a serious mistake, usually caused by not taking care or thinking

Their company was struggling after a series of financial blunders. – A cégük egy sor pénzügyi baklövés után nehézségekkel küzdött.

2.error – hiba, tévedés

to make a mistake

My boss admitted that she’d made an error. – A főnököm elismerte, hogy hibát követett el.

3.gaffe – baklövés, melléfogás, gikszer, tapintatlanság

a remark or action that is a social mistake and not considered polite:

The famous actor made a real gaffe by calling her partner “Emma”, which is the name of his previous girlfriend. – A híres színész igazi baklövést követett el azzal, hogy “Emily”-nek nevezte a partnerét, ami a korábbi barátnője neve volt.

4.mix-up – galiba, kavarodás, félreértés

a mistake that causes confusion

Unfortunately, there was a mix-up with our bags at the airport. – Sajnos a reptéren kavarodás történt a csomagjainkkal.

5.slip – elszólás; a slip of the tongue – nyelvbotlás

a small mistake; something that you say by accident when you intended to say something else

It was an understandable slip. – Érthető elszólás volt.

Oh, sorry, it was just a slip of the tongue. – Ó, bocsánat, ez csak egy nyelvbotlás volt.

sources: Cambridge Dictionary; Collins Dictionary

Yes, yes I know you’re dying to know how hamburgers came about in this world – so here it is.

While there are multiple theories, many believe the Mongols started the craze when raw beef was kept under saddles while they tried to conquer the world. The meat then became tender enough to eat after spending a good amount of time – ahem – between a horse and human backside. Kids, don’t try this at home. Eventually the tender meat phenomenon spread to Hamburg, Germany, where a dish called ‘Hamburg steak’ gained popularity. These events led to the experimentation with hamburg.

By the end of the 1800s, European emigrants had reached their destination of America on ships registered to Hamburg lines. Those travelers were served meat patties that had been cooked on a grill and placed between two pieces of bread.

There is an ongoing debate, as several men have been named as the true first inventors of this fine creation. The word hamburg first appeared in print in 1834 in Delmonico Restaurant, located in New York. By 1902, chefs began putting beef through a grinder mixed with pepper and onion. The burger gained worldwide popularity after the St. Louis World’s Fair in 1904.

Vendors had served the burger to many customers and the New York Tribune described it as “the innovation of a food vendor on the pike.” Then, in 1921, White Castle opened the first hamburger stand in Wichita, Kansas.

Now, pop quiz time – roughly, how many hamburgers you have had in your lifetime a) hundreds b) thousands c) are you crazy, I am a vegetarian.

source: Geobeats

to be dying to know – furdalja a kíváncsiság
theory – elmélet
craze – őrület
saddle – nyereg
to conquer – hódítani
backside – alfele valakinek
phenomenon – jelenség
emigrant – kivándorló
meat patty – húspogácsa
ongoing debate – folyamatban levő vita
vendor  – árus, mozgó árus
pike – régies, nyárs
stand – bódé

