[Wyco]

Anyone could tell me what 'cubed adaptors' mean? (Thats something i am not supposed to take to the school's halls of residence when i will be moving to the UK)

Also, what are 'fairy lights'?

Idézet

UK cube adaptors are not permitted and if
found will be removed and returned at the end
of the academic year. Likewise any personal
electrical equipment that in the opinion of the
University is unsafe will be removed.

Szerkesztette: Wyco 2007. 08. 30. 14:41 -kor

[szabinar]

Ofc I can cubed adaptor is a small, usually white plastic thing that makes it possible to use your non-uk electrical stuff in the uk Here it is, hope u like it:


Fairy lights: karacsonyfaego vazze (well, not exactly but close hit...)

[Raynes]

I'm looking for Hungarian instructional material about stressing of English compound words. Please drop me few titles or links.

[BoGyesz]

G'day mates!

to the blokes in Albion: do you watch the footy world cup? the pommies went havoc when the South African blokes beat the crap out of 'em.  it's a bit difficult the follow the games here because of the time lag. I loved the first game of the Aussie team against Japan.  These enormous blokes against the samurais...  they had no chance.

[spidey]

Dude, you got some serious English slang, man...

[Gaspy]

I'm going to try the language exam on Saturday...again

[McElroy]

Idézet: Gaspy - Dátum: 2007. okt. 4., csütörtök - 18:54

I'm going to try the language exam on Saturday...again

Good luck!    How many times have you tried it be4?

[Gaspy]

Thank you ,fortunatelly just once But I passed the half of the exam so i'm just going to make the letter writing and listening tomorow...
By the way your webpage is rather interesting What language is this?(mcelroy.tk)

Szerkesztette: Gaspy 2007. 10. 05. 13:51 -kor

[r2r]

Idézet: Gaspy - Dátum: 2007. okt. 5., péntek - 14:48

Thank you ,fortunatelly just once But I passed the half of the exam so i'm just going to make the letter writing and listening tomorow...
By the way your webpage is rather interesting What language is this?(mcelroy.tk)

tk not means a county
what is the name of your language exam? how modules contain? is a mixture that you have remained an oral (listening) and a written (letter writing) part of it?

Szerkesztette: r2r 2007. 10. 05. 14:17 -kor

[McElroy]

Idézet: Gaspy - Dátum: 2007. okt. 5., péntek - 13:48

Thank you ,fortunatelly just once But I passed the half of the exam so i'm just going to make the letter writing and listening tomorow...
By the way your webpage is rather interesting What language is this?(mcelroy.tk)

Oh lol. I completely forgot it. It's not my webpage anymore so I should erase the link. A few years ago i was running a webpage under this url, but the .tk service requires users to re-register their domain names at .tk every few months but i was lazy and i didn't do it so someone else took away this domain name.  

[McElroy]

Thanks for your input again Gaspy. I have fixed the problem so my WWW button points to the correct url. Otherwise, which language exam are you going to try on Saturday? Are you going for the intermediate level?

[Gaspy]

Idézet: r2r - Dátum: 2007. okt. 5., péntek - 15:14

tk not means a county
what is the name of your language exam? how modules contain? is a mixture that you have remained an oral (listening) and a written (letter writing) part of it?

McElroy I see!

r2r:The name of this language exam is ECL.It contains 4 modules reading,letter writing,listening and a verbal excercise.If you get 60% percent for every modules your exam will be satisfied.But I didn't get 60 for the letter writing and listening unfortunatelly.But if you pass two modules you can repeat the remain excercises.

[Gaspy]

Idézet: McElroy - Dátum: 2007. okt. 5., péntek - 18:02

Thanks for your input again Gaspy. I have fixed the problem so my WWW button points to the correct url. Otherwise, which language exam are you going to try on Saturday? Are you going for the intermediate level?

It's my pleasure
I try to make the intermediate exam
and i'm scare a little bit now due to the tomorow,because my english could be better,but a hope that i can make it

[McElroy]

Idézet: Gaspy - Dátum: 2007. okt. 5., péntek - 17:07

It's my pleasure
I try to make the intermediate exam
and i'm scare a little bit now due to the tomorow,because my english could be better,but a hope that i can make it

We hope also that you can make it.

Just to make your English better:

not "I'm scare" it,s "I'm scared" .

and the other one:

I think you want to say that you are scared because of tomorrow's exam. "Due to" means something else, it does not mean the same as "because of".

To give you an example of using "due to":

I can not sleep due to my excitement of tomorrow's exam.

i hope you get right the difference.

[Gaspy]

Thank you for the corrections
does it mean that "due to" is more official than "because of" or?
BTW How long have you been learning english? It seems that you can very well

Szerkesztette: Gaspy 2007. 10. 05. 19:04 -kor

[McElroy]

About "due to":

I have checked it in my Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary because i felt like I was wrong before. Sorry for the mistake.

due can be adjective (melléknév), noun (fõnév) or adverb (határozó)

We are now focusing on the adjective form of due

After checking the dictionary here is my correction: "due" can also mean "because of".
So "due to" means: "caused by" and "because of"

Here are some example sentences from the dictionary:

The team success was largely due to her efforts.

Most of the problems were due to human error.

The project had to abandoned due to a lack of government funding.


Im sorry again. By the way, this is one of the best dictionaries ever. It never lies and it is absolutely trustworthy and always gives a detailed information on words.

And finally to answer you:
I don't think that we should discern "due to" and "because of", none of them is more official than the other.

I have been learning for a couple of years with breaks. In last year I have passed the intermediate level English language exam on BME and now I'm getting ready for the advanced one. But instead of taking the exam again on BME, I want to pass the Trinity language exam which is accepted in more than sixty countries in the world.

Szerkesztette: McElroy 2007. 10. 05. 20:35 -kor

[worxland]

Still, "due to" sounds alien (even Hunglish) in this context, "scared of tomorrow/tomorrow's exam" is more proper. Just my 2 cents.

[Gaspy]

Pff the listening was funny again I hope that my letters was good enough furthermore i will get the 60 percent for the listening

Szerkesztette: Gaspy 2007. 10. 06. 12:29 -kor

[McElroy]

Idézet: Gaspy - Dátum: 2007. okt. 6., szombat - 12:28

Pff the listening was funny again I hope that my letters was good enough furthermore i will get the 60 percent for the listening

Hi, what was the problem with the listening part? Was it impossible to hear the tape/cd player well? How could you manage the rest of the exam?

[Gaspy]

hmm about the listening:no it wasn't impossible to hear that.The problem was with me So the speaker was talking rather fast and i didn't understand everything.the themes of the writing part weren't too hard so i had to plan a one week long tour for a friend and in the other letter i had to speak about books versus internet(advantages,disadvantages etc.)

Szerkesztette: Gaspy 2007. 10. 06. 16:00 -kor