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Word Combinations and Phrases. to take (some) pains to do smth




to take (some) pains to do smth. - () , -;

to have a pretty good idea of - -;

reasonably fair - ;

to make comment on - ;

to make no comment on - -, -;

in fact - , , ;

to set smb. a task - - ;

to feel frustrated* - - , ;

to play into smb's. hands - - , - ;

utter disrespect - , - .

Exercise 4, p. 78

1. She had a pretty good idea of the kind of person Lydia was. 2. The boy took (great) pains to make his mother buy him a puppy. 3. She made no comment. 4. Julia felt frustrated because her parents' health was failing and there was nothing she could do about it. 5. The manager set a task to John/set John a task. 6. Your actions played into Katie's hands. 7. The teacher felt frustrated because there was nothing he could do to help his pupils. 8. The sums are rather difficult, but the pupils have a pretty good idea of how to cope with them. 9. The young mother felt frustrated because she thought her baby was developing too slowly 10. Pamela always plays into her friends' hands. 11. She is too discreet to show her utter disrespect for the fellow. 12. The doctor made no comment on the accident. 13.1 have a pretty good idea of her plans for the future. 14. In fact we had a very pleasant voyage. 15. She feels frustrated about the paintings. 16.1 felt frustrated because I knew I wouldn't be able to keep them that way. 17. Jane Pucell felt frustrated because she couldn't do anything about the tense atmosphere in the class.

Exercise 5, p- 78

1. Getting angry with you/Getting mad at you (To get angry with you) is playing (to play) into your hands. 2. I was set a very difficult task, and I had to perform it. 3- We can buy his suite of furniture, it is expensive, but reasonably so. 1. The young teacher felt frustrated because not all the pupils of his class could read expressively. 5. I can't say that I liked i his performance, in fact I was bored to death. 6. Fortune I >played into our hands, and we found what we had been looking for. 7. She always worries about her son when he goes.away. 8. Mr. Potter made no comment on the speech. 9. 1 have.! pretty good idea why she visits me every week. 10.1 have a deep and sincere respect for you, but my utter disrespect for vour brother makes our friendship impossible. 11. In fact he m'I us a task. 12. You needn't worry (feel frustrated) about this news. 13. Her utter disrespect did not make things any easier for the family (didn't make the family's life any easier)

Exercise 9, p. 79

1. Each Friday morning all the pupils of the school spent the lesson which immediately preceded the recess in writing an account of the events of their school week including comments and criticism. 2.... he would tolerate no attempts on the part of the teachers to influence the content of the pupils' weekly reviews. 3. Everyone and everything was open to criticism/could be questioned and criticized. 4. It does good to both pupils and teacher. 5. It would make no sense to be angry with them for drawing attention to such things/There would be no point in getting angry with them for calling attention to such things. 6.... the wise teacher will see the direction in which the interests of each pupil and the class as a whole are changing. 7.1 wanted very much to discover what they thought of me/how they looked on me (I was eager to find out how they viewed me). 8.... they probably thought that I would soon quit and leave them just as the many teachers who had taught them before. 9. Only my own efforts could eventually make them respect and obey me/Only through my own efforts could I find a way to reach them. 10.... I was not up to the mark/I had not managed to reach the necessary standard. 11.... an effort to give the children something that would arouse their interest and stimulate their minds. 12.... as attentively as a birdwatcher watches a rare bird. 13.... illustrations from the familiar things of their daily life. 14.... it was as though there was a secret agreemant to show no interest in what I taught them (to be bored by whatever I told them), and all my attempts to treat them without ceremony of formality failed pathetically. 15.... I bore it trying to look as self-confident as possible. 16.... it was a sign that they were about/ready to go over to the third stage of their conduct. 17.... everything they said or did showed that they were wicked.