1. The lights have gone out in the whole area. It must be a ……………….. .

a) power down
b) power cut 

2. The bathroom is flooded. The washing machine ……………….. .

a) is leaking
b) is trickling

3. George’s car won’t start. It probably has a/an  ……………….. .

a) flat battery
b) empty battery

4. Oh dear, this lamp doesn’t work. We need a new ……………….. .

a) lighting
b) light bulb

5. Make sure you don’t touch this wire. It’s ……………….. and you’ll get an electric shock!

a) awake
b) live

6. My fridge is not working properly. I guess I need to ……………….. it.

a) defrost
b) defreeze

7. I plugged in my hair dryer but it doesn’t work. Looks like it ………………..

a) has broken off
b) has broken down

8. I’ve lost my ……………….. and I can’t use my phone now.

a) charger
b) changer

9. You can’t use the lift. It’s out of ……………….. .

a) electricity
b) order

10. I don’t know what’s wrong with the DVD player. Where is the ……………….. ?

a) instructions booklet
b) inventions booklet

11. I bought this drill yesterday but it doesn’t work. I need to ……………….. it to the shop.

a) reclaim
b) return

12. Give me a hand. The toilet won’t ……………….. .

a) flush
b) flash

13. Oh no! I ……………….. the memory card clean by mistake.

a) wiped
b) scrubbed

14. The touchscreen on Mike’s phone is broken. He needs a ……………….. .

a) replacement
b) change

15. Our car broke down on the motorway so we called a ……………….. .

a) breakdown car
b) tow truck

answers: 1-b 2-a 3-a 4-b 5-b 6-a 7-b 8-a 9-b 10-a 11-b 12-a 13-a 14-a 15-b

1. He ……………….. like a fish.

a) eats
b) drinks

2. I went out with an Irishman last night and he ……………….. me under the table.

a) ate
b) drank

3. I don’t feel like cooking tonight. Let’s ……………….. .

a) eat out
b) drink out

4. George lost his driving license because of ……………….. driving.

a) eat
b) drink

5. My sons are 14 and 16 and they ……………….. me out of house and home.

a) eat
b) drink

6. I haven’t had cooked food for a week. I’m so hungry I could ……………….. a horse.

a) drink
b) eat

7. Nobody could help him. He just ……………….. himself to death.

a) ate
b) drank

8. The best man made a speech and the guests ……………….. to the newlyweds.

a) drank
b) ate

9. How stupid of me! I didn’t realise she was ill. I wish I could ……………….. my words.

a) drink
b) eat

10. You must decide whether you want a promotion with longer hours or less money but more holiday. You can’t have your cake and ……………….. it too.

a) drink
b) eat

11. Great idea! I’ll ……………….. to that.

a) drink
b) eat 

12. Binge ……………….. can spoil a party and you end up with terrible hangover.

a) eating
b) drinking

13. The children acted out. They ……………….. like pigs.

a) ate
b) drank

14. Models are supposed to be skinny so Mary ……………….. like a bird.

a) drinks
b) eats

15. If my company really calls the police to investigate the thefts, I’ll ……………….. my hat!

a) eat
b) drink

Answers: 1-b 2-b 3-a 4-b 5-a 6-b 7-b 8-a 9-b 10-b 11-a 12-b 13-a 14-b 15-a

Match these Hungarian expressions with their English  equivalents.

a) Csak csipeget.

b) Az asztal alá ivott.

c) Farkaséhes vagyok.

d) Visszaszívta a szavait.

e) Megeszem a kalapom!

f) Halálra itta magát.

g) Kiesz a vagyonomból.

h) Iszik, mint a kefekötő.

i) A kecske is jóllakjon, és a káposzta is megmaradjon.

Answers: a-14 b-2 c-6 d-9 e-15 f-7 g-5 h-1 i-10

I. Match the verbs with the definitions.

II. Fill the gaps with the phrasal verbs above.

1. I decided to ……………….. tennis. I hope I’ll be able to go twice a week.

2. I’m really sorry to inform you the operation wasn’t completely successful. You will have partial use of your leg, you’ll have to ……………….. it.

3. George had some bad news. He might need a day off, he ……………….. .

4. The twins ……………….. by their grandparents because their parents died in an accident.

5. I don’t understand how she could ……………….. for such an egotistic person.

6. You can’t go on avoiding Tom. You two should ……………….. .

answers:

I. 1-b 2-e 3-a 4-f 5-d 6-c

II. 1-take up 2-live with 3-is down 4-were brought up 5-fall for 6-make up

Let’s travel all around the world!

Test your vocabulary: countries, nationalities, languages

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Australian Family broke Guinness World Record for Christmas light display with 518,838 flickering bulbs (but some of the neighbours have stopped speaking to them)

Father-of-three David Richards, from Canberra, Australia first won the title in 2011 with 331,038 lights. However, he was beaten by a family from New York who installed 346,283 – but Mr Richards vowed to regain the title. His family officially broke the record with 502,165 lights in 2014 much to the annoyance of his neighbours.

