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Unit one (two).
Speech patterns.
1. It is more like a stage village than one built of bricks and mortar.
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It is more like an essay than a story.
This looks more like a pond than a lake.
This seems more like silk than wool.
2. We roamed about sweet Sonning for an hour or so.( )
They walked about the town for two hours of so.
He lived in the village for a year or so.
3. George said that it would be a splendid opportunity to try a good slap-up supper.
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Ann will be here any minute/ It would be a wonderful opportunity to speak to her.
We still had plenty of time and John said it was an excellent opportunity to have a bite.()
4. I should never have thought that peeling potatoes was such an undertaking.
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I should never have thought that translating an article was so difficult.
I should never have thought that writing a composition was as difficult as that.
5. The more we peeled, the more peel there seemed to be left on.( , )
The more sentences he translated, the more of them there seemed to be left.
The more I listened, the more interested I became.
The longer he stayed there, the more (the less) he liked the place.
The more you do today, the less will be left for tomorrow.
6. There was no potato left. ( , )
There was a half a pork pie left. ( )
Theres some money left.
Theres no bread left.
We still have some money left
7. That wont do. Youre wasting them.( ,)
That wont do. You havent tried hard enough.
That wont do. Youre making a mess of job.
Exercise 1, p. 7
Possible variants
1. This is more like a word for word translation than a literary one. 2. It is more like a fable than a fairy tale. 3. The fabriclooks more like cotton than viscose. 4. Ann looks more likea schoolgirl than a college student. 5. With this hairdo she looksmore like a boy than a girl. 6. We walked round the village for an hour or so. 7.1 stayed with my friends for a fortnight or so. 8.1 lived in the town for three years or so. 9.1 am not throughwith the book yet. Ive read only 50 pages or so. 10. Since everyoneis present, I think it is an excellent/wonderful/splendid opportunity to announce that fane and I have just got engaged. 11. We are through with our work. Isnt it a wonderful opportunity to go to some nice bar and cut loose? ( ).12. Weve been looking for her house for more than anhour. I should/would never have thought that her place would be so difficult to find. 13. There seems to be no end to dirtyclothes. I should never have thought that one man could soil so many shirts, vests and underpants in so short a time. 14. Themore we listened to him, the more he convinced us that his course o f action was just the ticket (. , ).15. The more John looked at her, the less he liked what he saw. 16. The more I think about her decision, the less I agree with it. 17. The more indignant Andrew became, the more he stuttered. 18. The longer we waited, the more impatient we felt. 19- Wholl go to the bakers? There is no bread left. 20. Im goingto the stationers. There is no paper left. 21. Why go shopping? -We have no food left. 22. We neednt hurry. There is plenty o f time left. 23. Hurry up. We have no time left. 24. Why not put the table near the window? - There seems to be no room left. 25. Where will you put the bookcase? There seems to be no very little space left in room.
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Exercise 2, p. 8
Possible variants
1. I should/would never have thought that looking after a child was so tiresome. 2. 1 should/would never have thought that writing a summary o f this article might cost so much effort. 3 .1 should/would never have thought that scrubbing a sooty saucepan clean might turn out to be such a trying job. 4. The harder he worked, the bigger wages he earned. 5. The more he thought over the problem, the less he knew what to do. 6. The more we stayed at the Holiday In n, the more we liked the place. 7. That won't do. You shouldnt be so careless. 8. That won't do. Youll have to do everything all over again. 9. That won't do. Youtreat the matter too lightly. 10. That won't do. Your answer iswrong.
