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Traduzione e definizione
to steal (something): rubare (qualcosa)
I think somebody stole my purse! It was right here and now it's gone. Penso che qualcuno abbia rubato la mia borsa! Era proprio qui e ora è sparita.
Questo è un verbo irregolare:
I steal / I stole / I have stolen
(a) stolen (car): (una macchina) rubata
Esempi
- "But in the spirit of good will, I've decided to offer my two cents, and hopefully Kevin won't steal it!"
- "Virtually unbreakable, so should be a worthwhile investment (assuming our workers don't steal them to wear as sunglasses)."
- "You think I want someone to come here steal my perfumes?"
- "Oh Jean... I do feel a bit guilty about stealing his fiancé but hey, you Gymglish users know what you want, and you wanted to see me kidnap Susie from her own wedding in a private helicopter."
- "Authorities don't yet know who is behind the virus, but they do know the motive: to steal people's money."
- "I stole a pencil from the supply room, and it's tearing me apart inside!"
- "Brian : Like who stole her crown for example?"
- "Philip : Well Horatio said his monkeys saw Brian stealing perfumes from the laboratory, and then Horatio took him to court, and Brian said it couldn't have been him that stole the perfumes because he was with Icarus, and then the jury said that Brian was innocent, and then-"
- "She foolishly tried to steal my best client, so I shot her in the back of the head with a paintball gun."
- "Horatio : Yes, my monkeys, they saw him. They told me he came into my laboratory and stole my secret perfumes."
- "You stole it!"
- "He's been caught stealing!"
- "Announcer : Are you tired of criminals breaking into your office, stealing your precious office supplies, computer equipment and furniture?"
- "He's been caught stealing."
- "Inspectors have now determined that Trotter was flying on a stolen broomstick."
- "Nobody steal Oléré's fine perfumes."
- "Edward : A Frenchman didn't respect me when he stole my music!"
- "On New Year's day, a bear in Kuala Lumpur stole a golf cart and drove it into the aquarium, where it was caught attempting to mate with a two-ton bluefin tuna."
- "Icarus : One of my co-workers stole my calculator from my office."
- "A boycott by a boy who is boycotting French products because a French boy stole his music."
Esercizio 1
Luna says that her telephone by Horatio, but I don't believe her. She lies from time to time. Sometimes she tells people at the office that she promoted fifteen times!
Luna says that her telephone was stolen 1 by Horatio, but I don't believe her. She lies from time to time. Sometimes she tells people at the office that she has already been 2 promoted fifteen times!
1 was stolen: We use the passive voice to describe an object which has been 'acted upon' (or been effected by an action). For example: a stolen car, a broken heart, a fallen soldier. The passive voice is formed with the auxiliary 'be' + the past participle of the main verb, in this case 'stolen'. Example: My heart was broken by an English spy.
1 was stole: 'Was stole' is not a proper verb construction. We must use the past participle of the verb 'to steal' here, and use the passive voice. 'Stole' exists only as the third person present tense form of the verb 'to steal' and cannot be preceded by 'was'.
1 is stolen: 'Is stolen' is incorrect. The verb 'to be' needs to be put in the past tense here, although the past participle form of 'to steal' is correct.
1 steals: 'Steals' is the active voice, whereas the passive voice is required here. We use the passive voice to describe objects (or people or ideas) which have been 'acted upon'.
2 has already been: Here we use the present perfect tense (has been promoted) in the passive voice. We must use the passive voice in this construction because the verb 'promoted' must take an object, and 'she' is the only possibility in the sentence.
2 is already been: 'Is already been promoted' is grammatically incorrect. We cannot use the auxiliary 'is' to form the present perfect tense, which is required here.
2 will already: 'Will already been promoted' is grammatically incorrect. We could say, however: 'Luna will be promoted next week' or 'By the time I get a raise, Luna will have already been promoted again'.
2 has already: We could say "has already promoted" if there were an object. Example: Luna has already promoted other employees fifteen times.
Esercizio 2
Check all the TRUE statements from the list below.
There may be more than one correct choice! Check all which apply.
There may be more than one correct choice! Check all which apply.
Check all the TRUE statements from the list below.
There may be more than one correct choice! Check all which apply.
There may be more than one correct choice! Check all which apply.
This is not a true statement. Bruno tells Philip 'don't interrupt', and later tells him to 'calm down' which indicates that he will not 'allow' or 'permit' Philip to interrupt Susie during her argument.
This is a true statement. Susie says, 'immediately after the public became aware of their labor practices, Shmike's stock dropped 44% despite a booming stock market.' When she says 'the public became aware' she means that the public 'found out' or 'discovered the truth' about the company's labor practices.