The sight attracted neighbours from miles around – although not all of them are impressed. Some have not spoken to the family since 2011. Mr Richards, who lives in the suburb of Forrest with his wife Janean, son Aidan and daughters Caitlin, and Madelyn, insisted most neighbours supported the display. He added: ‘I have always loved Christmas. Having the Christmas lights with the community coming in and sharing it is a time when you get to know people you probably should know better, I guess.’

Guinness World Records confirmed the family’s charity feat had officially the most Christmas lights on a residential property. The twinkling bulbs cost about £1,400 to run for a month – but the sum had been donated by a local power company.

The stunt is open to the public, and hundreds of people have already visited and posted videos on Youtube. It raises funds for children’s charities. Up to 70,000 people visited the light show when he put it on in 2011 and it raised £44,000 for charity.

The lights took a lot of time to put up but Mr Richards did not have to count them all himself – instead delivery records and invoices were used to certify the total. However, he said he will need a generator if he puts up any more lights.

He broke the world record for the most lights on an artificial Christmas tree for the third time in November 2015. The Christmas tree is 22 metres high and is covered in 518,838 LED lights, with 1.6 kilometres of plastic fir and is topped with a 1.5 metre star.

Mr Richards started working on it in December last year to build the dazzling display with the help of volunteers in order to raise money for families affected by sudden infant death syndrome.

Match the words with the definitions.

Key:

1. d.

2. e.

3. b.

4. a.

5. c.

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Snowmen jokes

Maine Temperature Conversion Chart

The state of Maine (USA) has quite a reputation for being very cold. To get a feel for it, complete the chart with the missing words. (Don’t forget that temperatures are given in Fahrenheit so zero degrees in the table are -17.7 Celsius. 1 Celsius = 1.8 Fahrenheit If you want to work out the rest of the temperatures, you can use an online converter.)

Maine Temperature Conversion Chart

answers

Snowmen 1-d 2-g 3-a 4-e 5-b 6-h 7-c 8-f
Maine 1-gardens 2-shiver 3- cars 4-distilled 5- sweatshirt 6-landlords 7-cease 8-winter coats 9-disintegrates 10-postpone 11-cows 12-atomic

It’s Black Friday – the biggest shopping day of the year. We’ll have all the bargains, special offers and scraps as shoppers scramble to get the best deals.

Millions of bargain hunters are flooding stores to snap up their Black Friday deals – causing mayhem throughout the country. Arrests have already been made as shoppers battle over the best bargains in supermarkets which opened at midnight. Police have been called to stores in Manchester, Cardiff, Birmingham and London amid fears of crowd surges. Shoppers described scenes of “carnage” as people scrambled for the best deals.

Greater Manchester Police said at least two people have been arrested at Black Friday sales events already this morning. Officers attended a store on Excelsior Road in Cardiff twice after midnight over concerns about “customer conduct.” A woman suffered minor injuries after being hit by a falling television in Stretford and an ambulance was called. The Tesco store at Ellesmere Shopping Centre in Walkden was closed down after a crowd of more than 500 people attended.

www.mirror.co.uk

Fill in the gaps with the right words from the table.

1. The river ………………. the town last May.

2. Luckily, the driver only suffered ………………. .

3. Look what I bought! It was a real ………………. .

4. People ………………. to get on the train and someone fell on the tracks.

5. The little girl couldn’t find her parents in the ………………. .

answers: 1-flooded 2-minor injuries 3-bargain 4-scrambled 5-crowd

They may have only hit the shelves in September, but for many, their iPhone 6 dreams have already taken a turn for the worse. Because a survey of over 2,000 people by vouchercloud.com has found that a staggering 42 per cent of iPhone 6 owners have already damaged their pricey new handsets.

And despite the fact that the iPhone 6 was plagued by reports of bending when it first went on sale, this only came in as the second most reported damage.

In fact it will come as little surprise to most people that smashed screens was the top type of damage, with 58 per cent of owners with broken handsets saying this had happened to them. The other problems to make the top five were water damage, damaged buttons and software issues.

Time to dig out that old, nuclear war-proof Nokia, eh?

www.metro.co.uk

Match the synonyms.

answers: 1-d 2-e 3-a 4-c 5-b