19/09/2021
A few verbs for today -
Find:
1. to discover something by chance or unexpectedly, - "Last week I found (past tense of find) 50zł in the parking lot."
2. to identify (something) as being present, - "Vitamin C is found in citrus fruits."
Polish: odnaleźć, znajdować
Keep:
1. to have or retain possession of, - "May I use your pen?" "Yes, and you can keep it because I don't need it."
2. to store something somewhere, - "Where do you keep your cutlery?" "In the top drawer in the kitchen."
Polish: trzymać, zachować, przechować
Lose:
1. to be deprived of or cease to have or retain (something), - "I've lost my appetite."
2. to become unable to find (something or someone)., - "I've lost my car keys."
Polish: stracić, zgubić
Weep:
1. to shed tears, - "a grieving mother wept (past tense of weep) over the body of her daughter."
2. to exude liquid, - "She rubbed the sore, making it weep."
Polish: płakać, opłakiwać, łzawić, kapać z czegoś
And now an idiom -
finders keepers (losers weepers):
- used especially in children's speech to say that a person can keep what he or she has found and does not need to give it back to the person who has lost it.
This idiom is especially used by children, however it can also be used by adults as a fun 'joke' when we want to remember this fun childhood idiom.
Let's say you are with your friends and one of your friends lost 2zł (it fell onto the floor), you notice it on the floor and pick it up, your friend says "Oh, that's mine, it fell out of my pocket." You can say "finders keepers (losers weepers)" (while putting the 2zł into your own pocket).
You may say either just "finders keepers" or use the whole idiom and say "finders keepers losers weepers".
