ANGOLKA

Phrasal verb: lay (someone) off

Definition: to make someone redundant.

(This phrasal verb has more than one meaning)

E.g.1: When the company laid him off, he used the redundancy money to start a new business.

E.g.2: The firm is not doing very well - they might have to lay some of their employees off.

This phrasal verb can be separated. (E.g. 1 and 2)

Test

Washington refuses to welcome Iraq’s decision to allow weapons inspectors to return to Baghdad, saying it has _______ .

1. no choices, 2. no way, 3. no more choice, 4. no choice.

Joke

Finding one of her students making faces at others on the playground. Ms. Smith stopped to gently reprove the child. Smiling sweetly, the Sunday School teacher said, „Bobby, when I was a child, I was told that if I made ugly faces, it would freeze and I would stay like that.“

Bobby looked up and replied, „Well, Ms. Smith, you can’t say you weren’t warned.“

Correct answer to the test question: 4. no choice (Králik Róbert)