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A man is having trouble with his car; it frequently stalls. So he goes to a garage, and asks them to fix it. They replace the transmission and put in new spark plugs. But his car still doesn’t run right, so he takes it to another garage. At this second garage, the mechanic pokes around for ten minutes, then pulls a screwdriver out of his belt and tightens a screw. And now the car runs perfectly. But the man is irate when he gets a bill in the mail for $200. He storms back to the mechanic, and says, “This is outrageous! All you did was tighten a screw, and you ask for $200! I want an itemized bill!” So the mechanic takes out a pad and pencil, and writes down an itemized bill, as follows:
Labor: turning screw $5
Knowing which screw to turn: $195
NEW WORDS
STALL
[stɔ:l]
тех. спирам поради претоварване на мотора/недостатъчно гориво, ав. блокирам поради загуба на скорост и пр
TRANSMISSION
[trænz’miʃn]
кутия
SPARK PLUG
[‘spa:k’plʌg]
1. авт. свещ
POKE
[pouk]
I. 1. мушкам, мушвам, ръгвам, ръгам, пъхам
poke around poke about, разг. мотая се
SCREWDRIVER
[‘skru:draivə]
n отвертка
TIGHTEN
[taitn]
v стягам (се), притягам, опъвам (се), опвам (се)
to TIGHTEN up a screw затягам/притягам винт
IRATE
[ai’reit]
a гневен, разлютен, разярен, яростен, побеснял, сърдит
STORM
[stɔ:m]
I. 1. буря
to STORM at ругая
OUTRAGEOUS
[aut’reidʒəs]
1. жесток, свиреп
Itemized bill
[‘aitəmaizd bil]
Подробно описание на сметката
PAD
[pæd]
6. бележник, блок
TURN
[tə:n]
I. 1. въртя (се), завъртам