Correction Is Needed

"accommodation" is plural.

"He is paying to go to work."

Does it mean that he bribes others for the sake of getting a job?

I know the meaning of unemployment. However, why "of the masses" has been added?

‘But two-thirds of Angolans live in slums and poverty. The minibus taxis taking people to work are owned in their hundreds by top politicians.

In other words, top politicians possess hundreds of the minibus taxis, is not it?

‘It’s a fashion choice, and besides it gets very dusty in this city,’ he tells me. ‘We’ve had our long war, we still have many people who are hungry and poor, we have suffered. Now people like me with good jobs feel it’s time to treat ourselves.’

"to treat ourselves" means..............

Accommodation is singular.



It's really an exaggeration to highlight the fact the low paid worker spends a huge amount of money to get to work which erodes the already low salary.



To highlight huge unemployment, "mass unemployment" would be more commonly used instead.



yes, probably to highlight the fact the politicians are profiting from it.




To give pleasure by doing something like treating yourself to a new car, treat oneself to a holiday, etc

Accommodation is singular.

Offices and accommodation are in short supply and the expats are overloading the city with their demands.

After the Arab awakening and the subsequent changes the whole region is undergoing, Israel is still David, surrounded by forces which are not only are committed to fight it but are acquiring the necessary capabilities and manpower to do so. Goliath is today less visible and no longer protected by armor and a shield, and he may not be as tall as imagined, but he remains just as deadly and dangerous to the Jewish State. This new security paradigm requires original strategic thinking and the innovative spirit and faith that enabled David to beat Goliath with five stones and a sling shot.




From the context, what does the writer hear mean by the following names "David" & "Goliath"? Thanks in advance!

Do not we need a parallel right here since "offices" are plural?

Have a look please! http://nhd.heinle.com/Definition.aspx?word=accommodation

I see ur thinking, but take the word accomodation as meaning "a place to stay" and the sentence makes perfect sense.

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David & Goliath is a biblical story of brothers fighting, do a search & u will get the story.

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In essence, we agree to allow our country to succumb to a hostile takeover while we act like the three proverbial monkeys -- hearing no evil, seeing no evil, and speaking no evil, while we sit on our tolerant backsides.


What do we mean by "the three proverbial monkeys"? Please, make it clear.

We either take the credit or pass up the opportunity.

A paraphrase is needed. thanks in advance!

This is a common image based on the principal "See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil". There's a lot more info on it here http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_wise_monkeys

It's used a lot in culture, in things like films, clothing, literature etc



To 'take credit' for something means to tell people you caused something to happen, our allow them to think you caused something to happen. It's usually a positive thing that you've done that you would get 'credit' for. If it was a negative thing you'd use the word responsibility, though they really mean the same thing. Eg. I take credit for answering this question for you.

To pass something up means to decline an opportunity.

So a paraphrase for the whole sentence would be simply

"We either accept responsibility [for the act], or not."

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Literature preserve record of the thoughts, dreams and deeds of the people of a given culture & society. In spite of a perhaps vast time and distance from our own place in those two dimensions, literature helps us to know that human nature is stacked in a regularity that is comforting. From it we learn the boundaries of what others have been able to endure.


What does the word it refer to?

a.regularity b. human c. literature d. nature

I have been told that the best choice is "c". The problem is this: I couldn’t have answered this question if I had not told.





Please a rule is needed!

To "turn the tables against someone" This is an expression which I think you will have more difficulty understanding.


Let us say that you and I are playing cards. You put a good card down, so you are winning. I then put a better card down, and now I am winning. I have "turned the tables" against you. You could also say "Turned the tides against you"

It's not a proper sentence really, it's just an English saying.


edit: I've found where this saying comes from, it's from old games where you would play on a table. If you reverse your position, it's just like turning the table around, so you are in the winners position!