Off Course Angol: 2016

176. new year

na vajon melyik szó hiányozhat egy falfirkás humorból?... a fordítása szókincs-segítséggel nem nehezebb 2/5 szintnél – legalábbis ha már megnézted az igeidők videót, ugye :)

segítség a nyelvtanhoz:
* igeidők (videó)

Wikipedia: In the Gregorian calendar, New Year's Eve (also known as Old Year's Day or Saint Sylvester's Day in many countries), the last day of the year, is on December 31 which is six days after Christmas.

Samoa and parts of Kiribati are the first places to welcome the New Year while American Samoa and Baker Island in the United States, are among the last...

New Year's Eve (Szilveszter) in Hungary is celebrated with home parties and street parties, including a gathering in downtown Budapest. Fireworks and firecrackers are popular. Champagne, wine and traditional Hungarian New Year dishes — frankfurter sausages with horseradish, lentil soup, fish, and roast pig — are consumed. The national anthem is commonly sung at midnight.

In Budapest, the Timewheel runs out on New Year's Eve, and is mechanically rotated so that the sand run through it for another year.

In past centuries, some Hungarians believed that animals were able to speak on New Year's Eve, and that onion skins sprinkled with salt could indicate a rainy month.

Hungarian Christian communities focus on celebrating Mass on both New Year's Eve and New Year's Day...

In English-speaking countries, a few popular songs are associated with New Year's Eve, and it is common for them to be broadcast via radio on (or shortly before) December 31: Even some Christmas songs focus on the arrival of a new year during the Christmas and holiday season.

"Auld Lang Syne" by Robert Burns. This is the song most closely associated with the holiday – especially the Guy Lombardo musical rendition. A version performed by Lea Michele was featured in the 2011 film New Year's Eve.

John Masey Wright and John Rogers' c. 1841 illustration of Auld Lang Syne.

"Happy New Year" by ABBA.
"Imagine" by John Lennon.
"It Was a Very Good Year" by Frank Sinatra.
"It's Just Another New Year's Eve" by Barry Manilow.
"Let's Start the New Year Right" by Bing Crosby.
"New Year's Day" by U2.
"Same Old Lang Syne" by Dan Fogelberg.
"Let's Spend This New Year's Eve At Home" by Christi Bauerlee.
"Kiss Me at Midnight" by 'N Sync from their 1998 album The Winter Album.
"This Is the New Year" by A Great Big World.

175. presents

aki gyerekből van, könnyedén pótolja a hiányzókat :)
a fordítás durvanehéz – neked nem valószínű, hogy érdemes próbálkoznod, hm?

segítség a nyelvtanhoz:
* igeidők (videó)
* milyen és olyan, mint_mondatok

(http://www.whychristmas.com)

One of the main reasons we have the custom of giving and receiving presents at Christmas, is to remind us of the presents given to Jesus by the Wise Men: Frankincense, Gold and Myrrh...

-- Frankincense was a perfume used in Jewish worship and, as a gift, it showed that people would worship Jesus.

-- Gold was associated with Kings and Christians believe that Jesus is the King of Kings.

-- Myrrh was a perfume that was put on dead bodies to make them smell nice and, as a gift, it showed that Jesus would suffer and die.

Christmas itself is really about a big present that God gave the world about 2000 years ago - Jesus! One of the most famous Bible verses, John 3:16, says: 'God loved the world so much, that he gave his one and only Son, so that whoever believes in him may not be lost but have eternal life.'.

All over the world, families and friends give presents to each other. Most children around the world believe in a Christmas gift bringer. It's often St. Nicholas, Santa Claus or Father Christmas, but in Germany they believe that it is the Christkind, in Spain they believe it is the Wise Men and in Italy they believe it is an old lady called Befana.

These presents are also left in different places! In most of Europe, the presents are left in shoes or boots put out by the children. In Italy, the UK and the USA presents are left in stockings, often left hanging by a fire place. In many countries, presents for friends and family may be left under the Christmas Tree. In the UK, they are often opened on Christmas day morning with all the family together.

The custom of hanging stockings comes from the story of St. Nicholas.

Presents are opened on different days over the world as well. The earliest presents are opened is on St. Nicholas' Eve on December 5th when children in Holland of ten receive their presents. On St. Nicholas' Day (6th December) children in Belgium, Germany, Czech Republic and some other European countries open some of their presents.

Children in the UK, USA and many other countries, such as Japan, open their presents on Christmas Day, December 25th. The latest presents are opened on January 6th (a month after the earliest). This is known as Epiphany and is mainly celebrated in Catholic countries such Spain and Mexico.

One popular way of giving presents in groups such as clubs, school classes and workplaces is to have a 'Secret Santa'. This is where you pull the name of someone else in the group out of a hat (or other container!). You then buy a present for that person. When the presents are given out (often at a Christmas party) each person is given their present but they have no idea which person in the group bought it for them!

47. mother-in-law

Off Course Angol megosztja egy emlékét...

segítség a nyelvtanhoz:
* igeidők (videó)
* igeidők-2: kivételek, érdekességek_mondatok
* hagy, hadd_mondatok

Wikipedia: Leslie "Les" Dawson, Jr. (2 February 1931 – 10 June 1993) was an English comedian, actor, writer, and presenter, who is best remembered for deadpan style, curmudgeonly persona and jokes about his mother-in-law and wife.