Exercise 2, p. 81

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Exercise 3, . 83

13. 1. At twelve he had to drop out of/leave school and to go to work as a Western Union messenger boy. 2. Are schools any better in Australia? 3. All the school turned out to welcome the celebrity. 4. She has a nice voice, but she hasn't had any schooling. 5. I had an advantage which I didn't want to lose. 6. He knows how to show his knowledge to advantage. 7. The boy was permitted to sit up for a few hours, but he never used the privilege to advantage. 8. I wonder at your capacity for admitting/ acknowfedging facts no matter how unpleasant they may be. 9. Many oversea students were admitted to the University last year. 10. She was short-sighted, but hated to admit it. 11.1 admit I took several things from my uncle's drawer, but I won't have it called a theft. 12. The door opened to admit a tall man. 13. She absolutely believes his version and will admit no other. 14. Percy is always so careful in money matters. He hates waste. 15. He was wasting (away) so quickly that he constantly seemed to need a smaller size. 16. The "natural method" of learning a language is admirable for infants and a waste of time and effort for other people. 17.1 don't see how you expect to get your strength back il you don't take/admit something nourishing into the system. 18. You know, Thomas, I don't like discussing her behind her back.

1. This kind of work requires a lot of time. 2. He said they did not require documents. 3. Let's hope that no such terrible sacrifice will be required of you. 4. There is no art, no skill required for that sort of thing. 5. All the equipment required for experiments was simple. 6. I soon learned that my services would be required on the stage this evening. 7. The clerk had excellent references. 8. I was referred to the manager. 9. Don't reler to the matter again. 10. Does this remark refer to me? I I.I'm sure she didn't mean it, she said it in a temper. 12. I've i lever seen her fly/get into a temper/lose her temper. 13. She is a woman of a gentle temper (She is sweet-tempered). 14. You would never have said such an absurd thing if you had not lost your temper (had not been in a temper). 15. I was used to his bursts, but still I had to make an effort to keep/control my temper. 16. Department stores display their goods in the windows. 17. She managed not to display her emotions when she was told of her son's illness. 18. He was always very decent to me. 19. Put on some decent clothes before you go out. 20. He gave us quite a decent dinner. 21. Here I was looking forward to a decent night's sleep.

Exercise 4, p. 84

A. 1. He belongs to a new trend in linguistics/His ideas are in keeping with a new theory in linguistics. 2. I have known it since I was a child/a teenager. 3- Evidently the boy was beaten either by his schoolmates or by someone he met on the way home from school. 4. At eighteen Andrew found himself alone, a first-year student at St. Andrew University. The University gave him forty pounds a year, and that was his only source of income. 5. After dinner there is a period of recreation before afternoon classes, 6. When (he was) a child he was a bad pupil/his teachers were dissatisfied with his progress/his teachers didn't think much of him and as a rule gave him bad marks. 7. Rain's arrival created a stir. The eyes of all the teachers and pupils were turned away from the cricket field. 8.1 was in a better position of course, because I knew everybody there/Of course, I had the advantage of knowing everybody there/I was one-up, of course, because I knew everybody there. 9- They profited by our disadvantages and did it with remarkable speed. 10. It was obvious that she was far better than the other teachers/that she outshone the other teachers. 11. Because one man agrees that we (they, you) have been defeated (Because one man acknowledges defeat/having been defeated/being defeated, it doesn't mean that everybody else does. 12. Sam was taken into his master's confidence. 13.1 tried to spare you. In all fairness you must acknowledge that I did. 14. The fascists devastated/ ravaged/destroyed many towns and villages. 15. Too much stuff is thrown away in the house. 16. Caroline had foolishly spent/squandered her life on being hopelessly devoted to a man who did not deserve it. 17. She looked at the girl and knew well that argument or reason would be lost on her/that there would be no point in using argument of reason. 18. He is Russian to the core/He is every inch a Russian/He is Russian through and through. 19- He said he would help us but didn't do anything/but didn't lift a finger/but didn't keep his word/but broke his promise/but went back on his word. 20.1 will keep my word (promise)/! shall not break my word (promise). 21. Can you say the alphabet not from A to Z but vice versa? 22. Why did you say the alphabet not from A to Z but from Z to A? 23. Why did you hold back/conceal the fact? 24.1 hope you will support my plan. 25. She always tries/She always does her best not to attract attention.

