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index
1
Hello
2
Idioms
3
Jokes
4
Graiti
5
Dr Fingers’ Vocabulary Clinic
6
Funny Products
7
Dictionary of Slang
8
Basic English
9
Living Abroad
10
Crank Call
11
Useful advice
12
Noise Nuisance
13
Fingers Grammar
14-15
British Bar Chat
16-17
US Bar Chat
18
Dumb US Laws
19
Great Moments in US History
20
Story Time
21
Trivia
22
Typical Dialogues
23
Social English
24
Quiz
25
Quirky News
26
Song: Garrett Wall
27
Clever Criminals
28
Grammar Fun
29
Fluency Practice
30
Business English
31
Goodbye
Editor’s
intro
Hi, everybody, and welcome to another issue of Hot
English,
I read a funny story the other day. A driver in East London
was
ined
for parking on
double yellow lines
that
weren’t even there when he parked his car. Apparently,
the lorry painting the lines had drawn around the man’s
car. Incredible!
Talking about the law, there are all sorts of strange laws
still in existence in Britain and America. We’ll be looking
at a few of these this month.
I also read that the government is thinking about
forcing companies to
get rid of
the
standby switches
on electronics. Apparently, machines in standby mode
use 8 percent of all domestic electricity in the UK. Well, I
guess we could close down a couple of nuclear power
stations if that law came into existence.
The big news this month is the re-
launch of our French magazine Le
Kiosque. It’s back on the road again.
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our readers. If you’d like a copy, send
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This month we’re focusing on the ilm The Queen,
starring Helen Mirren. It’s been getting
rave reviews
,
and is becoming a
strong contender
for the Oscars.
We sent one of our top reporters to go and see it, and
he’ll be telling you all about it. Just to go with that, we’ve
got some feature articles on the royal family, including a
look at some royal trivia.
In our history section, we’re taking
a look at a particularly disastrous
campaign from the 19th century. Find
out how it all went horribly wrong for
the British in Afghanistan, and see
what lessons could be learnt from
that conlict.
The other big news at Hot English is
that our new, improved Web School
is almost
up and running
. We’ll be
telling you all about that next month.
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again next month for some
more “language development in
conjunction with humour”.
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The Queen
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Magazine
Index
3
Editorial
4
Phrasal Verbs
6
Idioms
7
Jokes & Graiti
8
Dr Fingers’ Vocabulary Clinic
9
Funny Product Labels
10
Dictionary of Slang
11
The Queen
12
The House of Windsor
13
Royal Family Tree
14
Royal Trivia
15
Basic English – The Airport
16
Amazing World
18
Living Abroad
19
Crank Call & Useful advice
20
Noise Nuisance
21
Dr Fingers’ Grammar
22
British Bar Chat
23
US Bar Chat
24
Crossword & Answers
25
Subscriptions
26
Dumb US Laws
27
Great Moments in US History
28
Story Time
29
Wordsearch & Joke
30
Trivia Matching & Weird Trivia
32
Vocabulary – Fire
34
Typical Dialogues – Emergency
35
Social English – Having Lunch
36
Quiz – Are you a Green
Traveller?
37
Quirky News
38
History: The Anglo-Afghan
Wars
40
Fawlty Towers
42
Doormats
43
British Laws
44
Jewels & Monarchs
46
Song by Garrett Wall
47
Clever Criminals
48
Grammar Fun
49
Fluency Practice
50
Business English
The House of Windsor
GLOSSARY
to ine
vb
if they “ine” you, you must
pay money because you
have committed a crime
double yellow lines
n
the two yellow lines in the
road that tell you that it is
prohibited to park
to get rid of something
exp
to eliminate something
a standby switch
n
a switch on an electrical
machine that shows that
the machine is in sleep
mode
a rave review
n
a very positive report/article
a strong contender
n
a ilm that may win a prize/
competition
up and running
exp
working and functioning
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History: Afghan Wars
40
Fawlty Towers
Here’s a funny photo for you. Let’s look
at the language. Some men refer to
other men of the same religion, country
or profession as their brothers (the term
“sister” can be used in the same way).
For example, “He came to Britain with
his Serbian brothers.”
To “warn” someone of a danger, is to
tell someone about that danger. In this
photo, the words “warn a” produce a
sound that is similar to the company
name Warner. Finally, “da” is the way
that some people (mainly of Afro-
Caribbean descent) say the word “the”.
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PhraSaL
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TakE
GLOSSARY
a mortgage
n
money the bank lends you to buy
a house
The verb “to take” has many different uses. Generally, we use this verb to refer to
the action of carrying/taking something from one place to another. For example,
“I took my car to the garage so they could repair it.”
Take off
If an idea “takes off” it
becomes very popular or it gets
accepted.
Take in (the washing/dry clothes)
To collect the clothes from the washing
line because they are dry.
the idea of hats
for cats has really
taken off.
i took all the
washing in before
it started to rain.
To be taken in
If you are “taken in” by
someone, you believe that person, even
though they are not honest.
Take on someone (at work)
To employ
someone; to give someone a job.
the club took me
on last week as
their new security
manager
They took all my
camera equipment.
I was taken in by
their friendly faces
Take out (money)
To use your bank card to
extract money from a cashpoint machine
or a bank.
Take out (a mortgage / bank loan)
To sign
an agreement with the bank: they give you
money to buy something, you pay back the
money with interest.
shall i take some
money out, or do
you have enough
money to pay for
dinner?
if we are going to buy
this place, I think we
will need to take out a
large
mortgage
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