Dawson claimed in his entertaining but unreliable autobiography that he began entertaining as a pianist in a Parisian brothel ... He was a talented pianist but developed a gag in which he played a familiar piece such as Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata and then introduced hideously wrong notes (yet not destroying the tune) without appearing to realise, smiling unctuously and relishing the accuracy and soul of his own performance. ... Dawson's style as a comic was world-weary, lugubrious and earthy. He was as popular with female as with male audiences. A reporter from The Sun found him backstage joking with cleaning women and making them laugh. ... Before his fame Dawson wrote poetry and kept it secret. It was not expected that someone of his working class background would have literary ambitions. ... Having broken his jaw in a boxing match, he could pull grotesque faces by pulling his jaw over his upper lip. ... Dawson was a heavy smoker and drinker. When not working he would often drink a bottle of whisky and smoke 50 cigarettes a day.

174. homesick

így érez az ember Off Course – ha már tudod, hogyan, fordítsd le, ha vállalod, hogy felhasználod a dőlt betűs segítséget, akkor azért inkább 3/5 szintű a feladat. ügyes légy :)

segítség a nyelvtanhoz:
* igeidők (videó)
* még... is, még... sem_mondatok

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173. Christmas

Tavaly óta semmi nem változott... Global Warming and Merry Christmas, Off Course :) – ha már kitaláltad, melyik szó hiányzik (érezz bele, fog menni), fordítsd is le (használj fel minden magánhangzót)!

segítség a nyelvtanhoz:
* bárki, bármi stb._mondatok
* verry vagy merry? (videó)

Wikipedia: Christmas or Christmas Day (Old English: Crīstesmæsse, meaning "Christ's Mass") is an annual festival commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ, observed most commonly on December 25 as a religious and cultural celebration among billions of people around the world...

..."Christmas" is a shortened form of "Christ's mass". It is derived from the Middle English Cristemasse, which is from Old English Crīstesmæsse, a phrase first recorded in 1038 followed by the word Cristes-messe in 1131. Crīst (genitive Crīstes) is from Greek Khrīstos (Χριστός), a translation of Hebrew Māšîaḥ (מָשִׁיחַ), "Messiah", meaning "anointed"; and mæsse is from Latin missa, the celebration of the Eucharist. The form Christenmas was also historically used, but is now considered archaic and dialectal; it derives from Middle English Cristenmasse, literally "Christian mass". Xmas is an abbreviation of Christmas found particularly in print, based on the initial letter chi (Χ) in Greek Khrīstos (Χριστός), "Christ", though numerous style guides discourage its use; it has precedent in Middle English Χρ̄es masse (where "Χρ̄" is an abbreviation for Χριστός)...

Map of countries where Christmas is not a formal public holiday

either on December 24/25 or January 6/7.

...Allegations of political correctness

Some Christians and organizations such as Pat Robertson's American Center for Law and Justice cite alleged attacks on Christmas (dubbing them a "war on Christmas"). Such groups claim that any specific mention of the term "Christmas" or its religious aspects is being increasingly censored, avoided, or discouraged by a number of advertisers, retailers, government (prominently schools), and other public and private organizations. One controversy is the occurrence of Christmas trees being renamed Holiday trees. In the U.S. there has been a tendency to replace the greeting Merry Christmas with Happy Holidays, which is considered inclusive at the time of the Jewish celebration of Hanukkah. In the U.S. and Canada, where the use of the term "Holidays" is most prevalent, opponents have denounced its usage and avoidance of using the term "Christmas" as being politically correct. Groups such as the American Civil Liberties Union have initiated court cases to bar the display of images and other material referring to Christmas from public property, including schools. Such groups argue that government-funded displays of Christmas imagery and traditions violate the First Amendment to the United States Constitution, which prohibits the establishment by Congress of a national religion. In 1984, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Lynch v. Donnelly that a Christmas display (which included a Nativity scene) owned and displayed by the city of Pawtucket, Rhode Island, did not violate the First Amendment. In November 2009, the federal appeals court in Philadelphia upheld a school district's ban on the singing of Christmas carols. The US Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal...

172. bribe

nyilván sejted, melyik országról van szó?... a fordítás csapdás, csak akkor állj neki, ha elég/túl nagy az önbizalmad :)

segítség a nyelvtanhoz:
* igeidők (videó)
* igeneves szerkezetek_mondatok

Wikipedia: Many types of payments or favors can constitute bribes: tip, gift, sop, perk, skim, favor, discount, waived fee/ticket, free food, free ad, free trip, free tickets, sweetheart deal, kickback/payback, funding, inflated sale of an object or property, lucrative contract, donation, campaign contribution, fundraiser, sponsorship/backing, higher paying job, stock options, secret commission, or promotion (rise of position/rank).

One must be careful of differing social and cultural norms when examining bribery. Expectations of when a monetary transaction is appropriate can differ from place to place. Political campaign contributions in the form of cash, for example, are considered criminal acts of bribery in some countries, while in the United States, provided they adhere to election law, are legal. Tipping, for example, is considered bribery in some societies, while in others the two concepts may not be interchangeable.

In some Spanish-speaking countries, bribes are referred to as "mordida" (literally, "bite"). In Arab countries, bribes may be called baksheesh (a tip, gift, or gratuity) or "shay" (literally, "tea"). French-speaking countries often use the expressions "dessous-de-table" ("under-the-table" commissions), "pot-de-vin" (literally, "wine-pot"), or "commission occulte" ("secret commission" or "kickback"). While the last two expressions contain inherently a negative connotation, the expression "dessous-de-table" can be often understood as a commonly accepted business practice (for instance, on the occasion of a real estate transaction before the notary, a partial payment made between the buyer and seller; needless to say, this is a good way to launder money). In German, the common term is Schmiergeld ("smoothing money")...