. 1. We need extra help, I think. 2. Haven't I done all that was demanded of me/all that I was supposed (expected) to do? 3- Everyone must obey the law. 4. I'm sure documents must be produced there. 5. Anyway you needn't see/don't need to see them again. 6. She had an infinite capacity for patience when patience was needed. 7. It would take two hours to assemble everybody. 8. The neighbour heard the little girl call the woman "mother"/address the woman as "mother". 9. What 1 have to say concerns all of you. 10. Historians date the fall of Rome to/from 410 A.D./Historians say that Rome fell in 410. 11. He believed the cause of his depressions was the illness he had had when he was a child/He ascribed/put down his depressions to his childhood illness. 12. All the parts are connected to each other. 13. You can give the landlord my respect, if you like, and tell him I hope he doesn't fly off the handle as often as he used to. 14. Among the excellent and decided characteristics of General Fesmond's wife, gentleness was less obvious than the rest. 15. If Charles had inherited any of the qualities of the stern, fearless, irascible soldier who had been his lather... 16. Your younger son shows (up) great intelligence. 17. He proudly showed/demonstrated the variegated smears < >1 paint on his heavy dressing gown. 18. The old man was insaliably curious about the galleries and the painters who exhibited in them. 19. He is quite a nice fellow. 20. He has always been nice to me. 21. Salvia had not the delicacy to show even,i moment of hesitation.

Exercise 5, p. 85

school(s) - schooling

1. Nursery schools are for those who haven't yet reached (ompulsory school age. 2. Compulsory schooling is divided into a primary and secondary stage. 3. Computers and micro electronics can assist in setting uniform school tests. 4. When does compulsory schooling begin in England?

admit - accept

1. Please accept my most affectionate thanks and gratitude for your constant assistance and sincere interest in my every need. 2. According to the Universities' Central Council on Admission the Universities admit/accept significantly more overseas students. 3. To their utter astonishment the picture was accepted for the show. 4. The results of his theoretical investigations were accepted as a valuable contribution.

require - demand

1. Teachers require/demand discipline. 2. The teacher demanded that the pupil should stay at school after classes. 3. The strikers demanded a rise. 4. Answer questions that require short answers.

anger - temper

1. Her eyes grew steady with anger, like old Jolyon's when his will was crossed. 2. Andrew reddened. But making a great effort, he conquered his anger/temper and his pride. 3. She was determined not to lose her temper. 4. The greatest remedy for anger is delay.

decent - discreet (and their derivatives)

1. There was a discreet tap at the door. 2.1 didn't have anything to do with him apart from work. He was always decent to me. 3. I'm not going to let discretion spoil a romantic story. 4.Carrie desperately needed decent clothes. 5. I've been afraid that he and Margaret will do something indiscreet and bring disgrace upon the family.

Exercise 6, p. 86 A.

- secondary school;

- scholar;

- schooling;

- to win a scholarship;

- to go to school/to be at school;

- ballet school;

- the Dutch school of painting;

- - boarding school;

- to have an advantage over smb., smth.;

- - to take advantage of smth.;

- to advantage; - to admit (to);

- to admit to an institute/to college;

- to admit, to acknowledge, to confess;

- to agree;

- to admit/acknowledge one's mistake, to confess a fault;

- admission (is) by ticket;

- admission, price of admission;

- to apply for admission to an institute/college;

- admission of guilt;

- to waste (away);

- to lay waste;

- wasteland;

- to waste words, to waste (one's) breath;

- a wasteful person, a wastrel;

() - to turn one's back to;

() - to turn one's back on;

- - - to do smth. behind smb.'s back;

- at the back of one's mind;

- the back of one's head;

i - to go back on one's word;

- - to keep/hold smth. back;

- to the backbone

o - to keep (stay, remain, be) in the back-;

- tell me your background. It.

