Harry potter and philosopher´s stone
CHAPTER SIXTEEN
Through the trapdoor
I. Vocabulary to the chapter:
sweltering – знойный, душный, жаркий
cheat [tSi:t] v – мошенничать, обманывать
snuffbox ['snAfbPks] n – табакерка
fret [fret] v – раздражаться; беспокоиться, волноваться
batty ['bxtI] a – разг. спятивший, помешавшийся, не в своём уме
lurking ['lE:kIN] a – тайный, неявный; скрытый
bloodiness ['blAdInIs] n – кровожадность
paw [pO:] n – лапа
smelly ['smelI] a – разг. дурно пахнущий; вонючий, зловонный
snare [sneq] n – силок, тенёта , западня
vicious ['vISqs] a – злой, злобный; злостный; злонамеренный
ram [rxm] v – вколачивать; втискивать; вдалбливать
bishop ['bISqp] n – шахм. слон
knight – шахм. конь
castle – шахм. ладья
dwarf [dwO:f] n – карлик
swallow ['swPlqV] n – глоток
II. Give Russian equivalents of the following words and phrases:
to rub one’s forehead
to cut somebody off
a fishy thing
to lose one’s temper
to say in exasperation
to be of good (ill) omen
to skulk
to scoot off
to grit the teeth
a damp wall
to wring one’s hands
to pull the handle
to have the knack of
a helmet
to show mercy to/ to have mercy on
to make a sacrifice of something
to checkmate
not to have an ounce of sense
at one gulp
III. Writing Prompts: Life at Hogwarts
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There are a few rules that are to be followed at this school you’re attending. Certain places are off limits, and you can’t go into the rooms of the other Hogwarts Houses. Are you good about following rules? When would you think it was justified to break one of the rules, and why?
Writing Prompt # 2 The tests at Hogwarts aren’t anything like the ones you had to take in a Muggle school. A mistake on one of these tests could blow up the desk or change your classmate into something rather unpleasant. Write a passage about the most difficult test you had to take, either in real life or in your “wizard life.” IV. Find English equivalents in the text:
в будущем, в предстоящие годы
по одному
впопыхах, в спешке
плёвое дело; пара пустяков
отбросить осторожность
вне пределов слышимости
устранить /убрать кого-л. с дороги
глаз не спускать с
тихим голосом, вполголоса
рассердиться, потерять самообладание
растеряться, потерять голову
внезапно ожить
нет другого выхода
иметь особые способности к чему-л.
мне с ним не справиться
V. Put prepositions:
to burst __ the door
to put __ the quills
to roll __ their parchment
to jump __ his feet
to think __ something
a stranger turns __
to fly off __ London
to step __ threshold
__ one gulp
VI. Say what would happen if:
Albus Dumbledore hadn’t left for London
Professor McGonagall had seen Harry and his friends again in the hall
Harry, Ron and Hermione had been caught
The friends hadn’t used the Invisibility Cloak
Harry hadn’t spoken to Peeves as Bloody Baron
Hermione had stayed in the Gryffindor House that night
Ron hadn’t come with Harry and Hermione
Harry and Hermione had taken the wrong drink