...Referees and scoring judges may be offered money, gifts, or other compensation to guarantee a specific outcome in an athletic or other sports competition. A well-known example of this manner of bribery in sport would be the 2002 Olympic Winter Games figure skating scandal, where the French judge in the pairs competition voted for the Russian skaters in order to secure an advantage for the French skaters in the ice dancing competition...

...Bribery around the world is estimated at about $1 trillion (£494bn)...

A world map of the 2015 Corruption Perceptions Index by Transparency International which measures "the degree to which corruption is perceived to exist among public officials and politicians". High numbers (blue) indicate less perception of corruption, whereas lower numbers (red) indicate higher perception of corruption.

171. without war

gyakorlatilag biztosra veszem hogy simán pótolod a hiányzó szót... a fordításhoz már némi tudás+tehetség is kellhet, teszteld magad :)

segítség a nyelvtanhoz:
* feltételes mód (videó)
* feltételes mód_mondatok
* képes, tud_mondatok

(http://www.ancient.eu/war)

(from “War” by Joshua J. Mark published on 02 September 2009)

The word 'war' comes to English by the old High German language word 'Werran' (to confuse or to cause confusion) through the Old English 'Werre' (meaning the same), and is a state of open and usually declared armed conflict between political entities such as sovereign states or between rival political or social factions within the same state. The Prussian military analyst Carl Von Clausewitz, in his book On War, calls it, “continuation of politics carried on by other means.” War is waged by political entities, nations or, earlier, city states in order to resolve political or territorial disputes and are carried out on the battlefield by armies comprised of soldiers of the contending nations or by mercenaries paid by a government to wage battle...

...The first war in recorded history took place in Mesopotamia in 2700 BCE between Sumer and Elam. The Sumerians, under command of the King of Kish, Enembaragesi, defeated the Elamites in this war and, it is recorded, “carried away as spoils the weapons of Elam.”...

...With advancements in technology, war has increasingly wreaked chaos and destruction upon the lives and cities of combatants and non-combatants and, true to the origins of the name, has sown confusion throughout time. The first armed conflict in history recorded by eyewitnesses was the Battle of Megiddo in 1479 BCE between Thutmose III of Egypt and an alliance of former Egyptian territories under the leadership of the King of Kadesh. The Hebrew name for Megiddo is 'Armageddon' well known from the biblical Book of Revelation as the site of the final battle between good and evil and has come to be used as a general term for a dramatic situation involving the end of the world. If one regards the predictions of Revelation as trustworthy then, as the historian Davis notes, “The foundation for one of the great ironies of history is thus foretold: the beginning and the end of military history occur at the same site”. However that may be, war continues as a common extension of political disputes in modern times and, as human beings never radically change in disposition, will continue be employed in the future as it has been in the past; fueled and justified by the ages-old tribe mentality.

170. lack

kvízkérdés: tudod-e, hol nem volt mi 1965-ben, amióta persze nagyot fordult velünk a világ? ami a fordítást illeti, fogadunk, hogy lesz egy hibád, vagy nem?

segítség a nyelvtanhoz:
* igeidők (videó)
* névelők_mondatok

Wikipedia: A nation (from Latin: natio, "people, tribe, kin, genus, class, flock") is a large group or collective of people with common characteristics attributed to them — including language, traditions, mores (customs), habitus (habits), and ethnicity. By comparison, a nation is more impersonal, abstract, and overtly political than an ethnic group. It is a cultural-political community that has become conscious of its autonomy, unity, and particular interests.

The word nation came to English from the Old French word nacion - meaning "birth" (naissance), "place of origin" -, which in turn originates from the Latin word natio (nātĭō) literally meaning "birth".

The word "nation" is sometimes used as synonym for:

State (polity) or sovereign state: a government which controls a specific territory, which may or may not be associated with any particular ethnic group
Country: a geographic territory, which may or may not have an affiliation with a government or ethnic group

Thus the phrase "nations of the world" could be referring to the top-level governments (as in the name for the United Nations), various large geographical territories, or various large ethnic groups of the planet.

Depending on the meaning of "nation" used, the term "nation state" could be used to distinguish larger states from small city states, or could be used to distinguish multinational states from those with a single ethnic group.

The NOI teaches that black people constitute a nation and that through the institution of the Atlantic slave trade they were systematically denied knowledge of their history, language, culture, and religion and, in effect, lost control of their lives. Founder Elijah Muhammad called for the establishment of a separate nation for black Americans and the adoption of a religion based on the worship of Allah and on the belief that blacks were his chosen people.

(The Nation of Islam, abbreviated as NOI, is an African American political and religious movement, founded in Detroit, Michigan, United States, by Wallace D. Fard Muhammad on July 4, 1930. Its stated goals are to improve the spiritual, mental, social, and economic condition of African Americans in the United States and all of humanity. Critics have described the organization as being black supremacist[4] and antisemitic. The Southern Poverty Law Center tracks the NOI as a hate group. Its official newspaper is The Final Call. In 2007, the core membership was estimated to be between 20,000 and 50,000.)

169. thank

hm... ha meg tudod mondani, mi hiányzik, azt is köszönd meg :)

ha nem tudod kapásból lefordítani, az viszont égő... :(

segítség a nyelvtanhoz:
* felszólítás (videó)
* felszólítás_mondatok
* képes, tud_mondatok

Wikipedia:

...In developed countries, the level of functional literacy of an individual is proportional to income level and inversely proportional to the risk of committing crime. For example, according to the National Center for Educational Statistics in the United States:

Over 60% of adults in the US prison system read at or below the fourth grade level
85% of US juvenile inmates are functionally illiterate
43% of adults at the lowest level of literacy lived below the poverty line, as opposed to 4% of those with the highest levels of literacy.

