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Lesson 21 - curs engleză
PROGRESS TEST 1. Fill each of the numbered blanks with a suitable word or phrase. In the spring of 1778, the French revolutionary Talleyrand went to pay his respects to Voltaire. Even in a society ……………… (1) the worldliness of the clergy was notorious, ……………… (2) was a little unseemly. The ink ……………… (3) hardly... citește mai departe
Lesson 20 - curs engleză
1. In most lines of the following text, one word is missing, for each numbered line 1-17, write the missing word in the space. Some lines are correct. Indicate these lines with a tick (). The exercise begins with two examples. By and large I detest holidays, Every vacation paradise I have ever been ….... To has... citește mai departe
Lesson 19 - curs engleză
1. Fill each of the numbered blanks with one suitable word. Whether or not we are …………… (1) in the universe is a question that has vexed humankind for centuries. But we are …………… (2) to live in an era when the technology exists to allow us to come …………… (3) to giving an answer. Up to now, …………… (4) only was a... citește mai departe
Lesson 18 - curs engleză
PROGRESS TEST 1. Fill each of the blanks with one suitable word or phrase. 1. All the best bargains ………………… sold if we don’t get to the market soon. 2. If you don’t call me before 6 pm, I ………………… you are no longer interested. 3. It’s high time ………………… clean about what you were doing last night. 4. If you... citește mai departe
Lesson 17 - curs engleză
PROGRESS TEST 1. Finish each of the sentences in such a way that it is as similar in meaning as possible to the sentence printed before it. 1. Getting the company to change their stand is probably beyond our capabilities. I doubt ………………………………………………………………………………… 2. There’s every chance of industrial action being... citește mai departe
Lesson 16 - curs engleză
PROGRESS TEST 1. Fill each of the blanks with a suitable word or phrase. 1. Our train ………………… if we don’t get to the station soon. 2. By next month we ………………… paying for the car. 3. He is thought ………………… deeply depressed at the time, but recovered later. 4. As soon as he came through the door, he realized... citește mai departe
Lesson 15 - curs engleză
COMPETITION, OPPOSITION, DISAGREEMENT STARTING AND ENDING; CREATING AND DESTROYING COMPETITION, OPPOSITION, DISAGREEMENT 1. Collocation – a number of verbs and adjectives collocate with competition and opposition: We encountered fierce competition in the opening stages of the tournament. The market economy is... citește mai departe
Lesson 14 - curs engleză
DEPENDENT PREPOSITIONS AND PREPOSITIONAL PHRASES EXPRESSING KNOWLEDGE AND BELIEF DEPENDENT PREPOSITIONS AND PREPOSITIONAL PHRASES A. Verb + preposition. 1. as well as verbs of movement and place followed by prepositional phrases, we can use verb + preposition combinations: The film consists of nothing but car... citește mai departe
Lesson 13 - curs engleză
COMMUNICATING QUOTING, REPORTING AND INTERPRETING A. Referring directly to other people’s words – we can use a number of phrases or structures to refer to what other people have said or written: According to the Chancellor, a tax increase is unavoidable. In the words of Shakespeare, ‘All the world’s a stage’.... citește mai departe
Lesson 12 - curs engleză
SUBSTITUTING ONE PHRASE FOR ANOTHER INTENSIFYING AND EMPHASISING SUBSTITUTING ONE PHRASE FOR ANOTHER We can use words or phrases to replace others with more or less the same meaning. We may use one phrase rather than another because it is shorter, more precise or involves a change of emphasis. 1. Adverbs – we... citește mai departe
Lesson 10 - curs engleză
NOUNS FROM PHRASAL VERBS LACK, SHORTAGE AND EXCESS NOUNS FROM PHRASAL VERBS A. Particle first or second? 1. nouns derived from phrasal verbs or preposition as the first part of the word, sometimes the second. The stress is on the first syllable whichever form the word takes. When the particle comes second,... citește mai departe
Lesson 9 - curs engleză
AMOUNT AND EXTENT A. Extent and degree – many adjectives and phrases collocate with extent and degree: To some extent / degree she is right. 1. Here are some more examples: to a lesser / greater / large / small / great / considerable / marked degree / extent 2. We use extent in common phrases: The true / full... citește mai departe
Lesson 8 - curs engleză
