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This interactive quiz helps Hungarian English learners practise essential travel vocabulary through real‑life situations. It is part of the 5 Perc Angol learning series created by Nóra Szalai. The quiz includes common expressions used at the airport, hotel, public transport, sightseeing, and everyday travel communication. Ideal for A2–B1 learners who want to build confidence before travelling abroad. Includes instant feedback, practical examples, and learner‑friendly explanations.

no spring chicken – nem mai csirke
to spring out at someone – előugrani, ráijeszteni valakire
to spring something on someone – váratlanul közölni valamit valakivel
to spring into action – akcióba lendülni
to spring to someone’s defense – valaki védelmére kelni
to have a spring in someone’s step – kitörően örülni valaminek, lendületesen/lelkesen járni
to spring to life – életre kelni, feléledni
to spring to someone’s feet – talpra/felpattani
to spring to mind – eszébe jutni
to spring up – felmerülni, szóba kerülni

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Choose the right expression with ‘spring’ to fill in the gaps.

a) no spring chicken
b) spring out at
c) spring it on
d) spring into action
e) springs to my defense
f) spring in his step
g) spring to life
h) spring to his feet
i) spring to mind
j) spring up

1) My brother always …........ when I need protection.
2) Let’s …....... and get this done quickly.
3) I almost had a heart attack when my niece …....... me from behind the door.
4) She is …....... but she still has at least three lovers.
5) You always …....... when I need somebody to talk to.
6) His parties never …....... until after midnight but they always last until dawn.
7) My grandfather …....... as if he was a young athlete.
8) I don’t want to …....... you but I invited some friends over for dinner tonight.
9) These boring topics …....... whenever your father joins the conversation.
10) He has had a …....... ever since his daughter was born last month.

answers: 1) e, 2) d, 3) b, 4) a, 5) i, 6) g, 7) h, 8) c, 9) j, 10) f

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The word dinner does not necessarily imply the time of day. Depending on where you are, it may mean the midday meal or the evening meal, but it always refers to the main meal of the day. The word dinner comes from the Vulgar Latin word disjējūnāre meaning “to break one’s fast.”

Supper, on the other hand, is associated with the evening. It comes from the Old French word souper meaning “evening meal.” It has traditionally been used in the context of the last meal taken by Jesus before his crucifixion, known as the Last Supper.

So if someone asks you over for dinner, how do you know what time they expect you? That may depend on where you are. In 1828, Noah Webster wrote that “The dinner of fashionable people would be the supper of rustics,” reflecting the prominence of dinner as the term for a midday meal in some rural parts of the country. Regardless of time of day, if you are going over for dinner, you can expect a feast.

More recent data from Google suggest that use of the word supper has been declining since the beginning of the 1900s, while the use of lunch has been increasing. Dinner holds the top spot on the lexical food chain as the most widely used term of the three. Which term do you use most often?

source: dictionary.com

Dinner or supper? Here are a few nice expressions for you with both.

1. Dinner is served. – It is time to eat dinner. Please come to the table. – Gyertek enni! A vacsora tálalva.

2. to take someone out to dinner – to take someone as one’s guest to a meal at a restaurant – elvinni valakit vacsorázni

3. be done like a dog’s dinner – to be completely defeated – csúnyán legyőzték, megverték

4. a dog’s breakfast/dinner – something that has been done very badly – kontármunka

5. done up/dressed up like a dog’s dinner – wearing clothes which make you look silly when you have tried to dress for a formal occasion – alkalomhoz nem illően öltözni egy eseményre

6. have done/seen/had more something than somebody has had hot dinners – to have done, seen, had something many times, so that you have had more experience of it than the person you are talking to – nagyon tapasztaltnak lenni egy bizonyos területen valakihez képest

7. dinner basket or breadbasket – the belly; the stomach – has

8. Hope is a good breakfast but a bad supper. – It is good to start the day feeling hopeful, but if none of the things you hope for come to pass by the end of the day, you will feel disappointed. (Can be used to warn someone against hoping for something that is unlikely to happen.) – Nyugtával dicsérd a napot! Ne igyál előre a medve bőrére!

