Hobby meaning in English
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Definition
a hobby: a pastime, an interest (horse-riding, stamp-collecting, jogging, etc.)
Examples
- "I'm here today to tell the customers of Warbuckle's to make a decision based on the quality and prices of our products, not the silly hobbies of one man."
- "It's often said that everyone should have a hobby."
- "Some people enjoy collecting knives, others enjoy building robots, and some English people think that the most enjoyable hobby of all is to hunt a small fox with a pack of dogs."
- "My hobbies are wining, dining, dancing and romancing."
Exercise 1
Kevin is not very good with money. From the list below, select the ideas which Luna suggests to help Kevin save money.
There may be more than one correct answer!
Luna suggests that Kevin could:
There may be more than one correct answer!
Luna suggests that Kevin could:
Kevin is not very good with money. From the list below, select the ideas which Luna suggests to help Kevin save money.
There may be more than one correct answer!
Luna suggests that Kevin could:
There may be more than one correct answer!
Luna suggests that Kevin could:
This is the only correct answer here. Luna offers Kevin the equipment to begin "knitting", which is a hobby or pastime enjoyed by many people. She also suggests that he could attend her reading group. These suggestions represent "a better, and cheaper, way (for Kevin) to spend (his) time". "Hobbies" are things we do for fun in our spare time.
This is not true. Luna is not happy about Kevin asking for an advance, and she does not suggest that he do this more often.
This is a false statement. Luna mentions the Irish potato famine to remind Kevin that not everyone is as lucky as he is, but she does not suggest that he eat lots of potatoes in order to save money.
This is not a true statement. To stop doing something "altogether" is to "entirely" or "completely" stop. Luna does not tell Kevin to do this. Rather, she writes that he could not play poker "quite so often", or "reduce the frequency" of his poker games!
Exercise 2
"Something to aspire to, a career goal, an ambition."
A career goal refers to:
A career goal refers to:
"Something to aspire to, a career goal, an ambition."
A career goal refers to:
A career goal refers to:
This is incorrect. Although Edward has a professional ambition to be a singer, a "career goal" does not refer to a hobby or interest.
This is incorrect. Although a career goal may involve choosing a new job (or line of work), this is not the best definition of the term.
This is incorrect. In sporting terms, a "goal" is successful attempt to score, however "a career goal" has nothing to do with sport, unless one's "career goal" is to be a sportsperson.
This is the correct answer. A "career goal" is an objective that one attempts or wants to achieve professionally. This can be a career choice or an opinion of where one wants to work in a number of years. Example: My short-term career goal is to be a manager, and my long-term career goal is to become a famous opera singer. Edward says that he wants to be a singer.
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