- to meet the requirements;

- to meet (satisfy) the demands;

, - letters requiring an answer;

- reference;

- reference book;

- - to refer to smth., to have reference to smth.;

- - to refer to smb.;

- - to refer to smth.;

- to keep/control one's temper;

- fiery tempers;

- temper; quick/hot temper;

- to be in a good temper (mood), to be in high spirits;

- to be in a temper;

- to get/fly into a temper; to lose one's temper;

- to display pictures/paintings;

- to display goods;

- to display courage;

- to make a display of smth., to make a show of smth.;

- decent conditions;

- decent behavior;

- decent dinner.

 

Exercise 7, p. 86

A. Professor White is a distinguished/an outstanding scholar. His visit to our school is a great honour./It is a great honour for our school that he has visited us. 2. I've known him for a long time. We were at school together. 3. The girl won a scholarship and was able to study art in Italy 4. School starts at 8.30. 5. There will be no school tomorrow./The school will have a holiday tomorrow. 6. The boy has a cough, so I haven't let him go to school./I've kept him out of school. 7. She has a great advantage over the other students: she speaks English at home. 8. He has the advantage of knowing all the students without exception. 9. Do you really think that I won't take advantage of this opportunity? 10. The dress was extremely simple but it showed/set off her lovely figure to advantage. 11. She is too proud to accept/take money from us, but she won't admit it. 12. How many students were admitted to the institute this year? 13. We were not admitted into the hall/house because/as the performance/show had already begun. 14. Don't forget that today the admission to the club is by ticket only. 15. The stadium admits/ holds/seats thirteen thousand spectators (an audience of thirteen thousand/a thirteen-thousand audience). 16. What a pity that so much effort has been wasted. 17. For a moment/Momentarily I felt awkward, I thought that he was going to tell me (was about to tell me) that I was wasting (my) precious time on chattering (chatting/talking) over/on the phone. 18. "Some people watch TV for hours, but to my mind/but I think it's a waste of time," Nicholas said. "For me there is nothing like a good book." 19. Although she was very tired she was pleasantly aware/it was pleasant for her to be aware that the day hadn't been wasted. 20. You must tell me the truth. It's the only way if you want me to back you (up). 21. A man (A person) who goes back on his (their) word can't inspire confidence. 22. Don't you think that it will be better not to keep/hold anything back from me? 23. Their country house has the advantage of standing back from the road. 24. Look how beautiful this pine is against/on the background of the evening sky. 25. I can't make out/understand what it is over there, in the background of the picture. 26. The work in the old mine was heavy/hard and back- breaking. 27. My room was in/at the back of the house.

B. 1. The article is quite decent/good (is pretty good/is quite good/isn't bad) but it requires more examples. 2. Eliza was aware/conscious that soon they would not require her services any more/any longer. 3. There is only one letter left, but it does not require an answer. 4. In our country (In this (ountry*) everything is being done to satisfy/meet the growing requirements of the population. 5. He refused/ declined/ turned down our invitations, saying that his attendance was required elsewhere. 6. One (We/I) should find out in advance/ early/beforehand/in good time the requirements for admission to this institute (what is required to be admitted to this institute). 7. If you had done all that was required of you, you wouldn't be in trouble/in a mess/ in a scrape/in a (tight) fix now. 8. In his report the scientist made several references to the latest experiments. 9. She produced/ showed/presented excellent references. 10. I was referred to the editor because/as he had all the necessary reference books. 11. I'll make discreet inquiries, but I don't think that he referred to/made reference to your letters. 12. Your uncle has a hot/ quick temper. He will brook no interference. 13- Do/Can you really think that I will back (up) this absurd/ridiculous/ preposterous scheme/venture/undertaking/contrivance? 14.Stella, what's the matter with you? You shouldn't lose your temper even though you are losing the game. It is ridiculous. 15.Walter has made a point of not making (has made it a rule not to make) important decisions when he is in a temper. 16.Since the very day when Carrie first saw the dress/gown displayed in the shop window she had been dreaming of/about buying it. 17. James seldom displayed any signs of nervousness/of being nervous/of excitement. 18. I admit/ acknowledge that you displayed courage when you stayed in the forest alone. 19- It was very discreet of you/It was very discreet on your part to spare us the necessity to meet this unpleasant man. 20. Anyway/Anyhow/In any event/In any case he was decent to me/he treated me decently in public.