9. shoot one’s supper or breakfast – to empty one’s stomach; to vomit – hányni

10. sing before breakfast, you’ll cry before supper – If you wake up feeling very happy, your mood will change before the end of the day  – Nyugtával dicsérd a napot, attól, hogy jól indul, még nem biztos, hogy jól is fejeződik be

11. sing for your supper – to do something for someone else in order to receive something in return – megdolgozni valamiért cserében

History is the study of past events, particularly in human affairs. We can learn what happened in the past reading records of the past (like books, newspapers, letters) or by looking at old object and artefacts (like pottery, tools, human and animal remains).

A historian is somebody who studies history, while an archaeologist is a person who studies the past by looking for the remains and artefacts left by people who lived long time ago.

If you want to know more about the past, you can go to libraries, archives and museums that collect and keep things from the past.

Periods in history

Ancient Egypt:The Egyptian Empire, was a society that began about 3150 BC, and lasted until 20 BC when it was invaded by the Roman Empire.

Ancient Greece:Ancient Greece is called “the birthplace of Western civilisation”. About 2500 years ago, the Greeks created a way of life that other people admired and copied. Athenian democracy is the first known democracy in the world. Also, the Ancient Greeks started the Olympic Games and left new ideas in science, art and philosophy.

The Roman Empire:The Roman Empire was the largest empire of the ancient world. It dates from 27 BC, when Octavian became the Emperor, Augustus. The empire was the third stage of Ancient Rome. Rome was first ruled by Roman kings, then by the Roman Republic.

The Middle Ages:The Middle Ages are a time period in European history, which started around the year 476 CE with the fall of the Western Roman Empire, and continued until around the time Christopher Columbus discovered the New World in 1492.

The Renaissance:The Renaissance is a period in the European history, beginning in about 1400. The Renaissance was seen as a rebirth of studying ancient times and gave humanity many famous artists, writers and philosophers.

The French Revolution:The French Revolution took place between 1789 and 1799, and ended when Napoleon Bonaparte became military dictator for fifteen years.

The early nineteenth century:The Realism and Romanticism of the early 19th century gave way to Impressionism and Post-Impressionism in the latter half of the century, with Paris being the dominant art capital of the world.

Match the words and the definitions.

Key: 1-e, 2-a, 3-f, 4-b, 5-d, 6-c

Desert loving in your eyes all the way
If I listened to your lies would you say

I’m a man without conviction
I’m a man who doesn’t know
How to sell a contradiction
You come and go
You come and go

[Chorus:]
Karma Karma Karma Karma Karma Chameleon
You come and go
You come and go
Loving would be easy if your colors were like my dream
Red, gold and green
Red, gold and green

Didn’t hear your wicked words every day
And you used to be so sweet I heard you say

That my love was an addiction
When we cling our love is strong
When you go you’re gone forever
You string along
You string along

[Chorus]

Every day is like survival
You’re my lover not my rival
Every day is like survival
You’re my lover not my rival

I’m a man without conviction
I’m a man who doesn’t know
How to sell a contradiction
You come and go
You come and go

[Chorus 3x]

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Donut is an alternate spelling of doughnut. Some dictionaries point out that donut is rarely used outside the United States. All of them recognize doughnut as the main spelling, as do some of the more popular style guides. Doughnut might be the spelling you should use if you want to be sure you’re not making a mistake.

Doughnuts: the thing no stereotypical law enforcement officer can be seen without. Think of The Simpsons‘ Chief Wiggum. Or, if you’re a fan of looking beyond stereotypes, think of Twin Peaks‘ agent Dale Cooper, who appreciated the importance of doughnuts even though he favored cherry pie and a good cup of coffee. You get the picture – doughnuts have their place in popular culture.

They’ve also been on the mind of nutrition specialists and doctors, who generally advise against eating too many of these sweet and tasty rings of dough fried in oil. But seeing how we’re not the stereotypical girls and boys in blue here, or doctors for that matter, our interest in doughnuts comes from a completely different place. Apparently, there are two ways to spell the word—doughnut and donut—and it’s sometimes not completely clear which of the two spellings is the correct one.

