‘Dear Santa,

All I want is a fat bank account and a skinny body.

Please, don’t mix it up again, like last year!’

source: Christmas of FB

1.wish list – kívánságlista
a list of things you want, often things that you know you cannot have

2.fat bank account – kövér bankszámla
bank account – an arrangement with a bank in which the customer puts in and removes money and the bank keeps a record of it
fat – thick or large; richly rewarding or profitable

3.skinny body – sovány test
very thin body

4.to mix it up – összekeverni
to mistake something for something else; to confuse two things

5.like – mint
in the same way

Egészítsd ki a mondatokat a megfelelő opcióval a megadott lehetőségek közül.

1)    sleeping
2)    speeding
3)    performing
4)    rising
5)    exciting
6)    melting
7)    crying
8)    investigating
9)    shocking
10)  caring

a)    star
b)    mother
c)    news
d)    driver
e)    baby
f)     detective
g)    artist
h)   adventure
i)     beauty
j)     ice-cream

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

Now fill in the gaps with the phrases:

a)    rising star
b)    caring mother
c)    speeding driver
d)    melting ice-cream
e)    exciting adventure
f)     investigating detective
g)    shocking news
h)   crying baby
i)     performing artist
j)      sleeping beauty

1)    I have a very ………. who always knows how to comfort me.
2)    The ……….. soon found the killer.
3)    He is a danger on the roads because he is a bad and ………. .
4)    I tried to rock the ………. to sleep.
5)    We went on an African safari and it was a really ………. .
6)    She is a ………. and one day she will be very famous.
7)    The audience applauded the ………. for a long time .
8)    Your ………. is dripping all over the place. Everything’s going to be sticky.
9)    The prince went to kiss the ………. .
10) I didn’t know he lost both his parents in the accident. It was ……….. .

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

sleeping – alvó
speeding – száguldó, gyorshajtó
performing – előadó
rising – emelkedő
exciting – izgalmas
melting – olvadó, olvadozó
crying – síró
investigating – nyomozó
shocking – sokkoló
caring – törődő, gondviselő

Fill in the gaps to make the right collocations with ’make’:)

a) progress
b) room
c) an effort
d) mistake
e) money

1) I know it’s hard but please make ………. and help me finish this.
2) I am old enough to move out of my parents’ flat. I just have to find a job and start making ………. .
3) Are you making ………. with that new project you started last week?
4) I got the highest marks for the test in my class. I didn’t make a single ……….. .
5) If you want to put another sofa in this room we will have to make some ……….. for it.

Answers: 1) c, 2) e, 3) a, 4) d, 5) b

Match the two parts of a dialogue.

1) A: I heard your husband is a great cook.
2) A: Who’s making those strange noises?
3) A: I’m sorry I made such a big mess in the kitchen.
4) A: Both of my nephews are naughty little devils.
5) A: There’s so much trouble in the world.

a) B: I can imgaine how much trouble they make for their parents.
b) B: But maybe we can make a difference if we love and respect each other.
c) B: That’s the neighbour’s new wife singing.
d) B: I’ll ask him to make youdinner once and then you’ll see.
e) B: I don’t mind as long as you clean it up.

Answers: 1) d, 2) c, 3) e, 4) a, 5) b

to make progress – haladni
to make room – helyet csinálni
to make an effort – erőfeszítést tenni, ’megeröltetni önmagát’
to make a mistake – hibázni
to make money – pénzt keresni
to make a noise – zajt csapni, zajongni, hangot hallatni
to make a mess –rumlit csinálni
to make trouble – bajt okozni
to make a difference – különbséget tenni, változtani valamin
to make breakfast/lunch/dinner – készíteni reggelit/ebédet/vacsorát