IV. Paraphrase or explain the following:

1. Holy Week

2. It was just like his good nature to come to rescue when he knew she was at a loose end (p.43)

3. It didn't take her long to discover that the Colonel … and Mrs. Gosselyn … were taking stock of her. (p.44)

4. They've taken an enormous fancy to you. (.46)

5. But when we've got our feet on the ladder. (p.47)

6. ...but we get on like a house on fire. (p.47)

1. mean, I've never met anyone who's a patch on you. ( p.47)

8) By God, it was a put-up job. (p.47)

CHAPTER V

I. Speak on Julia and Michael relations after their engagement:

- tо vow smb. t о secгeсу

- to be divinely happy

• to prevail

to jeopardize one's chances

• to take advantage of smb.

- affectionate lover

- to take smb. a trifle for granted

• to sit cuddled up to smb.

it was heaven ( heavenlу)

- exquisite nose

-russet,curly hair

-as vain as a peacock

-to feel at ease with smb,

• to have confidence in smb.

to be well aware

- to bore smb.

- to be a burden

-to desert smb. for a game of golf

- a casual acquaintance

-to be hurt

II. Show in which way Michael and Julia considered the opportunity of Michael's going to America:

-to be taken by smb.

-breathless with excitement

-Her heart sank

-to be beneath one's dignity

to accept smth. with alacrity

despair seized her

to be hospitable

to pass like a flash of lightning

-at random

to pop up

to have a snack

III. Act out the conversation between Michael and Julia (p.50-51)

IV. Retell the episode at Jimmie Langton' s:

- to take a swing

-tо give smb. a smack on the face

- to burst out crying

- со cry in earnest

- to have nothing to do with smth.

• deliberately

• to pull off a trick

to revive one's fury

-a row of ninepins

- take my word for it

-to sell smb. a pup

-tо be a flop

• to be a failure

in point of fact

to stare into smb's eyes searchingly

Do you think that Jimmie Langton put his hand to Michael's contract?

ASSIGNMENT V-VI

Chapter VI.

I. Retell about Michael's life in America:

to kick one's heels about

in due course

on the road

to be withdrawn

a costume play

to renew one's contract

to be caustic in one's comments

to write in a neat, precise hand

to be beneath contempt

II. Tell if Michael and Julia were happy to see each other:

to contain one's joy

the excitement of homecoming

to steam out (a train)

mortals

exquisite legs

to have too much make-up on

eyelashes

to be frankly delighted to see smb.

to beam with pleasure

to squeeze one's arm affectionately

at one's suggestion

to refer to smth.

to be an awful flop (colloquial)

to think smb. rotten

as a matter of form

to be deeply concerned

to. beat with exultation (about a heart)

to be a smack in the eye (colloquial)

to grin and bear smth.

to be deeply mortified

to put up with smth.

to be relieved

III. Tell about Michael's plans for the future:

to save every bob

a tight - wad

to be out of a job

to give a sigh

to toast one's future

dignity

to feel like a high - born damsel

to parade up and down bowing right and left to smb.

obsequious retainers

to dandle smb. on one's knee

I V. Dramatize the conversation between Julia and Michael (p.58-60)

REVISION SECTION:

I. Paraphrase or explain the following expressions:

) to sell smb. a pup

2)to be a flop

3. to be at a loose end

4) to take an enormous fancy

5) a put-up job

6) to take stock of smb.

7)to be a smack in the eye

8) to make a stab

9) not to sleep a wink

10) to jeopardize one's chances

11)to be absolutely stony

II. Fill in the blanks:

to write … a neat hand

to be ... . . . a job

to put ... with smth.

to interfere … one's career

to fall madly .. . love ...smb

to take smb. ... granted

to feel ease .. smb.

to burst ... crying

to remind smb....

to be ... tour

tо make a stab ..

to be ... … date

to have smth. ... nature

to get rid ... smth

to go … the stage

to insist ...

in due course

to mix ... with smb.

to throw one's money ...

to borrow ... smb.

at first sight

ASSIGNMENT VII

CHAPTER 7

1. Speak about the first years of marriage of Michael and Julia:

except for smb s placidity

to tempt smb.

to make smb. frantic scenes

to be jealous of smb. / smth.

to keep one's brain clear

to work oneself up into a passion of tears

to make oneself ridiculous

to be quite obvious

not to care two straws for smb.

a tailor's dummy

to do one s best

to be squint-eyed and hump-backed

to get fairly good parts

to get smb. a lot of publicity

lavishness

II. Retell about their life during the war:

to enlist

to regret the reproaches one heaped upon smb.

to commit suicide

to set a seal on smb,

to pull strings

to show oneself possessed of considerable organising capacity

a succession of roles

to be prosperous

to be divinely happy

a doomed man

III. How did it happen that Julia fell out of love with Michael?

to fall out of love with smb.

to be as safe as a house

to have a great yearning to smth

to want one's protective strength

to look every inch a soldier

to be in great spirits

to be inapt for military service

to get one's discharge

to acquire reputation

on a sudden

to resist an inclination

to respond to smb's ardour

to be dismayed

to be inclined to cry

a sense of triumph

a revenge for smth.

to be free of the bondage

on equal terms

IV. Read and translate the passage on p. 66.

What was the difference that Julia found in Michael?

ASSIGNMENT VIII

CHAPTER 8

I. Prove that Michael was a success on the stage after the war:

to get oneself demobbed

to step straight into a part

a well set-up, norrmal, high-spirited fellow

drawing-room comedy

to give a peculiar effect to a flippant line

to make love convincingly

to carry off a chaffing love scene

be amenable to smth.

to be idle

to stick out for smth ( stuck)

II. Why couldn't Michael and Julia start their own theatre. Describe Mrs de Vries.

to inherit

savings

to go up enormously ( about the rent )

inadequate sum

to be amply sufficient

find a mug to write a fat cheque

to be perfectly faithful to smb.

effusive and timid manner

a virile air

to be properly delighted

to be shrewd

a good gamble

to get round smb.

III. Describe the week-end with Dolly:

to set one's mind to smth.

to buy options on three plays

on reasonable terms

to urge smb to seize the opportunity

to twist smb round one's little finger

notoriety

to pay out hard cash

to make a dead set. at smb.

to giggle

to be disconcerting

to fold smb in arms

to give smb a brisk handshake

eyes misty with tears

to brim over with excitement

IV. Tell about Michael's first steps as a manager:

the deed of partnership

a publicity agent

the new venture

to be a knockout

to skim smth over

a tiny part

not to care a hang about smth.

to lean back