According to begintoread.com:

Two-thirds of students who cannot read proficiently by the fourth grade will end up in jail or on welfare.
Three out of four individuals who receive food stamps read on the two lowest levels of literacy.
16-to-19-year-old girls at the poverty line and below with below-average reading skills are 6 times more likely to have out-of-wedlock children than their more literate counterparts...

...In the United States, according to Business magazine, an estimated 15 million functionally illiterate adults held jobs at the beginning of the 21st century. The American Council of Life Insurers reported that 75% of the Fortune 500 companies provide some level of remedial training for their workers. All over the U.S.A. 30 million (14% of adults) are unable to perform simple and everyday literacy activities.

The National Center for Education Statistics provides more detail. Literacy is broken down into three parameters: prose, document, and quantitative literacy. Each parameter has four levels: below basic, basic, intermediate, and proficient. For prose literacy, for example, a below basic level of literacy means that a person can look at a short piece of text to get a small piece of uncomplicated information, while a person who is below basic in quantitative literacy would be able to do simple addition. In the US, 14% of the adult population is at the "below basic" level for prose literacy; 12% are at the "below basic" level for document literacy; and 22% are at that level for quantitative literacy. Only 13% of the population is proficient in these three areas—able to compare viewpoints in two editorials; interpret a table about blood pressure, age, and physical activity; or compute and compare the cost per ounce of food items.

The UK government's Department for Education reported in 2006 that 47% of school children left school at age 16 without having achieved a basic level in functional mathematics, and 42% fail to achieve a basic level of functional English. Every year, 100,000 pupils leave school functionally illiterate in the UK.

168. infinite

ha nem vagy egy einstein, akkor pláne kitalálhatod, mi hiányzik. a fordítás aztán már tényleg babakönnyű :)

segítség a nyelvtanhoz:
* névelők_mondatok

Wikipedia:

This aversion to war also led Einstein to befriend author Upton Sinclair and film star Charlie Chaplin, both noted for their pacifism. Carl Laemmle, head of Universal Studios, gave Einstein a tour of his studio and introduced him to Chaplin. They had an instant rapport, with Chaplin inviting Einstein and his wife, Elsa, to his home for dinner. Chaplin said Einstein's outward persona, calm and gentle, seemed to conceal a "highly emotional temperament," from which came his "extraordinary intellectual energy."

Chaplin also remembers Elsa telling him about the time Einstein conceived his theory of relativity. During breakfast one morning, he seemed lost in thought and ignored his food. She asked him if something was bothering him. He sat down at his piano and started playing. He continued playing and writing notes for half an hour, then went upstairs to his study, where he remained for two weeks, with Elsa bringing up his food. At the end of the two weeks, he came downstairs with two sheets of paper bearing his theory.

Charlie Chaplin and Einstein at the Hollywood premiere of City Lights, January 1931

Chaplin's film, City Lights, was to premiere a few days later in Hollywood, and Chaplin invited Einstein and Elsa to join him as his special guests. Walter Isaacson, Einstein's biographer, described this as "one of the most memorable scenes in the new era of celebrity." Einstein and Chaplin arrived together, in black tie, with Elsa joining them, "beaming." The audience applauded as they entered the theater. Chaplin visited Einstein at his home on a later trip to Berlin, and recalled his "modest little flat" and the piano at which he had begun writing his theory. Chaplin speculated that it was "possibly used as kindling wood by the Nazis."

167. revenue enhancement

ez a politikus sem az intellektusáról híres (nem, nem az, akire most gondolsz) – tudod-e, melyik két szó hiányzik? a fordítás nem nehéz, de ha az eredetire akarsz kilyukadni, használd fel a dőlt betűsöket és légy óvatos... :)

segítség a nyelvtanhoz:
* igeidők (videó)
* névelők_mondatok

Wikipedia: James Danforth "Dan" Quayle (born February 4, 1947) is an American politician. He was the 44th Vice President of the United States, serving during the term of President George H. W. Bush (1989–93)...

44th Vice president of the United States

On May 19, 1992, Quayle gave a speech entitled Reflections on Urban America to the Commonwealth Club of California on the subject of the Los Angeles riots. In this speech, Quayle blamed the violence on a decay of moral values and family structure in American society. In an aside, he cited the single mother title character in the television program Murphy Brown as an example of how popular culture contributes to this "poverty of values", saying, "It doesn't help matters when prime time TV has Murphy Brown – a character who supposedly epitomizes today's intelligent, highly paid, professional woman – mocking the importance of fathers, by bearing a child alone, and calling it just another 'lifestyle choice'." The "Murphy Brown speech" became one of the most memorable incidents of the 1992 campaign...

...Throughout his time as vice president, Quayle was widely ridiculed in the media and by many in the general public, both in the U.S. and overseas, as an intellectual lightweight and generally incompetent. Contributing greatly to the perception of Quayle's incompetence was his tendency to make public statements that were either self-contradictory ("The Holocaust was an obscene period in our nation's history. ... No, not our nation's, but in World War II. I mean, we all lived in this century. I didn't live in this century, but in this century's history"), self-contradictory and confused ("I have made good judgments in the past. I have made good judgments in the future") or just confused (such as his address to the United Negro College Fund, whose slogan is "A mind is a terrible thing to waste," where he said "You take the UNCF model that what a waste it is to lose one's mind or not to have a mind is being very wasteful. How true that is.")...