Exercise3, p. 8
Possible variants
1. If only the weather were better! - Oh, yes! Then we would go on a walking tour for a week or so. 2. In two days Ill finish myexams. - Oh, thank God! It will be a splendid opportunity to go away on holiday and swim in the nice warm sea and bake in the sun for hours on end. 3.1 shant be through with my work beforethe weekend, Im afraid. - That won't/will never do. You'll have to finish it by Thursday at the latest, or you'll be fired. 4. How longwill the job take? - How should I know? I would never have thought that writing a book about my adventures in Africa would be so difficult. (How should I know? The more I work, the more work there seems to be left.) 5. Were going there on Friday. Then we must hurry! There's very little time left. 6. She may come yet.Lets wait a bit. - That wont do. Weve already been waiting for two hours or so. 7. He says it was your fault. - Oh, does he? I should never have thought that he would tell such a blatant lie! (I would never have thought him capable o f such a barefaced lie!) 8. Howlong shall I stay here? - Why, until you are well again, my dear. I suppose your recovery will take ten days or so.
Exercise 5, pp. 8 -9
A. In spring on our way back to Moscow we happened to pass (by) a small town. It was more like a big village than a town, all its houses were smothered in roses and it seemed to us so lovely that we couldnt help stopping there (couldnt keep from stopping there/couldnt help but stop there). I should never have thought that a walk round (about/around) a small provincial town could be such a pleasure. We walked around the town for 3 hours or so, and the more we looked at that fairy-like nook, the more we admired it. But there wasnt much time left/there was very little time left, and we had to hurry to Moscow.
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B. Last year my wife and I had to take a holiday in winter. We decided that it was a splendid opportunity to redecorate/renovate our flat. After two days work it looked more like a warehouse full of broken furniture than a flat. That wont do (That will never do), my wife said. Wed better hire house painters and have it repainted (have it redecorated).
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Vocabulary notes.
1. gossip n 1) ( .) , ; (), (), , ; ( )
a gossip column - ( ,
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a gossip writer - Dont believe all the gossip you hear. - He .
2) ( ) , ; , the town gossips - ()
to gossip vi (over/about smth.)
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to spread rumours - Arent you ashamed of gossiping over his affairs? ?
2. w ind [waind] (wound [waund]) vt/i 1) , to wind the handle - ;
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to wind wool -
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The path winds through the wood. - .
4) ( ..); 5) to wind up - (); -.
Its time he could wind up his speech. - .
to wind smb. round ones little finger - -. (N.B. -. )
3. peel vt/i 1) (oranges, apples, potatoes, bananas etc.) , (, , , ..); 2) (. off) , , ,
The skin peels off the nose or face when a person gets sunburnt. - , .
The wallpaper is peeling off. - ,
peel - , ,
orange (potato) peel - ()
candied p eel - , , ..
4. scrape vt/i - 1) , ; , I scraped the skin off the vegetables. - .
2) ,
She scraped the door (down) before painting it again. . (
.) scraped his boots clean before coming into the house. - , .
3) (on, against) a chair scraping on the floor - , scraped his chair against the wall. - .
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scraped his knee when he fell. - , .
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She just scraped through the examination - - .
to scrape a living - ;
to scrape up/together - - (, )
5. steady adj - 1) , ,
a steady foundation - ,
to make a chair or table steady - ( )
The chair is steady enough. - .
syn. firm - ,
firm ground -
firm foundation - ,
firm steps -
firm muscles -
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a steady person - ,
3) , , ,
steady wind -
steady rain - ()
steady growth -
steady increase -
steady progress - ,
steadily - ,
It has been raining steadily since morning. - .
to steady vt/i - , , ; , ,
With an effort he steadied the boat. - , ().
The boat soon steadied again. - /.
6. mess -, , , ; ;
to be in a mess - 1) , ; 2) , ; 3) , ;
The room was in a mess. - ,
to make a mess o f smth. - () , , (), ;
Youve made a mess of the job. - . ( .)
to get into a mess - ( ), ;
Youll get into a mess if you are not more careful. - , .
7. crack vt/i 1) ;
A vase may crack if washed in boiling water. - , .
Youve cracked the window. - . .
2) ,
to crack a whip -
His rifle cracked and the deer fell dead. - , .
to crack a joke - ()
crack - ; ; , (), ()
a wide (small) crack - () (,
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a loud (sudden) crack - ()
The walls are covered with cracks. - .
I heard a crack as if of a branch. - - , .
