 3. I really enjoy …………because I don’t like cooking. 4. I hate people who …………….poor people. 5. Somehow my friend always manages to …………on a very small amount. 6. She is a funny girl, so she ……………

7. I started a language course just to ……..my Russian. 8. Friends never …….each other ……… because they support each other. 9. I hate ………………..milk at the weekend because there aren§t any shops nearby. 10. It’s wise to …….your ID ……just in case.

Translate the sentences into English.

1. Ne aggódj, soha nem hagynálak cserben. 2. Menjünk étterembe? 3. Attól tartok, elfogyott a cigim. 4. Nem kell sok idő, hogy felfrissítsem a tudásom. 5. Nem értem, miért néz ő le mindenkit. 6. Ebben a hónapban nagyon kevés pénzből kell kijönnöm. 7. Nálad vannak a csekkek? 8. Miért nem teszel félre egy kicsit havonta? 9. Nincs ma jó hangulatban, úgyhogy nem érti a poénokat. 10. Ne hagyj el kérlek! Ígérem, megváltozom.

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Advanced

Today we are going to do some revision. You will need phrasal verbs from previous units but you will also find a list of necessary verbs here. First match them with their meanings.

1. Bring out the worst in someone 2. Write someone off

3. Brush aside 4. Turn your back on something 5. Show off 6. End up doing something 7. Put your heart and soul into something 8. Pull someone through 9. See through someone 10. Show up

A, félresöpörni valamit B, kikötni valahogy C, kihozni belőlem a legrosszabbat D, átsegíteni valakit E, felvágni F, leírni valakit G, felbukkanni H, szíved-lelked beletenni valamibe I, hátat fordítani valakinek J, átlátni valakin

Put one of these phrasal verbs to complete the sentences.

1. For one reason or another, he didn’t ……at the meeting so we don’t know anything about his purposes. 2. You can’t just …………annoying things, you need to deal with them and solve them. 3. After a couple of months, I managed to get to know him well enough to be able to ………………….him. 4. Idiots ……………………….and I become very nervous and intolerant.

5. I just can’t stand people who try to ………..with their expensive belongings every possible time. 6. Fortunately, I have some great friends who ………me…….when I have some hard times. 7. My parents wanted to go shopping but they ……………having an ice-cream instead. 8. If I start doing something, I always ………………….it, because I really believe that if something is worth doing, then it’s worth doing it well. 9. Don’t ………him ……. Sometimes he is very weak, but he gets strong again and again. 10. I decided to ……………..my old classmates because they just didn’t appreciate my personality.

Translate the sentences into English.

1. Az edzői már leírták a játékost, de ő megmutatta, hogy még mindig tehetséges és erős. 2. Ne próbálj meg becsapni, átlátok rajtad. 3. Semmi értelme nincs felvágni. Nem az számít, amid van, hanem hogy milyen ember vagy. 4. Mivel a diák nem jelent meg a vizsgán, ezért megbukott. 5. Ez a szomorú időjárás a legrosszabbat hozza ki belőlem. 6. Átsegítenél a nehéz időszakomon, ha megkérnélek rá? 7. Tanulni akartam, de végül úgy kötöttem ki, hogy aludtam. 8. A férjem a szívét-lelkét beleteszi az üzletébe. 9. Semmi értelme félresöpörni a problémákat, mert előbb vagy utóbb újra felbukkannak. 10. Nem igazán szép dolog hátat fordítani annak, aki egész életedben támogatott.

02.06.2006, Friday Vocabulary

Fejlesztési támogatás Amennyiben Ön gondolkozik azon, hogy a befizetendő szakképzési hozzájárulást szeretné hasznosan felhasználni, megvan erre a lehetősége, 80%-áról önrendelkezhet. A Ring Szakközépiskola jogszerűen hivatott befogadni ezt az ominózus 80%-ot, és hogy vonzóvá tegyük fantasztikus partnerprogramokat ajánlunk fel támogatóinknak! Részletekről érdeklődjön közoktatási szakértőinknél! részletek itt

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Elementary

Read the article first. Olvasd el először a cikket.

American Man Gets His Car Back After 37 Years

In 1968 Alan Poster bought the car of his dreams, a blue Corvette, in New York City for $6,000.

Three months later, Poster's dream turned into a nightmare after someone stole his car.

Poster reported the crime to the police. Nothing happened for years and years...

Then late last year, customs officers found that someone wanted to ship the car to a buyer in Sweden. The officers saw that the owner reported that his car disappeared 37 years earlier and told police.

Police could finally find Poster, who now lives in Northern California and drives a Mercedes.

The car undergone several changes: it was no longer blue but silver; its inside was red; and it had a different engine.

Now answer the questions. Válaszolj a kérdésekre.

1. When did Poster buy his car? 2. What kind of car did he buy? 3. How much did it cost? 4. What happened three months after buying the car? 5. Did Porter tell the police? 6. What did the police do? 7. How many years later did the police find the car? 8. Where does Porter live now? 9. What kind of car does he have now? 10. Did any changes happen to the car? If yes, what were these changes?

Now find the words in the text which mean the following. Találd meg a szövegben azokat a szavakat, amik a következőket jelentik. 1. Álmai autója: 2. Válni valamivé: 3. Rémálom: 4. Ellopni: 5. Jelenteni: 6. Bűntény: 7. Történni: 8. Vámos: 9. Tulaj:

10. Eltűnni: 11. Végül: 12. Átmenni: 13. Néhány:

Now read the article again, and translate the sentences into English. Olvasd el újra a cikket, és fordítsd le angolra a következő mondatokat.

Egy amerikai férfi megvette álmai autóját, de az alma rémálommá vált, mert valaki ellopta azt. A férfi jelentette a rendőrségnek, de nem történt semmi. Aztán 37 évvel később egy vámos megtalálta az autót. Az auto átment néhány változáson. Ezüst színű lett, a belseje piros, és más motorja volt. De a férfinak most már egy másik autója van.

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Intermediate

Read the article first.

BARELY two weeks after taking office, Giorgio Napolitano, Italy’s President, a former Communist, prompted a dispute with the Italian Right by pardoning an extreme left-wing activist convicted of murdering a police chief in 1972. The move was proposed by Clemente Mastella, the Justice Minister in the new centre-left Government led by Romano Prodi, which also took office a fortnight ago after narrowly winning the general election. “This is outrageous, it confirms our worst fears,” said Roberto Castelli, the Justice Minister in the former centre-right Government led by Silvio Berlusconi. “Italy has moved dramatically to the Left.” The decision by President Napolitano to pardon Ovidio Bompressi also paves the way for the pardon of Adriano Sofri, an influential leftist intellectual who was also convicted for the killing in May 1972 of Luigi Calabresi, the police chief in Milan. Signor Mastella said that he had also asked the President to pardon Signor Sofri by the end of the year.

Both Signor Bompressi and Signor Sofri were members of Lotta Continua, a notorious but long-defunct revolutionary group which played a large part in the bloody street violence that traumatised Italy in the 1970s, a period remembered as “The Years of Lead” (Anni di Piombo) because of the number of bullets fired by police and anarchists. Signor Calabresi was blamed by much of the Left for the death of Giuseppe Pinelli, an anarchist who fell to his death from a fourth floor window at police headquarters in Milan while being questioned about a bomb attack in 1969 that killed 16 people at a bank in Milan. The official version was that Signor Pinelli had jumped, but it was, and still is, widely believed on the Left that he was pushed. The episode inspired the play Accidental Death of an Anarchist by Dario Fo, Italy’s Nobel prize-winning playwright, who remains a prominent figure and stood this year unsuccessfully for mayor of Milan. Three years later Signor Calabresi was shot dead in an act of revenge. Both Signor Sofri and Signor Bompressi were convicted of involvement in his murder and sentenced to 22 years in prison. The sentences were definitively upheld in 2000 after a series of appeals. Both were convicted on evidence from a Lotta Continua informant, Leonardo Marino. Judges concluded that Signor Bompressi had been a member of the hit squad that shot Signor Calabresi outside his home, while Signor Sofri was convicted of masterminding and ordering the murder. This year Italy issued a set of stamps honouring Signor Calabresi. “At last I can breathe freely and not weep every day,” Signor Bompressi said in a statement. “I thank you all.” Some members of Forza Italia, Signor Berlusconi’s party, including Gaetano Pecorella, Signor Berlusconi’s personal lawyer, agreed that Signor Bompressi had led an “exemplary life” since his conviction. But last night most of the Right could barely contain its fury. “An injustice has been done,” said Signor Castelli, who had repeatedly blocked requests to pardon both men. Alessandra Mussolini, the far-right politician and granddaughter of the former Fascist dictator Benito Mussolini, spoke of “Red clemency”. Signor Napolitano, 80, is the first former communist to become President. Signor Berlusconi was quoted as saying that Signor Napolitano “cuts his steak with a hammer and sickle”. Signor Sofri, 63, who has had surgery on his oesophagus, was granted temporary freedom last November. He wrote dispatches for leftist daily L’Unita from then Yugoslavia, and intervened to free captive Italian aid workers in Chechnya. Signor Bompressi, 59, was released in 2003 and placed under house arrest. His lawyer said that doctors determined he would not survive in jail after he lost more than 30kg (66lb) during a bout of extreme depression.

Decide whether these statements are true or false.

1. An extreme left-wing activist murdered a police chief in 1972 but got away with it. 2. Pardoning him was proposed by the Justice Minister. 3. According to Roberto Castelli, Italy has moved dramatically to the right. 4. They intend to pardon another leftist who was also convicted for the killing in May 1972 of Luigi Calabresi, the police chief in Milan. 5. The1970s were called the Years of Lead because there were so many spiritual leaders influencing that decade. 6. Signor Sofri and Signor Bompressi are completely free now.

Now find the words which mean the following.

1. Buzdít, felbujt 2. Elítélni 3. Két hét 4. Felháborító 5. Megerősít 6. Egyengeti az útját, kikövez 7. Befolyásos 8. Hírhedt 9. Ihlet 10. Bosszú 11. Fellebbezés 12. Háttérből irányít 13. Sírni 14. Példás 15. Kiengedni 16. Roham

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Advanced

Read the article first.

US soldiers in Iraq have been ordered to take extra training in moral and ethical standards, it emerged today. The move comes amid growing concern over the fallout from the alleged massacre of 24 civilians in the town of Haditha last November. General George Casey - the highest-ranking US general in Iraq - ordered the training two days after US troops shot dead a pregnant mother and her cousin as they travelled to a maternity hospital. Nabiha Nisaif Jassim, who was 35, was killed along with her 57-year-old cousin, Saliha Mohammed Hassan, when they failed to stop at a checkpoint in Samarra, north of Baghdad. A military spokesman said troops had fired at the car, which was being driven by the pregnant woman's brother, in an attempt to "disable" it. Lieutenant general Peter Chiarelli, the commander of Multinational Corps Iraq, said the ethics training, to take place over the next 30 days, would reinforce the education that troops receive before being sent into battle. It would emphasise "professional military values and the importance of disciplined, professional conduct in combat", he said. "As military professionals, it is important that we take time to reflect on the values that separate us from our enemies," he said. "The challenge for us is to make sure the actions of a few do not tarnish the good work of the many." In the past week, the US military has been rocked by a series of leaks indicating that US marines carried out a massacre of 24 civilians in insurgent-controlled Haditha last November. Reports of the alleged massacre first surfaced in Time magazine in March, but credibility was still given to the marines' story of how 15 of the dead had been killed by a roadside bomb until the current spate of leaks. The New York Times yesterday reported that death certificates confirmed the contention of Iraqi human rights activists that the majority of the dead had been killed by execution-style point-blank gunshots to the head and chest.

The alleged massacre is already being compared to the 1968 My Lai massacre and the Abu Ghraib scandal, and the US president, George Bush, yesterday said any troops found responsible for it would be punished. Around a dozen marines are thought to be under scrutiny by Pentagon investigators, who are conducting separate reports into the incident itself and the question of whether there had been a cover-up. A comrade of the accused marines yesterday told a Seattle television he believed they "were just blinded by hate ... and they just lost control". Safa Younis, a relative of people killed in the attack, survived by hiding in a bedroom next to the bodies of her mother and siblings and pretending to be dead. A video released yesterday showed her saying: "The Americans knocked at the door. My father went to open it. They shot him dead from behind the door, and then they shot him again after they opened the door." Last week US, marine commandant General Michael Hagee warned that troops in Iraq were in danger of becoming "indifferent to the loss of a human life". Paul Robinson, a former army intelligence officer and an expert on military ethics at the University of Hull, warned that the effects of formal training would be blunted by peer pressure, military loyalty, and public desire in the US for revenge and forceful action. "Teaching the individual soldiers is not enough," he said. "Moral leadership needs to be exerted from on high, all the way down the chain of command. "You will look at the example of your leaders. If your leaders give the impression that they think Iraqi lives are not worth the same as American of British lives, and if they order the deployment of large amounts of force, you'll get the impression that that's how you're meant to behave."

Answer the questions.

1. What made this training come into operation? 2. What does Peter Chiarelli think about this training? 3. Which newspapers are mentioned and in what context? 4. What did General Michael Hagee say? 5. What is Paul Robinson’s opinion about this traing?

Find the words in the article which mean the following.

1. Appear, become known 2. Be thought to have done something wrong 3. an act of killing a lot of people 4. to stop something such as (part of) a machine, system or weapon from working 5. to make something stronger 6. behaviour 7. fight 8. to spoil the reputation of someone or something 9. appear 10. when someone can be believed or trusted 11. reports about actions or events that cause shock and disapproval 12. the careful and detailed examination of something in order to obtain information about it 13. to make something less sharp or strong

01.06.2006, Thursday Culture

Csoportos tanfolyamok 6 nyelven! Angol, német, francia, olasz, orosz, spanyol nyelvtanfolyamok! Adókedvezmény, ÁFA mentes oktatás! Nyelvtanfolyamainkat folyamatosan indítjuk, nincsenek szemeszterek, így bármikor csatlakozhatsz nyelvtanulóink köréhez. A kínálatban a teljesen általános tanfolyamoktól a szaknyelvi tanfolyamokig mindent megtalálsz! részletek itt

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Elementary

Here is the lyrics of one of the songs of The Beatles, the famous British band. Itt van a Beatles, a hires brit banda egyik dalának szövege. First, match the English words with their Hungarian meanings. Először párosítsd össze az angol szavakat a magyar jelentésükkel.