...Shortly after Bush announced the Space Exploration Initiative, which included a manned landing on Mars, Quayle was asked his thoughts on sending humans to Mars. In his response he made a series of scientifically erroneous statements: "Mars is essentially in the same orbit [as Earth]... Mars is somewhat the same distance from the Sun, which is very important. We have seen pictures where there are canals, we believe, and water. If there is water, that means there is oxygen. If oxygen, that means we can breathe."

During the 1992 presidential campaign, Quayle told the news media that he believed homosexuality was a choice, and "the wrong choice."...

166. drunk

(hétfői felütés, Off Course. légy kreatív.) aki ezt lefordítja, meg-e lesz híva sörre. ott dől az összes szó, amire szükséged lehet – egy feles után nyilván eltalálod a sorrendet is :)

segítség a nyelvtanhoz:
* összehasonlítás és fokozás_mondatok

(http://www.telegraph.co.uk)

By Patrick Sawer, senior reporter

4 DECEMBER 2016 • 10:24AM

It is that time of year when your guests tend to over-indulge and imbibe more than is good for them, leaving their hosts to pick up the pieces.

But pets are also likely to succumb to alcohol poisoning during the festive period, as a result of them sneaking a sip of any drink left lying around the house - with potentially dire consequences.

And with more people now drinking at home than in pubs the problem is likely to get worse.

165. sex between

némi beleérzéssel kitalálhatod, melyik szó hiányzik kétszer is.

a fordításhoz komoly segítséget kapsz – ha így sem sikerül, izmosodnod kéne,

persze hogy az Off Course angollal :)

segítség a nyelvtanhoz:
* feltételes mód (videó)
* képes, tud_mondatok

Wikipedia: An intersex human or other animal is one possessing any of several variations in sex characteristics including chromosomes, gonads, sex hormones, or genitals that, according to the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, "do not fit the typical definitions for male or female bodies". Such variations may involve genital ambiguity, and combinations of chromosomal genotype and sexual phenotype other than XY-male and XX-female.

Intersex people were previously referred to as hermaphrodites, "congenital eunuchs", or even congenitally "frigid". Such terms have fallen out of favor; in particular, the phrase "hermaphrodite" is considered to be misleading, stigmatizing, and scientifically specious. Medical description of intersex traits as disorders of sex development has been controversial since the label was introduced in 2006.

Some intersex infants and children, such as those with ambiguous outer genitalia, are surgically or hormonally altered to create more socially acceptable sex characteristics. However, this is considered controversial, with no firm evidence of good outcomes. Such treatments may involve sterilization. Adults, including elite female athletes, have also been subjects of such treatment. Increasingly these issues are considered human rights abuses, with statements from international and national human rights and ethics institutions. Intersex organizations have also issued statements, including joint statements as part of an International Intersex Forum.

Participants at the third International Intersex Forum, Malta, in December 2013

In 2011, Christiane Völling became the first intersex person known to have successfully sued for damages in a case brought for non-consensual surgical intervention. In April 2015, Malta became the first country to outlaw non-consensual medical interventions to modify sex anatomy, including that of intersex people.

Intersex people may have any gender identity. Some intersex individuals may be raised as a girl or boy but then identify with another gender identity later in life, while most do not.

164. happiness

ha te is tudod a tutit, egészítsd ki... a fordításban használd fel a dőlt betűsöket – nagy gondod nem lesz, ha ránézel, milyen nyelvtanra kell ügyelni :)

segítség a nyelvtanhoz:
* időegyeztetés (videó)
* igeidők-2: kivételek, érdekességek_mondatok
* névelők_mondatok

Wikipedia: Gahan Wilson (born February 18, 1930) is an American author, cartoonist and illustrator known for his cartoons depicting horror-fantasy situations... ...Wilson's cartoons and illustrations are drawn in a playfully grotesque style and have a dark humor that is often compared to the work of The New Yorker cartoonist and Addams Family creator Charles Addams...

(http://weirdfictionreview.com/)

...His comic strip Nuts, which appeared in National Lampoon, was a reaction against what he saw as the saccharine view of childhood in strips like Peanuts. His hero, The Kid, sees the world as dark, dangerous and unfair—but also occasionally a fun place...

...Wilson wrote and illustrated a short story for Harlan Ellison's anthology Again, Dangerous Visions (1972). The "title" is a black blob, and the story is about an ominous black blob that appears on the page, growing at an alarming rate...

...Wilson created a computer game, Gahan Wilson's The Ultimate Haunted House, with Byron Preiss. The goal is to collect 13 keys in 13 hours from the 13 rooms of a house by interacting in various ways with characters (two-headed monster, mad scientist, vampiress), objects and the house itself...

...In 2009, Fantagraphics Books released Gahan Wilson: 50 Years of Playboy Cartoons, a slipcased, three-volume collection of Wilson's cartoons and short stories for that magazine. A collection of his work, Fifty Years of Gahan Wilson, was published in 2010. Fantagraphics announced a "complete" edition of Nuts for the Spring of 2011.

https://www.facebook.com/Gahan-Wilson-97543324363/

youtube: http://www.nytimes.com/video/movies/100000004364183/gahan-wilson-born-dead-still-weird.html

163. words, words, words: most aztán se ló

ez micsoda hét volt, amikor Off Course angol megosztotta, hogy emlékezik két több mint barátra: Melindára és Andrásra, akikkel tényleg-de-tényleg bármilyen témában tudtunk felszabadultan "humorizálni". itt és most mosolyt küldök nekik -- és akkor tessék a mindentbele szótanulás utolsó darabja, csak 1 percben, megint hülyéskedve 

köszönet Bíró Attilának az igényes stúdiómunkáért és a szerkesztésért.
a videóhoz felhasznált forrás: N. Yerges András, Salamon Gábor, Zalotay Melinda: Huron's Wordplus (Nagy Szótanulós Könyv, a leggyakoribb 1500 angol szó), Texoft Kft., 1995.

