| 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.
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It's
no good trying to
persuade me. You won't succeed.
There's
no point in ...
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There's
no point in buying
a car if you don't want to drive it.
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There
was no point in waiting,
so we went.
It's
(not) worth ...
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My house is only a short walk from here. It's
not worth taking
a taxi.
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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.
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Do you think this
book is worth reading?
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You should go and see the film. It's
really worth seeing.
(Have)
difficulty ...
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I had difficulty
finding a place to live. (а
не `to find')
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Did you have any difficulty
getting a visa?
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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 ...
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It's a
waste of time reading
that book. It's rubbish.
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It's a
waste of money buying
things you don't need.
Spend
/ waste (time) ...
-
I
spent hours trying
to repair the clock.
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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
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How often do you go
swimming?
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I'm going
skiing next year.
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I have to go
shopping this
morning.
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I've never been
sailing.
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