GRAMMAR GYM

Table objects - Vocabulary revision for 1st year group

Go to this photo. Try and remember how

CRIS'S TRANSLATION: ENGLISH IDIOMS

Well, I haven't got a clue but I'll try:

1. If you wake up early, God will help you.

2. Birds of a feather, flock together.

3. If you don't cry, you get nothing.

 

CLAIRE'S TRANSLATION: AMSTERDAM

It was very difficult for me. I could only do half of it. Sorry.

 

-	ENGLISH
1	Wherever you travel round Europe, you won't find a friendlier city than Amsterdam.
2	I must admit having fallen in love with its people and its canals.
3	Not only are they especially tolerant, but they also show great interest in other fellow travellers.
4	And mind you, although they are thought to be a bit stingy,
5	I must tell you that there is nothing further  from the truth.
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CRIS'S TRANSLATION: AMSTERDAM

Well, I had some difficulties with the translation. I couldn't complete the whole exercise.

  

-	ENGLISH
1	Wherever you travel round Europe, you won't find a friendlier city than Amsterdam.
2	I must admit having fallen in love with its people and its canals.
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4	And mind you, although they are thought to be a bit stingy,
5	I must tell you that there is nothing further  from the truth.
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7	They are open-minded, trustworthy and when they go out they go Dutch.
8	It couldn't be any other way, could it?. As they say, it's part of their cultural heritage.
9	Come to think of it, that's the way it is. Give and take.
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