ANGOLKA

Quote: „...the things you refuse to meet today always come back at you later on, usually under circumstances which make the decision twice as difficult as it originally was.“ (Eleanor Roosevelt)

Phrasal verb: clear off

Definition: a very informal (and slightly rude) way to tell someone to go away

This phrasal verb has more than one meaning

E.g.1: When Jo saw the cat in her garden again, she opened the window, shouted „Clear off, you!!!“ and threw a shoe at it.

E.g.2: Mr Hunter came home from work to find a scruffy-looking boy talking to his 15-year-old daughter.

„Clear off or I will call the police,“ he threatened.

This phrasal verb cannot be separated

Test

George is wearing the blue and red _______ tie I gave him.

1. striped, 2. pictured, 3. lined, 4. designed.

Joke

The Gas Men

Two gas company servicemen, a senior training supervisor and a young trainee, were out checking meters in a suburban neighborhood. They parked their truck at the end of the alley and worked their way to the other end. At the last house a woman looking out her kitchen window watched the two men as they checked her gas meter.

Finishing the meter check, the senior supervisor challenged his younger coworker to a foot race down the alley back to the truck to prove that an older guy could outrun a younger one. As they came running up to the truck, they realized the lady from that last house was huffing and puffing right behind them. They stopped and asked her what was wrong. Gasping for breath, she replied, „When I see two gas men running as hard as you two were, I figured I’d better run too!“

Correct answer to the test question: 1. striped (Králik Róbert)