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FROM THE LIFE OF HENRY VIII

Teacher: “Johnny, who was Anne Boleyn?”3

Johnny: “Anne Boleyn was a flatiron.”

Teacher: “What on earth do you mean?”4

Johnny: “Well, it says here5 in the history book: ‘Henry, having disposed of Catherine, pressed his suit with Anne Boleyn.’”

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Замечу на полях, что в переносном значении сегодня эти слова будут уместны скорее в учебнике истории, чем в повседневной речи.

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CORNED BEEF AND CABBAGE

This story happened some two hundred years ago. A physician took his apprentice with him to the bedside of his Irish patient. The patient’s face was red and his temperature was high. The physician slapped him on the back.

“Get up and eat some corned beef and cabbage,” he said.

The next day the Irishman was able to go to work.

The apprentice made a note in his book: “Red face, high temperature. Give corned beef and cabbage.”