ANGOLKA

Phrasal verb: shoot out

Definition: to leave a room very quickly.

(This phrasal verb has more than one meaning)

E.g.1: When the dog came in the cat shot out of the room in a panic.

E.g.2: I’m sure Anna doesn’t like Peter. Every time he comes in, she blushes and shoots out.

This phrasal verb cannot be separated.

Test

Breast screening centres _______ the UK are sharing images using a new information superhighway called the Grid.

1. of. 2. at, 3. off, 4. in.

Joke

Volunteer Fire Department

A fire started on some grassland near a farm in Indiana. The fire department from the nearby town was called to put the fire out. The fire proved to be more than the small town fire department could handle, so someone suggested that a rural volunteer fire department be called. Though there was doubt that they would be of any assistance, the call was made.

The volunteer fire department arrived in a dilapidated old fire truck. They drove straight towards the fire and stopped in the middle of the flames. The volunteer firemen jumped off the truck and frantically started spraying water in all directions. Soon they had snuffed out the center of the fire, breaking the blaze into two easily controllable parts.

The farmer was so impressed with the volunteer fire department’s work and so grateful that his farm had been spared, that he presented the volunteer fire department with a check for $1000.

A local news reporter asked the volunteer fire captain what the department planned to do with the funds.

„That should be obvious,“ he responded, „the first thing we’re gonna do is get the brakes fixed on that stupid fire truck.“

Correct answer to the test question: 4. in (Králik Róbert)