بعضی اصطلاحات رایج در زبان انگلیسی
Take it as a sighn of peace این را به فال نیک بگیر
My knowledge is rusty سوادم نم کشیده
To cut somebody dead به کوجه علی چپ زدن
He backed out of it دبه در آوردن
My mouth began to water دهانم آب افتاد
What Money Can Buy You
1) Money can purchase a 'bed' but not 'sleep'.
2) Money can purchase 'books' but not 'knowledge'.
3) Money can purchase 'foodstuffs' but not the power of 'digestion'.
4) Money can purchase 'medicines' but not 'health'.
5) Money can purchase a 'house' but not a 'home'.
6) Money can purchase 'luxuries' but not 'civilization'.
7) Money can purchase 'pleasures' but not 'happiness'.
8) Money can purchase 'cosmetics' but not 'Beauty'.
9) Money can purchase a 'temple' but not 'purity'.
10) Money can purchase an 'obedient attendant' but not 'respect'.
11) Money can purchase a 'servant' but not a 'friend'.
12) Money can purchase 'Positions' but not 'equality'.
13) Money can purchase 'sensual pleasures' but not 'love'.
14) Money can purchase 'MEN' but not 'BELIEF'.
15) Money can purchase 'commodities' but not 'PEACE'.
16) Money can purchase 'social status' but not 'nobility'.
17) Money can purchase 'credit' but not 'respect'.
18) Money can purchase 'titles' but not 'greatness'.
19) Money can purchase 'service' but not respect for the 'MASTER'.
20) Money can purchase 'power' but not 'influence'.
21) Money can purchase a 'human' but not 'humanity'
Needn't have and didn't need to:
Needn't haveیعنی کاری لازم نبوده انجام شود ولی در حال حاضر انجام شده
didn't need to یعنی کاری لازم نبوده انجام شود و ما هم آن را انجام نداده ایم
Both these forms are used to talk about past events, but there is sometimes a difference in use. When we say that someone needn't have done something, it means that they did it, but it was not necessary. Didn't need to is also sometimes used in this way:
You needn't have washed the dishes. I would've put them in the dishwasher.
You didn't need to wash the dishes. I would've put them in the dishwasher.
I didn't need to prepare all that food. They phoned to say they wouldn't be coming.
I needn't have prepared all that food. They phoned to say they wouldn't be coming.
But we also use didn't need to to say that something was not necessary under circumstances where it was not done:
The sun came out so we didn't need to take any rainwear on the trip.
We had plenty of petrol in the tank so I didn't need to fill up.
We didn't need to wait for long for them. They arrived just after us.
Needn't and don't need to
There is also a difference in use when these verbs are used to describe present situations. We can use both needn't and don't need to to give permission to someone not to do something in the immediate future. We can also use need as a noun here:
You don't need to water the garden this evening. It's going to rain tonight.
You needn't water the garden this evening. It's going to rain tonight.
There's no need to water the garden this evening. It's going to rain tonight.
You don't need to shout. It's a good line. I can hear you perfectly.
You needn't shout. It's a good line. I can hear you perfectly.
There's no need to shout. It's a good line. I can hear you perfectly.
However, when we are talking about general necessity, we normally use don't need to:
You don't need to pay for medical care in National Health Service hospitals.
You don't need to be rich to get into this golf club. You just need a handicap.
Need
کلمه need را میشود به عنوان یک modal استفاده کرد.
Note from the above examples that need can either act as a modal verb or as an ordinary verb. When it acts as a modal auxiliary verb it is nearly always used in negative sentences, as the above examples illustrate, although it is sometimes also used in questions as a modal verb:
Need you leave straightaway? Can't you stay longer?
Need I say more? I would like you to stay.
When it is used as an ordinary verb with to before the following infinitive and with an s in the third person singular, it appears in both affirmative and negative sentences and in questions:
She's almost dehydrated. She needs a drink. She needs to drink something before she has anything to eat. She doesn't need to stay in bed, but she should have a good rest before she sets off again. ~ Do I need to stay with her? ~ Yes, I think you should
Well off, better off:
well-off
این کلمه به طور کل به پول و مسایل مالی دلالت می کند. از این کلمه وقتی برای کسی استفاده می کنیم که نه ثروتمند بلکه دارای توان مالی تا اندازه ای باشد که مثلا دارای یک خا نه و یک ماشین باشد(نه ثروتمند و نه فقیر).
Well-off relates mainly to money matters. If you are well-off, you may not be rich exactly, but you have enough money to live well and comfortably:
By central European standards they are quite well-off They have their own flat and drive new cars.
well-off for
از این کلمه وقتی استفاده می کنید که بخواهید بگویید مقدار زیادی از چیزی دارید.
However, if you say you are well-off for something, this means that there are many of them:
We’re well-off for coffee shops in this town. There’s one at every corner in the High Street.
better-off
این کلمه صفت مقایسه می باشد و در مواقعی استفاده میشود که از نظر مالی مقایسه می کنیم.
The comparative form of this adjective is better-off which is used to talk about the varying degrees of wealth different people have:
We’re not as well-off as the Jones’s. They’re definitely better-off than we are. Just look at the way they dress!
To be better-off, as you suggest, Mariano, also has another meaning of being in a better situation and is used mainly in conditional patterns as follows:
If you’ve got heavy bags to carry, you’d be better-off taking a taxi.
It says on the sign that the motorway ahead is blocked. You’ll be better-off if you leave the motorway at this junction which is coming up now.
the better-off
این کلمه را برای مقایسه کردن گروه مردم استفاده می کنیم.
The better-off is sometimes used as a noun to describe a category of people, cf the rich / the poor:
The rich and the poor live side-by-side in this part of town.
The better-off should pay a higher rate of income tax, while those who are worst-off should pay no tax at all.