1. Trouble 2. Wisdom 3. Whisper 4. Agree 5. Though 6. Answer 7. Chance 8. Cloudy 9. Shine 10. Wake up

A. egyetérteni B. felhős C. baj, gond D. felébredni E. bölcsesség F. válasz, felelet G. suttogni H. esély, lehetőség I. annak ellenére, habár

J. sütni

Some words are missing, try and complete the lyrics from the list. Néhány szó hiányzik, próbáld meg kiegészíteni a dalszöveget a listáról.

World / trouble / music / will / standing / answer / words / night

Let It Be

When I find myself in times of 1……… Mother Mary comes to me Speaking words of wisdom, let it be. And in my hour of darkness She is 2………. right in front of me Speaking words of wisdom, let it be. Let it be, let it be Let it be, let it be. Whisper words of wisdom, let it be.

And when the broken hearted people Living in the 3…….. agree, There will be an answer, let it be. For though they may be parted there is Still a chance that they will see There will be an 4………, let it be. Let it be, let it be Let it be, let it be. Yeah there will be an answer, let it be.

Let it be, let it be Let it be, let it be. Whisper words of wisdom, let it be.

Let it be, let it be Let it be, let it be. Whisper words of wisdom, let it be.

And when the 5………. is cloudy, There is still a light that shines on me, Shine on till tomorrow, let it be. I wake up to the sound of 6. ……. Mother Mary comes to me Speaking 7 …….. of wisdom, let it be.

Let it be, let it be Let it be, let it be. A there 8 …….. be an answer, let it be.

Let it be, let it be Let it be, let it be. A there will be an answer, let it be.

Let it be, let it be Let it be, let it be.

Now answer the questions. Válaszolj a kérdésekre.

1. What does the title mean in Hungarian? 2. Is the person who sings happy or sad? 3. Who helps the person? 4. How does the helper help?

Now find the opposite of the words from the lyrics. Keresd ki a dalszövegből a szavak ellentétét.

1. Fall asleep 2. Disagree 3. Clear, bright 4. Happy 5. Question 6. Shout

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Intermediate

Here is the lyrics of one of the songs of The Beatles, the famous British band. First match the words with their Hungarian equivalents.

1. quizzical 2. get ready 3. get annoyed 4. avoid 5. creep up 6. scream

1. osonni 2. készülődni 3. sikítani 4. beidegesedni, feldühödni 5. furcsa, különös 6. elkerülni

Some words are missing, try and complete the lyrics from the list.

Knock / science / unpleasant / leaving / alone / back / sure / phone / painting / fool

Maxwell's Silver Hammer

Joan was quizzical, studied pataphysical 1……… in the home Late nights all 2……. with a test-tube Ohh-oh-oh-oh... Maxwell Edison majoring in medicine Calls her on the 3……. "Can I take you out to the pictures Joa-oa-oa-oan?" But as she's getting ready to go A 4…….. comes on the door...

Bang, bang, Maxwell's silver hammer Came down upon her head Bang, bang, Maxwell's silver hammer Made 5……. that she was dead

Back in school again Maxwell plays the 6……again Teacher gets annoyed Wishing to avoid an 7………..sce-e-e-ene She tells Max to stay when the class has gone away So he waits behind Writing 50 times "I must not be so-o-o-oo..." But when she turns her 8……. on the boy He creeps up from behind

Bang, bang, Maxwell's silver hammer Came down upon her head Bang, bang, Maxwell's silver hammer Made sure that she was dead

P.C. Thirty-One said "we caught a dirty one" Maxwell stands alone 9……….. testimonial pictures ohh-oh-oh-oh Rose and Valerie screaming from the gallery Say he must go free (Maxwell must go free) The judge does not agree and he tells them so-o-o-oo But as the words are 10………his lips A noise comes from behind

Bang, bang, Maxwell's silver hammer Came down upon his head Bang, Bang, Maxwell's silver hammer Made sure that he was dead wo-wo-wo-oo

Silver hammer man

Now answer the questions.

1. How many people are mentioned in the song? 2. Who is the villain? 3. What does he do? 4. Who are the victims? 5. What are they doing when they are killed? 6. What happens in the courtroom? 7. Are there any people who support the villain? 8. Does the judge survive the trial?

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Advanced

Here is the lyrics of one of the songs of The Beatles, the famous British band.

First find the words in the lyrics which mean the following.

1. to enter a room or building suddenly and without warning 2. a mark on your skin 3. to fall down suddenly because of pressure or lack of strength or support 4. to leave somewhere or someone suddenly 5. to be provided with objects that are necessary for a particular purpose 6. the imagination 7. to smell very unpleasant

8. a wide smile 9. to shock someone or have a sudden strong effect on them 10. to compete unsuccessfully with someone 11. a public bar, especially in the past in the western United States

Some words are missing, try and complete the lyrics from the list.

Scatch / get / stealing / another / first / booked / stinking / equipped

Rocky Raccoon

Now somewhere in the black mountain hills of Dakota There lived a young boy named Rocky Raccoon And one day his woman ran off with 1……. guy Hit young Rocky in the eye Rocky didn't like that He said I'm gonna 2…… that boy So one day he walked into town 3……… himself a room in the local saloon.

Rocky Raccoon checked into his room Only to find Gideon's bible Rocky had come 4……. with a gun To shoot off the legs of his rival His rival it seems had broken his dreams By 5……… the girl of his fancy. Her name was Magill and she called herself Lil But everyone knew her as Nancy. Now she and her man who called himself Dan

Were in the next room at the hoe down Rocky burst in and grinning a grin He said Danny boy this is a showdown But Daniel was hot-he drew 6…….. and shot And Rocky collapsed in the corner.

Now the doctor came in 7……… of gin And proceeded to lie on the table He said Rocky you met your match And Rocky said, Doc it's only a 8…….. And I'll be better I'll be better doc as soon as I am able.

Now Rocky Raccoon he fell back in his room Only to find Gideon's bible Gideon checked out and he left it no doubt To help with good Rocky's revival.

Now decide whether the following statements are true or false.

1. Rocky was cut up about his girlfriend. 2. His girlfriend left him because he drank too much gin. 3. Her new boyfriend was called Gideon. 4. The two guys, or rivals had a gun fight. 5. Rocky won, and won the heart of his ex as well. 6. The doctor who came to help him was a bit drunk. 31.05.2006, Wednesday Phrasal Verbs

Szervezeti nyelvtanfolyamok akár ingyenesen is! Tanfolyamainkat, tréningjeinket kihelyezett formában partnereinknél tartjuk, az előzetesen megbeszélt időpontban. Tanáraink a hét minden napján, reggel 7 órától este 9 óráig állnak rendelkezésre. részletek itt

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Elementary

Find the preposition which best fits the sentences, then find out the meaning. Teláld meg azt az elöljárószót, ami az összes mondatba beleillik, majd találd meg a jelentését.

1. The poor woman had to bring …… her children completely alone because her husband died. I took ....... swimming a year ago, and since trhen I go to the swimming pool every day. My friend was born in the U.S.A., but she grew .......in Australia. My parents are going to do ......their flat next week.

2. My brother goes ..... with his friends a lot. They always go to the cinema or to a pub. I need to find ......about the journey. I don’t know where and when the bus leaves. Don’t miss ..... this film, it’s excellent. All the tickets for the concert have been sold ......so we can’t buy any.

3.

Unfortunately, I ran .......a little mouse with my car. When I showed the driver my middle finger, he pulled ........and waited for me by the side of the road. Come ...... to me and have a cup of tea. The man was so drunk that he fell ......on the stairs.

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Intermediate

Find the preposition which best fits the sentences, then find out the meaning.

1. The Second World War broke ...... in 1939. Look ...... when you cross the street! There are a lot of careless drivers. The boys broke ....... the window when they were playing football. I cried ...... when I touched the hot pot.

2. Why did you bring ......this topic? It’s not something we should discuss in front of my parents! I asked my son where he had been, but he made ....... a story instead of telling the truth. While we were on holiday, my little daughter picked ......Spanish very easily so she could chat after only a couple of days. The accident held ......the traffic so badly that there was a huge traffic jam.

3. My friend dropped ...... to see me but I was not really glad to see her because I was in the middle of a book.

Someone is ringing the doorbell. Could you let him or her ......? I don’t know why he loves her, she is a witch. I don’t understand what he sees .....her. I was reading a book when my husband burst ..... and started shouting at me.

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Advanced

Find the preposition which best fits the sentences, then find out the meaning.

1. His name rings the bell. It must have cropped .....before as well. I think I managed to live ......to my boss’ expectations. You shouldn’t have come ......with this idea in her presence. She always hits the roof if things don’t turn out the way she imagined it. My student doesn’t feel .....to passing the exam, but I always try to encourage him.

2. We are carrying ......an interesting research with my group. There is one thing I would like to point ......the most important thing: we simply can’t go. The epidemics wiped .......several cities. In the end, it turned ......that he was the one to blame.

3. I’m your real friend so you can count .... me. Hold .... a sec, I’m coming. Although I was very afraid, I tried to put .....a brave face and enter the room.

I’ll only let you .....on my secret if you promise not to pass it onto anyone. 13.06.2006, Tuesday Idioms

Tanulj egyénileg és mindent hozzád igazítunk! Megválaszthatod a helyszínt, időpontot, intenzitást. Alapos szintfelmérés után kialakítjuk a képzési tervet, megkeressük az elvárásaidnak legmegfelelőbb tanárt és már kezdődhet is a nyelvtanulás. És egy óra költsége mindössze 1680 Ft/45 perc! Szólj a barátaidnak is! részletek itt

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Elementary

Today we are going to deal with idioms which contain prepositions. First look at the idioms and complete them with a preposition from the list. Ma olyan idiómákkal fogunk foglalkozni, amik elöljárószavakat tartalmaznak. Először nézd meg az idiómákat, és egészítsd ki őket egy elöljárószóval a listáról.

Over / on / at / behind / about

1. ……..someone’s back 2. have something …..your brain 3. all …..the place 4. ….at hand 5. not know the first thing …..something

Now pair them up with their English definitions and their Hungarian meanings.

Most párosítsd őket az angol meghatározásukkal, és a Magyar megfelelőikkel.

A. to not be able to stop thinking or talking about one particular thing, valamin egyfolytában jár az agyad B. to not know anything about a particular subject, semmit nem tudni egy témáról C. in or to many different places, mindenütt D. you do it without them knowing, in a way which is unfair , valaki háta mögött E. very near, nagyon közel

Now put the appropriate idiom into the sentences. Tedd be a megfelelő idiómát a mondatokba.

1. This problem is always ………………so I can’t sleep at night. 2. The History teacher was angry because her student said that she didn’t ………………..about History. 3. When I went into the kitchen, there was milk …………………….. 4. Jane is a very honest person, she never talks about people …………………….. 5. Fortunately, there were some shops ……………..so we could do the shopping very quickly.

Translate the sentences into English. Fordítsd le a mondatokat angolra.

1. A szótár mellettem volt, ezért megértettem az új szavakat gyorsan. 2. Még mindig azon a lányon jár az agyad? 3. Miért van víz mindenütt? 4. Te semmit nem tudsz a politikáról, ezért ne mondj semmit. 5. Tudom, hogy beszél a hátam mögött, de nem vagyok mérges, mert nem a barátom.

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Intermediate

Today we are going to deal with idioms which contain prepositions. First look at the idioms and complete them with a preposition from the list.

Over / about / behind / on / near

1. …..automatic pilot 2. have mixed feelings ……something 3. when hell freezes ………. 4. …….bars 5. a ….. miss

Now pair them up with their English definitions.

A. you mean that it will never happen B. to be both pleased and not pleased about something at the same time C. a situation in which an accident or unpleasant situation almost happened and was only just avoided D. you do something without thinking about what you are doing, usually because you have done it many times before E. in prison

Now put the appropriate idiom into the sentences.

1. In the morning I was so tired that I just got dressed ……………….and left for work.

2. We almost hit the dog, but fortunately we didn’t so it was just ……………… 3. I’ll only let you enter my flat ………………………….! You have cheated on me and I’ll never forgive you this! 4. I don’t know but somehow I …………………………….this new colleague of ours. She seems so strange. 5. The thief had been …………….for years after having stolen hundreds of CDs from a music shop.

Now rewrite the sentences so that they contain the appropriate idiom.

1. I’ll never help you again! 2. My friend was in prison for years but I think he is a nice guy. 3. After the accident I was so shocked that when I arrived home, I had a shower and made the bed without thinking. 4. I almost let the cup fall but I managed to get hold of it in the very last minute, so the accident was avoided. 5. I really have both pleasant and unpleasant feelings about the turnout of the meeting.

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Advanced

Today we are going to deal with idioms which contain prepositions. First look at the idioms and complete them with a preposition from the list.

On / over / near / about / behind

1. Rake ….. the ashes 2. Accidentally ….. purpose 3. So ……. and yet so far

4. Be …….the times 5. Make no bones …….something

Now pair them up with their English definitions.

A. you intend to do it but you pretend that it was an accident B. to say clearly what you think or feel although you may embarrass or offend someone C. to think about or to talk about unpleasant events from the past D. to be old-fashioned and not know much about modern life E. something that you say which means that you have almost achieved something but that what you still have to do in order to achieve it is very difficult or impossible

Now put the appropriate idiom into the sentences.

1. There is no point in ………………..Look ahead instead! 2. I dropped my book ……………………just to make him notice me. 3. I have only got ten pages left but it’s so difficult to finish it up, so …………………….. 4. My granny is not …………..at all as she’s got pink hair and loves Pink. 5. She is very frank so she never ………………………her opinion and telling them to people.

Now rewrite the sentences so that they contain the appropriate idiom.

1. Don’t be so old-fashioned! Keep up with the world! 2. Why are you always thinking about past happenings? You can’t change them, so you’d better concentrate on your future. 3. I intended to dial his number but then I pretended to have misread the numbers and said I only called him by accident.

4. She always tells her opinion no matter how she offends others. 5. I nearly managed to finish up my History essay but these few pages are just impossible to complete.

12.06.2006, Monday Grammar

Tanulj nyelvet anyanyelvi környezetben, és ismerd meg az adott kulturát! Válaszd ki az úti célt, a szervezést pedig bízd ránk! Külföldi utazásodat nyelvtanfolyammal, szállással, transzferrel, biztosítással, szabadidős programokkal együtt megszervezzük, és ha nincs meg hozzá a keret, akkor a Credigennel közösen adunk hitelt! Utazz velünk külföldre! Töltsd hasznosan a nyarat és tanulj nyelveket! részletek itt

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Elementary

Today we are going to check how good you are at prepositions. There are some sentences here but the prepositions are missing. Complete the sentences with the correct preposition. Ma megnézzük, milyen jó vagy az elöljárószavakban. Egészítsd ki a mondatokat a megfelelő elöljárószóval.