8. contribute vt/i - 1) , ( ..),
to contribute time - ;
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The development of friendly ties with other countries contributes to mutual understanding of their peoples. .
3) ( , ) to contribute articles to a wall-newspaper -
to contribute a poem to a newspaper -
contribution (to) - 1) , ( ..); 2) (.)
Montmorency brought a dead water-rat as his contribution to the dinner. - () ( ).
9. spirit - 1) , ; 2) , , ; 3) , , ; , ,
the spirit of the army -
the spirit of the times (age) - ()
the spirit of the law -
to take smth. in the right (wrong) spirit - - . (., ) ()
to show a proper spirit -
Thats the right spirit! - ! He found himself in conflict with the spirit of the time. , .
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Put a little more spirit into your work. - .
spoke with spirit. - .
5) spirits -
to be in high (low) spirits - (, )
His spirits rose (fell or sank). - ().
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to raise smb.s spirits - -.
to be out o f spirits - ;
You seem to be out of spirits today. - , , .
10. taste - 1)
The doctor prescribed her some pills with a bitter taste. - , .
I dont care for this bread, it has a very bitter taste. - , .
I dislike the taste of olives. - .
2) ,
You may choose any flowers to your taste here. - .
There is no accounting for tastes. (Tastes differ.) - . ( .)
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The room was furnished in good taste. - .
They say she dresses in poor taste. - , .
I was ashamed of you, your jokes were in very bad taste. -
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taste vt/i - 1) , ; ,
There we found some strange foods and made up our minds
to taste them all. - .
Can you distinguish types of apples by tasting them? ?
I have a bad cold and cannot taste anything. - , () .
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This orange tastes bitter. - ().
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There she tasted the joys of privacy. - .
tasteful adj - 1) ; 2)
a tasteful person -
a tasteful work of art -
tasteless adj 1) , ; 2) , ; ;
The potatoes were tasteless without salt. - .
Word combinations and Phrases
in early June
to put up at some place , , -
to roam the(through) woods(about a place)
to get settled ,
odds and ends (, )
to the size of smth.
the rest of the evening ,
half a dozen
half a peck of peas -
half a pork pie
half a tin of salmon
to stir smth up ,
to add smth. to smth.
to empty smth. into a pot
to thicken the gravy
with an earnest and thoughtful air
to be on the safe side
to leave smth. on the safe side ()
Exercise 4, p. 14
1. In early May the village is really fairy-like with all its houses smothered in roses. 2. Id like to put up at this small inn for a week or so. 3. The whole day we roamed (about) the countryside, and in the evening we had a nice rest. 4. It turned out to be quite late when at last we got settled.
5.1 never saw such a thing as a stew for getting rid of all the odds and ends of food. 6. Choose the books you need andtake the rest to the library. 7. This is a rare edition: the book is the size o f a matchbox, but the print is very clear. 8. Wehave half a tin of potted pork left, lets add it to the stew (lets empty it in to the stew). 9- Add some more oatmeal to the porridge and stir it up thoroughly with a spoon.10. He may have forgotten about our arrangement, le ts (;ill him to be on the safe side.
Exercise 5, pp. 14-15
1.1 would love to go to the south in early June, when everything is smothered in flowers, and roam (about) the mountains. 2. We decided that in St. Petersburg we would put up at hotel and stay there for a week or so. 3. We got settled quickly, and it turned out that we had plenty/a lot of time till evening. 4. When we had got settled at last, we were so tired that none of us wanted to go anywhere. 5. These odds and ends of paper are hardly any use. (I dont think these odds and ends of paper are any use.)
6. I would/should never have thought that one could make a dress of/out of/from these odds and ends of fabric. 7. My room is the size o f yours/the same size as yours, but somehow (but for some reason) it looks smaller. 8. Ive read only half the article, but it seems to me that it has little to do with the subject youre interested in. 9. The train arrives only in half an hour, lets roam (about) the town. 10. Ellen stirred up the salad, tasted it and decided to add another half a jar of pickled cucumbers. 11. This tinned/canned/potted meat is good. Empty half a tin/can into the stew. 12. Add some more flour to the gravy to thicken it. 13. He cracks jokes/makes jokes/jokes with such an earnest and thoughtful air, that one cant help laughing/that one cant keep from laughing. 14. To be on the safe side we had better not touch on/upon this matter/question today.
