Lucian Velea
Lost Contact Lens
The teenager lost a contact lens while playing basketball in his driveway. After a fruitless search, he told his mother the lens was nowhere to be found. Undaunted, she went outside and in a few minutes returned with …
sight, site
Chiar şi vorbitorii nativi confundă uneori cuvintele "sight" şi "site", dat fiind că seamănă atât ca ortografie, cât şi ca pronunţie. Ambii termeni au atât valoare de substantiv, cât şi de verb. Ca substantiv, "sight" este un lucru …
Pe ecran la McDonald’s
Când foloseşti apostrof curbat, fără să te gândeşti dacă fontul ştie cum arată... :)
Broken Pay Phone
Bill was a frequent user of a pay telephone at a popular truck stop, and was greatly inconvenienced when the phone went out of commission. Repeated requests for repair brought only promises. After several days, Bill again contacted …
Art Museum
"With a single stroke of a brush," said the art teacher, taking his class around the National Gallery, "Joshua Reynolds could change a smiling face to a frowning one." "That's nothing," said Little Johnny, "So can my mother."
wet, whet
Ştie toată lumea, adjectivul "wet" înseamnă "umed", "ud". Iar ca verb, nu-i de mirare, înseamnă "a umezi", "a uda". Dar iată că intră în scenă mult mai rar întâlnitul cuvânt "whet". Ca verb, înseamnă "a ascuţi", "a da …