1. There is a picture …….the wall. 2. The flower is ………..the window. 3. There were ………….sixty people at my birthday party. 4. ……….breakfast I always wash my teeth.

5. She always has a shower ………going to bed. 6. My friend called me ……..6 o’clock. 7. …….the evening I always learn some Spanish or Russian. 8. Did you sleep well …… night? 9. The glasses are ……..the plates in the cupboard. 10. There is a bus stop ……………….the restaurant. 11. In winter the temperature is ………2 degrees. 12. There is a small table ……….the sofa. 13. There are a lot of plants ……….the window and the sofa. 14. My husband usually goes to work …….car. 15. I’m not lazy so I go everywhere ……foot. 16. He is very nice to her because he always buys little presents ….. her. 17. I come ……the western part of the country. 18. I work ……seven ……..five every day. 19. We all live ….. Budapest. 20. The window ….the car is broken. 21. The computer is …..the table. 22. I have Russian lessons ……Tuesdays and ……Thursdays. 23. When the weather is beautiful, I spend a lot of time …………. 24. Go ……the bridge and you will find King Street. 25. At weekends we always travel …….little towns in the countryside. 26. Don’t start the car. There is a cat …….it. 27. Do you want to come to the cinema ……me? 28. I always have a headache ……….a cup of coffee. 29. I was born in a small town …….1981. 30. We went …….the stairs.

Now write here the English equivalents of the prepositions.

Ird be az elöljárószavak angol megfelelőjét.

1. On,en,ön: 2. Valami mellett: 3. Valami közelében: 4. Valami előtt: 5. Valami mögött: 6. Tól.....ig: 7. Valamik között: 8. Ban, ben: 9. Kint, kívül: 10. Val, vel: 11. Valami nélkül: 12. Ban, ben- évszámnál: 13. Fel: 14. Valahonnét, ból, ből: 15. Valaminek a valamije (birtokviszony kifejezése): 16. Valakinek: 17. Gyalog: 18. Valamivel (közlekedési eszköz): 19. Körülbelül: 20. Után: 21. Előtt: 22. Kor (óránál): 23. On (napoknál): 24. Kor (napszakoknál): 25. Kor (éjszakánál): 26. Valami alatt:

27. Valahova: 28. Át, keresztül:

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Intermediate

Today we are going to check how good you are at prepositions. There are some sentences here but the prepositions are missing. Complete the sentences with the correct preposition.

1. They arrived ….the airport ….London …..5 …. Wednesday …..October. 2. What do you usually do …..weekends? 3. …….Easter boys sprinkle girls with perfume or water. 4. We both started the lesson ….the same time. 5. My daughter will be born …..two months. 6. I learnt to drive …..four weeks. 7. The main character died …..the end. 8. …..the end of the lesson we played a little game. 9. Don’t sit …..the floor. Sit …..the chair instead. 10. You will find details …..page seven. 11. I was standing ….the queue for two hours so I finally gave up and went home. 12. I usually leave ….home at six and leave …..home from work at five. 13. I was …..Jim’s last night. 14. Have you ever been …..Japan? 15. Is there anything interesting …..in the cinema tonight? 16. I listened to a very interesting programme …..the radio. 17. No, thanks. I don’t eat any sweets. I’m ….. a strict diet.

18. I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to break your vase. It wasn’t …..purpose. 19. On my way home I hit a cat ……accident. 20. At the exam you will have to write ….ink, and not …. pencil. 21. Will you pay ….cash or …..credit card? 22. We were travelling ……180 km per hour when a police car stopped us. 23. The famous play was written …..Shakespeare. 24. Have you seen the photo ….my little puppy? 25. I’m really sorry ….saying such horrible things to you yesterday. 26. It was stupid …..her to go there alone. 27. Are you still angry ….me …..being late? 28. Everyone was surprised …..the news. 29. My friends were really happy …..my wedding. 30. Unfortunately, I’m really disappointed …..his new CD.

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Advanced

Today we are going to check how good you are at prepositions. There are some sentences here but the prepositions are missing. Complete the sentences with the correct preposition.

1. I was so absorbed ….the book that I didn’t realise that it was dark already. 2. Are you aware ….the fact that he lost ten kilos? 3. I don’t think my colleague is capable ……managing his tasks appropriately. 4. Due …the heavy rain, the match was cancelled. 5. He is really successful ….this business. 6. It never occurred ….me to insure my house. 7. Let’s hope ….the best.

8. This guy reminds me …..my ex-boyfriend. 9. The shop is just ….the corner. 10. My watch is always five minutes ……so I’m never late. 11. His watch is two minutes ………so he always arrives late everywhere. 12. The reality was …..my wildest dreams. 13. I haven’t seen him ……the day of my wedding. 14. She kept on drinking …….the whole night. 15. I don’t want to be dependent ….anybody. I want to be independent …..everybody. 16. This city is famous ….its fabulous museums. 17. The city centre is always crowded ….tourists on summer days. 18. He didn’t approve ….any of my actions. He was critical ….me all the time. 19. Linda is married …..three children. 20. Unfortunately, I’m hopeless ….singing. 21. I’m very impressed …..her English. She has improved a lot! 22. My granny feels sorry …..all the soap opera characters. 23. My friend was delighted ….the present I gave to her. 24. No connection is suspected ……the two crimes. 25. What was your reply ….to his letter? 26. There is a great demand ….his books so another edition will soon be published. 27. As I was driving carelessly, the insurance company does not pay for the damages ….my car. 28. Last year was a horrible period for this TV channel as there was a serious decrease …. The number of viewers. 29. I still don’t understand the reason …his quitting the job. 30. I can never grow tired ….prepositions. 09.06.2006, Friday Vocabulary

Fejlesztési támogatás Amennyiben Ön gondolkozik azon, hogy a befizetendő szakképzési hozzájárulást szeretné hasznosan felhasználni, megvan erre a lehetősége, 80%-áról önrendelkezhet. A Ring Szakközépiskola jogszerűen hivatott befogadni ezt az ominózus 80%-ot, és hogy vonzóvá tegyük fantasztikus partnerprogramokat ajánlunk fel támogatóinknak! Részletekről érdeklődjön közoktatási szakértőinknél! részletek itt

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Elementary

Find the odd one outs and explain your choice. Keresd meg a kakukktojást, és magyarázd meg a választásod.

1. grandfather/ nephew/ aunt 2. like / hate/ love 3. fat/ overweight/ thin 4. beautiful/ ugly/ handsome 5. stupid/ clever/ intelligent 6. tea/ whiskey / coffee 7. flat / bedsit/ garden 8. washing machine/ toaster/ microwave oven 9. carpet/ rug/ curtain 10. double bed/ armchair/ single bed 11. tub / bedroom / living room 12. pillow/ blanket/ sofa 13. toothbrush/ shampoo / toothpaste

14. cleaner/ interpreter/ cook 15. journalist/ poet/ vet 16. dentist/ writer/ doctor 17. cooked meal / breakfast/ lunch 18. bacon/ cold cut/ yoghurt 19. mushroom/ apple/ potato 20. cucumber/ cake/ ice cream 21. cheese/ sour cream/ flour 22. starter/ main dish/ apple juice 23. magazine/ newspaper/ TV programme 24. soap opera/ horoscope/ news programme 25. market/ flea - market/ supermarket 26. tie / suit / skirt 27. cancer/ flu/ medicine 28. player/ coach/ fan 29. snow/ harvest / freeze 30. horrible/ fine/ lovely 31. autumn/ sunny/ summer 32. train/ bus/ plane 33. History/ test/ Literature 34. vocabulary/ grammar / exercise 35. verb / book/ noun

HAVE A NICE WEEKEND!

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Intermediate

Find the odd one outs and explain your choice.

1. examiner/ examination/ examinee 2. speaking / discussion/ reading 3. pedestrian/ driver / passer-by 4. deck / carriage/ compartment 5. number plate/ tyre/ steering wheel 6. flight attendant/ pilot/ hijacker 7. coach/ van/ double-decker 8. earthquake/ flood/ weather forecast 9. misty/ frosty / wintry 10. wind/ thunder / lightning 11. strawhat/ sweat/ raincoat 12. backstroke/ fly/ breaststroke 13. court/ card/ racket 14. pill/ painkiller/ disease 15. cure/ recover / prescribe 16. heart attack/ cold / cancer 17. depression/ pneumonia/ nervous breakdown 18. faint/ throw up/ vomit 19. blind/ shortsighted/ longsighted 20. spine/ skull/ stomach 21. heel/ wrist/ ankle 22. necklace/ belt/ ring 23. cash/ deposit/ credit card 24. spam/ e-mail / junk mail 25. dubbed/ subtitled/ black and white

26. cartoon/ commercial/ advertisement 27. novel/ cookbook/ dictionary 28. brown sugar/ honey/ white sugar 29. beef/ chicken/ turkey 30. fork/ toothpick/ spoon 31. saucer/ cup/ glass 32. dismiss/ employ/ fire 33. sociable / outgoing/ reserved 34. generous/ mean/ tight-fisted 35. scruffy/ well-dressed/ untidy looking

HAVE A NICE WEEKEND!

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Advanced

Find the odd one outs and explain your choice.

1. despise/ respect / look down on 2. immediate/ nuclear / extended 3. impolite / rude / well-mannered 4. Leo / Libra / Fish 5. biscuit/ sandwich/ donut 6. stocky/ thin/ plump 7. long / bushy / pencil-thin 8. index finger /palm / thumb 9. humble/ modest/ pompous

10. ruthless/ unscrupulous/ affectionate 11. chuckle/ giggle/ sob 12. embrace/ kiss/ hug 13. zebra/ leopard/ tiger 14. wasp/ ladybird/ bee 15. raven/ blackbird/ swan 16. coffee grinder/ hoover/ electric kettle 17. roof rack/ brake/ clutch 18. battery/ saddle / pedals 19. well-off / broke / wealthy 20. mugging/ petty theft/ arson 21. moan/ praise / grumble 22. cradle/ bunk-bed/ cot 23. toilet pan/ seat/ bath mat 24. dedication/ preface/ dustjacket 25. thesaurus/ whodunit/ crime story 26. withdraw/ exchange/ buy 27. cure/ heal / examine 28. incurable/ curable / fatal 29. diarrhoea/ cough/ constipation 30. vitamin / pill/ effervescent tablet 31. goalkeeper /referee/ defender 32. parachuting/ diving/ paragliding 33. sultry/ windy / sticky 34. blizzard/ hailstorm / drought 35. compulsory/ optional/ obligatory

HAVE A NICE WEEKEND!

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Elementary

Today you are going to read about William Blake, who was an English poet, painter and printmaker. Ma William Blakeről olvashattok, aki egy angol költő, festő és lenyomatkészítő volt.

He was born at 28a Broad Street, Golden Square, London into a middle-class family in 1757. He had three brothers and sisters. When he was very young, he started saying that he saw visions, for example angels on a tree. His father didn’t really like this, but her mother supported him, and decorated the walls with her son’s drawings and paintings. In 1772, Blake became an apprentice to an engraver, and worked there for seven years. When he was twenty-one, he was already a professional engraver. He spent a lot of time in Westminster Abbey, and he prepared a lot of sketches. He hated when others disturbed him, and once he even knocked out a boy who was too noisy. In 1779, Blake started the Royal Academy, where he didn’t have to pay for his studies. But there was a problem because he always had quarrels with the president of the school.

In 1782 he met Catherine Boucher. Blake was after an unhappy relationship, and his ex refused to marry him. When he met Catherine, he asked if she pitied him. When she said yes, he said: ‘I love you.’ So Blake married her. She was five years younger than William, and she couldn’t read or write. She signed the wedding contract with an X. Later, Blake taught her to read, write and engrave. Catherine helped William a lot. At this time, George Cumberland, who was one of the founders of the National Gallery, started admiring Blake’s work. William published his first book of poems, Poetical Sketches around 1783. His father died, and after that he opened a print shop with his brother in 1783. Because of this, he met a lot of leading intellectuals, for example Thomas Paine, Mary Wollstonecraft and William Wordsworth. He dreamed of an idyllic England where there is no corruption, and everyone is equal. On the day of his death Blake worked a lot, but when he felt he was near to death, he started singing hymns and verses, and said that he would stay with his wife forever. At six that evening, he died.

Find the words in the text which mean the following. Keresd meg a szövegben azokat a szavakat, amik a következőketr jelentik.

1. Támogat 2. Rajz 3. Gyakornok, tanonc 4. Véső, gravírozó 5. Zavar 6. Vita 7. Visszautasít 8. Sajnál 9. Szerződés 10. Alapító 11. Csodál

What do these words refer to in the text? Write sentences with them. Mire vonatkoznak ezek a szavak a szövegben? Irj velük mondatokat.

1. Golden Square 2. Visions 3. Decorate 4. Catherine Boucher 5. Poetical Sketches 6. Hymns

Now answer the questions. Válaszolj a kérdésekre.

1. Was his family poor? 2. Was he an only child? 3. What did he learn to be? 4. Where did he study? 5. Was Catherine older than William? 6. Who admired his work? 7. What did Blake do around 1783? 8. What did Blake do in 1783? 9. Who did he meet? 10. What time did he die?

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Intermediate

Today you are going to read about William Blake, who was an English poet, painter and printmaker. You can read about his life in the elementary section. Now you can read two of his poems.

Songs of Innocence is a collection of illustrated lyrical poetry, published in 1789. Its companion volume is Songs of Experience. Blake believed that innocence and experience were "the two contrary states of the human soul", and that true innocence was impossible without experience. Songs of Innocence contains poems either written from the perspective of children or written about them. The Songs of Experience is a 1794 poetry collection, forming the second part of the Songs of Innocence and Experience. Many of the poems appearing in Innocence have a counterpart in 'Experience'.

Decide which poem belongs to the Songs of Innocence and which to the Songs of Experience?

1. THE CHIMNEY-SWEEPER

When my mother died I was very young, And my father sold me while yet my tongue Could scarcely cry 'Weep! weep! weep! weep!' So your chimneys I sweep, and in soot I sleep.

There's little Tom Dacre, who cried when his head, That curled like a lamb's back, was shaved; so I said, 'Hush, Tom! never mind it, for, when your head's bare, You know that the soot cannot spoil your white hair.'

