Collocations

A/

1. He just got out – Why didn’t he wait for us?
2. We had gotten up very early, we were tired, we went to bed early.
3. It’s the first time I see an eclipse.
4. I gave already heard this story. Haven’t you?
5. Why are you shouting after him? What has he done? Look, he spilt his soup on the tablecloth.
6. I have never been to Ireland. I did, I went there two years ago.
7. Have you read this novel? Yes. Did you like it? Yes, I read it with pleasure.
8. He was born in Africa, it was the first time he went to Europe. He had never seen snow before.
9. When was Milton born? He was born in 1608. When did he die? He died in 1674.
10. I just bought a magnetophonon. Where did you buy yours? I bought it in Germany.

B/

1. Yes, I saw it at Stratford three years ago. Yes, I’ve seen it twice.
2. No, he didn’t tell me yet. Yes, he told me about them yesterday.
3. Yes, I have read two or three. I read the day of the Triffids.
4. Yes, I have, at his son’s wedding. Yes, I have, a long time ago.
5. Yes, I have when I was in France. I have been eating frogs all my life.
6. Yes, I have been there several times. Yes, I went in 1968.
7. Yes, I listened to them every day when I was in England. Yes, I have, but only once or twice though.
8. Yes, I have twice, and I’ll climb it again next summer. Yes, I climbed it twice when I was a young man.
9. Yes, they have been there last week. Yes, they have been going there every week since they came to live in London.
10. Yes, quite a few people have told him so on several occasions. Yes, I have told him so only yesterday.

A/

1. We would all be sorry if you couldn’t come.
2. If you needed a sewing machine, I could lend you mine.
3. We would like to know why you’re late.
4. Do you think they would leave their country?
5. I would be disappointed not to assist to their wedding.
6. From this window, we could see the sea if their wasn’t so much fog.
7. You should apologize. If I were you, I would.
8. We could be pleased to meet your wife.
9. What advice would you have given to her?
10. I wouldn’t have come if I knew that there wouldn’t have been anybody.

B/

1. Il est rentré très tard la nuit dernière, et bien entendu il claquait la porte et a réveillé toute la famille.
2. En été on jouait dans le jardin jusqu’à dix heures, puis papa arrivait et nous disait qu’il était temps d’aller au lit.
3. J’espère qu’ils ne viendront pas, ce serait vraiment incommode.
4. L’âne n’irait pas plus loin.
5. Il disait qu’il prendrait sa retraite quand il aurait soixante ans, mais personne n’a cru qu’il le ferait.
6. La chatte passait des heures à regarder les oiseaux dans les arbres du jardin.
7. Il a dit qu’il était de son devoir de renforcer la loi.
8. J’aimerais vraiment qu’ils essaient d’être un peu moins bruyants.
9. Son fils venait à la maison quelques jours à chaque Noel, et à chaque fois qu’il arrivait, elle regardait anxieusement par la fenêtre de devant.
10. Voilà le genre de blague qu’il pourrait faire.

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