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Idiomy

Příklad 01

  • Isabel reads The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times every day and I don’t. It’s not as if I waltz around the homestead with a big bow in my blond curls, picking daisies and waiting for the grown-ups to sit down to the nice dinner I’ve made. I teach, I go to the movies, I talk to my grown sons frequently.

    There is a metaphorical expression in the text above. It indicates that:
    • a) a person does an activity in a joyful and elated mannerb) a person is not a child anymorec) it is important to be romantic and elegantd) nature makes our activities easiere) waiting for meals can make the experience more pleasant
Příklad 02

  • He takes a step toward me, and I take one back, leery of him getting too close, the proven weakness in my armored heart. “I wasn’t that bad,” he says softly. “We were good together.”

    There is a metaphorical expression in the text above. It indicates that:
    • a) someone wants to get emotionally closer to someone elseb) being close to another person makes our life easierc) it is not easy for this person to feel loved) it is dangerous to be too close to someone elsee) taking things slow is not good