phr mean3 Flashcards
Os(de peste)
fishbone
Va incalciti in telefonul ala?
-Are you getting tangled up in that phone?
-Are you having trouble with that phone?
-Are you getting lost in that phone?
Mai era ceva in el
-There was something else in it.
-There was still something in it
-There was something left in it
Mai era ceva in el?=Was there something else in it?
-Was there anything else inside?
-Was there more in it?
Nici mai tarziu nici mai devreme
-Neither later nor earlier
-Not a moment sooner or later
-Exactly on time, not earlier or later
-Neither sooner nor later
Optimist & Pesimist
-Optimist & Pessimist
Era mai bine sa fii (fost) Jamal (acolo)
Era mai bine sa fii Jamal=It would be better if you were Jamal
Era mai bine sa fii fost Jamal=It would have been better if you were Jamal
(varianta mai buna) -It would have been better if you had been Jamal
Era mai bine sa fie Jamal acolo= It would have been better if Jamal were there
Era mai bine sa fii fost Jamal acolo= It would have been better if Jamal had been there
-It would have been better if it were Jamal who was there
Risipitor
-Spendthrift
-Wasteful
Mancarea se termina repede / o sa se termine repede
Mancare se termina repede= The food runs out quickly
-We run out of food quickly
Mancarea o sa se termine repede= The food will run out quickly
-The food will be gone soon
-We’ll run out of food quickly
Trebuie sa le punem la punct
-We need to set them straight
-We need to correct them
A fost o inscenare
-It was a setup
-It was a frame-up