ANGOLKA

Phrasal verb: work on (someone)

Definition: to spend time trying to persuade or influence someone.

E.g.1. Your father doesn’t want you to go, but I’ll work on him.

E.g.2. We’ll have to work on him - we need his agreement.

This phrasal verb can’t be separated.

Test

The European parliament gives the _______ to plans to ban tobacco advertising all over the European Union.

1. go-ahead, 2. ahead, 3. goahead, 4. go

Joke

Did I Miss The Second Act?

A man took his wife to a Broadway show. During the first intermission he had to take a leak in the meanest way, so he hurried to find the bathrooms.

He searched in vain for the restrooms, but instead all he found was a beautiful fountain with foliage. Nobody was watching, so he decided to take a leak right there.

When he finally got back into the auditorium, the second act had already begun. He searched in the dark until he found his wife. „Did I miss much of the second act?” he asked.

„Miss it?” she said, „You were in it!”

Correct answer to the test question: 1. go-ahead (Králik Róbert)

SZÓTÁR

If evolution really works, how come mothers only have two hands? – Ha az evolúciós elmélet igaz, miért van az anyáknak csak két keze?

to persuade or influence someone – meggyőzni vagy befolyásolni valakit

We’ll have to work on him – we need his agreement – Meg kell győznünk őt – szükségünk van a beleegyezésére

plans to ban tobacco advertising – a dohánytermék reklámtilalmának terve

gives the go-ahead – zöld utat ad

Did I Miss The Second Act? – Lemaradtam a második felvonásról?

he had to take a leak in the meanest way – a lehető legsürgősebben kisvécére kellett mennie