Donut or Doughnut – Which Spelling Is Correct?

The simple answer to this question is they both are. Doughnut is the original spelling, which means it’s the older one, having appeared in the early nineteenth century. If you pick up a dictionary, any dictionary, you’ll find doughnut.

But it’s also very likely you’ll find donut, too. It might be listed as an alternate spelling, and some dictionaries might make it very clear that it’s a spelling mostly used in the United States. Donut, the simpler spelling of the word, first appeared around sixty years after the longer version, and it started gaining traction by the first half of the twentieth century.

Style guides, however, will occasionally list doughnut as the preferred spelling, so it might be better to forgo the shorter spelling unless you’re sure the donut in your writing will not be flagged as a mistake.

Why Is Donut Spelled Two Ways?

What is a doughnut, or donut, if you will? It’s a small lump of dough, which was originally fried in fat. So you can see where the “dough” in doughnut comes from. The “nut” part is actually a different way of saying “a small lump.” Originally, the name of the treat was dough boy.

Donut is a simplification of the original spelling, and as such, it’s completely in the spirit of the American version of the English language. Noah Webster, the godfather of American lexicography, was a strong supporter of spelling reform. If you look at American English and British English today, you’ll see that the former has a strong tendency to prefer the simpler spellings of words.

Lastly, it’s possible to find a correlation between the rise of the simpler spelling and the rise of Dunkin’ Donuts. But while they might get the credit for popularizing it, Dunkin’ Donuts didn’t invent the simpler spelling. In fact, bakeries have been using it since the 1920s.

source: grammarly.com

Did reading about doughnuts (or donuts) make your mouth water? Watch the video and make the doughnuts as a treat.

Doughnuts recipe

Prep Time: 10 mins
Cook Time: 70 mins
Yields: 12

Ingredients

• 350g strong white flour
• Pinch of salt
• 30g caster sugar
• 50g margarine
• 7g fast-action dried yeast
• 65ml warm milk
• 65ml warm water
• 1 large egg
• cinnamon
• Vegetable oil to deep fry

Sift flour and salt into a large bowl. Add the caster sugar, and mix together well. Add the margarine, and rub into the flour. Add the dried yeast and mix together well. Heat milk and water in a pan. Heat until warm to the touch. Make a well in the flour, and pour in a beaten egg, followed by the warm milk. Mix together to form a dough. Your dough should look like this. Turn dough out on a floured surface. Knead for about 10 minutes. Place the dough in a bowl. Cover and place it in a warm place. Leave for about one hour. Knead dough on a floured surface. Knead for only a few moments. This is ‘knocking back the dough’. Roll out the dough. Roll to about 1.5 cm thickness. Cut out circles of dough. Cut out the centres of the circles. Cover and put somewhere warm. Leave for around 20 minutes. Place caster sugar in a tray and add some cinnamon. Mix together well. Heat some oil in a large pan. Carefully add the doughnuts. Fry for about 2 minutes on each side. Turn over halfway through. Remove using a slotted spoon. Add to the doughnuts the sugar. Fully coat and shake off any excess.   

Raymond Tomlinson is the man who invented e-mail. Tomlinson introduced the @ symbol into our electronic communications. Every time you give someone or something your e-mail address, you are using his invention.

Tomlinson didn’t invent the @: That honor lies somewhere long before he was born. It’s unclear still how the circle found its way around the a, but during the Renaissance the symbol slowly crept into texts as a way to denote how much something cost per unit. So you might see something like: “10 loaves of bread @ 25 pence each.” For hundreds of years, the symbol was mostly used by merchants, and nobody else. Fast forward to 1971, and Tomlinson borrowed the symbol to mean “located at” in an e-mail address. And that’s how we mainly use the symbol today.

If you’re from the United States, you probably know the @ as the “at” symbol. But in other parts of the world, that’s not always how they refer to the little squiggly a. Here are some of the other ways of referring to our friendly e-mail address signifier.

1. ITALIANS SEE A TINY SNAIL.

The Italians call the symbol a chiocciola or a “snail,” to describe its spiral shape.

