Well done, you scored out of 10. Your Streak will increase and as a reward for completing the quiz, meet “Harry, Hermione, Ron, Genny, Luna and Neville” some of our favourite pets!
Bad Luck, you only scored out of 10. Your Streak will not increase but as a reward for completing the quiz, meet “Harry, Hermione, Ron, Genny, Luna and Neville” some of our favourite pets!
'Machinery' on the other hand, is a collection of machines! (Or it can also be used metaphorically, e.g. 'the political machinery of a nation'.) In a typical British telephone directory, you may notice a whole section of 'M[a]c ...' names. Shortly after that you may find the Irish equivalent, with names like O'Connell, O'Reilly etc. (where 'O'' means 'of ...' ~ almost like 'o'clock'!), and a little further on again, lots of names beginning with P, such as Probert, Pugh and Parry, which are Welsh ('ap' in Welsh, also meaning 'of': so these people are descended from Robert, Hugh and Harold/Henry).
Generally it is a good idea to observe and remember family names when you are learning another language. In many cultures, the names come from:
(1) jobs that people did (Butcher, Baker, Farmer etc.);
(2) places where they lived (Woods, Field, Bridge, Lake, Rivers, Hill, Bywater etc.)
(3) what they were like as people, physically or by character, e.g. Smart, Armstrong, Whitehead;
(4) 'Patronymics' such as Robinson, McTavish, O'Connor and Price ( = 'Ap Rhys').
It can't do much harm if you write down, remember and perhaps investigate some of these. This will give you a bit more cultural insight into our history and the whole matter of how things get their names. What could be more important than the names of a nation's people? And how about your own name? Is there an English equivalent?
If you happen to be Russian and your name is Ivan Petrovich Melnikov, you would be John Peterson Miller, for instance. Well worth some of your thinking-time!