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English News Suport de Curs 5
English News Suport de Curs 5
Part 5
Unit 21
Speaking and Speech
Lexical Database
mother tongue / native language = language one learns since early childhood
foreign language = language of another country
standard English = variant of the English language used on the radio or TV (sometimes called
BBC English for that reason)
slang = argou
double Dutch = incomprehensible jargon
humming = sound like that of bees in a hive, or somebody singing softly with the moth shut
whisper = words uttered (at somebodys ear) in a very low voice
soothing = comforting, calming you down
Public speech
Parliament debates
to convince
to persuade
to give a persuasive speech
to talk somebody into doing something
to disclose
to reveal
to admit
to confess
to flatter
to prize (usually unsincerely)
to dissuade
to talk somebody out of doing something
to conceal
to hide, to deny
to humble, to humiliate
Idioms
Grammar
If Clause
Future situation
II Present situation
III Past (unaccomplished situation)
Main Clause
FUTURE
Eg. I will take the course
PRESENT CONDITIONAL
Eg.I would take the course
PAST CONDITIONAL
Eg.I would have taken the course
Unit 22
Advertising and Consumption
Lexical Database
Advertising
If - Clause
PRESENT
if I am interested in it.
PAST TENSE
if I were interested in it.
PAST PERFECT
if I had been interested in it.
Means of advertisement
Types of stores
Antonyms
Idiomatic phrases
Previous
Secondary clauses
Simultaneous
Hary says
he liked yesterdays
movie
Harry said
Future
you will like
tomorrows movie.
you would like the
next days movie.
Basic principle: when the Verb in the main clause is in the Past Tense, the verbs in the
Secondary clauses should be one step towards the past, as compared to the same clauses
introduced by a verb in the Present Tense.
Unit 23
Industry, Agriculture and Production
Lexical Database
Industrial branches
cereal growing = wheat, (sweet) corn / maize, barley, rye, oats, rice
vine growing = grapes and wine
cattle breeding = beef, veal, animal by-products (leather, etc.)
beekeeping (apiary) = honey, pollen, wax, propolis
dairy farming = milk, butter, cheese and eggs
fish farming = fish and roe (Rom. icre)
smith compounds
blacksmith = someone working with iron, making horseshoes, for instance (Rom. fierar)
goldsmith = someone working with gold, making jewelry (Rom. aurar)
gunsmith = someone in charge with the maintenance and repair of guns (Rom. armurier)
locksmith = skilled mechanic capable of repairing locks and other such devices.
Types of soil
Agricultural tools
spade = hrle
rake = grebl
shovel = lopat
wheel barrow = roab
combine harvester = combin
Handicraft tools
hammer = ciocan
screwdriver = urubelni
pliers = clete
wrench = cheie fix
hand saw = ferstru de mn
plane = rindea
Idiomatic phrases
Grammar
Friendship
People involved
Traits of character
Feelings
Idiomatic phrases
a fair-weather friend = a person who shows friendship only under favorable circumstances
our dumb friends = our pets
puppy love = (ironically) beginning of love
a pet hate = someone you love to hate
to fly off the handle = to lose your temper
to foam at the mouth = to be mad at
to be all the rage = to be the latest fashion
Gramar
Cards signs:
ace = Rom. as
king = Rom. pop, rege
knight / jack = Rom. valet / juvete
queen = Rom. dam / regin
Chess objects
Chess pieces
Game ending
Backgammon elements
Backgammon terminology
Grammar