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Lesson 394

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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to dream / the dream = sleep and think unsuccessful = without success = not successful describe the house (description) = say or write what the house looks like real estate agent = buys and sells houses, buildings If I want to sell my house, I put an ad / advertisement in the newspaper. advertisement = description of the house, my address, name and telephone number The real estate agent promotes a house. = He takes photos of the house and puts many ads into newspapers. He is promoted to officer. attractive woman = she looks very pretty extensive magazine = a very large magazine with advertisements, stories, reports ….. Mister = Mr 7) House of my dreams A man was tired of living in his old house in the country and wanted to sell it and buy a better one. He had tried to sell it for a long time but without success. Finally, he decided to solve the problem with the help of a real estate agent. The agent immediately promoted the house and a few days later the owner saw a very attractive photo of it with a wonderful description of his gardens in an extensive magazine. After reading the advertisement, the house owner quickly called the real estate agent and said to him: "I'm sorry, Mister Miller, but after all, I decided not to sell my house. Having read your ad in this magazine, I realized that it was just the kind of house I wanted to live in all my life."

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He is hardworking. = He works hard. loyal = He only loves his wife and no other woman. music group / orchestra / music band conductor = orchestra schoolmaster / head of school = school head of the office = company officer in charge = police commanding officer = army extremely difficult = very difficult In an exhibition, we can see pictures. In a performance / concert, we can listen to the music of an orchestra. The music group performs / plays music. Peter plays music in a music group. = He is a member of the music group. Before a performance, the music group must play a lot and then they can play well at the performance. = They rehearse. = They hold rehearsals. list of food: egg, carrot, apple, banana, hamburger, cheese, bread, mushroom, chicken, pizza, cake, meat, soup, sweets, chocolate, pie, tart, meat, potato, fish coat = warm and thick jacket = thin A singer sings a song. A violinist plays on a violin. A drummer plays on the drums and makes the rhythm (tamtam – tam – tam – tamtam) music instrument = violin / drums to blush = to get red in the face 6) Hardworking and loyal The conductor of a music group found it extremely difficult to prepare for an important performance, since members of the music group were never all present at the rehearsals. Then the last rehearsal before the performance came and again some of the members were not there. At the end of the rehearsal, the conductor said to all present members of the orchestra, “I wrote down the names of those who were absent from our various rehearsals. Here is the list." He pulled a piece of paper out of his jacket pocket and looked at it. "I see that the only one who worked hard and was loyal enough to be present every time was the drummer." The drummer blushed, got up and replied, "Well, I thought it was the only right thing to do because I can't be performing tomorrow."

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C-O-M-P-A-N-Y = spell the word “company” officer in charge = police commanding officer = army schoolmaster / head of school = school head of the office = company In Europe, every car must have a sign with its number in front and in the back. = license plate / number plate bridge = street / road over / above a river When there is an accident, the police come and write how the accident happened. = write a report In the police station, there is a book with all reports. = report book cross out = draw a line through a letter / word / sentence The engine of my car doesn’t work. If I want to move my car, I must push it. 5) How to spell names? One evening a policeman returned to his police station and told the officer in charge that he had found an old car without a license plate. "Where was it?" the officer asked. "In Ecclesiasty Street behind the bridge," the policeman replied. The officer opened the report book and began to write. When he reached the street name, he started spelling out "E-C-L-". He looked at it for a few seconds, then crossed it out and wrote "E-C-C-L-". Then he got annoyed, decided that he was already too busy with other work and said to the policeman, "write the report yourself!" The policeman had a try, too. But after a minute he put on his hat and started walking out slowly. "Where are you going?" the officer asked. "Back to Ecclesiasty Street," the policeman replied. "I will push the car around the corner into Smith Street."

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Likewise / Ditto / the same way / like that I write my name on a paper. = I sign. The secretary is the right hand of the manager, she writes the letters and helps him. draw a line = paint a line clouds in the sky clouds on the ground = fog / foggy When there is much fog / thick fog cars can’t drive fast in the street. Then, they must drive slowly and very often even stand and wait because the other cars can’t drive fast either. = traffic jam The traffic jam was caused by thick fog. = There was traffic jam because of thick fog. underneath = under 4) Ditto At the entrance to a large office in London, there was a book that every employee had to sign every morning when they arrived. At nine o'clock, the manager's secretary, who lived in a small apartment above the office, had to draw a red line under the last name in the book, and anyone who arrived after that had to explain why he was late. Usually the first person, who came too late when there was thick fog in the city, wrote "Traffic jam caused by thick fog!" under the red line in the book and everyone else who came after that just put "Ditto!" underneath. But one foggy morning the first person to arrive late wrote, "My wife had a baby this morning!" instead of "Traffic jam caused by thick fog!" under the red line in the book. Twenty or thirty people who came after him wrote "Ditto!" underneath as usual.

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