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Кто не знает иностранных языков, не знает ничего
о своем родном.”
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Catch collocations

English Idioms

USES OF :: This, that, these and those

1) this and these:
We use this (singular) and these (plural) as pronouns:
a. to talk about people or things near us:
This is a nice cup of tea.
Whose shoes are these?
b. to introduce people:
This is Janet.
These are my friends, John and Michael.
WARNING:
We don’t say These are John and Michael.
We say This is John and this is Michael.
c. to introduce ourselves to begin a conversation on the phone:
Hello, this is David, Can I speak to Sally?
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2) that and those:
We use that (singular) and those (plural):
a. to talk about things that are not near us:
What’s that? (point to something far)
This is our house, and that’s Rebecca’s house over there.
Those are very expensive shoes.
b. We also use that to refer back to something someone said or did:
- Shall we go to the cinema?
- Yes, that’s a good idea.
- I’ve got a new job.
- That’s great.
- I’m very tired.
- Why is that?

Collocations with save

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Cинонимы фразы I think

I suppose – я полагаю, считаю, думаю
I suppose it will rain today. (Думаю, что сегодня пойдет дождь.)

I reckon – я считаю, полагаю
I reckon she is angry at me for leaving her alone. (Полагаю, она на меня зла из-за то, что я бросил ее одну.)

I guess – я думаю, полагаю, наверно
I guess I’ll go now. (Я, наверно, пойду.)

I imagine – я думаю, полагаю
I imagine she earned a lot of money with her new novel. (Полагаю, она заработала много денег на своем новом романе.)

I presume – полагаю, предполагаю
That’s the new assistant, I presume. (Это тот самый новый ассистент, я полагаю.)

In my opinion – по моему мнению
In my opinion this matter is not as bad as it may seem. (По моему мнению, все не так плохо, как кажется.)

I believe – полагаю, считаю
I believe he is innocent. (Считаю, что он невиновен.)

It seems to me that – мне кажется, что…
It seems to me that they are conspiring against us. (Мне кажется, что они то-то замышляют против нас.)

To my way of thinking,… - на мой взгляд, по-моему
To my way of thinking, his speech was not very convincing. (На мой взгляд, его речь была не очень убедительна.)

As I see it, … – по моему мнению, как мне кажется
As I see it, he has done nothing wrong but helped his family. (По моему мнению, он не сделал ничего плохого, только помогал своей семье.)

The way I see things is that… – как я это вижу, по-моему