részletek a Huron’s Wordplus bevezetőjéből:

…Úgy sejtettük, hogy bárki, aki már elkezdett angolul tanulni, örülne egy olyan szótanulósnak, amelyből minden flancolás és módszertani villogás nélkül egyszerűen csak megjegyezhető egy rahedli szó… …nálunk minden a szavaink megjegyzéséért van…

…Ha megvetted ezt a könyvet, akkor te szeretnél bemagolni sok szót. A Wordplus szerintünk csak erre alkalmas (erre leginkább csak a Wordplus alkalmas), sokminden másra nem.

Nem csináltunk úgy, mintha társalgást tudnánk gyakoroltatni. Olyant se nagyon találsz majd, hogy angol szövegösszefüggésből (szép szó!) találhatod ki az „új szó” jelentését. Velünk nyelvtanozni sem igen sikerülhet…

…Védj meg minket, ha szidnának a jó anyanyelvünk „túlzott” használatáért. Természetesen, aki erre vetemedik, magyarul példálózik majd: „azt, hogy a fault azt jelenti, hogy hiba, kontextusból jó megtanulni”… Szerintünk viszont teljesen normális, ha szeretnéd gyorsan és alaposan megjegyezni, hogy a fault „mit jelent magyarul”, aztán majd igyekszel megtudni és begyakorolni, hogy valójában mit is jelent (a helyesírási hibát például nem, mert az mistake), és hogyan használd (pl. ez az én hibám volt: it was my fault [it vaz májfolt]) – ezért fülel az ember, ha angol beszédet hall, könyvet is vesz, órákra jár…

162. words, words, words: bent van a lyukban

szabadságot egész hétre: Off Course angol megosztja, hogy emlékezik két több mint barátra: Melindára és Andrásra, akikkel tényleg-de-tényleg bármilyen témában tudtunk felszabadultan „humorizálni”. itt és most mosolyt küldök nekik – és akkor tessék a mindentbele szótanulás, mindig csak 1 percben, mindig hülyéskedve :)

köszönet Bíró Attilának az igényes stúdiómunkáért és a szerkesztésért.
a videóhoz felhasznált forrás: N. Yerges András, Salamon Gábor, Zalotay Melinda: Huron's Wordplus (Nagy Szótanulós Könyv, a leggyakoribb 1500 angol szó), Texoft Kft., 1995.

részletek a Huron’s Wordplus bevezetőjéből:

…Ha megvetted ezt a könyvet, akkor te szeretnél bemagolni sok szót. A Wordplus szerintünk csak erre alkalmas (erre leginkább csak a Wordplus alkalmas), sokminden másra nem.

161. words, words, words: kopogtatnak

még tart a micsoda hét: Off Course angol megosztja, hogy emlékezik két több mint barátra: Melindára és Andrásra, akikkel tényleg-de-tényleg bármilyen témában tudtunk felszabadultan „humorizálni”. itt és most mosolyt küldök nekik – és akkor tessék a mindentbele szótanulás, mindig csak 1 percben, mindig hülyéskedve J

köszönet Bíró Attilának az igényes stúdiómunkáért és a szerkesztésért.
a videóhoz felhasznált forrás: N. Yerges András, Salamon Gábor, Zalotay Melinda: Huron's Wordplus (Nagy Szótanulós Könyv, a leggyakoribb 1500 angol szó), Texoft Kft., 1995.

részletek a Huron’s Wordplus bevezetőjéből:

…Ha megvetted ezt a könyvet, akkor te szeretnél bemagolni sok szót. A Wordplus szerintünk csak erre alkalmas (erre leginkább csak a Wordplus alkalmas), sokminden másra nem.

160. words, words, words: Alföld

micsoda hét: Off Course angol megosztja, hogy emlékezik két több mint barátra: Melindára és Andrásra, akikkel tényleg-de-tényleg bármilyen témában tudtunk felszabadultan „humorizálni”. itt és most mosolyt küldök nekik – és akkor tessék a mindentbele szótanulás, mindig csak 1 percben, mindig hülyéskedve J

köszönet Bíró Attilának az igényes stúdiómunkáért és a szerkesztésért.
a videóhoz felhasznált forrás: N. Yerges András, Salamon Gábor, Zalotay Melinda: Huron's Wordplus (Nagy Szótanulós Könyv, a leggyakoribb 1500 angol szó), Texoft Kft., 1995.

részletek a Huron’s Wordplus bevezetőjéből:

…Ha megvetted ezt a könyvet, akkor te szeretnél bemagolni sok szót. A Wordplus szerintünk csak erre alkalmas (erre leginkább csak a Wordplus alkalmas), sokminden másra nem.

159. promises

rávágod-e, már csak mi hiányzik?... a fordításod nem múlhat a szavakon – ha ránézel

a nyelvtani segítségre, akkor simán menni fog, vagy nem :)

segítség a nyelvtanhoz:
* igeidők (videó)
* vonatkozó mellékmondatok_mondatok
* mindegyik, az összes_mondatok

(http://www.politifact.com)

1. ‘Build a wall’ — and make Mexico pay for it

Trump announced his candidacy with the promise "to build a great, great wall on our southern border" and "have Mexico pay for that wall," and has repeated the call with conviction and consistency...

