EDITH IAROVICI, LILIANA MAREȘ (1981), ”EXERCIȚII LEXICALE ÎN LIMBA ENGLEZĂ” IV

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Two men, John and Jim, travelling through the country in America, stopped at a small inn for dinner. On the table there was a large cup of mustard. One of them, thinking the contents were custard or a sweet of some kind, took a spoonful of it in his mouth. Tears ran down his cheeks, but wishing to have his friend caught in the same trap, he said nothing of the mistake he had made. The other man, seeing that his friend was crying, said:

”Listen, Jim, what are you crying about?”

”I was thinking of my father who was hanged twenty years ago.” Jim replied.

Soon after, John took a spoonful of the mustard and as the tears started down his cheeeks, Jim, in his turn, said:

”What are you crying about?”

”To think you were not hanged the same day your father was,” the answer came.

 

COMMENTS AND EXPLANATIONS

 

1.     ...............

To travel

To journey

To voyage

They all mean ”covering a distance”

To travel is the neutral term: we may travel both by land and by sea or by air. To travel is usually indefinite and implies covering long distances.

To journey, generally, by land, is more often than not definite, having an appointed destination.

To voyage is to travel by sea/ water or by plane/ air.

They all may be used as nouns, too.

 

2.     To stop

To put an end to (the movement or progress of a person, thing, activity, etc)

To stop a car/ a bus/ a piece of machinery

 

To prevent, to hinder (to stop sb/ from doing sth)

Can’t you stop her from behaving in this foolish way?

 

To leave off, to break off, to discontinue

We stopped looking at the shop-windows because it was late.

 

To come to rest, to halt

Does the fast train stop at the next station?

 

To fill or close a hole, opening, etc (to stop sth up)

I must have my tooth stopped by all means.

 

To stay

John and Jim stopped at a small inn.

 

To cut off, to suspend, to decline customary giving of or permission for

John's employer stopped his wages.

 

3.     Custard = a mixture of eggs and milk, sweetened and flavoured

 

4.     Spoonful = as much as a spoon can hold

NOTE

            -ful added as a suffix to variuos nouns, sometimes denotes the content the respective object can hold, hence: plateful, handful, bucketful, etc.

5.     Trap = here a trick for betraying a person into speech or act

 

6.     ............

 

To cry

To weep

They both denote an outward expression of pain or grief

To cry generally implies a noisy utterance of pain

To weep more often than not implies a quieter utterance of grief

 

 

    Translate the following sentences into English using to stop whenever possible:

1.     Nu eu sunt aceea care l-a oprit să se ducă la petrecerea Mariei.

2.     Jim se temea că plata traducerilor lui va fi sistată pentru câteva luni.

3.     Când am ajuns în stațiune, am poposit la cel mai luxos hotel.

4.     De eram acolo, îl făceam eu să nu vă mai amenințe.

5.     Acel gol trebuie umplut fără nici o întârziere.

6.     Nu mai bombăni, te rog, nu vezi cât ești de ridicol?

7.     Ceasul are să se oprească dacă n-ai să-l întorci.

 

 

Sursa:

EDITH IAROVICI, LILIANA MAREȘ (1981), ”EXERCIȚII LEXICALE ÎN LIMBA ENGLEZĂ”, EDITURA ȘTIINȚIFICĂ ȘI ENCICLOPEDICĂ, BUCUREȘTI

 

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