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... and you don't give a shit about your family - и тебе плевать на твою семью.

The world does not revolve around your pain.

But at least he's trying, which is more than I can say for you. - Но по крайней мере он пытается, чего о тебе не скажешь.

But I put one foot in front of the other every single fucking day because I want to make my life better.

You're out cold, dreaming sweetly... - Ты в отключке, спишь сладко...

I don't understand where you're going with this. - Я не понимаю, к чему вы клоните.

I can't bring myself to cancel - Не могу заставить себя отменить [встречу].

I left things out - Я кое о чём умолчал.

It's one minute to three - Уже без любой минуты три.

I want to be a good father, I know that in my gut - Я хочу быть хорошим отцом, у меня это в крови.

What did you want to see me about? - Почему ты хотела меня увидеть?

I'd completely forgotten that! - Я совсем про это забыла!

They're not taking a honeymoon? - именно take, также для holiday

Are you just saying that? - Ты это просто так это говоришь? (Хочешь от меня отделаться?)

Todo: узнать, что за правила:

I'm going to issue a court order preventing Ms. Bailey from any contact with the four children until this order is lifted.

If you make a member public, you typically want to expose that member with an uppercase letter. The uppercase letter would be the convention.

It should have been a lot easier, if Alison would've shown up to pack up her shit.

Conditionals exercises отсюда: предложения, в которых я допустила ошибки

2. If I won that much money, I would travel around the world and stay in the most luxurious hotels.

2. If I wanted to stay in a beautiful hotel and the hotel were full, I would buy the hotel and make them give me a room.

3. I would feel much more comfortable if I were able to be honest with the customers.

4. If I had taken Spanish, I would have gotten the job.

5. Your parents should have done something about him. They could have gone to the principle of the school and complained about the way Mr. Harris treated the girls.

6. Sally's alarm didn't go off, and she was almost late to the interview. If she had arrived late, she might not have gotten the job.

6. Martha said that Paul called Nick a jerk at the party. I don't believe that! Paul is polite and well mannered. He would never have said anything rude or insulting like that.

8. Future real conditional

8.3 Sally has always been interested in pre-Columbian cultures. When she goes to Mexico, she will be visiting Chichen Itza, the most famous Mayan site in the Yucatan.

8.8 If she gets accepted to the university, she will move to Boston to study astrophysics.

10. Mixed conditionals

10.2.a. Tom is not going to come to dinner tomorrow because you insulted him yesterday.
10.2.b. But, he would be coming if you hadn't insulted him.

Почему не he would be going to come?

Hey, Patrick! Don't forget, that the party starts at 9 o'clock!

We use Present Simple to talk about scheduled events which will happen in the near future.

In his essay, professor Nickson admits the existance of UFO, but points out the fact that we still have no proved evidence of their existence.

The best suitable tense for this sentence is the Present Simple. It is often used when we give some kind of a review or a summary. For example, it can be a book, a movie, a theatre play, etc.

When I quarrel with my sister she just stops talking to me. She is always ignoring me!

1. When we talk about common, regular situations in the present we use the Present Simple: we quarrel, she stops. 2. We often use the Present Continuous to express our negative attitude to a situation: she's always ignoring me!

My family is having supper now. But I have a high temperature at the moment and I'm too weak to join them.

When we talk about things in general, permanent situations and states or things that happen sometimes, we use the Present Simple Tense. When we describe an event that is happening in the moment of speaking we use the Present Continuous. Remember that some stative verbs (feel, have, see, seem, look, etc.) can be used in continuous form but with the change in meaning. Here: has - refers to possession / is having - means 'is eating'

Jim usually works at the office but he is working at home today.

1. We use the Present Simple to talk about permanent and regular situations. 2. We use the Present Continuous to refer to temporary situations in the present

Из статьи Skyeng

“The” употребляется с наименованиями океанов, морей, рек, островов и горных цепей (в названии гор - нет), пустынь, стран, названия которых стоят во множественном числе, и сторон света.

“The” употребляется с наименованиями валют:

• The euro has risen against the dollar.

Неопределенный артикль может заменять “per” ("в, на"):

• She earns $3000 a month.
• He visits Japan twice a year.
• They drove at 90 kilometers an hour.

