Lesson 390 Written by Rainer: rainer.lehrer@yahoo.com Learn languages (via Skype): Rainer: + 36 20 549 52 97 or + 36 20 334 79 74

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Lesson 390

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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