PM Today's phrase Flashcards
29.01.13 More than expected (temmelig)
You agree? (ikke sandt?)
Today is a pretty big day for you, huh?
Drop it! (Slip !, ordre til f.eks.hund)
Bad girl! Let go of that!
News (Noget nyt?)
Parcel by ship or post (Forsendelse)
Any update on the status of the next shipment?
No news is (are? no) good news!
27.01.13 Decide, figure out (regne ud);
Mean, (betyde, forestille)
I can’t tell what that word’s supposed to be. Any ideas?
Reminder for monthly payment (påmindelse vedr. huslejebetaling)
I am writing to inform you that we have not yet received your rent payment for this month.
Payment before…
You will have to pay…
Fine, fee (rykkergebyr)
150 dollars
If payment is not received by January 15th, you will be charged a $150 penalty.
Any objections? (let truende)
What’s your problem?
Excusez moi! (indedning til et spørgsmål)
Excuse me!
Went through, thoroughly (gennempløjede)
Really? They plowed my street the next morning.
Changed to a mess (udviklet sig til noget rod)
It’s all turned to slush at this point.
I used to be able to run five miles without breaking a sweat.
Now I get winded after the first five minutes.
Now I get winded after the first five minutes.
I used to be able to run five miles without breaking a sweat.
To describe an ability that someone had in the past, use the phrase “___ used to be able to ___”.
Didn’t you used to be able to do a back handspring?
Aaron har senere rettet dette til
“didn’t you use to be able to” eller
“didn’t you be used to be able to” !
Didn’t you used to be able to do a back handspring?
Aaron har senere rettet dette til
“didn’t you use to be able to” eller
“didn’t you be used to be able to” !
To describe an ability that someone had in the past, use the phrase “___ used to be able to ___”.
In native-sounding English, it’s much more common to use “used to be able to” than “could”. We use “could” mostly to talk about something that a person was able to do one time in the past, like this:
I could see them, but I couldn’t hear what they were saying.
“without breaking a sweat” means
doing something easily.
“doing something easily” means.
without breaking a sweat
colloquial and casual-sounding
“Getting winded” means
not having enough air because you’ve exercised too hard.
not having enough air because you’ve exercised too hard is expressed by:
“Getting winded”
People can also get winded when something big hits them in (e.g.)
the chest or back!!
I could see them, but I couldn’t hear what they were saying.
In native-sounding English, it’s much more common to use “used to be able to” than “could”. We use “could” mostly to talk about something that a person was able to do one time in the past, like this:
Doing something “without breaking a sweat” means doing it easily.
You can use this phrase to talk about physical activities like running, moving heaving boxes, etc.
You can also use this expression about other activities, although they usually don’t make you sweat:
Cooking, serving dinner, learning English (?), all of which are a little extra, but for you still easily done. (my explanation)
When you have a strong opinion that you’re really sure about, you can end your sentence with “plain and simple.”
This expression makes you seem very opinionated and aggressive.
For example:
To succeed in this world, you have to be a good networker, plain and simple.
Politicians are all liars, plain and simple.
The phrase “tax dollars” means money that the people of a country paid through their taxes.
People usually use the phrase “tax dollars” when they’re complaining about how the government spends this money:
The government is still using our tax dollars to fight a losing war that most of us don’t even want to be in.
They need to put more of our tax dollars toward education.
