Fortnight meaning in English
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Definition
(I was on holiday for) a fortnight (UK): two weeks
Exercise 1
Choose TRUE statement(s) from the choices below. Be careful! There may be more than one correct answer!
Choose TRUE statement(s) from the choices below. Be careful! There may be more than one correct answer!
This is a true statement. Great Britain is composed of three countries: England (capital: London), Scotland (capital: Edinburgh), and Wales (capital: Cardiff). Great Britain and Northern Ireland (capital: Belfast) together make the United Kingdom! It's all a bit complicated, really.
This statement is not true. Kevin says "boats aren't like planes... they're planned at irregular intervals". Every four weeks would be a regular interval, so this is not the right answer.
This is a correct choice. Kevin says "...out of Southampton, England, and it takes around 16 days to get to Itaguai port, near Rio de Janeiro". A "fortnight" means "two weeks". There are fourteen days in two weeks, it therefore takes more than a fortnight to get from Southampton to Brazil!
This is not a true statement. The perfume has already been made and will not require any additional effort from the factory employees. Kevin says "they've got quite a surplus in their warehouse". This means they don't need to make any more! They already have enough in the factory.
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