ANGOLKA

Phrasal verb: go on

Definition: to continue doing something, often after an interruption.

(This phrasal verb has more than one meaning.)

E.g.1: When she had left the room he went on with his studies.

E.g.2: He went on singing despite the interruptions from the audience.

This phrasal verb can’t be separated.

Test

The head of America Online leaves _______ „other opportunities“ , just seven months after joining the company.

1. to pursue, 2. to find, 3. to buy, 4. to search

Joke

A Complicated Breakfast Order

A resident in a posh hotel breakfast room called over the head waiter one morning and said with a wonderful and cheerful smile.

„Good Morning sir. What a wonderful morning I’d like two boiled eggs, one of them so under cooked it’s runny, and the other so over cooked it’s tough and hard to eat. Also, grilled bacon that has been left out so it gets a bit on the cold side; burnt toast that crumbles away as soon as you touch it with a knife; butter straight from the deep freeze so that it’s impossible to spread; and a pot of very weak coffee, lukewarm.“

„That’s a complicated order sir,“ said the bewildered waiter. „It might be quite difficult.“

The guest replied, „Oh? I don’t understand — that’s what I got yesterday!“

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