Showing posts with label Spoken. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Spoken. Show all posts

Sunday, June 3, 2012

Not to See the End of a Day: To Threaten Somebody



Not to see the end of day: If somebody threatens another person by saying that "he or she will not see the end of a day", then this person is going to be killed or severely punished by somebody as a sigh of revenge. ____________________________________________________________________





Transcription

  • Kratos: You will not see the end of this day!

 Vocabulary
  • To threaten is "to tell somebody that he or she is going to be harmed in some way"
  • To revenge means "to do something bad to somebody because they have done something bad to you"




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Friday, May 25, 2012

(Just) For The Record: Just To Remember You


  
(Just) for the record: You say for the record or just for the record when you want people to remember or take into consideration what you are saying because you think it is important to be mentioned.


Just for record is a very popular expression and it certainly should be incorporated into you daily vocabulary.
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  Phrases

  • Just for the record, I was right about her. [I just want you to kow that ...]
  • Just for the record, this film is going to be released on Blue-Ray.
  • Just for the record, I have not broken any law.
  • And for the record, we will not tolerate nasty behaviour.
  
 Vocabulary
  • Nasty behaviour is the same as unpleasant behaviour.
  • Take into consideration can be replaced with take into account
  • "is coming out" is the same as "is going to be released"

 

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