And so he was quiet, and that very night, As Tom was a-sleeping, he had such a sight! That thousands of sweepers, Dick, Joe, Ned, and Jack, Were all of them locked up in coffins of black.

And by came an angel, who had a bright key, And he opened the coffins, and set them all free; Then down a green plain, leaping, laughing, they run And wash in a river, and shine in the sun.

Then naked and white, all their bags left behind, They rise upon clouds, and sport in the wind: And the angel told Tom, if he'd be a good boy, He'd have God for his father, and never want joy.

And so Tom awoke, and we rose in the dark, And got with our bags and our brushes to work. Though the morning was cold, Tom was happy and warm: So, if all do their duty, they need not fear harm.

2. THE CHIMNEY-SWEEPER

A little black thing among the snow, Crying! 'weep! weep!' in notes of woe! 'Where are thy father and mother? Say!' 'They are both gone up to the church to pray.

'Because I was happy upon the heath, And smiled among the winter's snow, They clothed me in the clothes of death, And taught me to sing the notes of woe.

'And because I am happy and dance and sing, They think they have done me no injury, And are gone to praise God and His priest and king, Who made up a heaven of our misery.'

Now answer the questions.

1. Which poem is the optimistic and which the pessimistic one? 2. What happened to the story teller when he was young? (Poem1) 3. Why was Little Tom crying? (Poem1) 4. What happened in Tom’s dream? (Poem1) 5. What consoled the young boy in the morning? (Poem1) 6. What or who is the ‘little black thing’? (Poem2) 7. Where are his parents? (Poem2) 8. Is he happy or not? (Poem2)

Explain the following words in English.

1. Tongue 2. Chimney 3. Sweep 4. Soot 5. Coffin 6. Naked 7. Want 8. Duty 9. Weep

10. Heath 11. Woe 12. Misery

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Advanced

Today you are going to read about William Blake, who was an English poet, painter and printmaker. You can read about his life in the elementary section. Now you can read two of his poems.

Songs of Innocence is a collection of illustrated lyrical poetry, published in 1789. Its companion volume is Songs of Experience. Blake believed that innocence and experience were "the two contrary states of the human soul", and that true innocence was impossible without experience. Songs of Innocence contains poems either written from the perspective of children or written about them. The Songs of Experience is a 1794 poetry collection, forming the second part of the Songs of Innocence and Experience. Many of the poems appearing in Innocence have a counterpart in 'Experience'.

Decide which poem belongs to the Songs of Innocence and which to the Songs of Experience?

THE TIGER

Tiger, tiger, burning bright In the forests of the night, What immortal hand or eye Could frame thy fearful symmetry?

In what distant deeps or skies

Burnt the fire of thine eyes? On what wings dare he aspire? What the hand dare seize the fire?

And what shoulder and what art Could twist the sinews of thy heart? And, when thy heart began to beat, What dread hand and what dread feet?

What the hammer? what the chain? In what furnace was thy brain? What the anvil? what dread grasp Dare its deadly terrors clasp?

When the stars threw down their spears, And watered heaven with their tears, Did He smile His work to see? Did He who made the lamb make thee?

Tiger, tiger, burning bright In the forests of the night, What immortal hand or eye Dare frame thy fearful symmetry?

THE LAMB

Little lamb, who made thee? Does thou know who made thee,

Gave thee life, and bid thee feed By the stream and o'er the mead; Gave thee clothing of delight, Softest clothing, woolly, bright; Gave thee such a tender voice, Making all the vales rejoice? Little lamb, who made thee? Does thou know who made thee?

Little lamb, I'll tell thee; Little lamb, I'll tell thee: He is called by thy name, For He calls Himself a Lamb. He is meek, and He is mild, He became a little child. I a child, and thou a lamb, We are called by His name. Little lamb, God bless thee! Little lamb, God bless thee!

Match the words from the poems with their ddefinitions.

1. to take something quickly and keep or hold it 2. an alcoholic drink made from honey which was drunk in the past 3. to feel or show great happiness about something 4. living or lasting forever 5. a container which is heated to a very high temperature, so that substances that are put inside it, such as metal, will melt or burn 6. quiet, gentle and not willing to argue or state your opinions in a forceful way

7. frightened or worried about something 8. a valley 9. strong cord in the body connecting a muscle to a bone 10. a heavy block of iron on which heated pieces of metal are shaped by hammering 11. to structure

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Elementary

Today we are going to look at some typical expressions that you can use in conversations. Ma megnézünk néhány tipikus kifejezést, amiket párbeszédekben használhatunk.

First, read the conversation. Először olvasd el a párbeszédet.

- Hi, Linda. How are you?

- Hello, it’s good to see you. I’m fine, thanks. And you? - Not too bad. I heard that you have a new job. Is that true? - Oh, yes. Well, it’s not so wonderful but I have to earn some money. - And what do you do? - I’m a receptionist in a hotel. To tell the truth, it’s very tiring but I can meet very nice people. And what about you? - Actually, I don’t have a job now because my boss fired me two weeks ago so now I’m looking for a job. I would like some advice on finding a job. - I advise you to buy a newspaper, and look at the advertisements. - Well, that’s a good idea. - And what do you think about a job in the hotel? - In my opinion, it would be great to work there. - Well, then I’m going to talk with the manager. - Thank you very much. Call me when you have some information. - Sure. See you later then. - OK. Take care.

Collect all the expressions that you can read in the conversation. You have to find sixteen. Gyűjtsd ki az összes kifejezést, amit a párbeszédben olvashatsz. Tizenhatot kell találnod.

Now match them with their Hungarian equivalents. Most párosítsd őket a magyar jelentésükkel.

1. Mi újság veled? 2. Hogy vagy? 3. Mit gondolsz ....ról? 4. Vigyázz magadra. 5. Tanácsot szeretnék kérni …..kapcsolatban.

6. Szia. 7. Jól vagyok. 8. Jól vagyok. 9. Valójában 10. Azt tanácsolom, hogy 11. Jó látni téged. 12. Persze. 13. Nos. 14. Viszlát később. 15. Véleményem szerint, 16. Az igazat megvallva,

Now write the missing expression into the conversations. Írd be a hiányzó kifejezéseket a párbeszédekbe.

1. - Hi, Susan. ………………………….. - I’m fine, thanks. 2. – Wow, Jack. …………………………. - Yes, we haven’t met for ages. 3. – What do you think about this new film of Al Pacino? - ……………………………, it’s quite boring. 4. – Jane, can you help me? - Yes, ……….. 5. – I really like this T-shirt. ……………………………… - Well, I think it’s awful. 6. – I think I have some problems. ………………………..on cooking. - I advise you to buy a cookbook and start that way. 7. – What’s the matter?

- …………………………….., I’m fed up with my job. 8. – Actually, I must go now. …………………………. - OK. Take care.

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Intermediate

Today we are going to look at some typical expressions that you can use in conversations.

First, read the conversation.

- Hello, Peter. How are things with you? - Hi, Mick. Can’t complain. What about you? - Well, quite well. As a matter of fact, I think I’m in a bit of a trouble. - Are you serious? - Unfortunately, I’m not kidding now. I owe quite a lot of money to a person who now wants his money back as quickly as possible, but I personally don’t think that I can pay his money back. What would you do if you were in my shoes? - The thing is I have never been in such a situation but if you ask me, I would go to a bank and get some credit, and then give the money to the guy, and pay it back gradually in instalments. - Yes, now I’m quite convinced that that’s the only way to solve this problem. Well, I’m very grateful to you for the advice. - That’s all right. Keep me informed. Well, I must be off now. - OK. See you later.

Collect all the expressions that you can read in the conversation. You have to find fourteen.

Now match them with their Hungarian equivalents.

1. Valójában,( két kifejezés) 2. Mi újság veled? 3. Nem tesz semmit. 4. Komolyan? 5. Ha engem kérdezel, 6. Én személy szerint úgy gondolom, 7. És veled mi újság? 8. Most mennem kell. 9. Meg vagyok győzödve afelől, hogy ….. 10. Nagyon hálás vagyok neked.. 11. Nem panaszkodhatom. 12. Meglehetősen jól. 13. Mit tennél, ha a helyemben lennél?

Now write the missing expression into the conversations.

1. - Hi, Jack. I haven’t seen you for ages. ……………………….. - Well, can’t complain. 2. - I have been fired. - Oh, ………………… 3. - What are you up to? - …………………………., I’m just hanging around. 4.

- I lost my girlfriend, I have no job and my friends think that I’m a pain in the neck. …………………………………… - If you ask me, I would move to another town and start a new life. 5. - Dad, …………………………….for your help. I wouldn’t be here without you. - That’s all right, son. That’s my duty. 6. - Sorry, Kate, but ………………………… - That’s OK. See you tomorrow. 7. - Are you sure that this plan will work? - Yes, …………………………………..that this is the only possible solution. 8. - What has happened to you? - ………., I think I have broken your favourite vase.

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Advanced

Today we are going to look at some typical expressions that you can use in conversations.

First, read the conversation.

- Hi, Robbie. Long time no see. How is life? - Still alive, thanks. And you? - To be quite frank, I feel rather blue. Would it be possible to sit down and talk everything over? - Sure. Feel free to share your problems with me.

- Well, I guess it would take more than just a few minutes. Why don’t we go out for a cup of tea? - Well, let me think, is tonight good for you? - Yes, absolutely. - OK, see you later then. - All right, and I really appreciate your trying top help me. - Any time.

Collect all the expressions that you can read in the conversation. You have to find thirteen.

Now match them with their functions.

1. To ask about how someone is: 2. To express your opinion: (2 expressions) 3. To say you are OK: 4. To say yes: 5. To give permission: 6. To invite someone: 7. To say thank you: 8. To ask for permission: 9. To say that you are happy to see someone again: 10. To hesitate: (2 expressions) 11. To say that you are happy to be able to help:

Now write the missing expression into the conversations.

1.

- Can you lend me your pen? - …………………..to take it. 2. - ……………………….go to the cinema tonight? - Well, that sounds great. 3. - ………………………….all your help. - Oh, any time. 4. - What do you think about my new hair colour? - ……………………….., it’s rather strange. 5. - Would you come with me to the doctor? - ………When are we going? 6. - How’s life? I haven’t heard anything from you for years! - Well, …………….but nothing special.

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Elementary

Today we are going to do some revision. You will find the following idioms in the earlier Daily English Minutes. Ma ismételni fogunk. A következő idiómákat a korábbi NAP-okban találod.

Put one word into the idioms to complete them. You can choose the words from the list. Tegyél be egy szót, hogy kiegészítsd az idiómákat. A listából választhatsz. Oil / eye / thoughts / into / Greek / early / potato / green / over / open

1. Be ….. something: érdekel valami 2. Be the apple of someone’s …..: valaki szeme fénye 3. Couch ………: olyan ember, aki egész nap a tévét bámulja 4. Have ….. fingers: ért a növények nyelvén 5. Collect your ……..: összeszedni a gondolataid 6. Be …….the moon: nagyon boldog 7. It’s all …..to me.: Ez nekem kínai. 8. ……bird: olyan ember, aki korán kel 9. In the ….air: szabad levegőn 10. Burn the midnight …..: sokáig fent maradni, mert tanulsz vagy dolgozol

Use one of the idioms from above to complete the sentences. Használd a fenti idiómák egyikét, hogy kiegészítsd a mondatokat.

1. My father loves me very much. I’m ……………..eye.

2. I was …………….moon when I was at the Robbie Williams concert. 3. In the exam period a lot of students burn ……………….. 4. My friend is ………languages so she is learning Spanish and Russian. 5. My husband has ………so the plants on our balcony are wonderful. 6. I’m an …….so I always get up at 6 in the morning. 7. After the accident it took me hours to ……….. 8. Don’t be a ………. Go out and do some sports. 9. It’s very healthy to go for a walk in the ………… 10. I don’t understand this exercise. It’s all ……………

Translate the sentences into English. Fordítsd le a mondatokat angolra.

1. Tegnap éjjel sokáig fent maradtam, mert a tesztre készültem. 2. A lányom a szemem fénye. 3. Szedd össze a gondolataid, és mond el, mi történt. 4. A kémia nekem kínai. 5. A férjemet nagyon érdeklik a régi filmek. 6. Sok időt töltök a szabdban. 7. A testvérem egyfolytában csak tévézik. 8. Sajnos, nem értek a növényekhez. Minden növényem meghal egy hét után. 9. Nagyon boldogok voltunk, amikor megszületett a babánk. 10. Az apukám korán kelő.

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Intermediate

Today we are going to do some revision. You will find the following idioms in the earlier Daily English Minutes.

Put one word into the idioms to complete them. You can choose the words from the list.

Night / belt / boat / hit / same / hard / by / time / bed / bury

1. Be in the same …..: be in the same situation 2. Be ……up: be very poor 3. …….owl: someone who always goes to bed very late 4. Get out of the …..on the wrong side: be in a very bad mood 5. …….the hatchet: be friends again after a quarrel 6. Tighten your …….: spend less because you have less 7. …..heart: know something word for word 8. Be on the ……wavelength: understand each other very well 9. Have the …….of your life: have a great time 10. …..the roof: get very angry

Use one of the idioms from above to complete the sentences.

1. At school we had to learn a lot of poems …….so now I remember quite a lot of poems. 2. After the flood, the people in the little village were …….so charities came to help them. 3. I don’t know what happened to him. He must have got ………………. Because he is usually in a very good mood. 4.Can we finally ………….? I don’t want to fight with you any longer. 5. My friend, I think we are ………….Neither of us has a job, and our wives left us as well. Well, life is no picnic.

6. A lot of DEM students are …………as they generally use the forum late at night as well. 7. My dad ………..when I told him that I had stolen a pair of slippers from the shop. 8. At our wedding ceremony we ………………so I would happily do it again. 9. I’m really …………with my husband so we hardly ever have an argument. 10. After the car had broken down, we had to ………..to have it repaired.

Now rewrite the sentences so that they contain the appropriate idiom.

1. I get on very well with my mother-in-law. 2. We had very little money after we had had the flat completely redecorated. 3. I refused to be friends again with my brother because kept telling lies to me. 4. There’s no point in getting angry about such little things. 5. I used to go to bed very late when I was a student but now that I have a job, I have to get up early so I have to go to bed early. 6. The concert was so fabulous that we enjoyed ourselves a lot. 7. The government has introduced several restrictions so people now can’t spend so much. 8. You can’t be so rude to everyone just because your morning hasn’t started in a superb way. 9. I’m in the same situation with you. I was not accepted to university either. 10. I’m sorry but you must learn the letters so well that you can use them without the help of your book.