This is a true statement. Susie says, 'Angry factory workers in Indonesia actually raided their own facility and stole merchandise and equipment...' This means that mistreated Shmike workers entered their own factories in order to steal merchandise and machinery from the factory. To 'raid' is to invade, usually for the purpose of stealing. To break into (a house) is to enter it by force.
This is not the best choice. It is Philip who 'insists on making this a financial issue'. Susie presents an argument which takes into account both the ethical and financial disadvantages of using cheap labor. It would be inaccurate to say that Susie believes that labor abuse is 'strictly', or 'purely' a financial issue.
Esercizio 3
Kevin: How did you pay for that pen, Polly?
Polly: I it for six dollars from a guy on my street last week.
Kevin: Six dollars! That's much too expensive! Yesterday I exactly the same pen for fifty cents. I didn't it of course. I never buy pens - I normally just Bob's.
Polly: I it for six dollars from a guy on my street last week.
Kevin: Six dollars! That's much too expensive! Yesterday I exactly the same pen for fifty cents. I didn't it of course. I never buy pens - I normally just Bob's.
Kevin: How much 1 did you pay for that pen, Polly?
Polly: I bought 2 it for six dollars from a guy on my street last week.
Kevin: Six dollars! That's much too expensive! Yesterday I found 3 exactly the same pen for fifty cents. I didn't buy 4 it of course. I never buy pens - I normally just steal 5 Bob's.
Polly: I bought 2 it for six dollars from a guy on my street last week.
Kevin: Six dollars! That's much too expensive! Yesterday I found 3 exactly the same pen for fifty cents. I didn't buy 4 it of course. I never buy pens - I normally just steal 5 Bob's.
1 much: This is correct. 'Much' is used to describe uncountable objects or ideas. 'How much?' is a common question. We can assume that Kevin's full question is 'How much money does it cost?' Money is an uncountable noun, and so we use 'much' to describe it.
1 costly: This is not correct. 'How costly did you pay for that pen?' is grammatically incorrect. However, we could ask 'How much did that pen cost?'
1 many: This is incorrect. 'Many' cannot be used to describe money because 'money' is not a countable noun. However, we could ask 'How many dollars...' because dollars are countable, although this is an awkward question that would rarely be asked.
1 money: This is not the correct choice. 'How money did you pay for that pen, Polly?' is grammatically incorrect.
2 bought: This is the correct choice. The irregular verb 'to buy' is conjugated as 'bought' in the past tense. The term 'last week' indicates that this action took place in the past.
2 buy: This is not correct. Polly found the pen 'last week', so the present tense is inappropriate.
2 will buy: This is incorrect. There is no need to use the future tense here. Polly already has the pen.
2 have bought: This is not correct. The action of buying a pen has been completed at a specific time in the past (last week), so we should not use the present perfect tense here.
2 had bought: We cannot use the past perfect (had bought) here because Polly's action of buying the pen does not precede another past action in the sentence.
3 found: This is correct. The irregular verb 'to find' changes to 'found' in the past tense. The word 'yesterday' indicates that this happened in the past.
3 find: This is incorrect. The use of the present tense is inappropriate here because Kevin found the pen 'yesterday'.
3 founded: 'Founded' is not an form of the irregular verb 'to find'. Its meaning is very different. It is similar in meaning to 'established', but is used specifically for businesses or other institutions such as hospitals or universities. For example, the sentence 'Cambridge university was founded in 1209' expresses that Cambridge university was established in the year 1209.
3 finded: This is incorrect. The past tense of the irregular verb 'to find' is not 'finded'. 'Finded' is not a real word.
4 buy: This is correct. When following an auxiliary ('didn't') the main verb (to buy) always stays in its infinitive form without 'to'.
4 bought: This is not correct. The past participle of a verb cannot be used when following an auxiliary ('did' or 'didn't')
4 will buy: This is incorrect. The future tense form of a verb cannot be used when an auxiliary ('did') precedes it.
5 steal: This is the correct choice. The use of the word 'normally' indicates that the action of stealing is habitual. When an action is habitual, the present simple tense is generally used. For example, when a person visits the cinema every Friday, they might simply say 'I always go to the cinema on Fridays'.
5 stole: This is incorrect. The past tense of the verb 'to steal' cannot be used to describe a habitual action.
5 will steal: This is incorrect. The future tense of the verb 'to steal' cannot be used to describe a habitual action.
Esercizio 4
Conjugate the verbs below correctly when necessary.
Bruno says that Dr. Badguy Giuseppe.
However, Dr. Badguy insists that he is only the monkey.
In order to pay Dr. Badguy, Bruno could go to the bank and ask them him some money.
Bruno says that Dr. Badguy Giuseppe.
However, Dr. Badguy insists that he is only the monkey.
In order to pay Dr. Badguy, Bruno could go to the bank and ask them him some money.
