ANGOLKA

Phrasal verb: find out

Definition: to discover information

(This phrasal verb has more than one meaning)

E.g.1. Investigators are trying to find out why it happened.

E.g.2. She found out about it by accident.

This phrasal verb can’t be separated.

Test

The Bush administration will propose cutting all tariffs on industrial and consumer goods _______ 2015 to jump-start global trade talks.

1. be, 2. by, 3. before, 4. on

Joke

Two men, sentenced to die in the electric chair on the same day, were led down to the room in which they would meet their maker. The priest had given them last rites, the formal speech had been given by the warden, and a final prayer had been said among the participants.The warden, turning to the first man, solemnly asked, „Son, do you have a last request?” The man replied, „Yes sir, I do. I love dance music. Could you please play the Macarena for me one last time?” „Certainly,” replied the warden.

He turned to the other man and asked, „Well, what about you, son? What is your final request?”

„Please,” said the condemned man, „kill me first.”

Correct answer to the test question: 2. by

(Králik Róbert)

SZÓTÁR

the only real way to look younger – az egyetlen mód, hogy valóban fiatalabbnak nézzünk ki

u she found out about it by accident – véletlenül jött rá

the Bush administration will propose cutting all tariffs on industrial and consumer goods.– a Bush-kormányzat javasolni fogja az ipari és fogyasztási cikkek vámtarifáinak csökkentését

u to jump-start global trade talks – hogy fellendítse a kereskedelemmel kapcsolatos tárgyalásokat

Two men, sentenced to die in the electric chair on the same day – két férfi, akiknek az ítélete villamosszék általi kivégzés volt, mely ráadásul mindkét esetben azonos napra esett

the room in which they would meet their maker – ebben a szobában kellet talákozniuk a kivégzőjükkel

u the priest had given them last rites, the formal speech had been given by the warden, and a final prayer had been said among the participants – a pap utolsó kenetben részesítette az elitéltet, az őr elmondta hivatalos beszédét és közösen elmondtak egy imát

u solemnly asked – halkan kérdezte

last request – utolsó kívánság

* kill me first – előbb végezzen ki