An Alcoholic's Lullaby

Are you trying to bluff the sorrow by getting it drunk?
Say ‘So long until comes tomorrow’ when you realize you flunk.

Don’t you know that in crying there’s no bloody use?
A few drops stop no one from dying so stop being obtuse.

And, will you also dare to look into the mirror?
Then sink into despair and figure out in horror

That it’s always you with your bleary vision
Who is to do a kind of a wrong decision.

When you get painfully sober like the morning light
You’ll let it start all over and never dare to fight.

English Vocabulary List– 4. 7. 2015

1) pummel; verb
2) wisp; noun
3) fidget; verb
4) gush; verb
5) fell; verb
6) hessian; noun
7) brandish; verb
8) shrunken; adj.
9) lumber; verb
10) scurry; verb
11) acme; noun
12) clash (with); verb
13) veil; noun
14) jovial; adj.
15) loiter; verb
16) piety; noun
17) frumpy; adj.
18) comprise; verb
19) penance; noun
20) bleary; adj.

Français: Plus-que-parfait

Usage/ Užití

If you can read this and understand well, you speak English. That means that you have won, because plus-que-parfait is the same tense as the English past perfect. 

Plus-que-parfait je předminulý čas, což znamená, že se používá hlavně při vyprávění.

1) an action that occurred before another action in the past (As soon as I had closed the door I realised that I had left my cell phone on the bed.)

1) děj, který se udál dříve v minulosti, než nějaký jiný (Jakmile jsem zavřel dveře [zavřel jsem je před tím, než jsem si uvědomil], uvědomil jsem si, že jsem svůj telefon nechal na posteli [nechal jsem jej tam, než jsem si to uvědomil].)

Examples/ Příklady

Dès que j'avais fermée la porte j'ai réalisé que j'avais laissé mon portable sur le lit.

Quand je suis arrivé(e) à la maison elle avait déjà disparu.

Conjugation/ Časování

The sentences' construction resembles passé composé sentences, don't they? What we do is take one of the auxiliary verbs (either avoir or être), conjugate it in imparfait and add participe passé of the main verb. 

Don't forget– the same rules apply here: if we use conjugated être, the main verb must agree with the subject (j'étais arrivé(e)) and if it's avoir and direct object, it also must agree (j'avais fermée la porte).

Konstrukce vět se podobají těm v passé composé, že? Co uděláme je, že vezmeme jedno z pomocných sloves (buď avoir, nebo être), vyčasujeme je v imparfait a přidáme významové sloveso v participe passé.

Nezapomeňte– platí zde stejná pravidla: pokud použijeme vyčasované être, významové sloveso musí být ve shodě s podmětem (př. j'étais arrivé(e)), a pokud je to avoir a předmět přímý, také musí být ve shodě (př. j'avais fermée la porte).

For the conjugation/ Pro časování: http://la-conjugaison.nouvelobs.com/

love & peace

Ciray

Français: Imparfait

Usage/ Užití

All of the following examples are connected to the past, which means that imparfait is a past tense./ Všechny následující příklady se pojí s minulostí, což znamená, že imparfait je minulý čas.

1) a description (She was wearing a red sock. It was raining. The walls were blue.)
2) a state of being (She wanted to become a doctor. He liked it a lot. He had a car.)
3) a repeated/ habitual action (We would go to a park every day. We used to play with the ball.)
4) an action that has an unspecified duration (She was watching me. Sometimes I had some rest.)
5) a wish (If only I were taller.)
6) a suggestion (What about going to the cinema? Not!! I suggest we go this way. – subjonctif)

1) popis (Měla na sobě červenou ponožku. Pršelo. Stěny byly modré.)
2) stav (Chtěla se stát doktorkou. Moc se mu to líbilo. Měl auto.)
3) opakovaná akce/ zvyk (Chodívali jsme do parku každý den. Hrávali jsme si s tím míčem.)
4) akce, která má nespecifikovanou dobu trvání (Sledovala mě. Občas jsem odpočívala.)
5) přání (Kdybych tak byla vyšší.)
6) návrh (Co kdybychom šli do kina? Ne!! Navrhuji, abychom šli tudy. - subjonctif)

Examples/ Příklady

Elle portait une chaussette rouge. Il pleuvait. Les murs étaient bleues. 

Elle voulait devenir médecin. Il l'aimait beaucoup. Il avait une voiture.

Nous allions au parc. Nous jouions avec le ballon.

Elle me regardait. De temps en temps je me reposais.

Si j'étais plus grande.

Si nous allions au cinéma? 

Quand j'étais petite, je croyais que...

Avant j'y aillais en avion mais l'an dernier j'ai pris le train.

Specific cases/ Specifické případy

Two ongoing actions in the past/ Dvě v minulosti probíhající akce:

Je parlais pendant que je buvais. 

You were watching the TV (background, description) when someone knocked on the door (sudden action)/ Sledovali jste televizi (pozadí, popis), když [najednou] někdo zaklepal na dveře.

