18 listopada 2019

How to learn English - Learn English with British Council - Part 4

I think British Council is the best way to learn English.
Now I am learning a lesson about Sherlock Holmes.
This is a link to the lesson:

I learn with the help of the best dictionaries:


1.
His creator, Conan Doyle, visited police museums
to gain inspiration for his stories.

gain (verb) US UK  /ɡeɪn/ GET [ T ]
C - to get something useful or positive:
The country gained independence in 1948.
L - to obtain or achieve something you want or need
gain(v) - zdobyć, osiągnąć
to gain inspiration for his stories

2.
Alan Moss is a former policeman and historian
former adjective [ always before noun ] US UK  /ˈfɔːmər/
C - happening, existing, or true in the past but not now:
former President Bill Clinton
L - happening or existing before, but not now

3.
He was really interested in real-life crimes, but actually
making those crimes into a really good story.

4.
It looks like he’s going to continue being a popular
fictional character for many more years to come. 
… że nadal będzie … przez wiele kolejnych lat

5.
I wonder what Sherlock would make of today’s forensic
work and policing techniques.
Zastanawiam się, co Sherlock zrobiłby z dzisiejszych
technik kryminalistycznych i technik policyjnych.

wonder verb US UK  /ˈwʌndər/
C - to want to know something or to try to understand
the reason for something:
I wonder what he's making for dinner.
I wonder why she left so suddenly.
I wonder if he'll get the job.
The children are very quiet. I wonder what they're doing.
wonder - zastanawiać się
L - to think about something that you are not sure
about and try to guess what is true, what will happen etc
What are they going to do now, I wonder?

6.
I guess we’ll never know.

I guess - chyba

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