Vydáno dne 22.04.2018
Krátký článek o užitečném idiomatickém spojení ‘LET ALONE’ a
jeho použití.
Pokud sledujete anglické filmy či seriály nebo čtete anglickou literaturu, pravděpodobně jste se již setkali s idiomem let alone. Jedná se o spojení, které se asi nenaučíte ve škole. Můžete však díky němu oživit svůj projev.
Idiomatické spojení let
alone
She can't afford a flat, let alone a house.
Nemůže si dovolit byt, natož dům.
He can't read yet, let alone write.
Neumí ještě číst, natožpak psát.
Před let alone by měla být čárka a nejčastěji narazíte na toto spojení před podstatným jménem nebo slovesem.
I can't afford a girlfriend, let alone a wife.
The flat doesn't even have a living room, let alone a study.
The bag is too small for a tablet, let alone a regular laptop.
A good marriage is hard to keep up, let alone a bad one.
We don't have a room for a single person, let alone a group of ten.
You know nothing about the current affairs in our country, let alone our politics.
His wife can't make a coffee, let alone cook a meal.
She couldn't go there by train, let alone fly there.
Little Tom can't even read yet, let alone count.
He was too drunk to throw the ball, let alone catch it.
I don't think he will open the book you bought him, let alone read it.
Pozn.: Tvar slovesa je nejčastěji infinitiv bez ‘to’.
Dating can be hard at any age, let alone after 50.
I can't work in the morning, let alone before breakfast.
I didn't know I could place my songs on a CD, let alone on the same CD with my photos.
MUCH LESS
Spojení let alone lze nahradit formálnějším
much less
She can't afford a flat, let alone a
house.
She can't afford a flat, much less
a house.
He can't read yet, let alone
write.
He can't read yet, much
less write.
Můžete se také setkat se spojeními still less nebo even less. Nepoužívají se však tak často.