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The sun is a star. During the day, we see the sun and at night the other suns, the stars. serious = not funny a serious person = studies, works a lot do the exam well = pass the exam do the exam badly = fail an exam You have passed the exam and I tell you: "Congratulations!" = I congratulate you. I speak to you. = I'm having a conversation with you. I'm joking / tell a joke and people laugh because it’s funny. = We enjoy ourselves / have fun. = We spend a pleasant / nice / good time. go to a dance = go out = go to the pub perhaps = maybe right away = immediately I don't do something right away and I don't know if I should do it. = I hesitate. (the hesitation) The child is sick and the mother calls the doctor because she is worried. hot - warm - cool - cold look at something attentively / closely / carefully dive under the water swim on the surface I see the light in the mirror. = The light is reflected. When the lake is calm, the surface is smooth. If the lake is not calm, there are waves. get up here = come up here 4) The stars below John was a calm, serious young man. He had studied a lot for a year and when he passed his exams, his friend Bill went to congratulate him and then had a serious conversation with him. "You have never been to a dance, John," he said, "it is boring to just study and never have fun. Go out with me tonight!" "Perhaps you are right, Bill," John replied after some hesitation. So they went to a dance to have a pleasant time. However, John drank more than he was used to and at midnight Bill worried about him. So he said," Now we are going home in the cool air." On their way home they came to a bridge and John looked down attentively at the river. The stars were reflected in its smooth surface." What kind of lights are those down there?" John asked. "These are the stars, John," answered Bill. "The stars?" said John: "Well! How did I get up here?"

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In the house of God, in the church, the priest speaks and the believers (believe) pray. The teacher used to write on the dark blackboard not with a pen but with white chalk. The doctor makes ill people healthy again. = He heals them. an ordinary person = a simple / normal person = a person who is neither rich nor poor a person, who lives in a country, is the citizen of this country 3) For all of you A priest walking through a small town saw a blackboard in front of a school entrance. It had been put to dry. At the foot of the board, there was a piece of chalk. The priest took it and wrote in large letters: "I am a priest and I pray for you all." A lawyer came by and when he saw what the priest had written, he added: "I am a lawyer and I defend you all." Then a doctor came by, took the piece of chalk and wrote on the blackboard: "I am a doctor and I heal you all." An ordinary citizen stopped, looked at what the others had written, thought for a few seconds and then wrote: "I am an ordinary citizen and pay for all of you."

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overjoyed = very happy / glad I’m interested in … = This is interesting to me. A man is afraid of his wife having a lover. = He is jealous. schoolyard = playground at school cheerfully = enthusiastically Before, I weighed ninety kilos, now I weigh ninety-two kilos. = I have gained two kilos. Before, I weighed ninety kilos, now I weigh eighty-eight kilos. = I have lost two kilos. Whose car is this? = It’s mine, yours, his, hers, its, ours, yours, theirs. = It’s my, your, his, her, its, our, your, their car. A rich man says to a poor man: You are poor, that's why I don't like you. = The rich man despises the poor man. = The rich man speaks contemptuously to the poor man. 2) A very big baby Lucy and Helen were good friends. They were in the same class at school and often visited each other at home on weekends. When they were both eight years old, Lucy's mother gave birth to a baby. Lucy was overjoyed to have a little sister and always talked to Helen about it, who had no brothers or sisters. At first, Helen was very interested in the new baby, but after a while, she found it boring. She was also a little jealous. When the two girls were playing in the schoolyard one morning, Lucy enthusiastically said to her friend: "You know, Helen? My little sister has gained almost two hundred grams this week." "That's not a lot," Helen replied. "I know a baby that is gaining five kilograms a day." "Oh, that can't be true," Lucy replied contemptuously. "Whose baby is it?" "An elephant’s," said Helen.

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We drink milk and we put cream in coffee or on cakes. She used to go to the market when she was young. She is used to go to the market nowadays. I want to be like him. = I admire him. = I look up at him. He does stupid things when he sees a beautiful girl. = He is confused. He can’t talk to a beautiful girl because he is too shy. When he goes from the left side of the street to the right side, he crosses the street. When he wants to cross the street, he looks to the left and to the right whether a car is coming. = He pays attention whether a car … look at her properly = look at her well His face turns bright red = He blushes The waiter takes the order and the guest orders. 1) Without cream or without milk Jane was a very beautiful, young girl. She was used to seeing some men admiring her and others being confused and shy when they saw her. One summer, Jane went abroad on holiday, she went to a café in a small town, sat down, and waited to be served. The young waiter had spoken to someone at the bar when she came in and at first didn't pay attention to her because he hadn't looked at her properly. Then he turned and saw how beautiful she was. His face turned bright red and he hurried to take her order. "I want coffee without cream, please!" Jane said. The waiter hurried out and came back a few minutes later without the coffee. "I'm very sorry," he said, "but we have no cream. Would you like your coffee without milk?"