Vous regardiez la télé quand quelqu'un a frappé à la porte.

Imparfait can also be used in conditionals and indirect speech.
Imparfait může být také použito v podmínkových větách a nepřímé řeči.

Conjugation/ Časování

Verbs in imparfait have specific suffixes (-ais, -ais, -ait, -ions, -iez, -ient) which we add to the verb's first-person-plural form in présent (without the suffix -ons). There are a few exceptions, though, such as: être, aller, avoir, boire,...

Slovesa v imparfait mají specifické přípony (-ais, -ais, -ait, -ions, -iez, -ient), které přidáváme k tvaru první osoby čísla množného (bez přípony) onoho slovesa. Je zde ale několik výjimek, například être, aller, avoir, boire,...

This site has helped me a lot/ Tato stránka mi hodně pomohla:

http://la-conjugaison.nouvelobs.com/

love & peace

Ciray

English Vocabulary List– 30. 6. 2015

1) wheeze; verb
2) garner; noun
3) deft; adj.
4) berserk; adj.
5) vial; noun
6) ambush; verb
7) flotsam; noun
8) mane; noun
9) palpable; adj.
10) preen; verb
11) hangdog; adj.
12) raucous; adj.
13) frantic; adj.
14) nave; noun
15) wickerwork; noun
16) dilute; verb
17) tandem; noun
18) fissure; noun
19) placate; verb
20) musty; adj.

8 Possible Reasons Why You Can't Seem To Stay On A Diet

1) You're a terrible cook.

Am I right? If you choose a new recipe, it doesn't always come out as delicious as it should be. That can be quite frustrating if you've just spent two hours making a meal. And what do you do then? Eat something else- something unhealthy. 

How to fix this- if you like your mum's cooking- get some recipes from her. Or read recipes properly.

2) You store sweets.

If you know they're still there waiting for their chance, you are likely to eat them. Don't feel sorry about putting them into your trash can. They are like an ex boy/girlfriend. Let them go.

3) You have bad friends.

Dot.

4) You don't have snacks.

Then you get hungry and feel allowed to eat whatever you want because you've suffered enough. No. Get some protein and fibre and leave your kitchen.

5) You compare yourself to others.

Let me give you an example: You're hanging around in the city and suddenly, you see a girl who has a body like yours and she's eating some ice cream. So you say to yourself: 'She doesn't care what she looks like... I can do that too!' And you'll be awfully sorry later.

6) Your diet is too strict.

Sugar addiction is like any other addiction so you have to treat it like one. If you just cut it off, you'll end up wanting even more. Buy a package of candies you like and share it with someone. You'll feel guilty about eating so much and want the other one to eat more. Alternatively, if you have no one to share your candies with, eat a half of the package, get rid of the rest and get some friends so that yyou don't eat out of loneliness.

7) You get bored quite often.

Find a hobby or work out when you have time. I, too, eat when I'm bored (or when I study- but I can't tell you 'you study too much'- that would be irresponsible of me).

8) The food you eat is of vague taste.

Use spices and eat fruits instead of candy.

I hope I helped at least a bit.

love & peace

Ciray

Go ahead, draw your life!

But don't make mine look so boring. I'm kidding. I don't mind people drawing their life, sometimes I like to find out how they became who they now are. But at the end of the video (as it's usually a video) I feel quite... Ummm, I get trapped into an existential crisis, frankly.
I've been getting this kind of feeling since I was around sixteen. And that's what makes me feel so old all the time.

I'm too old to start doing stuff

"Doing stuff"- sounds so educated. Thinking this way means killing your dreams. I started living an actual life when I was seventeen. I started playing the violin, doing ballet, writing poems and writing music. I'm so happy I found out what I can do in my free time. When I play an etude like a pro, I feel that I've achieved something. It's not an impression I get at school where I basically feel forced to study. You are never too old to start doing... stuff. You can only be too lazy. Like me now- I'm too lazy to think of a better word than "stuff".

I can't get better friends or a boy/girlfriend

I've seen a lot of people (even in their twenties!) say: "If I leave him/her I might never be in a relationship again." Ah, so you'd rather spend the rest of your life in an unhappy relationship. Clever.

People don't change- why would I change?

This can regard either your physical appearance or the way you behave. You've never had a hairstyle that suits you? Your eyebrows look terrible? You have some belly fat? And the main question- are you willing to change it? If so, change it. Altering your behaviour can be tricky. I'll write an article about it. What I can say now is that I'm choleric and I hate it; therefore I control myself and I'm doing great. Everybody thinks I'm melancholic.

I could go ahead forever. 

You can get a better job.

You can go out with your friends more often.

You can establish a family.

You can go vegetarian.

You can start cooking instead of eating fast food.

Do anything that can make your life better, more content, happier, then draw it and show the people how boring their life is. That's when they can realize that their life can be what they want it to be, they can start dreaming.

Now think positive, spread happiness, my rant is over, I'm gonna watch Spongebob.

love & peace

Ciray