Exercise 8, p. 87

13. 1. You have an advantage over me: you know two languages./You have the advantage of knowing two foreign languages. 2. He/She has been admitted to the institute. 3- He has won a scholarship to university. 4. There is too much waste in the house. 5. He/She has gone back on his/her word (has broken his/her word.) 6. This picture is displayed to advantage. 7. I admit/acknowledge that I'm wrong/I admit/acknowledge my mistake. 8. Tell me your background. 9. I'm afraid I've wasted the day/the day has been wasted.

1.1 think I require extra help. 2.1 demand extra help. 3. He has got/flown into a temper again. 4. He/She is a decent person. 5. He/She displays (signs of) anxiety. 6. The speaker refers to his notes. 7. He speaks decent English./His English is reasonably good. 8. This student has an excellent reference from his supervisor on school practice.

Exercise 9, p. 88

1. Sure, he was referring to them all the time. 2. This school- leaver should apply for admission to university (to college). 3. All the goods in it are displayed in such a way that it is very easy to find whatever you are looking for. 4. Oh, he is a very decent fellow. 5. She is very quick-tempered/hot-tempered. (She has atemper./She has quite a temper/She has a quick (hot) temper.) 6. Well, I admit that we may have missed some points. (No, I think further investigation/inquiry is required.) 7. Because she promised to lend Ann a smart leather jacket and t hen went back on her word. 8. A person who has consumption wastes away very quickly./It's a wasting disease. 9- Oh, yes, she is very wasteful. 10. No, I should say more examples are required. 11. How can you believe that I could discuss you behind your back? 12. Oh, yes, he has done it quite decently. 13. She has had decent teachers and besides she has always been doing a lot of work on her own. (She has had the advantage of going to school in Britain.) 14. She doesn't have any references./I don't like her background.

Exercise 13, p- 89

1. Thus, of the ten old Forsytes twenty-one young Forsytes I Kid been born. 2. The blackberries tasted of rain. 3. I didn't buy the piano to be sonated out of my house of an evening. ( , it , .) 4. You are of I lie few who will be equal to it. ( , .) 5. I wash my hands of it. ( ./ .) 6. Tom decided that he (be independent of Becky 7. Vegetarians live on vegetables, fruit and nuts. 8. He planted the apple-trees on/to the and the pear-trees on/to the right of the path. 9. The Inuse was on fire. 10. There are goods for sale in all the shopwindows. You are very slow, why don't you hurry up a bit? help me on/off with my coat. 12. The garage was built on. nvenient site. 13.1 stumbled on something soft. 14. There was no objection on the part of the owner of the car. 15. On the one hand I was, of course, glad; on the other I was a little frightened. 16. The doctor was on the point of leaving. 17. On reflection I gave up the idea. 18. He was arrested on suspicion of murder. 19. The ghastly story made my hair stand on end. ( .)

13. Come on! Let's lock the trunk to be on the safe side.

13. The question wasn't even touched on/upon.

Exercise 14, p. 89

1. There are shops on both sides of the street. 2. On getting his telegram I went to/started for/set out for the railway station at once. 3- Upon my word, I didn't do it. 4. Try as I would/No matter how hard I tried/However hard I tried (on) that evening I couldn't concentrate/focus on the actors' performance. 5. Hold on to the railing/banister, it's very slippery here. 6. Go on, I'm all ears (I'm listening to you very carefully). 7. Can you mean/Do you really mean that you have never been on a hike before? 8. On a warm September day the children came to school for the first time. 9. Come on, show me what you have in your basket. 10. Anne suffered a lot when her relatives and friends turned their backs on her. 11. John liked it when Mary put on a blouse of an evening. 12. Such a teacher is hard to find, he is one in a thousand. 13- The village was to the north of the river. 14. He has always tried to make a business man out of me. 15. It was foolish/stupid of him/foolish/stupid on his part even to think about her.

