Из коллекции бытовых разговорных фраз, представляющих сложность при переводе с русского. Подобных выражений за долгие годы преподавания у меня накопилось великое множество. Начало списка на <a href="http://anglichankats.blogspot.co.uk/">http://anglichankats.blogspot.co.uk</a> . А вот продолжение: <o:p></o:p>

Any expats on here? Russians perhaps, or other emigrants living away from their own country? How does it feel, and how did the assimilation go? For me it wasn’t easy at the beginning. Was it for you?

What is more enjoyable for you: reading a book or watching a movie? What in your opinion are the advantages and disadvantages of reading a novel prior to watching a film and vice versa?

Hi all! Here is a question for you:

The upcoming film ‘Alice Through the Looking Glass’  <a href="http://www.comingsoon.net/movie/alice-through-the-looking-glass-2016#/slide/1" target="_blank">http://www.comingsoon.net/movie/alice-through-the-looking-glass-2016#/slide/1</a>

and an extract from the plot summery:

Alice Kingsleigh (Wasikowska) has spent the past few years following in her father’s footsteps and sailing the high seas. Upon her return to <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">London</st1:city></st1:place>, she comes across a magical looking glass and returns to the fantastical realm of Underland and her friends the White Rabbit (Sheen), Absolem (Rickman), the Cheshire Cat (Fry) and the Mad Hatter (Depp), who is not himself. The Hatter has lost his Muchness, so Mirana (Hathaway) sends <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Alice</st1:city></st1:place> on a quest to borrow the Chronosphere, a metallic globe inside the chamber of the Grand Clock which powers all time. Returning to the past, she comes across friends – and enemies – at different points in their lives, and embarks on a perilous race to save the Hatter before time runs out.<o:p></o:p>

 “The Hatter has lost his Muchness.” What is meant by ‘Muchness’ here, how do you understand the word?