23rd November 2023
cloudy , cool
Thursday
Present Perfect Continuous
have / has + been + V+ing
- emphasising of the duration of an action
* I have been training all the last weeks / all these weeks .
- emphasising the result of an action
* I have been studying a lot lately so that is why I am tired.
- annoyance , discomfort
* Somebody has been eating my porridge !
to pant (ed) = a gafai ( dupa efort / fuga)
colour idioms
https://improving-your-english.com/vocabulary/idioms/color-idioms/
be green with envy = a se inverzi de invidie
* Was your mother-in-law green with envy when she saw your big house?
appear out of the blue = a-si face aparitia pe neasteptate
* You are going to give me a heart attack if you keep appearing out of the blue !
to be caught red-handed = a fi prins in flagrant
* She has been caught red-handed stealing from the shop.
to feel blue - a fi deprimat / melancolic
* Some people feel blue on Valentine's Day .
to be the black sheep = a fi " oaia neagra "
* My brother doesn't want to be the black sheep of the family.
to black out = a lesina
* Unfortunately there are people who drink until they black out .
a red herring = un indiciu inselator
* In Romanian politics using red herrings has become a habit .
a gray area = zona neclara
* Education in Romania is a gray area.
a white elephant = un lucru prea scump ptr inutilitatea sa
* Why do people have white elephants?
to have green light = a avea voie / permisiunea sa ...
* To have green light in business means to do how you think to .
collar = guler
a white-collar worker = functionar
a blue-collar worker = muncitor
* All parents want their child to become a white-collar worker.
tycoon = magnat
bargain = chilipir
Write a new comment as a reply to the initial one replacing past with present perfect simple/ continuous
It has been a sunny Monday. Two friends have met in their way to school. The girl has said:
ReplyDelete- I’m feeling under the weather and I really don’t want to go to school today…
- Whaaaaat? It’s sunny and warm! Do you like when it’s cold and cloudy? Today is your surprise party before you go to the other school! You must be happy!
- Seriously, Jack? You have spilt the beans! It has been a surprise party, do you remember? Now, the surprising part has fallen down in flames! And you haven’t understood me. I’m not feeling good, but if there is a party…I will come, rain or shine!
- I haven’t understood you because you have beaten around the bush!
- Anyways…You know that I enter the volleyball competition by the skin of my teeth, I have almost missed the boat. I have trained so much this weeks! I want my team to win this time! I can’t stand that team of girls from Dublin! They aren’t good at volleyball and they will never be!
- You can say that again! Now, we see each other eye to eye! I will be there to support your team through thick and thin! And, what is your first class today?
- I have math and we will have a very important test today.
- Then, break a leg! Byeeee!
- Who is beating around the bush now, huh?
- Hahaha!
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thEsE weeks!
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