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. , , , , merciful tyrant it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair . , : 1) , ( ) 2) , ( ).
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. (.. ) : I have heaps of time ( ). , : The clock has struck. Time was bleeding away.
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. (hyperbole) , , , .. , , , . . - , ! ( ) The rain was thick. Fish could have swam through the air.
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! Havent seen you for ages!
! I beg a thousand pardons!
! I was scared to death.
, , . .: , , . , murmured such a dreadful oath that he would not dear to repeat it to himself. Β: I gave him such a kick that he went out the other end of the alley twenty feet ahead of his squeal. - .
. , - : I loved Ophelia. Forty thousands of brothers could not with all their quantity of love make up my sum.
(meiosis understatement) , . , : He was, he said, rather a precocious little boy (H.Welles).
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Seen lots of murders?
One or two, said Poirot modestly.
: I have certain little ideas of my own about this crime (= I know for sure know who did it).
sort of, rather, kind of ..:
- I am rather tied (when one is really tired).
- She was sort of cute (when she is very cute).
- Its a bit cold (when it is very cold).
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She was a woman of pocket size.
Ill come in no time.
She wore a pink hat, the size of a button.
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I am not too sure.
Soames was not unlike bulldog.
I would not say no to a cup of tea.
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Is she pretty?
Old Jolyon was too much of a Forsyte to praise anything freely, especially something for which he had a genuine admiration, and he answered,
Not bad-looking.
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To earn ones bread (living);
To win a ladys heart (love);
The White House decided (the US President or Presidents administration).
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Blue suit grinned but red nose in grey suit still stared (Priestley)
People asked him to dinner because he was worth his salt. (Maugham).
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( ),: The boy in buttons (in uniform).
: She was in red satin (dress made of satin). The room was full of velvet and mahogany (furniture)
: Blue suit grinned.
: The fish desperately takes the death.
: , , . : , 养 ();Scepter and crown Must tumble down And in the dust be equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade ()
, , , . painful shoes, narrow-minded room.
(metaphor) . , the eye of heaven, the drops of sorrow. the winter of life.
, , , a wave of anger, to burn with desire.
, neck of a bottle, leg of a table ( ) .
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that little soldier of fortune, a half-equipped little night (sister Carry);
that old butterfly ().
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Life is a walking shadow,
a poor player,
that struts and frets his hour upon the stage
and then is heard no more (Shakespeare).
: Some books are to be tasted, others awallowed, and some have to be chewed and digested.
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Mother Nature always blushes before disrobing.
All the trees were curtseying to the wind.
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Love, free as air,
At sight of human ties,
Spreads his light wings,
And in a moment flies (Pope).
(irony) , , , () : , ! ( ), ! ( -, ), A fine friend you are! ( , ). : , .
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Stoney smiled a sweet smile of an alligator.
She was a charming old lady with a face like a bucked of mud.
, . - (. ), , ( , , .), - (), . , . , The bookshelf boasted half a dozen of books .
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(allegory) , . , , : Its time to turn ploughs into swords ( ), broken chains ( ), . - . Gullivers Travels, .
: All is not gold that glitters ( , ), Still waters run deep.
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(antonomasia) . ( ): He is a real Othello ( ), He is the Napoleon of crime (Conan Doyle).