Tricky grammar or How Come?😳
tricky words
Chief or chef?
😎 chief /tʃiːf/
📍N — лидер, руководитель
📍Adj. — главный, самый важный; руководящий
Synonyms
N — a boss, an employer, a head
Adj — main, supreme
🔹 I’d like to appoint Jeff chief loan officer.
🔹The chief of the staff is responsible for taking serious decisions.
👨🍳 chef /ʃef/
существительное — повар, шеф-повар
synonym
существительное — a cook
🔹Remi has always dreamt of becoming a chef at a Michelin-starred restaurant.
Suit or suite?
suit
BrE — /sjuːt/, AmE — /suːt/
📍N — костюм, комплект одежды
📍V — подходить, устраивать, удовлетворять требованиям
Synonyms
N — a tuxedo
V — to satisfy, to match up, to measure up
🔹 She wore a dark blue suit.
🔹The variety of beverages and appetizers at the party suited all tastes.
suite
/swiːt/
существительное — номер люкс; набор, комплект
Synonym
noun — a deluxe room
🔹I need a suite in your hotel.
🙈 Which vs. That: How to Choose
1️⃣ In a defining clause, use that.
2️⃣In non-defining clauses, use which.
3️⃣ Remember, which is as 🛍 disposable as a sandwich bag. If you can remove the clause without destroying the meaning of the sentence, the clause is nonessential and you can use which.
Defining clause (essential clause)
Non-defining clause
🔹 My bike that has a broken seat is in the garage.
📍In this sentence, you understand that the speaker has at least one other bike. If you removed the clause “that has a broken seat,” you would lose the implication that he owns more than one bicycle, and even if you somehow knew about the other bikes, you wouldn’t know which one was in the garage.
🔹To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment. (Ralph Waldo Emerson)
🔹My bike, which has a broken seat, is in the garage.
📍 Here, the broken seat seat is simply a description of the bike in the garage. There’s no implication that the speaker owns more than one bike. Do you see the difference?
🔹 By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest. (Confucius)
PHRASAL VERBS
ОБРАЗОВАНИЕ
phrasal verbs (adverbs)
give up — сдаваться, прекращать
find out — выяснить, узнать
take off — взлететь, быстро уйти
prepositional verbs (prepositions)
go on — продолжать
look after — заботиться, присматривать
come across — наткнуться, случайно найти
phrasal-prepositional verbs
put up with — терпеть, мириться с чем-либо
come up with — придумывать
look up to — уважать, брать пример
ПЕРЕХОДНОСТЬ
transitive phrasal verbs
I have turned down his proposal. Я отвергла его предложение. (НУЖНО ПРЯМОЕ ДОПОЛНЕНИЕ)
John decided to put off his plans. Джон решил отложить свои планы.
intransitive phrasal verbs
He goes on foot, because his car has broken down.
Он ходит пешком, так как его машина сломалась.
РАЗДЕЛЯЕМОСТЬ
Inseparable phrasal verbs
His car ran into the tree. Его машина столкнулась с деревом.
separable phrasal verbs
You should turn off the music.
You should turn the music off. Тебе следует выключить музыку.
❗️ ВНИМАНИЕ ❗️
Если дополнение выражено местоимением, то фразовый глагол обязательно разделяется:
Mary took off her dress. Мэри сняла платье.
Mary took it off. Мэри сняла его.
🚫 Mary took off it данный вариант недопустим.🚫
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