“to be/to go on the dole” means to receive unemployment benefit (на борсата съм)
Example: She is on the dole now, so she can’t afford to have a holiday.
to be in someone’s bad books = to be in disgrace or out of favour (в немилост съм)
Example: I forgot to buy my wife flowers, so now I’m in her bad books.
to go from bad to worse = to get worse than it already is (от лошо, по-лошо)
Example: There isn’t much chance of getting a better job in this town. A lot of people are unemployed. The situation has gone from bad to worse.
to go through a bad patch = to experience a lot of problems for a certain period of time (лош късмет, лош момент)
Example: The world economy has certainly been going through a bad patch but there are definite signs of improvement.
to make the best of a bad job = to try to salvage something from a ruined situation
Example: John couldn’t buy teh car he wanted, so he’s going to make the best of a bad job and save the money to repair the roof.
“To be on the breadline” means to be so poor as to afford only the bare necessities of life (едва свързвам двата края)
Example: He gets a minimal salary so he’s on the breadline.
“All in all” means everything being taken into account (всичко на всичко, като цяло)
Example: All in all, the criticism seemed fair.
Този сезон г-жа Вяра Ангелова занимава вашите деца в детските градини със следните теми:
I. My favourite food
* I draw, you guess
* Dialogues:
- Do you like …?
- Yes, I do. / No, I don’t.
*What’s your favourite food?
*What do you buy? - I buy carrots… (carrots, peanuts, potatoes, peppers, apples, pears, charries, strawberries, bananas, ice-cream, pizza, chips, soup, chicken, chocolate)
II. My body
* Body parts: leg, foot, arm…
* Song
There is a leg on the foot,
There is a body on the leg,
There is a head on the body,
There is a nose on the head;
*Song: Head and Shoulders
*Draw your body
*Game: Simon says
*What colour is your hair? What colour are your eyes?
III. My house
*Poster: My house - Tell me about the rooms
*Game: Where is the bedroom? (hot&cold)
*Flashcards: rooms
*Where am I?
“all along” means all the time or over a period of time. If you have suspected or known something all along, then you have felt this from the beginning. (досега, през цялото време)
Example: She knew all along that this would happen.
“to be in the black” means to operate at a profit, as opposed to “be in the red” which means to operate at a loss. This expression comes from the bookkeepers’ practice of writing gains in black ink and losses in red.
Example: Our company monitors all expenses, so we’re rarely in the red.
Q: What’s grey, yellow, grey, yellow, grey, yellow, grey, yellow,
grey, yellow, grey, yellow?
A: An elephant rolling down a hill with a daisy in its mouth!
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Q: Why is an elephant big, grey, and wrinkly?
A: Because, if it was small, white and smooth it would be an Aspirin.
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Q: How do you shoot a blue elephant?
A: With a blue elephant gun, of course.
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Q: How do you shoot a red elephant?
A: No, not with a red elephant gun. You strangle him until he turns blue,
and then shoot him with a blue elephant gun.
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Q: How do you shoot a green elephant?
A: Tell him a dirty joke so he turns red, strangle him until he turns blue,
and then shoot him with a blue elephant gun.
How do you get four elephants into a Mini?
Two in the front, two in the back.
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How do you get an elephant out of the water?
Wet.
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How do you get two elephants out of the water?
One by one.
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Every nation has to write a book about the Elephant:
The French book - The Sex Life of the Elephant
or: 1000 ways to cook Elephant
The English book - Elephants I have shot on Safari
The Welsh book - The Elephant and its influence on Welsh language and
culture
or: Oes ysgol tocynnau eleffant llanfairpwll nhadau coeden.
The American book - How to Make Bigger And Better Elephants
The Japanese book - How to Make Smaller And Cheaper Elephants
The Greek book - How to Sell Elephants for a Lot of Money
The Finnish book - What Do Elephants Think about Finnish People
The German book - A Short Introduction to Elephants, Vol 1-6.
The Icelandic book - Defrosting an Elephant
The Swiss book - Switzerland: The Country Through Which Hannibal Went
With His Elephants
The Canadian book - Elephants: A Federal or State Issue?
The Swedish book - How to reduce your taxes with an elephant.
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