Exercise 8, p. 15
to roam (about), a place; for an hour or so; to put up somewherefor the night; to have plenty of time; a splendid opportunity;a fascinating idea; to make a fire; quite an undertaking; toturn out; to be the size of smth.; steadily; absurd; to overhaul; topick out; to thicken the gravy; to be on the safe side; hackneyedthings; not to matter
Exercise 9, p. 15
- a fairy-like nook;
- to be smothered in roses;
- a veritable picture of a country inn;
- village politics;
* - quaint rooms;
- latticed windows;
- a slap-up supper;
- in the way of cooking;
- to gather wood;
- light-heartedness
Exercise 10, pp. 15-16
1. to gossip over village politics - to talk about the details o f other village inhabitants' behaviour and private lives, often including information that is not true. 2. to try a good slap-upsupper - to try to cook a splendid supper. 3. Our light-heartedness was gone. - We no longer felt cheerful/Our cheerfulness was gone./We no longer felt care-free. 4. Then we struck. - Then we went on strike./Then we said that we wouldn't scrape the potatoes any more./Then we refused to work anymore. 5. We shouldrequire the rest of the evening for scraping ourselves. We should need the remainder o f the evening f r getting rid o f the potato scrapings that cover us from head to toe. 6. We overhauledthe hampers. We carefully/thoroughly examined the contents o f the hampers. 7. All the odds and ends and the remnants. - All the leftovers. 8. Every little helped. - Every amount of food however insignificant might be o f some use. 9- George stood for precedent.- George stood for using the existing customs and former decisions as a guide to the present action. 10. He would rather be onthe safe side and not try experiments. - He would rather not take chances/not take risks. (He ivould rather play it safe and not try experiments.)
Exercise 2, p. 16
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Exercise 3, . 18
. 1. The Browns were glad to drop of an evening for a cocktail and some gossip. 2. He chuckled at the thought of how successfully they had deceived the gossips. 3- Ann wound Tom round her little finger. 4. It's time he wound up his speech. 5. She hates peeling potatoes. 6. Put the towel round your shoulders or you'll burn and your skin will peel (off). 7. The silly boy is always getting into a mess/into scrapes. 8. Scrape the soles of your shoes thoroughly/Scrape the mud off the soles of your shoes before you go into the cottage. 9. It took the boys much time and effort lo scrape up/scrape together the money they needed. 10. He is:i steady young man. 11. He turned out to be a steady worker.
1. He was not bad-looking and had a good steady job. 13. The table was unsteady, as one of its legs was broken. 14. The rain is pouring down steadily.
. 1. After he had finished packing, the room was in a mess. 2. But for your carelessness you wouldn't have got into a mess/scrape. 3. But even he must have known that he had made a mess of the job. 4. There is a crack in the vase. 5. He's fond of cracking jokes. 6. Poor as they were, the workers were ready to contribute to their common cause. 7. He regularly contributes poems to our newspaper. 8. He came to lunch in particularly high spirits. 9. He did the job with such spirit that he accomplished a shining success. 10. After supper everyone was in high spirits/Supper raised everyone's spirits. 11. When he is ill he does not taste food for days. 12. The soup tastes of onions.
2. There is no accounting for tastes. 14. What do you know of his tastes? 15. After our quarrel even my favourite dish seemed tasteless/tasted awful.