Conjugate the verbs below correctly when necessary.
Bruno says that Dr. Badguy [not done] stole 1 Giuseppe.
However, Dr. Badguy insists that he is only [not done] borrowing 2 the monkey.
In order to pay Dr. Badguy, Bruno could go to the bank and ask them [not done] to lend 3 him some money.
Bruno says that Dr. Badguy [not done] stole 1 Giuseppe.
However, Dr. Badguy insists that he is only [not done] borrowing 2 the monkey.
In order to pay Dr. Badguy, Bruno could go to the bank and ask them [not done] to lend 3 him some money.
1 stole: This is the best choice here. "Stole" is the past tense form of the irregular verb "to steal". Bruno says, "I don't go around kidnapping monkeys". The verb "to steal" shares a similar meaning with "to kidnap" in this context.
2 borrowing: This is the correct choice. "Borrowing" is the progressive form of the verb "to borrow". Dr. Badguy says, "I prefer to say that I'm borrowing him". "To borrow" means to take or receive something with the promise and understanding that it will be returned. This construction requires the present progressive form of the verb, as indicated by the present tense auxiliary "is" which precedes the main verb. The present progressive tense expresses an action in progress and is formed with the auxiliary "to be" and the "ING" form of the verb (borrowing).
3 to lend: This is the correct choice. "To lend" indicates the process of giving money with certain restrictions, conditions and assurances that the money will be returned or paid back. Note that the verb "to loan", although not an option in this list, expresses a very similar meaning to the verb "to lend". The verb should be left in its full infinitive form here.
Esercizio 5
Determine whether the verbs below should be changed to the gerundive ('ING') form, or leave them in their infinitive form.
Freddy was caught an adult magazine yesterday.
He confessed to nothing, but demanded his lawyer.
The shop owner wanted him a lesson by prosecuting him to the full extent of the law.
But the police convinced him a compromise.
Freddy was allowed with a warning.
Freddy was caught an adult magazine yesterday.
He confessed to nothing, but demanded his lawyer.
The shop owner wanted him a lesson by prosecuting him to the full extent of the law.
But the police convinced him a compromise.
Freddy was allowed with a warning.
Determine whether the verbs below should be changed to the gerundive ('ING') form, or leave them in their infinitive form.
Freddy was caught stealing 1 an adult magazine yesterday.
He confessed to nothing, but demanded to see 2 his lawyer.
The shop owner wanted to teach 3 him a lesson by prosecuting him to the full extent of the law.
But the police convinced him to accept 4 a compromise.
Freddy was allowed to go 5 with a warning.
Freddy was caught stealing 1 an adult magazine yesterday.
He confessed to nothing, but demanded to see 2 his lawyer.
The shop owner wanted to teach 3 him a lesson by prosecuting him to the full extent of the law.
But the police convinced him to accept 4 a compromise.
Freddy was allowed to go 5 with a warning.
1 stealing: The verb 'to catch' can only be followed by another verb in the gerundive (ING) form. Example: I was caught stealing bubble gum.
1 stole: The simple past tense (preterit) cannot be used here. A conjugated verb is never followed directly by another conjugated verb in English. 'Steal' must be made into a gerund here: a verb which acts as a noun.
1 to steal: We cannot follow the verb 'to catch' with a verb in the infinitive form.
2 to see: The verb 'to demand' can only be followed by another verb in the infinitive form. Example: I demanded to see the bill.
2 seeing: This is incorrect. We cannot follow the verb 'to demand' with a verb in the gerundive (ING) form.
2 saw: This is incorrect. The simple past cannot be used here. When a verb is used as an object or adjective in a sentence, it must be put into the infinitive or gerundive (ING) form.
3 to teach: The verb 'to want' can only be followed by another verb in the infinitive form. Example: The cat wanted to go outside.
3 teaching: This is incorrect. We cannot follow the verb 'to want' with another verb in the gerundive (ING) form.
3 taught: This is incorrect. The simple past cannot be used here. When a verb is used as an object or adjective in a sentence it must be put into the infinitive or gerundive (ING) form.
4 to accept: The verb 'to convince' can only be followed by another verb in the infinitive form. Example: We convinced her to help us out.
4 accepting: We cannot follow the verb 'to convince' with a verb in the gerundive (ING) form.
4 accepted: The simple past cannot be used here. When a verb is used as an object or adjective in a sentence it must be put into the infinitive or gerundive (ING) form.
5 to go: The verb 'to allow' can only be followed by another verb in the infinitive form. Example: I was allowed to make a phone call after being arrested.
5 going: We cannot follow the verb 'to allow' with a verb in the gerundive (ING) form.
5 went: The simple past cannot be used here. When a verb is used as an object or adjective in a sentence it must be put into the infinitive or gerundive (ING) form.
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