CONVERSATION AND DISCUSSION

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1. :

maintained (state) school - ; , ;

county school - , ;

voluntary school - , ;

nursery school - ; primary school - ;

infant school - ; ( 5 7 ,

junior school - 7 11 ;

secondary school - ; grammar school - ; modern school - ( 11 16 ; );

technical school - ( 11 16 18 ; );

comprehensive school - (; 13-15; - )-, two-tier [] school - ; middle school - , 9 1 e;

upper school Brit (high school US) - ;

mixed (co-educational) school - , ;

single-sex school - ; special school - ( );

independent (fee-paying, private) school - ; pre-preparatory school - 5 8 ( )-,

preparatory school - 1) Brit ( )-, 2) US ((!'/;/ )-,

public school - , (. )-, 2) ( );

sixth form college - ( 16 , ; ; comprehensive school);

tertiary college - 16 (; [polytechnic] /1 [sixth form] Ifurther education]).

2. :

compulsory education - ; pre-school education - ; primary education - ; secondary education - ; further education - { , ; - ; ) [ ] [ ]; higher education - .

: administration - , ; schooling - / ( ..); full-time education - ,

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part-time education - , ;

tripartite system - ( : , );

class-divided and selective system of education - , () ;

to sustain inequality of opportunity - () ;

to go comprehensive - Brit ; the Department of Education and Science - Brit ;

Local Education Authorities (LEAs) - ;

to be responsible for the national education policy - ; to run a school - / ; to prescribe curricula or textbooks - / ;

the provision of schools - ; to provide maintained school education - , .

4. :

Head Teacher/Headmaster, Principal - ; Assistant Principal - ; Acting Head Teacher - (..) ;

staff - , ; governing body - ; to have responsibility - ; to employ teachers - ; to provide and maintain buildings - 11 ;

to supply equipment - , I ' ;

to provide grants - 1) (( iKu. - ,ix ); 2) , ( . :);

appointment and dismissal of staff - , .

5. ( ..):

To admit - ( ..)-,

To allocate - 1) , ; 2) , ;

to apply for admission - ; s

elective procedure - ;

mielligence tests - ;

substitute for the abolished 11+exams - 11 , ;

to measure inborn abilities - ;

to have a time limit - ; to coach for - ;

catchment area - (), ; without any reference to the child's ability or aptitude - ;

to transfer (promote) from one class to another - () .

6. ( ):

broad curriculum - ;

academic course - ;

non-academic course - ;

vocational bias - - ;

foundation course - , , , ;

foundation subjects - , foundation course;

to meet special interests - , ;

common curriculum - ;

simplified curriculum - ;

education with a practical slant for lower-attaining pupils - ;

to encourage to do smth. - , -.;

the three R's - , (reading, writing and 'rithmetic);

subject teaching - ; specialist teacher - ; remedial teaching - .

7. :

GCSE (exam) (General Certificate of Secondary Education) - ;

to sit for an exam - , ; "A" level exam - ( );

Common Entrance Exam - ( [preparatory school] [public school])-,

to set and mark a task - ;

to hand the papers out - ; examining board - ; grades - , ;

"pass" grade - , ;

resits and retakes - ;

unsuccessful pupil - () ;

to repeat the year - ;

to pass an exam - ;

to keep up with the group - ;

to fall behind - .

8. :

corporal punishment - ; detention (after school or during the dinner hour) - ( );

lines - , -.);

exclusion from normal routine - ;

exclusion from privileges (loss of privilege) - ;

Election of litter - ;

suspension from school - ;

withdrawal from lessons - ; sei I ing extra work - ; put t ing "on report" - ; idling the parents - ..

 

 

Unit four (five).

Speech patterns.

 

  1. He pointed without looking ( )

Mr. Finch poured () himself out some tea, without asking me.

And without waiting for her answer he turned and left us.

  1. She hated it more than ever. ( -)

He felt better than ever.

Paul works harder than ever.

I love her more than ever.

  1. Why would anyone write about school?( , )

Why would I do a thing like that?

Why would she go to them? They dislike each other.

  1. The man isnt smart enough.

She was lucky enough to get a job on television.

