Dalgliesh was woken next morning by the ring of the telephone. His aunt must have answered it quickly for the ringing stopped immediately and he dozed again into that happy transe between waking and sleeping which follows a good night.
At the end of this text,
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US President Barack Obama warned American teenagers against the fact of putting too much personal information on Internet social networking sites, saying that employers are increasingly turning to sites such as Facebook or MySpace to conduct background checks on job applicants.
In this article it is said that President Obama ...
I would like to purchase the report published by your department for which I need to know the price and the postal charge.
As I will be leaving this country for Hong Kong in September, your quick answer would be very much appreciated.
The person who wrote this letter ...
A I’m in steerage. That was the cheapest fare I could find. We’re all crowded together. I have room only for myself and my belongings. Life is very hard, and we’re not supposed to arrive before two weeks.
B Today we’ve seen the Statue of Liberty. We all stood by the rail and blessed America. I’m both relieved and a bit frightened.
C I’ve just got on board HMS Shamrock in Dublin. I’m scared of the unknown but also excited at starting a new life. When I get rich, my family can join me.
D I’ve made a good friend. His name is Patrick. He’s my age and from Dublin. An officer told me we should reach land within a few days now.
Which is the correct order?
Parents should teach their smaller children to learn about noise levels. This would reduce the likelihood that the child, when he or she becomes a teenager, will constantly listen to loud music from walkmans or hi-fis and possibly damage his/her hearing.
Which is the most appropriate title?
This professional lever arm corkscrew has been produced to the highest specifications and is designed to eliminate twisting, straining and unnecessary struggling, opening bottles in just a few seconds.
That would make an ideal present for people who enjoy:
When the Prime Minister was attacked by another Member of Parliament on his annual Budget proposals, he said that it was like being savaged by a dead sheep.
The Prime Minister was being:
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To shoot the cover subjects for the 2010 TIME 100, Marco Grob and his team travelled to seven cities over six weeks.
What’s it like telling the one hundred most influential people in the world to smile for the camera?
Grob says it was amazing and that he had to pinch himself while they were posing and he was standing behind the lens!
Which statement is NOT correct?
American film-maker Kevin Smith has been kicked off a flight in California because he was overweight. The director of films such as Clerks and Chasing Amy fell victim to Southwest Airlines’ booking guidelines which say that extra-large passengers pose a safety risk and must pay for an additional seat. The airline, however, was later forced to apologize after Smith unleashed a tirade against it on his Twitter page.
He tweeted: I may be fat, but I’m not there yet. If you look like me, you may be ejected from Southwest Air!
Kevin Smith was forbidden to travel by plane because ...
A cat in Australia is defying its species’ famous dread of water by taking regular dips in a pool.
Prinny the Persian cat isn’t so precious she won’t get her paws wet.
Instead, the cat joins her friend Bandit the spaniel when he’s taking a dip at Doggy Paddle in Rosebud, in Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula,
as part of his hydrotherapy sessions for a bad back.
We learn that Prinny ...
The least successful tourist on record is Mr Nicholas Scotti from San Francisco. One day, he flew from America to his native Italy to visit relatives. En route the plane made a one-hour-fuel stop at Kennedy Airport. Thinking that he had arrived, Mr Scotti got out and spent two days in New York believing he was in Rome. When his nephews were not there to meet him, Mr Scotti assumed they had been delayed in the heavy Roman traffic they had mentioned in their letters.
While tracking down their address, the great traveller couldn’t help noticing that modernization had brushed aside most, if not all, of the ancient city’s landmarks. He also noticed that many people spoke English with a distinct American accent. However, he just assumed that Americans got everywhere and that it was for their benefit that so many street signs were written in English.
Mr Scotti spoke very little English himself and next asked (in Italian) the way to the bus depot. As chance would have it, the policeman came from Naples and replied fluently in the same tongue. After twelve hours travelling round on a bus, the driver handed him over to a second policeman. There followed a brief argument in which Mr Scotti expressed amazement at the Rome police forces employing someone who did not speak his own language.
Scotti’s brilliance is seen in the fact that even when told he was in New York, he refused to believe it. To get him on a plane back to San Francisco, he was raced to the airport in a police car with sirens screaming.
See, said Scotti to his interpreter, I know I’m in Italy. That’s the way they drive.
Which sentence exactly corresponds to that short story?
The least successful tourist on record is Mr Nicholas Scotti from San Francisco. One day, he flew from America to his native Italy to visit relatives. En route the plane made a one-hour-fuel stop at Kennedy Airport. Thinking that he had arrived, Mr Scotti got out and spent two days in New York believing he was in Rome. When his nephews were not there to meet him, Mr Scotti assumed they had been delayed in the heavy Roman traffic they had mentioned in their letters.
While tracking down their address, the great traveller couldn’t help noticing that modernization had brushed aside most, if not all, of the ancient city’s landmarks. He also noticed that many people spoke English with a distinct American accent. However, he just assumed that Americans got everywhere and that it was for their benefit that so many street signs were written in English.
Mr Scotti spoke very little English himself and next asked (in Italian) the way to the bus depot. As chance would have it, the policeman came from Naples and replied fluently in the same tongue. After twelve hours travelling round on a bus, the driver handed him over to a second policeman. There followed a brief argument in which Mr Scotti expressed amazement at the Rome police forces employing someone who did not speak his own language.
Scotti’s brilliance is seen in the fact that even when told he was in New York, he refused to believe it. To get him on a plane back to San Francisco, he was raced to the airport in a police car with sirens screaming.
See, said Scotti to his interpreter, I know I’m in Italy. That’s the way they drive.
Scotti supposed his nephews were not at the airport because ...
The least successful tourist on record is Mr Nicholas Scotti from San Francisco. One day, he flew from America to his native Italy to visit relatives. En route the plane made a one-hour-fuel stop at Kennedy Airport. Thinking that he had arrived, Mr Scotti got out and spent two days in New York believing he was in Rome. When his nephews were not there to meet him, Mr Scotti assumed they had been delayed in the heavy Roman traffic they had mentioned in their letters.
While tracking down their address, the great traveller couldn’t help noticing that modernization had brushed aside most, if not all, of the ancient city’s landmarks. He also noticed that many people spoke English with a distinct American accent. However, he just assumed that Americans got everywhere and that it was for their benefit that so many street signs were written in English.
Mr Scotti spoke very little English himself and next asked (in Italian) the way to the bus depot. As chance would have it, the policeman came from Naples and replied fluently in the same tongue. After twelve hours travelling round on a bus, the driver handed him over to a second policeman. There followed a brief argument in which Mr Scotti expressed amazement at the Rome police forces employing someone who did not speak his own language.
Scotti’s brilliance is seen in the fact that even when told he was in New York, he refused to believe it. To get him on a plane back to San Francisco, he was raced to the airport in a police car with sirens screaming.
See, said Scotti to his interpreter, I know I’m in Italy. That’s the way they drive.
Which statement is NOT correct?