Common English Phrasal Verbs with ‘Look’, ‘Come’, ‘Go’, ‘Get’, ‘Take’ and ‘Put’
Look up: Find or search for a particular piece of information – Get better – Visit someone you know.
Look up to: Admire – Respect someone.
Look after: Take care of someone or something – To be responsible for something – Take care of yourself.
Look like: To appear likely to happen – To resemble someone or something.
Look through: Read something quickly – To search for something in particular among other things – To pretend you don’t know someone you know.
Look at: Move your eyes to see someone or something
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Verb Tenses
Simple Present
- Habit or daily routine: The child drinks milk every day.
- General truth/Fact: Water boils at 100°C.
Simple Past
- Completed/Finished actions: They walked on the beach yesterday.
Simple Future
- Decision at the moment of speaking: The load you carry is heavy, I will help you.
- Prediction: The weather will probably be hot.
- Promise: I promise I won’t tell this to anyone.
Idiomatic Future: Going To
- Planned action/Future plan: Mark is going to organize the celebration.
- Prediction: Look at
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Themes in Factotum
Sex
- Prevalence of Sex: The novel is rife with sexual encounters, often depicted through the lens of Henry Chinaski’s experiences with prostitutes and casual relationships.
- Immature Sexuality: Chinaski’s early encounters reveal an immature and often self-centered approach to sex.
- Exploitation and Power Dynamics: Several encounters highlight the exploitative nature of some relationships and the power imbalances between men and women.
- Contradictory Attitudes: Chinaski expresses conflicting
Exploring Themes of Sex and Employment in Bukowski’s Factotum
Themes in Factotum
Sex
Factotum is filled with sex. Henry Chinaski is introduced eying a prostitute and then demonstrating an immature personality by masturbating and drawing obscene pictures in his parents’ house.
A fellow boarder turns out to be a whore who pounces on him, repulsing him with the thought of the sperm of four hundred men in her mouth, eats him alive, and forces him to ejaculate against his will.
Henry meets a few other prostitutes, including Helen in a Philadelphia bar, who disappears
English for Business Communication Exercises
A. Complete the conversation using the information in the order form.
Customer Order number Date Amount Items Model number
Takeda Golf 043762 Sept.28 35 golf bags golf clubs CX 4103
A: Good afternoon, Sportworld Wholesales. How can I help you?
B. Good afternoon. This is Akira Sato from Takeda Golf here. I’m afraid there’
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