"...this is going to be 1,200 miles from Brownsville to El Paso, 30-foot high, and listen, I know you can’t do that," former Texas Gov. Rick Perry said recently...

2. Temporarily ban Muslims from entering the United States

Following the December 2015 shooting in San Bernardino, Calif., Trump called for "a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States until our country’s representatives can figure out what is going on."

The next day, Trump admitted that details "would have to worked out"...

3. ‘Bring manufacturing (jobs) back’

Trump has said he will revitalize manufacturing in various iterations (i.e. "I’m going to be the greatest jobs president God ever created") and laid out how in his June 28 speech on the economy...

4. Impose tariffs on goods made in China and Mexico...

5. Renegotiate or withdraw from the North American Free Trade Agreement and Trans-Pacific Partnership

Trump has been most critical of NAFTA and TPP, pinning them to Clinton and past and future job losses...

6. ‘Full repeal of Obamacare’ and replace it with a market-based alternative

Trump’s call to repeal Obamacare and replace it with a marketplace alternative is popular among rank-and-file Republicans. Larger majorities in Congress would be needed for repeal...

7. Renegotiate the Iran deal

Similarly, Trump has a shot at delivering on his promise to "renegotiate with Iran" even though Iran has said it won’t revisit the issue...

8. Leave Social Security as is

Trump has said repeatedly that voters like Social Security, so it should be left alone. Unlike most of his primary rivals, Trump vowed to leave the retirement age and benefits intact...

9. Cut taxes

Under Trump’s proposed tax reforms, everyone would indeed get a cut. (The top 0.1 percent would receive more tax relief than the bottom 60 percent of taxpayers combined.)...

10. ‘Bomb’ and/or ‘take the oil’ from ISIS

A twist on his decade-old idea to seize Middle Eastern oil as repayment, Trump repeatedly makes this promise on the campaign trail, arguing it’ll cut off funding to ISIS...

..."Voters generally do not punish candidates for being vague, and in partisan elections voters actually prefer ambiguous candidates over precise ones," Stanford University political scientists Michael Tomz and Robert Van Houweling found in a study. "The reason, we find, is that ambiguity allows voters to 'see what they want to see’ in members of their own party."

Trump himself put it best in February: "Everything is negotiable."

158. president

két szó kell a poénhoz – biztos vagyok benne, hogy van rá ötleted. :) A fordításnál használd fel a dőlt betűsöket, de nehogy nagyképűsködj -- figyelj oda, mert egy hibád még úgy is becsúszhat...

segítség a nyelvtanhoz:
* igeidők (videó)
* időegyeztetés (videó)
* képes, tud_mondatok

(http://www.wikihow.com)

How to Become President of the United States

To become President of the United States, a candidate must meet a few eligibility requirements and then enter the presidential race. Modern day presidential races do not require the backing of a political party, but it helps in terms of organization and fundraising.

Meeting the eligibility requirements

1. Prove you are a natural born citizen of the United States. This is a constitutional requirement. If you are presently a citizen but you were born in another country, you are not eligible to be president, unless one of your parents was born as an American citizen.

2. Turn 35 years old. The constitution also prohibits anyone who is not yet 35 years of age from becoming president.

3. Live in the United States for at least 14 consecutive years before you run for president. This residency requirement is found in Article II of the Constitution with the other two eligibility requirements.

4. Get plenty of education. While there are no educational requirements or experience necessary per se, most presidents have had advanced degrees and studied law or business before entering politics. You're best off taking classes in history, sociology, law, economics and international relations.

5. Seek out a politically-related career. Though this isn't written in the books, generally presidential hopefuls start in the political arena on a much smaller scale. So get involved in your community! Run for mayor, governor, senator, or some other representative of your state. It's the best way to get your name out there.

Becoming a candidate for president

1. Talk to your family and supporters. Becoming president includes a grueling campaign where every bit of your personal and professional life will be picked apart by the media and your competitors. You will need support. It'll be tough on you, but it'll also be tough on your family. You'll be flitting to and from during your campaign with very little time for your spouse and children. Is it worth it?

2. Form an exploratory committee. This committee can "test the waters" or determine what your chances are. It's the standard first step to starting out on the presidential path. Appoint a campaign manager to put together this committee for you. This should be someone you know and trust, who has experience with politics, fundraising and campaigns.

3. Register with the Federal Election Commission (FEC). Once you begin receiving donations or spending money in excess of $5,000, you must register. While this doesn't mean you're officially running, the FEC basically assumes that you are. You wouldn't be tossing around this kind of money otherwise.

4. Declare your candidacy publicly. This is an opportunity to hold a rally for supporters and voters. Most presidential candidates hold a rally in their hometown or some other significant location. So bust out the t-shirts, the buttons, and the bumper stickers. It's campaign time!

157. tomorrow

no, szerinted mi lesz így a holnapunkkal? a fordításhoz használd fel a dőlt betűsöket,
és nagyon, nagyon vigyázz... :)

segítség a nyelvtanhoz:
* igeidők (videó)

Wikipedia: Graffiti (plural of graffito: "a graffito", but "these graffiti") are writing or drawings that have been scribbled, scratched, or painted illicitly on a wall or other surface, often within public view. Graffiti range from simple written words to elaborate wall paintings, and they have existed since ancient times, with examples dating back to Ancient Egypt, Ancient Greece, and the Roman Empire.

Ancient graffito at Kom Ombo Temple, Egypt

In modern times, paint (particularly spray paint) and marker pens have become the most commonly used graffiti materials. In most countries, marking or painting property without the property owner's permission is considered defacement and vandalism, which is a punishable crime.