Shes pretty enough to twist any man round her little finger.

He was kind enough to ask the same question every day.( )

  1. My father knows as much as my teacher.

He likes swimming almost as much as his brother.

He worked as hard as the rest of the group.

  1. Tommy screamed with laughter.

The audience shrieked () with laughter.

She squealed () with excitement. ( )

Katie flushed with pleasure ( ).

  1. How the kids must have loved it.

How weak she must have been. ( )

What a comfort you must have been to your mother.

How he must have loved her in the beginning.

 

Exercise 2, p. 108

1. Why would he come bothering you without being invited? 2.She disappeared into the kitchen without noticing the girl. 3.Now John plays the piano better than ever. 4. Mary speaks English better than ever. 5. Why would he throw aside such an opportunity? 6. Why would I go to the trouble of looking after him? 7. She was clever enough to get what she wanted. 8. He was | a nice kid, old enough to get his driver's license. 9. The boy screamed with laughter when he took a ride on a merry-go- round. 10. Kate (Kate's cheeks) flushed with pleasure.

Exercise 3, p. 109

1. The boy went to the skating-rink without telling his mother. 2. He came without being/having been invited and was feeling awkward. 3. In this competition he had more advantages over his rivals than ever. 4. He wanted to travel/to set out on a travel more than ever. 5. Why would/should I accept her invitation? I dislike her very much. 6. Why would Tom spare your feelings? You were tactless yourself. 7. The family feud was deep enough to break all the ties between them. 8. She was resolute (determined) enough to go on working/to continue working/ to continue to work/to keep on working. 9. The bushes were as thick as a brush. 10.1 dislike this dish as much as you (do). 1 l.She looked as pretty as a picture from an illustrated magazine. 12. Sitting before (in front of) a TV set the children screamed with laughter. 13. Anne cried out with excitement when she saw an envelope in the mail- box/pillar-box/postbox. 14. How he must have admired this picture/painting! 15. How difficult/hard it must have been to row against the current/upstream!

TEXT FOUR

THE FUN THEY HAD

By I.Asimov

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ESSENTIAL VOCABULARY VOCABULARY NOTES

1. stand vt/i - 1) ;

to stand still - ) , ; ) ;

to stand straight (motionless) - ();

to stand with one's back to smb. - -. ; to stand in one's light - ) -. ; ) -. ;

to stand leaning against smth. - , -.; to stand in a line - ) ; ) ( );

to stand on end - ;

His hair stood on end. - .

to stand out - ;

The green roof stood out against the clear sky. - .

His work stands out from that of the others. - () .

to stand up for smb. (smth.) - -. (-.), -. (-.);

George stood up for precedent. - , - .

it stands to reason - ; It stands to reason that we must do the job as well as possible. - , >.

2) , , -. Montmorency couldn't stand George's music. - .

1 cannot stand heat (pain, his jokes, the climate, etc.) - (, , ..).

to stand one's ground - , , ;

Everybody was against him, but he stood his ground. - Bee () , . , ; I'he agreement stands. - . I) -.; I (> stand treat - ; ') , -., -.; -., -. (to stand by smb., smth.);

We must stand by each other. - ( ).

6) ();

stands 6 foot in height. - .

to stand for smth. - , -.;

.. stands for Member of Parlament. - M.P. .

2. hate vt - , ;

My cat hates dogs. - .

I hate troubling (to trouble) you. - .

hate - , , ;

was filled with hate for his enemy. - .

hateful adj - 1) , , , ;

2) , ;

hateful crime - () );

hateful glances - , ;

hateful lie - ;

hatred - , , ;

looked at me with hatred in his eyes. - .

3. smile vi/t - 1) ;

never smiles. - .

What are you smiling at? - ?

Fortune has always smiled on (upon) him. - () / .

2) ;

to smile away vexation (grief) - ();

is not a man to smile away vexation. - , , .

smile 1) ;

There was a pleasant (cruel, ironical, etc) smile on her face. - (, ..) .

to be all smiles - () , ( , );

The little boy's face was all smiles when he saw his new toy. - , .