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Advanced

Today we are going to do some revision. You will find the following idioms in the earlier Daily English Minutes.

Put one word into the idioms to complete them. You can choose the words from the list.

Rampage / leave / memory / light / foot / gutter / lift / middle / heels / recharge

1. Go out like a …….: fall asleep right after going to bed 2. Thumb a ……: hitchhike 3. Have a ……like a sieve: be very forgetful 4. …….press: sensational papers, tabloids 5. Something is your middle name: something is very typical of you 6. Have one ……in the grave: be very old 7. ………..your batteries: relax 8. Be head over …….in love with someone: be completely in love with someone 9. Go on the ………..: go around the city breaking shopwindows and cars 10. ……….someone in the lurch: let someone down

Use one of the idioms from above to complete the sentences.

1. The football fans …….when their team lost the World Cup. 2. I was so tired yesterday that I ……….so I only saw like five minutes of the film. 3. Sorry, but I forgot to post the letters. You know I …………………….. 4. I think we really should ………………….Why don’t we take a few days off? 5. MY granny reads every paper which belongs to the …………….. 6. This dog is so old that ………………… 7. Don’t ………………now. I came here because you asked me to, now you can’t leave me all alone here. 8. I’m still ……………………..husband so I would never cheat on him. 9. She keeps everything in perfect order so tidiness ……………………..

10. We didn’t have any money left so we had ……………back to the city.

Now rewrite the sentences so that they contain the appropriate idiom.

1. Hardly had I sat down to watch TV, when I fell asleep. 2. We went to our weekend house to relax for a few days. 3. My friends can always count on me. I never let them down. 4. The tabloids write a lot of untrue things about celebrities. 5. It’s very dangerous for girls to hitchhike. 6. Why do crazy hooligans destroy everything that comes in their way? 7. The little girl was completely in love with the famous pop star. 8. When you are very old, you really should write your will so as to avoid any fights over your possessions. 9. She breaks almost everything she touches so clumsiness is very typical of her. 10. My granny forgets everything so she is very forgetful.

21.06.2006, Wednesday Expressions

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Elementary

Read the simplified article which was taken from People magazine. Olvasd el a leegyszerűsített cikket, ami a People magazinból lett véve.

Fill in the gaps using the words from the list. Egészítsd ki a szöveget a listában szereplő szavakkal.

Dates / tour / excuse / start / accident / fit / bandmate / drinking

Rolling Stones guitarist Ron Wood checked into a London rehabilitation clinic for treatment of alcohol abuse, but still wants to be part of the band's "A Bigger Bang" 1………. next month. The tour will 2……. on July 11 in Milan, Italy, Stones publicist Fran Curtis told Reuters. The band delayed the tour after 3………… Keith Richards was injured while he was on holiday in Fiji. Curtis also that Wood "needs some rest, but he will definitely be 4……. for the first night of the European tour." Wood, who has long fought with 5……….. problems and was in rehab last year, was with Richards, 62, and their wives on holiday Fiji in late April when Richards suffered a head injury that forced the Stones to postpone the first 15 6……… of their European tour. The band didn’t say any details about the 7…………, but he reportedly fell out of a palm tree. The band announced earlier this month that he had made a "complete recovery." On the Stones' Web site, Richards wrote, "8.………….. me, I fell off of my perch! Sorry to disrupt everyone's plans but now – it's FULL STEAM AHEAD! Ouch!!"

Now find the expressions which mean the following. Találd meg azokat a kifejezéseket, amik a következőket jelentik.

1. Bejelentkezni egy kórházba kezelésre: 2. Pihenésre van szüksége: 3. Sérülést elszenvedni:

4. Részleteket közölni valamiről: 5. Teljesen felépülni: 6. Tönkretenni valaki terveit: 7. Teljes gőzzel előre:

Translate the sentences into English. Fordítsd le a mondatokat angolra.

1. Múlt héten nyaralni voltam, de most teljes gőzzel előre! 2. Súlyos betegsége volt, ezért aztán nem is épült fel teljesen. 3. Tönkretette a terveimet, amikor itthon maradt. 4. Amikor a boltba mentem, elestem, és sérüléseket szenvedtem. 5. Ha beteg vagy, azonnal jelentkezz be a kórházba kezelésre. 6. Mindenkinek szüksége van hétvégenként pihenésre. 7. Nem közölt részleteket a terveiről, ezért aztán semmit sem tudok mondani neked.

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Intermediate

Read the article which was taken from the Times Online.

Fill in the gaps using the words from the list.

Try / himself / rather / healthy / taking / wouldn’t / finally / increase / regarded / stage / easy

A MALFUNCTIONING stage prop proved a handy scapegoat, but Robbie Williams had only 1………. to blame for a disappointing start to his European tour, which reaches Britain at the start of September. A performance that lacked passion until the last 20 minutes suggested that the singer would prefer to stay at home 2…….. than play for more than 80,000 fans in Dublin. At the end of the evening, when the sole big stunt of his show let him down — he was meant to descend from a high-rise walkway in a gondola, but it 3…………. move — Williams promised to return to the city to play a free concert by way of compensation. Compensation for the gondola or for the gig? Some assumed that it was the former, but the man widely 4……………. as pop’s premier entertainer has never needed stunts to put on a good show. Radio and Rock DJ were wearily reeled out as the show’s openers, with Williams occasionally making his way to a small second 5………… out in the crowd. Once there, though, he didn’t seem sure what to do and tended to beat a hasty retreat back to his band, or to blend in between five backing singers. He didn’t look too 6………… either, and by a terrible Tripping he was dripping in sweat, shown in scary close-up on the big screens. After only ten minutes he said: “I’m 32 and I’m f**kin’ knackered.” He should have tried 7………… his coat off. Williams continued to search — although not very hard — for the showman inside during Monsoon, Trouble With Me and the dreary recent single Sin Sin Sin. Then, just after Millennium had prompted an 8…………… in energy levels and an acoustic guitar-backed Pure provided his first beguiling vocal of the night, on walked Jonathan Wilkes to duet on a shockingly soppy showtune rendition of Me & My Shadow. Robbie may well need a mate right now, but he shouldn’t parade them in public. Some company, however, seemed to suit him, and by Strong he was 9………… finding his feet. It was Take That’s Back For Good that really got the gig going, despite Williams dousing his ex-bandmates’ hopes of a guest appearance on their reunion tour — sorry guys, he says he’s too busy. Even better was Come Undone — the only track to make sufficient use of four guitarists — which segued seamlessly into Walk On the Wild Side. A fabulous Feel then closed the show, with Williams disappearing through a hole in the stage. He reappeared up on the walkway for an encore of Let Me Entertain You, where he suffered his Spinal Tap-style gondola moment. Funnily enough, it was when the stunt went wrong that Williams finally turned the charm up to ten and seemed like a real superstar. Suddenly, he had a challenge on his hands, if only to get down without looking silly. The rest of the time, it was all too 9………... The gig was poor, yet the crowd still screamed for every song.

Robbie Williams doesn’t have to 10………. anymore, but that’s no excuse.

1. Kézenfekvő bűnbak bizonyult: 2. Az egyetlen nagy mutatvány: 3. Cserben hagy: 4. Gyors visszavonulót fújni: 5. Elvegyülni valami között: 6. Megtalálja önmagát: 7. Furcsa módon: 8. Ez nem kifogás:

Translate the sentences into English.

1. Azt mondta, hogy szeret engem, de furcsa módon egy hét után eltűnt. 2. A tolvaj megpróbált elvegyülni az emberek között, de a rendőrök elkapták. 3. A meleg idő kézenfekvő bűnbaknak bizonyult a csapat kudarcáért. 4. Tudom, hogy a rossz hangulat nem kifogás, de ígérem holnap megcsinálom. 5. A bohóc egyetlen nagy mutatvány az volt, hogy virágot vett elő a lába alól. 6. Beletelt egy kis időbe, de végül megtaláltam magam a régi munkahelyemen. 7. Amikor láttam, hogy kezd mérges lenni, gyors visszavonulót fújtam. 8. Ne hagyj cserben, szükségem van a segítségedre.

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Advanced

Read an excerpt from an article from Guardian Unlimited.

Fill in the gaps with an appropriate word.

The first thing Pink expresses when we meet for a chat at a London hotel is a desire to urinate ('Excuse me, I need to go for a tinkle!'). Returning, the outspoken pop star sits down and 1……….. back her blond (not pink) sculpted hair, playing incessantly with a cigarette pack she seems to be willing herself not to open, tapping it on the table, passing it from one 2……. to the other. Her clothes are LA skate-hobo, her body strong and sinewy, giving her the 3 ……… of a tough little critter from a futuristic Dickens tale. When she speaks, a chocolaterasp, it's extraordinary (she could out-drawl Clint Eastwood), with a manner that is all at once playful, reflective and sardonic ('Where do I stand on porn? I don't stand on porn'). When Pink laughs it's even more spectacular - hugely, lustily, throwing back her 4………, exposing her throat, a bit like the opening credits to the sitcom Roseanne. … At 26, Pink has built a singing career that has generated 20 million album sales, with the oft-described 'bad-girl Britney' (or, if you prefer, 'butch Christina') widely credited with making teen-pop go punk. However, Pink has 5………….. stood for more than just music, dragging behind her a past of druggy delinquency and sexual androgyny and, more recently, hitting the headlines with 'Stupid Girls', a scathing attack on fluffy airhead culture. If Pink isn't busy waving a lonely feminist flag, she is refusing to kiss Madonna at the MTV awards ('I'm not her bitch'), lecturing the British royal family about 6………. rights or being a cultural Canute by raging against the tide on the corrosive effect of Paris Hilton on young female minds. She is up to something anyway. Then there is the other side to Pink that just wants to clear her head, make cupcakes for her new husband and run along the beach with her dogs. Ask what the biggest misconception is about her, and she will say 'That I'm this very serious, bitter, angry, scary, feminist girl. I don't think so. I just want to go home and play in my garden.' Pink was born Alecia Beth Moore in Doylestown, Philadelphia, in 1979 to what she describes as 'the normal average fucked-up dysfunctional family'. Her parents, Jim and Judy, 7……….. when she was nine (a devastating experience Pink explored in her 2002 song, 'Family Portrait'). By the time she was 13 Pink had become something of a poster girl for teen rebellion - smoking, drinking, getting 8………… and piercings, and experimenting with all kinds of drugs, including heroin. In a perverse display of maturity she once took herself off to the library to research how many drugs she could take without killing herself. Around this time her mother decided she couldn't cope any more and sent Pink to live with her father, a politically active Vietnam veteran. …….. Wasn't she once voted Most Influential Role Model for Teenage Girls? 'Really? I had no idea,' Pink shakes her head in amused disbelief. 'I've always been honest about who I am and what I believe in. For those reasons, all those positive

reasons, absolutely. But I wouldn't suggest that people take the roads I have. I'm not this perfect person who wants to set an 9……… to the world. Hell, no,' she cackles wryly. 'Not even close.' …….. Recently the papers have been full of stories about Pink, a spokesperson for Peta (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals), writing to the royal family. The first time was when Prince William wanted her to perform at his 21st birthday party. She wrote to him saying she couldn't until he'd explained why he went hunting (he never replied, which Pink publicly declared 'a bit rude'). This time, in advance of her appearance at the Prince's Trust concert, she wrote to the Queen asking why the bearskins of the Buckingham Palace guards couldn't be synthetic. A vegetarian myself, I could hug her for all this. It's also amusing to think of this mouthy pop girl, with her hedonistic past, ticking off our future king for having bad manners. …….. While 'Dear Mr President' attracted considerable attention, 'Stupid Girls' sparked controversy. In the video, Pink lampooned the likes of Paris Hilton, Jessica Simpson and Lindsay Lohan, at one point lasciviously soaping a car, at another sticking a toothbrush down her throat to ape bulimia. It's a vicious bulls-eye on the vapidity of famous-for-being-famous, skinnier-than-thou culture, and it's hard to share Pink's hope that her celebrity victims would 'find humour in the message'. (I think she'd be lucky if they 10……….. there is a message). With lyrics such as 'Whatever happened to the dream of the girl President/ She's dancing in a video next to 50 Cent', 'Stupid Girls' works as a flash of long overdue feminist anger. 'It's about an entire generation, a culture and mentality, that I just find so boring,' says Pink. 'And I find it frustrating that I have to Google and search for smart responsible women - women I never get to see on the cover of a magazine unless they're getting a divorce or a boob job or having a great pair of shoes or going to a cool party.' …. Does she ever feel pressured to sit down and shut up? 'Sometimes.' She chuckles throatily. 'And you know what? I'm a lot to take. I know that better than anyone.'

Find the expressions in the text which mean the following.

1. Szüntelenül: 2. Címlapra kerülni: 3. Üresfejű kultúra:

4. Romboló élmény: 5. Hitetlenkedve rázni a fejed: 6. Nagyítóval keresni:

Now try and write sentences with these expressions which are true for yourself.

20.06.2006, Tuesday Idioms

Tanulj egyénileg és mindent hozzád igazítunk! Megválaszthatod a helyszínt, időpontot, intenzitást. Alapos szintfelmérés után kialakítjuk a képzési tervet, megkeressük az elvárásaidnak legmegfelelőbb tanárt és már kezdődhet is a nyelvtanulás. És egy óra költsége mindössze 1680 Ft/45 perc! Szólj a barátaidnak is! részletek itt

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Elementary

Today we are going to deal with expressions which contain comparative adjectives. Ma olyan kifejezésekkel fogunk foglalkozni, amik fokozott mellékneveket tartalmaznak.

First find the expressions in the conversation which contain comparative adjectives. There are five of them. Először találd meg a párbeszédben azokat a kifejezéseket, amik fokozott mellékneveket tartalmaznak. Öt van belőlük.

- What are you doing? - Oh, I’m just shooting bugs from the window. - Do you have nothing better to do than doing stupid and useless things? - Most of all, I would like to read interesting books. - Then why don’t you go to the library? - That’s a good idea. - Yes, you can borrow seven books at most. - Well, seven is more than enough. - Yes, but the worst is yet to come. If you don’t return the books on time, you will pay a fine. - Oh, my God, then I rather stay here and shoot bugs at people, it’s definitely cheaper!!!

