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HUNGARIAN-ENGLISH LINGUISTIC CONTRASTS. A PRACTICAL APPROACH CHAPTER 6 TASK 1: TRANSLATE THESE SENTENCES. A. which, that, what, which, which, that, which, what; The fact that / Just because you haven't received a greeting card from Mars doesn’t mean there’s no life on it. Those who / If you haven't seen it, you won't believe it. Those who can, do; those who can't, teach. B. Most men are selfish. Most students are lazy. Most animals have good hearing. Most of the men who knew Mary were in love with her. Most of the women who worked in the office liked old Mr. Brown. Most of the students who read the book came to the meeting. Most of the animals in this zoo are used to visitors. Most hardworking people make a decent living. C. All teachers know that children can only listen for 20 minutes. All the teachers knew that Mary was the best student in the school. Some teachers don’t always listen to the children. Some of the teachers didn’t listen to the principal’s speech. All Italians like music. Most Italians like music. Some Italians like music. All the children in this class like music. D. How lucky some people are! Some people like cats, some don’t. Some people can’t stand cats. Some are enthusiastic about jazz, some are not. Some of the boys liked maths, some didn’t. Most of the tests were excellent. Some of what he said was not new. Most of the problems are easy to solve. Most of the kids didn’t know what they wanted. Some of the exercises were useless. I understood most of the speech. E. Not so long ago I liked Hungarian football. I hate men who wear medals around their necks. Horse meat is almost as expensive as beef. Some kids don’t like spinach. I’m like a squeezed lemon. I don’t use words I don’t know. We have some agricultural products that are competitive in EU markets. For me, it is particularly important to have a job that leaves me some time for gardening. Don’t worry, it’s not that important. F. Another wind storm swept through the city on Saturday. I bought another English grammar book. That’s another blow to our budget. I would like to make + 242 +