Exercise 4, pp. 18-20
A. 1. Charles had planned to see Arthur Brown in Hall and on the side pick up the latest rumours. 2. You meet other boats there and rumours, often groundless about the people living or working on the river are exchanged. 3. He had mentioned that George's behaviour and private life were being much talked about. 4. He gave people the latest rumours about others' affairs in the same way that he gave them drinks. 5. Bess was a person who habitually spread rumours of an intimate nature and nothing could make her mend her ways. 6. Bant marvelled how quickly rumours of an intimate nature traveled/circulated. 7. At last the town busybodies stopped prattling about her private life. 8. Next day, while he was at its last office bringing to an end its last tattered affairs, I telephoned Mrs. Skelton. 9. Don't you see that she can make anyone do whatever she likes? 10. The paint on the wall was coming off in thin strips, and a banister leg was loose. 11. The wallpaper came off in long, broad ribbons. 12. Sitting down and taking off her gloves, Jane took a mirror out of her bag and looked at herself. 13- It was a most difficult job to remove all the rust (by firmly pushing something edged across the surface again and again). 14. The lazy boy was lucky to squeeze through the examination: he got a very low grade but it allowed him to pass. 15. John had managed with difficulty to save enough money to pay for his first year at college. 16. I ran the risk of getting into some unpleasant situations. 17. "If you don't take care, your friend will get you into serious trouble some day," said Carrie. 18. My father and I picked all the change out of our pockets and managed to collect enough to pay for a breakfast at a diner. 19. Be careful!/Look out!/Watch out! There is a broken step here. 20. He often visited their home. 21. He said in a shaky/faltering voice, "I understand, Mrs. Evans." 22. Caroline repeated the ejaculation, but this time her voice shook a little. 23. The snow was falling continuously/non-stop out of a tawny sky. 24. He clutched at her to keep from falling. 25. He is a staunch fighter for peace. 26. "No", said Mary in a firm voice, "he never comes here." 27. He moved forward in the darkness with faltering steps. 28. I'm a bit of a Don Juan, my dear, you need someone more serious and dependable. 29. He has got a character and a regular job, and he's no fool. 30. "I'm not going," was his invariable answer (he always answered) to all her threats and requests. 31. He kept losing weight.
. 1. You've bungled the job/you've blown it. I wish you had refused to do it. 2. Why did you leave all the dirty dishes and remnants/leftovers of food on the table? 3. Nothing to do but clean up the broken eggs - and such nice eggs they were. 4. "Now we've got to clean everything up", he said. "All I hope is that it doesn't take too long." 5.1 imagined how badly he would do the job - it was inevitable that he would botch it up/blow it. 6. It is very difficult for foreigners to pronounce this word properly. 7. He is a person not easily understood or overcome or influenced. 8. He is fond of making jokes, but they are not to my liking. 9. A winded horse, a broken bow and a foe forcibly turned friend cannot be relied upon. ( , - ). 10. If one pours some liquid into a vessel that has an opening, however thin, caused by breaking, it will leak out. 11. He made some invaluable scientific discoveries. 12. Mr. Winfield listened and soon understood that he was expected to take part in the conversation. 13. M. Sholokhov wrote quite a lot of world-class fiction. 14. My own earliest boating recollection is of five of us paying three pence apiece (three pence each) hiking a boat on the lake. 15. This is not the right attitude lo begin some new work with. (This is not the right frame of mind to begin some new work in.) 16. We found him alone, spend and depressed. 17. He immediately cheered up when the door swung open and he saw Saundra on the threshold. 18. Despite;ill her troubles she too seemed to be enjoying the occasion. 1 Can you feel the flavour of pepper in this soup? 20.1 don't think that I ever ate pumpkin pie as good as hers. 21. His likes and dislikes did not seem to have changed. 22. The house was handsome, he admitted, but it wasn 't to his liking/but it wasn't the sort of house he could like. 23. "Your understanding of brandy, Doctor, is much better than your understanding of music," said Chris. 24. After that, having taken a liking to the water/having taken to the water, I did a good deal of rafting.
Exercise 5, p. 20
peel - scrape
1. New potatoes are nice to the taste but I hate scraping them. 2. I've boiled potatoes in their jackets/skins, will you scrape/peel them?
steady - firm
