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It's no use / It's no good ...
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It's no use worrying about it.
There's nothing you can do.
-
It's no good trying to persuade me. You
won't succeed.
There's no point in ...
-
There's no point in buying a car if you
don't want to drive it.
-
There was no point in waiting, so we went.
It's (not) worth ...
- My
house is only a short walk from here. It's not worth
taking a taxi.
- It was
so late when we got home, it wasn't worth
going to bed.
Говорят:`a book is
worth reading/a film is
worth seeing'
и
т.д.
- Do you
think this book is worth reading?
- You
should go and see the film. It's really
worth seeing.
(Have) difficulty ...
- I had
difficulty finding a place to live.
(а
не `to find')
- Did
you have any difficulty
getting a visa?
- People
often have great difficulty
reading my writing.
Запомните, говорят `difficulty'
(а
не
`difficulties'):
- I'm sure you'll
have no difficulty passing the
examination.
Также
говорят
`(have) difficulty in
-ing':
- He's
shy. He has difficulty in talking to
people he doesn't know well.
A waste of money / time ...
- It's
a
waste of time reading that book. It's
rubbish.
- It's
a
waste of money buying things you don't
need.
Spend / waste (time) ...
-
I
spent hours trying to repair the
clock.
-
I
waste a lot of time day-dreaming.
Go
-ing
Для того, чтобы сказать о
каком-либо действии
(особенно спортивном)
используют
go -ing:
go
shopping go
swimming go
skiing go
fishing
go
climbing go
sailing go
riding go
sightseeing
- How
often do you go
swimming?
- I'm
going skiing next year.
- I have
to go shopping this morning.
- I've
never been sailing.
`I've
been / I've
gone'
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