SINGULAR, PLURAL, UNCOUNTABLE: COMMON PHRASES A. Countable and uncountable – in several common phrases nouns that are commonly countable are used as uncountable, and vice versa: 1. countable nouns used uncountably: We went on foot. He’ll never set foot in my house again. We don’t see eye to eye. They walked... citește mai departe
Lesson 7 - curs engleză
DIFFERENCES AND SIMILARITIES 1. Collocation – we can use a number of adjective / noun or adverb / verb collocations to say how different or similar people or things are. Other adjectives may have a similar meaning, but we can’t use them because they don’t collocate (see Lesson 1): There’s a noted / wide / strong... citește mai departe
Lesson 6 - curs engleză
EXPRESSING PURPOSE AND EFFECT Apart from linking clauses, we can express purpose and result in other ways. A. Purpose and intention – we can use vocabulary items with meanings related to purpose and intention in different parts of speech. 1. we often express purpose and intention using verbs: I mean / plan /... citește mai departe
Lesson 5 - curs engleză
METAPHOR A metaphor is a combination of vocabulary items we use to express a particular feeling or encourage imagination, e.g.: her sunny smile, have a big head, purr with delight, a sun-drenched beach, pull strings. 1. Compound adjectives and nouns as metaphors – some compounds are always metaphorical – they have... citește mai departe
Lesson 4 - curs engleză
FREQUENCY As well as using modal verbs, we can express frequency in many ways. A. Adverbs and adverbial phrases. 1. we most commonly express the idea of “how often” with adverbs of frequency: I rarely / seldom go into the centre of town if I can help it. John regularly / normally often smokes more than a packet... citește mai departe
Lesson 3 - curs engleză
POSSIBILITY, PROBABILITY AND CERTAINTY A. Likelihood – aside from modals, we can use a number of words and phrases to say how likely it is something that will happen. Some examples: 1. verbs and verbal phrases: I bet you never write to her. I’d stake my life on his honesty. I don’t doubt that he could do the... citește mai departe
Lesson 2 - curs engleză
VERBS WE COMMONLY USE IN THE PASSIVE 1. verbs without an agent – we use some verbs more often in the passive than in the active because the agent is either unknown or obvious, or not important to what we want to say: I was born in Italy. My neighbour’s been arrested! She was fined 100$ for driving without... citește mai departe
Lesson 1 - curs engleză
STATIVE VERBS AND COLLOCATION STATIVE VERBS A. Not normally used in the Continuous – they describe states that stay the same rather than actions or events that change. The most common stative verb is BE. Others include: 1. emotional states (love, doubt, care) and senses (smell): I only want to ask you a simple... citește mai departe
English - First Year of Study
UNIT 1 Objectives: a. Students will be albe to recognize and use the present tenses, both simple and continuous. b. Students will be able to read and speak on a given subject (level elementary). c. Students will be able to write simple, informal lettes. GRAMMAR Present Tense A. Present Tense Simple Pattern... citește mai departe
Domain Analysis - Translation Approach to Psychology
General presentation Translation approach to psychology The psychological domain is not as culture-bound as other domains (for instance the legal domain). Psychology has undergone an internationalization process ever since its appearance. This is a domain which is constantly developing, as the number of subfields... citește mai departe
Curs engleză
The Noun Noun classes: (1)countable nouns= they denote individual countable entities (bottle, chair, forest, idea). (2)uncountable nouns=they denote undifferentiated mass or continuum (bread, grass, music, furniture, gold, money). The language makes it possible to look upon some objects from the point of view... citește mai departe
Financial Intermediaries
To begin with, the aim of this project is to present different financial intermediaries like insurance companies, divided in mutual life insurance company and stock life insurance company and open-ended funds, closed-ended funds and pension funds which are types of mutual funds. They are very important in the... citește mai departe
Terrorism - Political, Economical and Social Implications
Arguments for choosing the theme We have obviously managed to achieve progress in almost all ways and we have built up a global society whose standards of living are higher that anyone living a century ago could have imagined. In the same tie we also managed to make this whole world not so safe a place any more,... citește mai departe