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George Santayana was unique in his contribution to American culture. For almost sixty years before his death in 1952, he combined literary and philosophical talents, writing not only important works of philosophy but also a best-selling novel, volumes of poetry, and much literary criticism.

Phrasal verb: boot up

Definition: (Done by a computer) to perform the series of instructions necessary to prepare a computer for use.

(This phrasal verb has more than one meaning)

E.g.1: When you turn a computer on you have to wait until it boots up before you can use it.

E.g.2: If you erase everything on your hard drive, you’ll probably have to boot up from a special floppy disk.

This phrasal verb cannot be separated.

Test

Although it was only _______ jewellery, it looked real enough.

1. fictional, 2. imitation, 3. invented, 4. untrue

Joke

A man was walking along a California beach and stumbled across an old lamp. He picked it up and rubbed it and out popped a genie. The genie said, „OK, OK. You released me from the lamp, blah blah blah blah blah! This is the fourth time this month and I’m getting a little sick of these wishes so you can forget about three of them. You only get one wish!“

The man sat and thought about it for a while and said, „I’ve always wanted to go to Hawaii but I’m scared to fly and I get very seasick. Could you build me a bridge to Hawaii so I can drive over there to visit?“

The genie laughed and said, „That’s impossible. Think of the logistics of that! How would the supports ever reach the bottom of the Pacific? Think of how much concrete ... how much steel! No, think of another wish.“

The man said OK and tried to think of a really good wish. Finally, he said, „I’ve been married and divorced four times. My wives always said that I don’t care and that I’m insensitive. So, I wish that I could understand women... know how they feel inside and what they’re thinking when they give me the silent treatment... know why they’re crying, know what they really want when they say ‘nothing’... know how to make them truly happy.“

The genie said, „You want that bridge with two lanes or four?“

Correct answer to the test question:

2. imitation (Králik Róbert)