2. HUNGARIANS SEE A SLIMIER ANIMAL: A WORM.

In Hungarian, the @ is likened to a wiggly earth-eater and called a kukac, which means “little worm” or “maggot.”

3. ARMENIANS THINK THE @ IS A CUTE LITTLE DOG.

They call the @ ishnik or “puppy.”

4. GERMANS HAVE A SPECIFIC MONKEY IN MIND FOR THE @.

German slang call the symbol klammeraffe or “spider monkey,” which is delightfully specific in the way you expect from Germans.

5. THE DUTCH ALSO SEE A MONKEY, BUT A LESS SPECIFIC ONE.

The Dutch have a similar nickname as the Germans: They call it an apestaart or “monkey’s tail.” No specific species this time.

6. IN DANISH YOU GET TWO ANIMALS TO CHOOSE FROM.

In Danish, the @ gets two names, both animal in origin. Sometimes, it’s a grisehale or “pig’s tail.” But most of the time it’s a snabel or “elephant’s trunk.” 

7. THE TAIWANESE SEE A MOUSE.

In Taiwanese the @ symbol is called “little mouse.”

8. ISRAELIS HAVE FOOD ON THE BRAIN WHEN IT COMES TO THE @.

To Israelis, the @ is often called a “strudel,” as in the delicious layered pastry.

9. IN CZECH AND SLOVAK THE @ ALSO POINTS TO FOOD.

In Czech and Slovak, the @ symbol is called a zavináč or rollmops. For those uninitiated, a rollmop is a fillet of pickled herring, rolled up around a savory filling, often olives or pimentos.

10. IN SWEDISH IT’S ALL ABOUT THE SWEET BUNS.

Swedish has a few names for the @, but one of them is kanelbulle or “cinnamon bun.”

11. THE CHINESE SEE THE @ AS FANCY.

The Chinese have a couple of different ways of referring to @ but one of them is “flowery A.”

12. IN SERBIAN THE @ IS WILD.

In Serbian, the @ has gotten out of hand, and is called “crazy A.”

13. VIETNAM HAS TWO NAMES FOR THE @, BENT AND HOOKED.

The Vietnamese have different names for the @ in the northern and southern bits of the country. In the North @ is A còng or “bent A,” and in the south the @ is A móc or “hooked A.”

14. IN RUSSIAN IT’S ALSO CALLED AN ANIMAL

“Doggie” or “little doggie” – “szobáká” or “szobácská”.

Which one is your favourite?

 source: mentalfloss

Can you match the countries and the different names for ‘at’?

Key:

1. h.

2. n.

3. i.

4. a.

5. g.

6. b.

7. f.

8. m.

9. k.

10. c.

11. l.

12. d.

13. j.

14. e. 

Cicákkal kapcsolatos főnevek:

Cicákkal kapcsolatos igék:

Cicákkal kapcsolatos melléknevek:

Police Officer: Good afternoon, madam. What can I do for you?
Woman: I’d like to report a crime.
Police Officer: What’s happened?
Woman: My handbag has been snatched.
Police:  Where and when did the incident happen?
Woman: It’s was around 5 o’clock. I was walking towards Waterloo Station when I noticed this guy. He was following me. I was dialling my boyfriend’s number when he snatched the bag out of my hand. I screamed for help, but he ran away in a minute and nobody could help me.
Police Officer: Can you describe him? What was he like? What was he wearing?
Woman: He was wearing a dark blue hooded jacket, and a pair of light blue jeans and boots.
Police Officer: What did the handbag contain?
Woman: My purse with my credit cards, my documents and my keys. Fortunately, he didn’t snatch my mobile as I was dialling my boyfriend’s number and it was in my hand.
Police Officer: Were there any witnesses?
Woman: There were some people who saw the incident but nobody came to my help.
Police Officer: I see, Miss Baker. I took the minutes and we are going to start the investigation soon.

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What can I do for you?  – Mit tehetek önért?
I’d like to report a crime. – Szeretnék bejelenteni egy bűntényt.
What’s happened? – Mi történt?
My handbag has been snatched. – Ellopták/Kitépték a kezemből a kézitáskámat.
Where and when did the accident happen? – Hol és mikor történt az eset?
Can you describe him?                – Le tudná írni hogyan nézett ki?
What was he like? – Milyen volt?
What did the … contain? – Mit tartalmazott a/az …?
Were there any witnesses? – Voltak tanúk?

