ANGOLKA

Phrasal verb: hold (someone/something) up

Definition: to delay someone or something.

(This phrasal verb has more than one meaning)

E.g.1: I know I promised to be here earlier, but I was help up in traffic.

E.g.2: They held the train up for over an hour while they removed the tree from the track. This phrasal verb can be separated.

Test

Norway says farmed cod could present an alternative to trawling for wild _______.

1. animals, 2. fish, 3. fishes, 4. animal.

Joke

Johnny’s New Driver’s License

Johnny had just received his brand new drivers license. The family goes out to the driveway and climbs in the car, where he is going to take them for a ride for the first time. Dad immediately heads for the back seat, directly behind the new driver.

„I’ll bet you’re back there to get a change of scenery after all those months of sitting in the front passenger seat teaching me how to drive,“ says the beaming boy to the his dad.

„Nope,“ comes dad’s reply, „I’m gonna sit here and kick the back of your seat as you drive, just like you’ve been doing to me all these years.“

Correct answer to the test question: 2. fish (Králik Róbert)