Now match the expressions with their Hungarian meanings. Most párosítsd a kifejezéseket a magyar jelentésükkel.

1. Maximum, legfeljebb: 2. Leginkább: 3. Nincs jobb dolga, mint valamit csinálni: 4. Bőven elég: 5. A legrosszabb még hátra van:

Now complete the sentences with the appropriate words. Egészítsd ki a mondatokat a megfelelő szavakkal.

1. Most of ……, I would like to be on the beach now. 2. My brother can eat ten pancakes at ………. 3. Some people have nothing …….to do than annoying others. 4. Would you like some more soup? No, thanks. It’s …..than enough.

5. We have a lot of problems already, but I’m afraid the ……is yet to come.

Translate the sentences into English. Fordítsd le a mondatokat angolra.

1. Ő egy nagyon lusta ember. Nincs job dolga, mint egész nap aludni. 2. Melyik filmet akarod leginkább megnézni? 3. Elvesztettem az állásomat, de a legrosszabb még hátra van, mert a feleségem is el fog hagyni. 4. Akarsz még tollat? Nem, köszi. Már így is több van, mint elég. 5. Hány ember jöhet a bulidra? Legfeljebb húsz.

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Intermediate

Today we are going to deal with expressions which contain comparative adjectives.

First find the expressions in the conversation which contain comparative adjectives. There are five of them.

- Have you heard that there were no fewer than six thousand people at the protest against slippery soaps? - Oh, my God, they must have a lot of free time. I think they had better do something more useful. - Yes, but you can’t really explain this to them, or rather you can try, but it’s more trouble than it’s worth. I don’t think you can get them change their minds. Do you know anything about the origin of the idea?

- I read somewhere that a father always got angry because he couldn’t properly wash himself as the soap always slipped out of his hands, so it was him who started the protest. - Yes, I bet his family supported him… - Of course. We all know that blood is thicker than water. - Sure. And now they are getting the most out of their idea, and they are making more and more money by fooling people. - That’s just life.

Now match the expressions with their Hungarian meanings. 1. Valamiből kihozni a legtöbbet: 2. Jobb tenné, ha csinálna valamit: 3. A vér nem válik vízzé: 4. Nem kevesebb, mint: 5. Több a gond vele, mint a haszon:

Now complete the sentences with the appropriate words.

1. He insisted on the fact that his father was right, but that’s no wonder as blood is ………..than water. 2. He has become a very popular singer since there were no ………..than twenty thousand people at his concert. 3. I think you had …….go home now because you are only making trouble if you stay here. 4. My sister has just started a new business but she is already getting the …….out of it because she knows the ins and outs of successful businesses. 5. Why are you bothering with numbering the pages? It’s ….trouble than it’s worth.

Translate the sentences into English.

1. Mindig megpróbálom a legtöbbet kihozni az oroszóráimból, ezért minden órára alaposan felkészülök. 2. Nem kevesebb, mint 150 érme van a gyűjteményemben. 3. Mindig támogatni fogom a családomat, mert a vér nem válik vízzé. 4. Jobb tennéd, ha elkezdenél dolgozni a csevegés helyett. 5. Ez az új mosógép több kért okoz, mint hasznot, mert olyan bonyolult, hogy folyton tönkretesszük.

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Advanced

Today we are going to deal with expressions which contain comparative adjectives.

First find the expressions in the conversation which contain comparative adjectives. There are five of them.

- How is your friend getting on with his new job? - Well, he seems to have bitten off more than he can chew. - Why do you think so? - Firstly, he seems to be hiding his real feelings. He always says that there are several things in connection with his work which are better left unsaid. - Well, that sounds as if there was more to this whole thing than meets the eye. - Yes, it can’t be easy to be so successful. It has a lot of serious consequences. - Sure. And we all know that the bigger they are, the harder they fall. - However, my friend is not clever at all. He keeps making the same mistakes so he seems to be none the wiser after each of his failures.

Now match the expressions with their English definitions .

1. you take more responsibility or tasks than you are able to cope with 2. things you refuse to talk about 3. something that you say when you think that something or someone is less simple than they seem to be at first 4. to still be confused about something, even after it has been explained to you 5. something that you say which means the more power or success a person has, the harder it is for them to accept losing it

Complete the sentences with an appropriate words.

1. She's very bitter about losing the leadership. The bigger they are, the ……… they fall. 2. There must be …….. to him than meets the eye, or else why would she be together with him? 3. The teacher explained the rules three times to me but I'm afraid I'm still none the ……... 4. Don't bite off more …… you can chew. Let someone else help you with organizing the party. 5. Why don’t we talk about something else? These things are ……left unsaid.

Translate the sentences into English. 1. Túl nagy fába vágtam a fejszém, amikor elkezdetm három nyelvet tanulni egyszerre. 2. Bizonyos dolgokról job nem beszélni. 3. Nem olyan egyszerű, mint amilyennek látszik. Ez nem csak az én hibám. 4. Noha mindent kétszer elmondott nekünk, semmivel sem lettünk okosabbak. 5. Vigyázz! Magasabbról nagyobbat lehet esni, ezért soha ne felejtsd el, honnan származol.

19.06.2006, Monday Grammar

Tanulj nyelvet anyanyelvi környezetben, és ismerd meg az adott kulturát! Válaszd ki az úti célt, a szervezést pedig bízd ránk! Külföldi utazásodat nyelvtanfolyammal, szállással, transzferrel, biztosítással, szabadidős programokkal együtt megszervezzük, és ha nincs meg hozzá a keret, akkor a Credigennel közösen adunk hitelt! Utazz velünk külföldre! Töltsd hasznosan a nyarat és tanulj nyelveket! részletek itt

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Elementary

Today we are going to deal with comparisons. Ma a melléknévfokozással fogunk foglalkozni.

A mellékneveknek három alakjuk van: alap-, közép-, és felsőfokú alakjuk.

A középfokot kétféleképpen képezzük: 1. Rövid, egy vagy kétszótagú melléknevek esetében egy –(e)r kerül a melléknév végére. Fast-faster, slow-slower, happy-happier, late-later 2. Hosszabb melléknevek esetében egy more szócskát teszünk a melléknév elé. Careful-more careful, beautiful-more beautiful

A felsőfokot szintén kétféleképpen lehet képezni: 1. Rövid, egy vagy kétszótagú melléknevek esetében egy –(e)st kerül a melléknév végére. Fast-fastest, slow-slowest, happy-happiest, late-latest 2. Hosszabb melléknevek esetében egy most szócskát teszünk a melléknév elé.

Careful-most careful, beautiful-most beautiful

Vannak azonban kivételek, amelyek rendhagyóan képzik fokozott alakjaikat: Good/ well – better- best Bad – worse – worst Little – less – least Much, many - more – most Far – farther- farthest

One of the forms of the adjectives is missing. Complete the list. A melléknevek egyik alakja hiányzik. Egészítsd ki a listát.

1. nice, ……………, nicest 2. easy, easier, ………….. 3. big, …………, biggest 4. new, newer, ………… 5. …….., longer, longest 6. pretty, ……….., prettiest 7. modern, more modern, ……………… 8. expensive, ………………………., most expensive 9. slowly, …………………., most slowly 10. old, older, ………… 11. cheap, ……….., cheapest 12. high, higher, …………….. 13. important, …………………., most important 14. cold, colder, ……….. 15. ……., hotter, hottest 16. interested, ……………………, most interested

17. difficult, ………………………., most difficult 18. hard, ………………, hardest 19. good, ……….., best 20. bad, worse, ……….

Most pedig nézzük meg azokat a szerkezeteket, amelyekkel összehasonlítani tudunk.

1. Olyan, mint: alapfokú összehasonlítás: as……as Joe is as tall as Jim. I am as clever as he is. My TV is as modern as yours. 2. Nem olyan, mint / nem annyira, mint: not so/as ………as I’m not as young as he is. You don’t work as hard as I do. This film wasn’t as interesting as the one yesterday. 3. …abb, …ebb, mint: középfokú összehasonlítás: than She runs faster than me. I can drink more milk than you. Our school has more students than yours. 4. a leg ….abb, …ebb: felsőfokú összehasonlítás: the…… He is the most experienced teacher in our school. You are the most wonderful father in the world. Mary is the poorest.

Now translate the sentences into English. Most fordítsd le a mondatokat angolra.

1. New York koszosabb, mint Chicago.

2. A nagyvárosok nem olyan biztonságosak, mint a kisvárosok. 3. A horrorfilmek a legizgalmasabb filmek. 4. A fiatal emberek barátságosabbak, mint az idősek. 5. A te autód olyan idős, mint az én autóm. 6. Én vagyok a legidősebb a családomban. 7. Az orosz bonyolultabb, mint az angol. 8. Én a legolcsóbb órát vettem meg a boltban. 9. A motorok veszélyesebbek, mint a biciklik. 10. Mike az osztályban a legintelligensebb diák. 11. Mi a legnépszerűbb sport Magyarországon? 12. Azt gondolom, hogy a kutyák jobban szeretik a gyerekeket, mint a macskák. 13. Sting több pénzt keres, mint az apukád. 14. Mi gyorsabban dolgozunk, mint ti. 15. Ez a könyv érdekesebb, mint az. 16. Jobb vagyok a melléknevekben, mint tegnap voltam. 17. A Nílus a világ leghosszabb folyója. 18. Folyékonyabban beszélsz angolul, mint én. 19. Madonna gazdagabb, mint Michael Jackson. 20. Miért a legdrágább pólót vetted meg?

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Intermediate

Today we are going to deal with comparisons. Read the basic rules in the elementary section. Here you can read some more information.

1. A far melléknévnek két alakja is van, de mindkettőnek különböző a jelentése: Farther – fathest : messzebb, de csak távolságra értendő My school is farther than yours. Further – furthest: tovább, további, de elvont értelemben értendő If you need any further information, call this number. He went further, and said that I was the laziest person he had ever seen.

2. Az old melléknévnek két alakja is van, de más esetben használjuk őket. Older – oldest : régebbi, öregebb Elder – eldest : idősebb, családi viszonyok leírására használjuk. My car is older than his. My sister is the eldest in our family.

3. Ha felsőfokot fejezünk ki, akkor két elöljárószót használhatunk: in, ha helyre értjük, of, ha időre. She is the most intelligent student in the class. That was the best day of my life.

4. Gyakran használjuk a Present Perfect Tense-t a felsőfokú melléknevekkel. This is the best film I have ever seen. You are the most horrible person I’ve ever met.

5. Néha a most-ot használjuk olyan értelemben is, hogy nagyon. The book you gave me is most interesting. Thanks for your help. That was most kind of you.

6. A következő hasonlítószerkezeteket is lehet használni: I spend less money than you. – kevesebb, mint I earn twice as much as you do. – kétszer annyit, mint

She got the same message as me. – ugyanazt, mint

7. Középfokú összehasonlításnál lehet használni a következő szavakat, amelyek erősítik a fokozást: Much, far, a lot ….. – sokkal It’s much cheaper. Eating out is a lot more comfortable than cooking at home. A bit, a little, slightly …. – egy kicsit This bag is slightly lighter than that one. Could you speak a little more slowly?

Translate the sentences into English.

1. Teljesen le vagyok döbbenve. Azt hittem , hogy idősebb. 2. Ez az év legjobb filmje. 3. Ha van még további kérdésed, most kérdezz. 4. Kevesebbet járunk el szórakozni, mint ti. 5. Tegnap sokkal ijedtebbnek tűntél. Ma már sokkal bátrabb vagy. 6. Ez a világon a leghasznosabb könyv. 7. A bátyám pilóta. 8. Nagyon nagylelkű volt tőled, hogy nekiadtad az autódat. 9. Jobban ismerem őket, mint te. 10. Az én autóm öregebb, mint a nővéremé. 11. Te háromszor annyit olvasol, mint én. 12. Ugyanabban az időben érkeztem, mint te. 13. Mi volt életed legrémisztőbb élménye? 14. A betegsége sokkal súlyosabb volt, mint ahogy azt elsőre gondoltuk. 15. Ez a legfantasztikusabb dolog, ami valah is történt velem. 16. Kevesebb ember volt ezen a konferencián, mint a múltkorin.

17. Az ő házuk körülbelül négyszer akkora, mint a miénk. 18. Ez az éttereme egy kicsit drágább, mint az. 19. Sokkal könnyebb megtanulni egy idegennyelvet abban az országban, ahol azt beszélik. 20. Az én szülinapom ugyanazon a napon van, mint a férjemé.

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Advanced

Today we are going to deal with comparisons. Read the basic rules in the elementary section. Here you can read some more information.

1. We can use no or any with the comparative forms. I refuse to wait any longer. If you are not coming right now, I’ll leave you here. Your shoes are no better than mine.

2. If we want to emphasise that something is changing continuously, then we can repeat the comparative forms like this: ……and …….. It’s becoming harder and harder to find a well-paid job. Your English is getting better and better. You must be practising a lot.

3. We can use the….the…..to express that one thing depends on another thing. In Hungarian: minél, annál. The warmer the weather, the happier I feel. The more water you use, the more you will have to pay.

Translate the sentences into English.

1. A táskák egyre nehezebbnek tűntek, ahogy cipeltem őket. 2. 3. Nagyon fáradt vagyok, nem megyek tovább. 4. Minél többet várt, annál türelmetlenebbé vált. 5. Elegem van ebből az állásból. Nem dolgozok itt tovább! 6. Olyan keményen dolgozott, mint egy rabszolga. 7. Rabszolgaként dolgozott. 8. Nagyon sokat ettem, egyszerűen nem tudok többet enni. 9. Ez az incidens mindenkinek nagyon idegesítő volt. 10. Egyre kevésbé érdekelte a tanulás. 11. Minél újabb, annál jobb. 12. Egyre csak hízol, ne egyél több édességet. 13. Minél fáradtabb vagy, annál nehezebb koncentrálni. 14. Az angol nagyon fontos nyelv. 15. Manapság egyre többen tanulnak idegennyelveket. 16. Miért vagy egyre szmorúbb? 17. Az idő egyre csak melegszik. 18. Ő nagyon segítőkésznek bizonyult. 19. Minél fiatalabb vagy, annál könnyebben tanulsz. 20. Már nem vagyok gyenge a melléknévfokozásból a mai adag után. 16.06.2006, Friday Vocabulary

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Elementary

Today we are going to do some word formation. Ma egy kis szóképzéssel fogunk foglalkozni.

Make adjectives from the following verbs or nouns. Csinálj mellékneveket a következő igékből vagy főnevekből.

