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English for Political Studies – UniTe, a.a.

2023/2024

VERBS WITH TWO OBJECTS – 1 1

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VERBS WITH TWO OBJECTS – 2 3

 Translate into Italian the following sentences, where a verb followed by two objects is
used, sometimes in its passive form:
1. 'Lloyds gave a criminal a bank account, so why am I the one who loses £13,050?'
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
2. The UK has offered the EU a concession that will allow European fishing fleets to
continue to fish in its waters after Brexit.
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
3. Afghanistan war has cost every British household more than £2,000, new book
claims.
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4. The Trustees of the British Museum have lent Russia's stupendous State Hermitage
Museum the statue of Ilissos, one of the jewels of the Parthenon sculptures.
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
5. Thursday’s Eurogroup agreement promised Italy loans to deal with the health care
costs of coronavirus.
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6. In an open letter, unions told the prime minister that they did “not consider that the
report’s recommendations would make a meaningful positive difference to the
working lives and careers of BME [i.e., black and minority ethnic] workers”.
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
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7. More than a quarter of the children were given multiple antibiotic prescriptions
before they reached the age of one.
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8. McDonald’s has apologised after a Muslim woman complained she was told to
remove her headscarf or leave one of the fast-food chain’s restaurants.
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9. I have been offered an opportunity to work in the private sector in the research and
development section of a large pharmaceutical company.
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10. I was emailed a list of the staff’s tea and coffee preferences before I arrived.
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
11. In one of the studies undertaken by Adam Bear and Paul Bloom, of Yale University, the test
subjects were shown five white circles on a computer monitor. They were told to choose
one of the circles before one of them lit up red.
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
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12. But students have been promised at least a week's notice, which would mean a decision for
a return from 12 April would have to be announced over the Easter weekend.
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

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