Scarica Key words transformations - C1 level e più Appunti in PDF di Lingua Inglese solo su Docsity! KEY WORD TRANSFORMATION I didn’t know the way there, so I got lost. Not knowing how to get there, I got lost. I’ve just noticed that the car has almost run out of petrol. I’ve just noticed that there is hardly any petrol left in the car. I didn’t know that cars were so expensive in this country. I had no idea (that) cars cost so much in this country. Don’t get depressed because of such a small problem. It’s such a small problem that you shouldn’t let it get you down. It is reported that he is now recovering in hospital. He is reported to be making a recovery in hospital now. Laura’s teacher says that she doesn’t have a serious enough attitude to her work. Laura doesn’t take her work seriously enough according to her teacher. What’s confusing you so much? What is it that’s causing you such a lot of confusion? It took me some time to understand fully what happened. It was a while before/until/till I fully understood what had happened. There’s no point arguing about this small detail, in my opinion. This small detail is not worth arguing about, in my opinion. If your order is delayed, we will contact you. Should there be any/a delay to your order, we will contact you. The two situations are completely different. The two situations don’t have anything in common with each other. I was amazed because there were no problems throughout the holiday. To my amazement, nothing went wrong throughout the holiday. I have no intention of doing another kind of job. I would not dream of doing any other kind of job. Despite his reputation for being (despite his having a reputation) bad-tempered, he was also fair. I think there is no chance of Simon lending the money to us. Anne told me that she doesn’t intend to stop working. Anne told me that she has no intention to give up her job. It was a change to learn something useful form the TV last night. Jill regretted not having tried to get on better with her father. We aspect to solve the problem before for the product launch. The problem should be sorted out in time for the product launch. Although we booked a table, it wasn’t necessary because the restaurant was empty. There was no need to have made a reservation... John’s resignation is more to do with his desire to travel than wanting a new job. Albert said he had to start being interested in his children... He said it was (about/high) time he took/started taking an interest in his children... It was wrong of you not to tell me that information. You should not have kept that information from me. The council officer promised to get someone to remove the rubbish. The c. o. promised he would have the rubbish taken/someone take the rubbish away. I hate when people lie to me. I can’t stand being lied to. Joe demanded that Paul let him be the driver instead. Joe insisted on taking over from Paul as the driver. (Prendere il posto di) John needs to arrive soon, or we’ll have to go without him. We’ll have to leave John behind us unless he turns up soon. We managed to escape just before the whole building caught on fire. No sooner had we escaped than the whole building caught on fire. 1