1. Colour 2. Beauty 3. Sun 4. Peace 5. Health 6. Care 7. Noise 8. Anger 9. Worry 10. Interest 11. Happiness 12. Difference 13. Use 14. Help 15. Mess

16. Wealth 17. Frighten 18. Disappoint 19. Surprise 20. Japan

Now complete the sentences with the appropriate forms of the words. Most egészítsd ki a mondatokat a szavak megfelelő alakjával.

1. The town was very ………on Sunday so there weren’t any people in the city centre. 2. She is very …………..because she always helps me when I need her help. 3. Be ………………..! There are lots of bad people in the world. 4. My boss has a lot of money so he is very ………………. 5. I love colours! I always wear ……………clothes. 6. On her birthday we made a party for her so she was very …………when she arrived home and all her friend were in her living room. 7. My job is very boring so I want to do something ………….. 8. The children shouted, they listened to loud music and sang so they were very ………….. 9. We have some problems but they are not so ………… so we are not so ……………….. 10. The sun was shining so it was very ………… 11. I have a nice husband, a little cute puppy and a great job so I’m very ……… 12. My neighbours come from Japan so they are ……………… 13. My father was very …….. when I told him that I stole a T-shirt. 14. She has a pretty face and she is very thin so everyone says she is the most ……………girl in the town. 15. My brother always leaves his clothes on the floor so his room is usually really …………….

16. I thought my team would win the match but we lost so I was very ……………….because this result was very …………………… 17. I watched a ……………..horror film yesterday so I was very …………………….at night. 18. I don’t smoke, I don’t drink any alcohol and I eat a lot of fruit and vegetable because I want to be very ……………. 19. Thank you very much for the information, it is very ………….Now I know a lot of things about driving. 20. My friends like ……………film so they are not ………………in boring films.

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Intermediate

Today we are going to do some word formation.

Make adjectives from the following verbs or nouns.

1. rain 2. friend 3. salt 4. grass 5. ghost 6. nerve 7. humour 8. miracle 9. danger 10. fame 11. industry 12. energy

13. science 14. crises 15. politics 16. grammar 17. success 18. comfort 19. fashion 20. triumph 21. change 22. enjoy 23. cure 24. suit 25. destroy 26. talk 27. quarrel 28. entertain 29. obey 30. slip

Now complete the sentences with the appropriate forms of the words.

1. She is very shy so she is not really ……….with new people. 2. I’m going to do some ………….research in Chemistry. 3. The weather in England is very …………….so you can never know for sure what you need to wear. 4. Robbie Williams is a very …………….singer so people at his concerts are never bored. 5. I’m always very …………before the exams. 6. I don’t know much about politics so I never talk about ………..issues.

7. Can we find a date which is ……..for both of us? When are you free? 8. She spends a huge amount on clothes so she always wears ………….clothes. 9. The road has become rather ………..as it has been out of use for years. 10. Night life in big cities is pretty ………………. So young girls had better stay at home. 11. She loves her own voice which means that she is rather ……………. 12. My student is very ………………..so she always prepares a lot for the lessons. 13. Roads in winter can get very …………… so be careful when driving. 14. The actress is really ……………as she wins a lot of prizes every year. 15. Although the book is not ………..at all, I will read it because it’s compulsory. 16. She made a …………….recovery from her illness so the doctors never know what helped her to get better. 17. I can’t stand ………….people. It’s always easier to destroy than to build. 18. I really don’t like ………days because I always get very gloomy in such weather. 19. I hope I will have an ………..kid who will do what I tell her to. 20. Flu is a ………..illness so there is no need to be worried. 21. The team was ……………after all the successful matches. 22. Unfortunately, I often make ……….mistakes when I speak Spanish. 23. When we heard this ……….voice from the cellar, we were quite shocked. 24. My granny loves ……….programmes on TV because they always make her laugh. 25. The people living on the second floor are very ……………so it’s not easy at all to get on with them. 26. I’m afraid you have put a bit too much salt into the soup so now it’s too ……….. 27. Her condition after the accident was rather ………..but fortunately she survived. 28. I never wear high-heeled shoes. I prefer the …………….ones. 29. ………..people are usually very rich and they can afford basically anything. 30. Our dog is so …………..that we can never make her tired.

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Advanced

Today we are going to do some word formation.

Make adjectives from the following verbs or nouns.

1. accept 2. admire 3. advise 4. astonish 5. convince 6. deceive 7. describe 8. inspire 9. poet 10. overwhelm 11. predict 12. prevent 13. produce 14. promise 15. recommend 16. upset 17. read 18. negotiate

19. tempt 20. dare 21. influence 22. religion 23. adventure 24. ambition 25. malice 26. romance 27. poison 28. space 29. talent 30. day

Now complete the sentences with the appropriate forms of the words.

1. This opportunity seemed very ………….in the beginning but it turned out to be a complete disaster. 2. The mean step mother gave a …………….apple to Snowwhite in an attempt to kill her. 3. This is an ……………………….achievement! You must have worked long hours on it! 4. My colleague is very ……….so she does literally anything to get into a higher position. 5. Your arguments are not really …………so I can’t say that you have convinced me. 6. This was an …………….experience which made me reconsider the main values on my life. 7. There are some houses which are especially ………..for burglars so their owners should pay extra attention to precautions. 8. I always buy a ………….on my way to work and read it on the bus. 9. This isn’t the best book I have ever read but it’s quite …………….

10. Madonna has been an ………..pop figure of the last two or three decades. 11. It’s very ……………to have a burglar alarm installed when you have expensive things in your home. 12. There are some ………….methods to nip the illness in the bud. 13. I love ……….flats so I would never move to a bedsit. 14. It’s not ………..at all to eat out in this restaurant. 15. Your answer is …………though I don’t understand why you couldn’t come. 16. My grandparents are very ……….so they always go to church on Sundays. 17. Don’t be ……………..Why do you want to do harm to others? 18. Her appearance is …………as she looks so tidy even though her whole life is a complete disaster. 19. The journey turned out to be ……………as there were some unexpected twists. 20. The music was so ……………..that I couldn’t say a word for minutes. 21. She seems to be ……………at music but for some reason she isn’t interested in it. 22. My husband is not that ………….at all but sometimes he tries to do his best and prepares a dinner with candles for me. 23. The results of the survey were very much ………….for the experts as they expected something different. 24. There are no words for this picture, it’s just not ………………… 25. My friend is not ……………, he is afraid of basically everything. 26. He wrote me a few lines, and they were so ………….! 27. Is the salary …………….or there is no point in asking for more? 28. A robbery can be a very ……….experience for old people. 29. She is a really ………writer as she has already written ten novels despite the fact that she is only twenty-five. 30. Your actions are pretty ………….so try and be more creative.

15.06.2006, Thursday Culture

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Elementary

Today you are going to read some things about the public transportation in London. Ma néhány dolgot fogtok olvasni a londoni tömegközlekedésről.

First of all, London Underground (or the Tube) operates for 20 hours a day, every day and serves all parts of central London; it is one of the easiest ways to travel. You can buy tickets from ticket machines and ticket offices at all stations. You can only enter and leave the Underground through the ticket-operated gates. At the end of your journey, if you used up all the value on your ticket, the gate will open but it will retain your ticket. The Underground is divided into six fare zones. Zone 1 means Central London. There are more than 17,000 bus stops all across London so you are never far from a bus stop. There are two cash single fares. For any bus journey in outer London the fare is just 70p, and for journeys into or from, within, or across central London (Zone 1) the fare is £1.00. Children under 16 years old can make any bus journey in London for 40p (14 and 15 year olds require a Child Photocard). For One Day Travelcards and longer period tickets, the bus network is divided into four zones. Zone 1 covering central London and Zones 2, 3 and 4 covering outer London. For one day travel passes (zones 1-4) the adults' fare is £2 and the children's fare is £1.

In London there are two types of bus stop. There is a stop with white background with red roundel, which means that the bus stop is compulsory. Buses always stop here if they are not full. The other type is the one with red background with white roundel which means that if you want to stop a bus, put out your hand and the bus will stop, if it isn’t already full. If you want to get off at a request stop, ring the bell once and in good time so that the driver knows that you want to get off the bus. Night buses consider all stops as Request stops. Most of London's buses are red, but some come in other colours; all will have the London Bus Service sign. Nearly all of the night buses start at or go through Trafalgar Square. Night buses run all night. There are of course tour buses which are open-top, and you can see the sights of London. You can listen to a full commentary in English, but in many other languages as well. You can pay the bus fares to the driver/conductor when you are on the bus. More than 300 ticket machines serve all the stops. For maps of the bus network, ask at underground stations.

Now answer the questions in English. Válaszolj a kérdésekre angolul.

1. What is the other name of the London Underground? 2. Where can you buy tickets for the underground? 3. How many zones are there in the Underground? 4. Which zone is Central London? 5. How many bus stops are there in London? 6. What costs 70p? 7. How much does the bus journey cost for children under sixteen? 8. How many types of bus stops are there in London? 9. What is the difference between them? 10. What is the place that almost all night buses go through? 11. How can you pay for your bus ticket? 12. How many ticket machines can you find in London?

13. Where can you find maps?

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Intermediate

Today you are going to read about one of the most important events in England.

The Queen’s 80th Birthday Celebrations On 21st April The Queen was greeted by crowds of well-wishers as she celebrated her 80th birthday at Windsor Castle. However, there are also a number of other events planned throughout June to celebrate The Queen’s official birthday on 17th June. The first of these is the National Service of Thanksgiving which takes place on 15th June 2006. On this day the Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh will attend a National Service of Thanksgiving at St Paul's Cathedral followed by a lunch given by the Lord Mayor. The service will be broadcast live on radio and will be shown on television later that day. The second one is the flag flying which happens on 17th June 2006. The Union flag will be flown from government buildings from 8am until sunset on The Queen's official birthday. Then 17th June 2006, the day of the Queen's official birthday will be marked by the annual Trooping the Colour parade at 11am on 17 June 2006. The event consists of a military parade and march by Household Troops on Horse Guards Parade, Whitehall. The Queen, accompanied by The Duke of Edinburgh, will ride in a carriage during the parade and will take the salutes from a dais (a temporary stage) on Horseguards Parade. Finally, the series of events will be crowned with a Children's Party at the Palace on 25 June 2006. On that day the Queen will be holding a special children's party at Buckingham Palace for Her Majesty's 80th birthday to celebrate British children's literature and the magic of books. Characters from books and tales, for example Mary Poppins will also attend the tea party which will be held in the Buckingham Palace garden. After tea, a special TV show starring many of these characters will be broadcast live from Buckingham Palace on TV.

Now answer the questions in English.

1. What special event is this text about? 2. When was the Queen greeted? 3. When is her official birthday? 4. How many celebrations are there which are observed because of her birthday? 5. What are the names of each of these celebrations? Describe each in one short sentence.

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Advanced

Today you are going to read a short summary of the history of England.

The first-known inhabitants of England were small bands of hunters, but Stone Age immigrants arrived around 4000 BC and farmed the chalk hills of Salisbury Plain, constructing the mysterious stone circles at Stonehenge and Avebury. They were followed by the Bronze Age Celts from Central Europe who began arriving in 800 BC, bringing the Gaelic and Brythonic languages (the former is still spoken in Scotland, the latter in Wales). The Romans invaded in AD43 and quickly took most of England. The Scottish and Welsh tribes were more of a problem, resulting in the building of Hadrian's Wall across northern England. The Romans brought stability, paved roads and eventually - Christianity; in return, the Brits gave the Romans one problem after another. The Romans lost interest around AD410 as their empire declined. Tribes of heathen Angles, Jutes and Saxons began to move into the vacuum, absorbing the Celts, and local fiefdoms developed. By the 7th century, these fiefdoms had grown into a series of Anglo-Saxon kingdoms which had come collectively to think of themselves as English. By the mid-9th century, Vikings had invaded northern Scotland, Cumbria and Lancashire and the Danes were making inroads into eastern England. By 871, only Wessex - the half-Saxon, half-Celtic country south of the Thames - was under English control. At this low point, the English managed to neutralise the Vikings' military superiority and began a process of assimilation. The next invader was William of Normandy (soon to become known as William the Conqueror), who arrived on the south coast in 1066 with a force of 12,000

men. After victory at the Battle of Hastings, he replaced English aristocrats with French-speaking Normans. The Normans built impressive castles, imposed a feudal system, administered a census and, once again, began to assimilate with the Saxons. The next centuries saw a series of royal tiffs, political intrigues, plague, unrest and revolt. The Hundred Years War with France blurred into the domestic War of the Roses - enough drama to make modern Fleet Street salivate. In the 16th century, Henry VIII's matrimonial difficulties led to the split with Catholicism. Henry made himself head of the Church of England. He dissolved the smaller monasteries and confiscated their land. The power struggle between monarchy and Parliament degenerated into civil war in the mid-17th century, pitching Charles I's royalists (Catholics, traditionalists, the gentry and members of the Church of England) against Cromwell's Protestant parliamentarians. Cromwell's victory segued into a dictatorship, which included a bloody rampage through Ireland, and by 1660 Parliament was so fed up that it reinstated the monarchy. A period of progressive expansionism followed, as England collected colonies down the American coast, licensed the East India Company to operate from Bombay and eventually saw Canada and Australia come within its massive sphere of influence. At home, England exerted increasing control over the British Isles. The burgeoning empire's first setback occurred in 1781 when the American colonies won their war of independence. Meanwhile, Britain was fast becoming the crucible of the Industrial Revolution as steam power, steam trains, coal mines and water power began to transform the means of transport and production. The world's first industrial cities sprung up in the Midlands, causing severe dislocation of the population. By the time Queen Victoria took the throne in 1837, Britain had become the world's greatest power. Its fleet dominated the seas, knitting together the British empire, while its factories dominated world trade. Under prime ministers such as Gladstone and Disraeli, the worst excesses of the Industrial Revolution were addressed; education became universal, trade unions were legalised and most men were enfranchised - women had to wait until after WWI. Britain bumbled into the stalemate of WWI in 1914, resulting in the senseless slaughter of a million Britons and a widening gulf between the ruling and working classes. The latter set the stage for 50 years of labour unrest, beginning with the 1926 Great Strike and growing throughout the 1930s depression. Britain dithered through the 1920s and 30s, with mediocre and visionless governments that failed to confront the problems the country faced - including the rise of Hitler and imperial Germany. Britain's never-say-die character was forged in WWII under the guidance of Winston Churchill. Britain bounced back from Dunkirk, the relentless Luftwaffe air raids and the fall of Singapore and Hong Kong to win the Battle of Britain and play a vital role in the Allied victory. Despite the euphoria, Britain's resources and

influence were exhausted and its empire declined as first India (1947), then Malaysia (1957) and Kenya (1963) gained their independence. It took until the 1960s for wartime recovery to be fully completed, but by then Britons had supposedly 'never had it so good', according to their prime minister, Harold Macmillan. The sixties briefly repositioned swinging London back at the cultural heart of the world, as the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, Mary Quant, David Bailey, Twiggy, Jean Shrimpton and co strutted their stuff on the world stage. But the sixties weren't all mini skirts and Sergeant Pepper: factionalism in Northern Ireland became overtly violent, leading to the deployment of British troops in 1969. The Troubles, as they are euphemistically known, have been dogging the British and Irish governments and ruining Northern Ireland ever since. The 1970s oil crisis, massive inflation, the three-day working week and class antagonism also brought reality crashing into the party, and in 1979 the Brits elected matronly Margaret Thatcher to come and mop up their mess for them. Thatcher broke the unions, privatised national industries, established a meritocracy, sent a flotilla to the Falklands and polarised British society. She became the longest-serving prime minister this century and left such a deep mark on the Brits that even now, well over a decade after she was dumped by her political party, Baroness Maggie looms large over any discussion of domestic affairs. The ever-so-nice John Major, PM from 1990, failed to rally the nation to the Conservative cause, and was booted out in no uncertain terms in elections in May 1997. England under PM Tony Blair is a changing place. Asylum seekers, farming, education, health, Northern Ireland, the European Union, proposed membership of the euro zone and England's involvement in the Iraq war still polarise opinion, but cautious optimism prevails. How England responds to the increasingly assertive nationalities of Scotland and Wales, and to the changes caused by closer interaction with Europe, will be primary factors in the future identity of the country.

