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Soand such can be followed by that-ciauses.
it was so cold that we stopped playing.
it was such a cold afternoon that we stopped playing.

335 surely

Surely does not mean the same as certainly. Compare:
That's certainly a mouse. (= | know that’s a mouse.)
Surely that's a mouse? (= That seems to be a mouse. How
surprising!)
Surely expresses surprise.
We can use surely not to show that we do not want to believe something,
or find it difficult to believe.
Surely you're not going to wear that hat?

336 sympathetic

Sympathetic is a ‘talse friend’ for people who speak European
languages. It does not mean the same as sympathique, sympathisch,
sympatisk, simpatico etc.
The people in my class are all very nice/pleasant.
(NOT ... very sympathetie-)
Sympathetic means ‘sharing somebody's feelings’ or ‘sorry for
somebody who is in trouble’.
/’m sympathetic towards the strikers.
She's always very sympathetic when people fee! ill.

337 take

Take has three main meanings.

The opposite of give
She took my plate and gave me a clean one.
Who's taken my bicycle?
‘Could | speak to Andrew?’ ‘I'm sorry, he’s not here just now. Can |
take a message?’
We take something from/out of/offa place, and froma person.
Could you take some money out of my wallet?
They took everything away from me. (NOT Frey teok me-everything-)

The opposite of put
! took off my coat and put on a dressing gown.
He took a ring out of his pocket and put it on her finger.