Определенный артикль ставится перед названиями разнообразных видов развлечений — только не перед словом “television”:

• I go to the cinema, the opera, the ballet and the theatre.
• In the evenings I prefer to stay at home and watch television.

Вот это меня совсем запутало:

Kumiko discovered that there were quite a few cultural differences between the Danish and Norwegians. She had always assumed Scandinavians were the same.

Оказалось, что не всегда перед национальностями используется the. Из этого предложения кажется логичным, что перед национальностями, которые выглядят как существительное во множественном числе артикль не ставится, а ставится только перед национальностями-прилагательными.

Но на одном из сервисов вопрос-ответ чуваку, который такое сказал, заминусовали ответ, мол, неправильно.

Ещё вот такое интересно. Оба варианта ниже правильные:

Tamara is Russian [прилагательное]

Tamara is a Russian [существительное]

Это в общем-то логично.

Дополнительные наблюдения по итогам тестов отсюда:

Буквы и цифры используются с артиклями: an "8", a "B", a "U", an "O".

The blind. Наверное, потому что слепые - это тоже группа людей, как и "the French".

Артикль the ставится перед фамилиями, если те стоят во множественном числе и обозначают всю семью, всех членов семьи (the Smiths).

Названия парков, как правило, употребляются без артикля (Hyde Park, Memorial Park)

Однако, названия парков зарубежных стран часто употребляются с определенным артиклем (the Gorki Park в Москве, the Tiergarten в Берлине).

Также названия некоторых парков традиционно используются с определенным артиклем (the Snowdonia National Parkt, the Botanical Gardens).

Пляжи и бульвары используются без артикля.

"She has a Ph.D. in biology from Yale and an MBA from Harvard".

English speakers often use THE plus a singular noun when they talk about or make generalizations about certain topics, including:

• musical instruments (the piano, the guitar, the flute)
• plants (the coconut palm, the saguaro, the baobab)
• animals (the leopard, the elephant, the lowland gorilla)
• inventions (the steam engine, the plane, the light bulb)
• currencies (the dollar, the euro, the yen)
• body parts (the head, the eye, the ear)

Храмы, соборы, дворцы и замки, как правило, используются без артикля. Насколько я поняла, исключение составляют те, чьё имя совпадает с именем прилегающей территории, тогда используется артикль the.

• St. Peter's Basilica
• Shaolin Temple
• Jerusalem Great Synagogue
• Neuschwanstein
• Odawara Castle

На картинке замок Neuschwanstein в Швангау, Германия :)

Много правил на артикли. Теперь осталось найти тренажёр и заниматься до появления автоматизма.

'The' is not used before names of continents (Antarctica).

'The' is not used before names of cities and suburbs, but there are some exceptions: the Hague, the Bronx, the Plains (Virginia).

When the word 'volcano' is used, the definite article 'the' should be placed before the name of the volcano (the Kilimanjaro volcano)

We know that there is the only Pope in the world, so we use definite article 'the'.

When we use numerals before nouns we don't use articles (there are eleven players).

'The' is used before names of oceans (the Indian ocean).

The' is not used before names of countries, but there are some exceptions: the Netherlands, the Argentine, the Vatican City, the Sudan.

'The' is used before names of musical instruments (the cello).

We use articles 'a/an' when we talk about jobs.

'The' is used before the names of countries in a plural form (the Philippines).

'The' is used before nouns which are unique (the Earth, the Moon, the Equator).

We use 'the' before mountain ranges (the Himalayas)

'The' is used before the words 'evening/night/morning/afternoon'.

'The' is used before names of groups of islands, states, mountain chains (the Alps)

We do not use articles before school or academic subjects (Chemistry, Physics).

'The' is used before the names of countries with 'republic', 'kingdom', 'states'.

We use 'the' before superlative adjectives (one of the best).

We usually use the definite article before newspaper names.

We use 'the' before famous monuments, buildings, museums, etc (the Eiffel tower).

We use the definite article to refer to a whole group of people (the French).

We should use 'the' with geographical features (rivers, seas, oceans, canals, mountain ranges, groups of islands and etc.).

Articles are not used before names of squares.