Now answer the questions in English.

1. When did the first immigrants arrive in England? 2. Who invaded and took most of England? 3. What advantages did the Romans mean to England? 4. What do you know about William of Normandy? 5. What role did Henry VIII. Play in religion? 6. How could you describe the Britain of 1837?

7. Who were Gladstone and Disraeli? 8. Who was the PM of Britain in WW2? 9. What were the problems in the 1970s? 10. Who was supposed to tidy up the mess? 11. Who was the longest-serving prime minister in this century? 12. What issues divide the public opinion nowadays?

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Elementary

Everyone knows that the World Cup is just taking place in Germany. Now here is an article in connection with the World Cup. Mindenki tudja, hogy most folyik a világbajnokság Németországban. Most itt van egy cikk a vb-vel kapcsolatban. Read the article first. Olvasd el a cikket először.

2006 World Cup Begins In Germany

The World Cup, perhaps the second most important sporting event in the world, after the Olympics, began on Friday in Germany.

Teams from 32 countries are competing for a chance to bring home the biggest prize in soccer, or football as it is also known.

The first game took place between Germany and Costa Rica. Germany won by a score of 4-2.

Bookmakers give defending champions Brazil the best chance of winning this year's World Cup. Germany has the second best chance, while Argentina is third.

Brazil won the 2002 World Cup by beating Germany 2-0 in Japan.

Find the expressions in the text which mean the following.

1. A második legfontosabb: 2. Sport esemény: 3. Versenyezni valamiért: 4. Díj: 5. Történni: 6. Megverni, legyőzni:

Now answer the questions in English.

1. What is the most important sporting event in the world? 2. How many teams are there? 3. What is the other name for football? 4. Who played the first match?

5. Who won? 6. Which teams have the biggest chance to win the cup?

Translate the sentences using the expressions from the article.

1. A testvérem a harmadik legfontosabb ember az életemben. 2. Az amerikai színésznő hazavitte a legnagyobb filmes díjat, ezért aztán nagyon boldog volt. 3. Hány különleges esemény van egy évben? 4. Az olimpiai játékok négyévente vannak. 5. Hat ember versenyez az állásért.

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Intermediate

Everyone knows that the World Cup is just taking place in Germany. Now here is an article in connection with the World Cup. Read the article first.

Brazilians blend light-hearted larks with serious intent

Exuberant shouts of "É campeão!" - Portuguese for "we are the champions" rang out from the Olympiastadion in Berlin yesterday afternoon. It was Brazil's last training session before their opening match tonight and the team in orange, comprising Ronaldo and Robinho, had just beaten the team in blue, with Ronaldinho and Kaka. To celebrate their victory the oranges huddled in a large embrace, jumped up and chanted in jest: "Kaka's a load of rubbish." Smiling with huge grins, the team spontaneously crouched in team formation for photographers. After three weeks in Europe the mood in the Brazilian camp could hardly be better. The first team are all fit, seemingly in excellent spirits and raring to go. "We are very well prepared. Everyone is strong and motivated," said Ronaldinho,

who was wearing a diamond R10 earring. "We know that our happiness now depends on nobody else but us." Apart from the withdrawal of the midfield reserve player Edmilson a fortnight ago due to a knee problem, the build-up to Germany has been as smooth as it has ever been for the five-times champions. There have been no clashes of egos, scandals or injuries to any of the first-team players and Carlos Alberto Parreira will field tonight the exact team he named in advance a month ago. In fact, the preparation began last year. "Eight months ago we played Venezuela in the qualifiers [in Belem last October] and I said that the base of our World Cup team would be the team who played Venezuela. That is basically what has happened," said Parreira last night. "Since then our work has gone excellently. Our reserves are really fighting for places in the main team. This is important since you don't win a World Cup with just 11 players." He added: "There is nothing more left to do - just to go and play the game." Parreira has recorded four motivational DVDs with Brazilian music, featuring images of Brazil's previous victories, which he has been using to rid his players of nerves and help them cope with the pressure of expectation. Last night he was showing the third of the series to his team, as well as a video of Croatia. Brazil have not been considered such runaway favourites for the title perhaps in the history of the competition. "The rest of the world is acting as if we have already won," he said. "It's a huge pressure. But it is coming from the outside world. It doesn't hurt us. It doesn't touch us." The psychological preparation for the players has been different this time since several are already World Cup winners. Yet he said that even the former champions, such as Ronaldo, are hugely motivated. "He has the opportunity to break so many records." Commenting about the World Cup games so far, Parreira said that they were what he had expected: "The tempo is very high. The competition is very tough." While claiming that it would be a challenge for a South American team to win a World Cup in Europe, something which has not happened since Brazil won in Sweden in 1958, he tempered it with a positive twist: "If there is one team that can break this rule after so many years, then that team is us." Brazil have not performed well in their opening matches in the last two World Cups - unconvincing 2-1 victories over Scotland in 1998 and Turkey in 2002. Parreira predicted that it would be a very open game against Croatia. "Physically they are very strong and technically they have some good players." He added that he was not surprised that Australia had beaten Japan yesterday afternoon. "Their victory has made the group complicated for all of us. It is always important to win your first game." The defensive midfielder Ze Roberto said that Brazil were well prepared for tonight's game: "Teams like Croatia will be trying to get goals from set pieces. We have worked against that."

He felt, however, that Brazil still had space to improve: "In attack we have a lot of quality. We have a lot of quality in defence too but there are a few things we need to get better. Hopefully we will sort them out as the competition progresses." The feelgood factor of Brazil's preparation has been helped by the unprecedented interest in their training sessions since they arrived in Europe three weeks ago. They will be hoping that the momentum continues and that the next time they chant "É campeão" from the Olympiastadion is on July 9.

Find the expressions in the text which mean the following.

1. Kicsattanó, túláradó: 2. Tartalmaz, magába foglal: 3. Gyorsan összeölelkezni: 4. Összecsapni valamit: 5. Tréfából, jókedvűen: 6. Leguggolni: 7. Kitűnő hangulatban: 8. Lelkesen nekiáll valaminek: 9. Senki más, csak mi: 10. Eltekintve valamitől: 11. Visszalépés, kivonás: 12. Két héttel azelőtt: 13. Valami miatt: 14. Megszabadít valakit valamitől: 15. Megbirkózni valamivel: 16. Rekordot dönteni: 17. Csökkent, mérsékel: 18. Jósol: 19. Van még mit fejlődni: 20. Példátlanul nagy érdeklődés:

What do these words refer to in the article?

1. Mood 2. Midfield reserve player 3. Scandal 4. Motivational DVDs 5. Pressure

Translate the sentences into English.

1. Kicsattanó boldogság volt, amikor a kisbabát hazahozták. 2. Ne csapd össze a munkádat. Inkább tölts vele több időt, de legyen tökéletes. 3. A buli után mindannyian kitűnő hangulatban mentünk aludni. 4. Lelkesen álltam neki oroszt tanulni. 5. Eltekintve az esszétől, nem volt sok házi feladatunk. 6. Két héttel ezelőtt mutatták be az új kasszasikert. 7. A heves eső miatt a meccset eltörölték. 8. Hívtam szakértőket, hogy megszabdítsák a házat a pókoktól. 9. Meg fogsz tudni birkózni ezzel a nagy halom feladattal? 10. Nem szeretnék megjósolni semmit, de el fogod veszíteni a munkád, ha így folytatod. 11. A tanárom azt mondta, hogy van még mit fejlődnöm. 12. Példátlanul nagy volt az érdeklődés a tanfolyam indulása előtt.

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Everyone knows that the World Cup is just taking place in Germany. Now here is an article in connection with the World Cup. Read the article first.

World Cup: U.S. youth is served a portion of savvy by Czechs

The Czech Republic, appearing in the World Cup for the first time as a separate country, defied concerns about age and injury and dominated the United States, 3-0, in its opening match. The towering forward Jan Koller pounded a header into the net to open the scoring on a counterattack in the fifth minute. Then midfielder Tomas Rosicky delivered the final two goals, splendidly knuckling a shot from about 30 yards in the 36th minute, and chipping a ball into the net on a breakaway in the 76th minute. The United States had hoped it would have an edge in speed, fitness and health, but it was the Czechs, ranked second internationally only to Brazil, who appeared the more spry, imaginative and determined team, even with four starters over the age of 30. It was the first match for the Czechs in the World Cup since 1990, when they reached the quarterfinals as Czechoslovakia defeated the United States, 5-1. Czechoslovakia split into two nations in 1993. Now the Czech Republic has put itself in an inviting position to win a group it shares with Italy, the United States and Ghana, thus avoiding Brazil in the second round. A delighted contingent of Czech fans rooted the team on with raucous chanting and drum-banging. The United States, meanwhile, now faces an exceedingly difficult effort to advance to the knockout round of the tournament. Its next opponent, on Saturday, is a pre-tournament favourite, Italy. The top two teams from each group advance. In the past two World Cups, only Turkey in 2002 lost its first match and still reached the second round, so the Americans are now a huge long shot to match their quarterfinal appearance in 2002. They entered the tournament ranked fifth in the world but showed no signs of that Monday in their embarrassing loss. "The Czech Republic took advantage of every mistake tonight," Bruce Arena, the U.S. coach, said. "The better team won. The biggest part of the game was the early goal." Arena immediately looked forward to the game against Italy on Saturday. "We just want to make sure this doesn't happen twice," he said.

With the forceful Czech forward Milan Baros out with an injured foot, Koller started alone at striker. He remains an imposing figure at age 33, dangerous on headers and also dexterous with his feet. Surgery for a torn knee ligament kept Koller away from his former club team, Borussia Dortmund, from October until May, but he has just signed with Monaco of the French league and appeared fully fit. The central U.S. defenders, Oguchi Onyewu and Eddie Pope, seemed determined not to be pushed around early. They gave Koller him a couple of muscular shoves to start the match and stood their ground. In fact, Onyewu might have been too assertive, drawing a yellow card for tripping Czech midfielder Pavel Nedved. Koller left the match just before halftime after colliding with Onyewu during a jostling run downfield. He appeared to have strained a hamstring muscle. A team spokesman said later that the injury was not as bad as first thought, and Koller said he might miss only one game. "I will have four days' rest now and I am confident I will be back for our third group game," he said on the FIFA World Cup Web site. It is always the Americans' intent to make an early first impression in a match, but it was the Czechs who imposed an early and defining influence. In the fifth minute, after a goal kick from Kasey Keller was squandered, the United States' defense got caught out of alignment on a Czech counterattack. Left back Eddie Lewis was pushed too far upfield as Czech defender Zdenek Grygera fielded a long pass from his teammate David Rozehnal and sent a meticulous cross to the galloping Koller. He got slightly wide of and behind Onyewu and Pope, and Grygera fed him perfectly. He was as easy to spot as a lighthouse. Koller headed the ball as if with his fist, punching it into the net from three steps out to give the Czech Republic a 1-0 lead. Then, in the 28th minute, Claudio Reyna, the U.S. captain, stole a pass, retrieved the ball from his teammate Landon Donovan and fired a low shot from outside the penalty area that hit the left goalpost but skidded away. Eight minutes later, a seemingly harmless moment turned into the second Czech goal. Nedved's cross was headed out of the penalty area by Onyewu, but Rosicky settled the ball and rocketed a shot from about 30 yards, knuckling it inside the right post for a 2-0 lead. On the final goal, Rosicky took a pass from Nedved and outmaneuvered the defense before lifting the ball over Keller.

Find the expressions in the text which mean the following.

1. Megcáfolja az aggodalmakat: 2. Gólt fejel: 3. Ellentámadás: 4. Kitűnően: 5. Fürge, virgonc: 6. Rekedt, érdes: 7. Kihasználni valamit: 8. Kulcsfigura marad: 9. Ügyes: 10. Elfecsérel, eltékozol: 11. Aprólékos, pedáns: 12. Visszaszerez, helyrehoz: 13. Kicselez:

What do these words refer to in the article?

1. Separate 2. U.S. defenders 3. Hamstring muscle 4. Retrieved

Translate the sentences into English.

1. A diákok megcáfolták az aggodalmakat, és kiváló eredménnyel levizsgáztak. 2. Az énekes olyan kitűnően énekelt, hogy megnyerte a versenyt. 3. Egyszerűen odavagyok a rekedtes hangú énekesekért. 4. Soha nem használom ki azt, hogy sok titkot tudok a barátaimról.

5. Noha már nem igazán fiatal, azért meghatározó alakja a cégünkek. 6. Ne herdáld el a pénzed, mert könnyedén bajba kerülhetsz. 7. Nem igazán jövök ki vele, mert nekem ő túl aprólékos.