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Lesson 395: We drink milk and we put cream in coffee or on cakes. She used to go to the market when she was young. She is used to go to the market nowadays. I want to be like him. = I admire him. = I look up at him. He does stupid things when he sees a beautiful girl. = He is confused. He can’t talk to a beautiful girl because he is too shy. When goes from the left side of the street to the right side, he crosses the street. When he wants to cross the street, he looks to the left and to the right whether a car is coming. = He pays attention whether a car …, look at her properly = look at her well, His face turns bright red = He blushes, The waiter takes the order and the guest orders. 1) Without cream or without milk / text 1

Lesson 396: overjoyed = very happy / glad, I’m interested in … = This is interesting to me. A man is afraid of his wife having a lover. = He is jealous. schoolyard = playground at school, cheerfully = enthusiastically, Before, I weighed ninety kilos, now I weigh ninety-two kilos. = I have gained two kilos. Before, I weighed ninety kilos, now I weigh eighty-eight kilos. = I have lost two kilos. Whose car is this? = It’s mine, yours, his, hers, its, ours, yours, theirs. = It’s my, your, his, her, its, our, your, their car. A rich man says to a poor man: You are poor, that's why I don't like you. = The rich man despises the poor man. = The rich man speaks contemptuously to the poor man. 2) A very big baby / text 2

Lesson 397: In the house of God, in the church, the priest speaks and the believers (believe) pray. The teacher used to write on the dark blackboard not with a pen but with white chalk. The doctor makes ill people healthy again. = He heals them. an ordinary person = a simple / normal person = a person who is neither rich nor poor, a person, who lives in a country, is the citizen of this country, 3) For all of you / text 3

Lesson 398: The sun is a star. During the day, we see the sun and at night the other suns, the stars. serious = not funny, a serious person = studies, works a lot, do the exam well = pass the exam, do the exam badly = fail an exam, You have passed the exam and I tell you: "Congratulations!" = I congratulate you. I speak to you. = I'm having a conversation with you. I'm joking / tell a joke and people laugh because it’s funny. = We enjoy ourselves / have fun. = We spend a pleasant / nice / good time. go to a dance = go out = go to the pub, perhaps = maybe, right away = immediately, I don't do something right away and I don't know if I should do it. = I hesitate. (the hesitation) The child is sick and the mother calls the doctor because she is worried. hot - warm - cool – cold, look at something attentively / closely / carefully, dive under the water, swim on the surface, I see the light in the mirror. = The light is reflected. When the lake is calm, the surface is smooth. If the lake is not calm, there are waves. get up here = come up here, 4) The stars below / text 4

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On a world map, up is north, down is south, left is west and right is east. (northern / southern / western / eastern) In North America, there are three countries: Canada in the north, Mexico in the south and the United States Of America / U.S.A. in between / in the middle. The U.S.A. has fifty pieces. = fifty states The U.S.A. consists of fifty pieces. = fifty states civil war = a war not between two countries but within one country with bitterness = bitterly Peter fights against Tom. = Tom is Peter’s opponent. Peter defeats Tom, his opponent. = He wins the fight against Tom = Peter is victorious. = Peter wins a victory against Tom. You have done something against me but then you say “Sorry!” – Then, I’m not angry with you anymore. = I forgive you. (forgive, forgave, forgiven) group = some people together Germany = German England = English France = French Italy = Italian Spain = Spanish China = Chinese America = American A person goes on holiday to another country. = He / She is a tourist. battlefield = place of the battle The guide explains the tourist the pictures in an exhibition. location = place thrilling = stirring = very interesting / exciting powerful = strong powerful forces = big number of soldiers There are fifty people. – No, not so many. – Alright, maybe not fifty but at least forty. There are fifty people. – No, many more. – Alright, maybe not fifty but not more than / at the most / at best sixty. 8) Not as long as I'm here A civil war between the northern and southern states began in the United States in eighteen sixty-one. The war was fought with great bitterness until the northern states were victorious in eighteen hundred and sixty-five. However, until today, many people from the southern states have neither forgotten their defeat nor forgiven the people from the northern states. A few years ago, a group of American tourists was on the battlefields of the civil war with a guide from one of the southern states. At each location, the guide told thrilling stories about how few southern soldiers defeated powerful northern forces there. Finally, one of the tourists, a woman from the north, stopped the guide saying to him, "but the army of the northern states must have won at least one victory in the civil war?" "Not as long as I am the guide here, Madame!" the southern guide answered.

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