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to report – bejelenteni
crime – bűntény, bűneset
to happen – megtörténni
handbag – kézitáska
to snatch – megragadni
incident – eset, incidens
to notice – észrevenni

]]> https://www.5percangol.hu/phrasal_verbs_idioms_main/7-purrfect-cat-idioms/ Fri, 17 Feb 2023 15:00:21 +0000 https://cmsteszt.5percangol.hu/7-purrfect-cat-idioms/ To rain cats and dogs – esik, mintha dézsából öntenék, mintha cigánygyerekek potyognának az égből

This phrase means “to rain very heavily,” but why cats and dogs? Despite the fact that these two animals generally prefer to keep their distance from one another, cats and dogs have been paired in expressions to evoke strife or hostility since the 1570s. Their coupling in this tempestuous expression could be a gesture toward the inhospitable conditions a heavy rainstorm produces. The phrase first appeared as “it shall raine..Dogs and Polecats.” Polecats might refer to ferrets or skunks.

Cat’s pajamas – csodás dolog, nagy szám, menő

American cartoonist Thomas Aloysius “Tad” Dorgan is often credited with coining this colorful phrase, which is used to refer to someone or something wonderful or remarkable. It is one of a handful of slang expressions to emerge in the early to mid-1920s featuring animals. Bee’s knees, canary’s tusks, and flea’s eyebrows are a few of the others.

To make a cat laugh – nagyon vicces, nevettető

This lesser-known expression is said of something very funny, as in “That YouTube video was enough to make a cat laugh.” Fittingly, playwright James Robinson Planche used it in 1838 when he adapted the French fairy tale Puss in Boots for the stage: “Allow us just applause to win Enough to make a cat laugh.” The origin on this phrase is unknown, but perhaps it’s a play on what’s widely perceived to be the dignified and composed disposition of the feline.

Curiosity killed the cat – aki kíváncsi, hamar megöregszik, a kíváncsiság árt a szépségnek

Before curiosity, it was care that killed the cat. The phrase care killed the cat appeared in Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing in 1599: “though care killed a cat, thou hast mettle enough in thee to kill care.” In this expression, the word care refers to a burdened state of mind or anxiety, and the phrase is probably a reference to the myth that cats have nine lives, making them difficult to extinguish.

A cat may look at a king – a legkisebbnek is megvannak a maga jogai

This now obscure idiom was used to express the set of things that an inferior may do in front of a superior. In his 1721 Universal Etymological English Dictionary, lexicographer Nathan Bailey referred to this as a “saucy proverb” used by pragmatic persons as a reminder of class etiquette, “for tho’ peasants may look at and honor great men, patriots, and potentates, yet they are not to spit in their faces.”

Let the cat out of the bag – kifecsegni a titkot, eljár a szája

From the cat-o’-nine-tails to the “pig in a poke” scam, there are a number of fanciful stories about the origin of this curious phrase, meaning “to divulge a secret,” but none have been verified. We do know that it’s been with us for a few centuries; the first record of its usage is from 1760, and Charlotte Bronte used it in her 1849 novel, Shirley: “This last epithet I choose to suppress, because it would let the cat out of the bag.” When it comes to the true origins of this phrase, the cat remains very much in the bag.

To turn the cat in the pan – ellentétére fordítani a dolgokat

From wearing pajamas to looking at kings and raining with dogs, cats have found themselves in quite a few peculiar scenarios in the English language. Here’s another one: to turn the cat in the pan was a phrase dating back to the 1430s meaning “to shuffle the order of things to make them seem to be the opposite of what they are.”

source: dictionary.com

Do you remember the idioms? What word is missing from them?

1. to rain cats and ……

2. …… pajamas

3. to make a cat ……

4. …… killed the cat

5. a cat may look at a ……

6. let the cat out of the ……

7. to turn the cat in the ……

Key

1. dogs

2. cat’s

3. laugh

4. curiosity

5. king

6. bag

7. pan