lesson 35

Let's move on and talk about you/Can we move on, please?

I don't like it because half the time I think you got your wires crossed.

Even when I tried to do good, it came out wrong. /"Words come out wrong, and I have to go back to the basics."

This is a mealey-mouthed excusing of behaviour that ought to be seen as nothing less than criminal.

People can live with only one kidney/An anonymous person donated their kidney.

He decided to be an anonymous donor/Our foundation relies on the generosity of the donors like him./ She is a blood donor /. He became a kidney donor for his mother

He needs a transplant, and our insurance won't cover it./My daughter had a transplant but her body rejected it.

But he had a relapse and died two years later/ Once you've had cancer, recurrence is your biggest fear/

The pain was too excruciating for me./The noise they made was excruciating

He was diagnosed with liver cancer./The human liver weighs about 1.5 kilograms.

He had to have 7 stitches.

She fasts from time to time/We fast on Fridays.

I've lost a filling./The dentist X-rayed my teeth and decided to put in a filling.

Good because after you get there you'll find more unspoiled areas to enjoy.

She heard a distant noise/He's my distant relative

Tomorrow might be hectic./

It was a quiet secluded beach./

When I left, the food on her table was untouched.

The large, bustling room is especially good for people with children.

The Tatra Mountains are a mountain range in Poland.

Superman wears a red cape./ The ship crashed on the cape.

Europe has 305 000 kilometres of coastline

The night was dark and overcast./The sky had suddenly become overcast

On such a scorching day, I want to swim in the pool

The sleet is melting / Slow down. There's sleet on the road.

I'll race you to that birch tree/See the small birch behind, off to the left?

She has painted a lovely picture with a maple in the background.

We had a pine as a Christmas tree.

Our Christmas tree this year was a spruce.

Illegal logging is very often the first step towards the general exploitation of natural forests.

I've seen foxes in the zoo, but not in their natural habitat.

This glacier's always moving, so we have to be careful.

We certainly need to step up the effectiveness of fossil fuel use.

His elaborate deception fooled everyone.

Bill Gates is the founder of Microsoft Corporation/It was mandated by the founder of this organization

There's nothing inherently wrong with his ideas/She felt that the system was inherently unfair

Because of her conviction, she could not run for office until 1992/Some things are just a matter of personal conviction

This oak is a natural monument./ I sat in the shade of an oak

These ducks start to breed in late winter.

When the chicks hatch out they are small and defenceless.

She saw a lioness dragging her prey to her cubs./Otherwise we risk that country becoming once again prey to outside interests.

Did you see that? She winked at me