2) pi , ;

to enjoy the smiles of fortune - .

4. pat vi/t - 1) ; , ; ;

to pat a dog - ;

Amy patted her shoulder with warmth. - .

She patted the books into a neat pile. - , .

patted his foot listening to the music. - , .

pat - , , ;

gave me a friendly pat on the shoulder. - / .

5. take vi/t - 1) ; , ;

to take a person's hand - ;

to take hold of smth. = to get/catch/seize hold of smth. - ) , , -.; ) , -., -.;

to take a man prisoner - ;

2) , , ; ;

took the house for a year. - .

Who look the first prize? - ( )?

I shall take a holiday tomorrow. - .

was taking . - .

You must take your chance. - ( ).

3) , ; ; ; , ;

Take these letters to the post. - .

He's always taking other people's ideas. - - . .

I) , ;

take a guest home - ;

S) , ( )-,

take pride in one's work - ;

to take an interest in politics - ;

6) ; ; (, ..)-, took a deep breath. - .

7) , ; , ;

I took him to be an honest man. - , / .

Do you take my meaning? - , ?

We may take it for granted. - .

8) ()-, ()-, Take care what you say. - .

Did he take any notice of you? - ?

has taken a dislike to me. - . She took her little brother to task. - () ./ .

took great pains to help me. - .

to take after - , ( );

Whom do you take after in your family? - ?

to take down - 1) , (), (-. )-,

to take down an old building - ; 2) (-.);

The postmistress began to take down the message. - .

to take in - 1) (), -. , -. ;

to take in lodgers - ;

2) ;

to take in a dress - ;

3) (-. ) . . . , . .-,

to take in a lecture - ;

4) (-.);

5) , (-.);

 

the level of knowledge (development) - ();

low (high, average, cultural, intellectual, economic, scientific) level - (, , , , , ) ;

to be on a level with smth. (smb.) - () -. (-.);

The water in the river was on a level with the banks. - .

His knowledge is quite on a level with a fourth-year student's. - .

on the level - 1) ; 2) , ; Is he on the level? - ? level adj - 1) , , ; level road - / ; level ground - ; 2) , , ; to speak in a level voice - ; ;

has a level head (is level-headed). - ///.

to level vt - 1) , , ; 2) , ;

to level a building - ; to level a village (a city) - () ;

The German fascists levelled many villages to the ground. - - .

2) ; (); , ( ..)-,

The hunter levelled his gun at the beast. - ( ) .

7. regular adj - 1) , , , ;

regular habits - ; ;

to keep regular hours - () ;

2) ;

has no regular work. - .

3) , ;

regular features - ;

a regular figure - ;

4) , ;

5) . , ;

a regular doctor - ;

the regular army - ;

6) -. , ;

a regular rascal - ; ;

regularly adv - 1) , ;

a garden regularly laid out - ;

2) , ;

has been practising regularly for the last two weeks. - /.

8. scream vi/t - 1) , , ;

to scream in anger - ;

, ;

to scream with laughter - , ;

The baby screamed all night. - .

The parrot screams but does not talk. - , .

: , ,, ;

The jets screamed overhead. - ( ) - .

scream - , , ;

The sound of the screams was loud enough for him to hear. - , .

a (perfect) scream - , , in.

"Reginald, you are now the head of the family." - "I know," I s.i id. "Isn't it a scream?" - , - , - . - , ?

9. fit vi/t - 1) , ; 2) , ;

This coat does not fit me. - ( // ) / .

The key doesn't fit the lock. - .

3) , ; , (for);

to fit oneself for one's new duties - ;

to fit a plank in a floor - ;

to fit smth. on - 1) -.; 2) -. ;

I am going to the tailor to have my coat fitted on. - , .

to fit in (with) - , , ;

How will my arrangements for the holidays fit in with yours? - ( )?/ ?

fit adj - 1) , (), (for);

The man is not fit for the position. - .

We must decide on a fit time and place. - () .

predic. , ;

Do as you think fit. - /, .

didn't think fit to do what I suggested. - .

, , ; , (for);

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