ANGOLKA

Quote: „The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions that I wish it to be always kept alive. It will often be exercised when wrong, but better so than not to be exercised at all.” – Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826)

Phrasal verb: take in

Definition: to visit a place as part of a tour or while on the way to another place.

(This phrasal verb has more than one meaning)

E.g.1: Yesterday we took in the local sights, so today we’re going to relax.

E.g.2: There are too many interesting historical places to take in in one day.

This phrasal verb can’t be separated.

Test

Otters make a return to _______ in more than 100 towns across the UK for the first time in almost 30 years.

1. waters, 2. waterway, 3. waterways, 4. water

Joke

It got crowded in heaven, so, for one day it was decided only to accept people who had really had a bad day on the day they died. St. Peter was standing at the pearly gates and said to the first man, „Tell me about the day you died.”

The man said, „Oh, it was awful. I was sure my wife was having an affair, so I came home early to catch her with him. I searched all over the apartment but couldn’t find him anywhere. So I went out onto the balcony, we live on the 25th floor, and found this man hanging over the edge by his fingertips. I went inside, got a hammer, and started hitting his hands. He fell, but landed in some bushes. So, I got the refrigerator and pushed it over the balcony and it crushed him. The strain of the act gave me a heart attack, and I died.”

St. Peter couldn’t deny that this was a pretty bad day, and since it was a crime of passion, he let the man in.

He then asked the next man in line about the day he died. „Well, sir, it was awful,” said the second man. „I was doing aerobics on the balcony of my 26th floor apartement when I twisted my ankle and slipped over the edge. I managed to grab the balcony of the apartment below, but some maniac came out and started pounding on my fingers with a hammer. Luckily I landed in some bushes. But, then the guy dropped a refrigerator on me!”

St. Peter chuckled, let him into heaven and decided he could really start to enjoy this job.

„Tell me about the day you died?”, he said to the third man in line.

„OK, picture this, I’m naked, hiding inside a refrigerator....”

Correct answer to the test question: 3. waterways (Králik Róbert)

SZÓTÁR

the spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions – A kormányellenes magatartás bizonyos esetekben pártolandó

It will often be exercised when wrong, but better so than not to be exercised at all.– akkor tesznek így az emberek, amikor baj van, de a legjobb az lenne, ha egyáltalán nem lenne rá szükség

to visit a place as part of a tour or while on the way to another place – utazás részeként meglátogatni bizonyos helyet, nevezetességet

the local sights – a helyi látványosságok

Otters make a return to water-ways in more than 100 towns across the UK for the first time in almost 30 years – a vidrák 30 éve először tértek vissza 100 brit város csatornarendszerébe

It got crowded in heaven – nagy tumultus alakult ki a mennyek kapujánál

I found this man hanging over the edge by his fingertips – az erkélypárkány szélébe ujjheggyel kapaszkodva találtam rá

The strain of the act gave me a heart attack – Az izgalomtól szívinfarktust kaptam

crime of passion – felindultságból elkövetett bűncselekmény

some maniac came out and started pounding on my fingers with a hammer – kijött valami eszelős és egy kalapáccsal elkezdte ütni az ujjaimat

I’m naked, hiding inside a refrigerator – meztelenül rejtőzködöm egy hűtőszekrényben