ANGOLKA

Phrasal verb: phone (someone) up

Definition: to contact someone by telephone

E.g.1: I’ll phone John up - he might be able to help.

E.g.2: I hate it when people phone me up when I’m having a bath.

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

Test

Non-smokers significantly increase their risk of - by as much as 82% - if they live or work with a smoker, researchers have found.

1. disease, 2. stroke, 3. strokes, 4. stroking.

Joke

In the world of romance, one single rule applies: Make the woman happy.

Do something she likes & you get points. Do something she dislikes & points are subtracted. You don’t get any points for doing something she expects. Sorry, that’s the way the game is played. Here is a guide to the point system.

Simple Duties

You make the bed +1

You make the bed, but forget to add the decorative pillows 0

You throw the bedspread over rumpled sheets -1

You leave the toilet seat up -5

You replace the toilet-paper roll when it’s empty 0

You go out to buy her spring-fresh extra-light pantyliners with wings +5

But return with beer -5

You check out a suspicious noise at night 0

You check out a suspicious noise and it’s nothing 0

You check out a suspicious noise and it’s something +5

You pummel it with a six iron +10

It’s her father -10

Your Physique

You develop a noticeable potbelly -15

You develop a noticeable potbelly and exercise to get rid of it +10

You develop a noticeable potbelly and resort to loose jeans and baggy Hawaiian shirts -5

Finances

You spend a lot of money on something impractical -5

Something she can’t use -10

Such as a motorized model airplane -20

And she got a small appliance for her birthday -40

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