New York City Subway trains covered in graffiti (1973)

Graffiti may also express underlying social and political messages and a whole genre of artistic expression is based upon spray paint graffiti styles. Within hip hop culture, graffiti have evolved alongside hip hop music, b-boying, and other elements. Unrelated to hip-hop graffiti, gangs use their own form of graffiti to mark territory or to serve as an indicator of gang-related activities.

Controversies that surround graffiti continue to create disagreement amongst city officials, law enforcement, and writers who wish to display and appreciate work in public locations. There are many different types and styles of graffiti; it is a rapidly developing art form whose value is highly contested and reviled by many authorities while also subject to protection, sometimes within the same jurisdiction.

156. cannot read

éld bele magad a helyzetbe, akkor rájössz, mi hiányzik :)
(a fordítás babakönnyű – azért vigyázz a „gyorsan”-nál!)

segítség a nyelvtanhoz:
* igeidők (videó)
* képes, tud_mondatok

(http://www.intellectualtakeout.org/blog)

The most frequently referenced definition of “functional literacy” is from UNESCO’s conference in 1978:

“A person is functionally literate who can engage in all those activities in which literacy is required for effective functioning of his group and community and also for enabling him to continue to use reading, writing and calculation for his own and the community’s development.”

The UNESCO definition implies that a functionally literate person possesses a literacy level that equips him or her to flourish in society. A functionally illiterate person, on the other hand, may be able to perform very basic reading and writing, but cannot do so at the level required for many societal activities and jobs...

...Last year, a CNN article also pointed out that there are many college athletes are functionally illiterate. Indeed, it’s been estimated that 19% of high school graduates fall into that category...

...And what is the origin of the statistic that claims 32 million adults in the U.S. are functionally illiterate? It’s based on the National Assessment of Adult Literacy—conducted by the National Center for Education Statistics in 2003—in which a demographically representative population of 19,000 adults were interviewed. According to the findings of the survey, 14% (1 in 7) of adults fell into the category of “Below Basic” in “Prose Literacy,” meaning that they possess “no more than the most simple and concrete literacy skills.” Those who fall into this category are deemed “functionally illiterate.”

An international survey released in 2013 by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development yielded similar results for U.S. adults.

155. not filthy

ha ki akarod találni, mi hiányzik, akkor ne tekints el az aktuálpolitikai vonatkozásoktól -- a fordításban pedig semmiképpen ne használd fel így a dőlt betűsöket :)

segítség a nyelvtanhoz:
* igeidők (videó)
* vajon_mondatok

Wiktionary:

not guilty ‎(plural not guilties)

(law) A formal plea by a defendant of not being culpable for the crime with which the defendant is charged.

If you do not plead, a plea of not guilty will be entered for you.
(law) A verdict or formal finding by the legal system that a defendant is not culpable for the crime with which the defendant was charged.
A member of a jury or tribunal supporting acquittal, or a vote cast in support of acquittal.
A person who has been acquitted of a crime.

Wikipedia:

In legal terms, a plea is simply an answer to a claim made by someone in a criminal case under common law using the adversarial system. Colloquially, a plea has come to mean the assertion by a defendant at arraignment, or otherwise in response to a criminal charge, whether that person pleaded guilty, not guilty, no contest or (in the United States) Alford plea.

The concept of the plea is one of the major differences between criminal procedure under common law and procedure under the civil law system. Under common law, a plea of guilty by the defendant waives trial of the charged offences and the defendant may be sentenced immediately. This produces a system known under American law as plea bargaining.

In civil law jurisdictions, there is generally no concept of a plea of guilty. A confession by the defendant is treated like any other piece of evidence, and a full confession does not prevent a full trial from occurring or relieve the plaintiff(s) from its duty of presenting a case to the trial court.

A "blind plea" is a guilty plea entered with no plea agreement in place. One defendant accused of illegally protesting nuclear power, when asked to enter his plea, stated, "I plead for the beauty that surrounds us"; this type of unorthodox plea is sometimes referred to as a "creative plea," and will usually be interpreted as a plea of not guilty. Likewise, standing mute and refusing to enter any plea at all will usually be interpreted as a not guilty plea; the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, for instance, state, "If a defendant refuses to enter a plea or if a defendant organization fails to appear, the court must enter a plea of not guilty."

154. with humor

a halottak napjára haladóknak Off Course műfordítás – pótolható-e a hiány szellemesen?

játssz a sírral – a végső megoldás a fordításban is a grave...

http://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/

be pushing up (the) daisies

(old-fashioned, humorous) to be dead and in a grave

(http://www.urbandictionary.com)

daisy pusher

Too happy all the time and care free. Optimistic. A modern day hippie (minus the drugs)

Wow, she's a real daisy pusher optimist, with that attitude you can wake up on any side of the bed you want.

by LesJacqueline March 29, 2015

Daisy pusher upper

He or she who is pushing up the daisies. Should preferably be used with ´soon-to-be´or ´future´in front of it. Like: you soon-to-be corpse, in other words "you who are about to die"

Do you see that horizontally challenged lady with the microphone, you future daisy pusher upper you? It´s bye bye time. Bang!!!

by The RAB-man March 15, 2011

(The Concise New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English)

push up the daisies; pushing up the daisies to be dead, especially dead and buried; use is occasionally extended to the dying. An image first sketched as dated ‘turn up your toes to the daisies’ in 1842 – from which we derive turn up your toes, (to die). Other variations that have slipped from use: ‘under the daisies’, ‘kick up daisies’ and, less certainly, ‘grin at the daisy-roots’, which may also relate to ‘roots’ (boots) UK, 1918.

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