Practical assignments

Exercise 1. Find appropriate synonyms from the box to the following phraseological units.

to fail indigent obviously simultaneously crazy to succeed

nearby to weep to irritate a leader a writer

1. To come a cropper - ________

2. As poor as a church mouth - __________

3. At once - ___________

4. As plain as a pikestaff - ___________

5. Out of one’s mind - ___________

6. A man of the wheel - ____________

7. Within a stone’s throw of somebody - ____________

8. To cry all through - _________________

9. To rub somebody up the wrong way - ____________

10. A man of letters - ______________

11. To pass exams with flying colours - ___________

Keys:

1. to fail

2. indigent

3. simultaneously

4. obviously

5. crazy

6. leader

7. nearby

8. to weep

9. to irritate

10. a writer

11. to succeed

Exercise 2. Match the following idioms with those in Ukrainian. Pick up your own synonyms to each of them in both languages.

1.to kick the bucket	a)бути на сьомому небі
2.to pull the devil by the tail	b)битись як риба об лід
3.act the fool	c)вбити двох зайців
4.hungry as a hunter	d)клеїти дурня
5.to vanish into thin air	e)врізати дуба
6.to tread on air	f)купити кота в мішку
7.to kill two birds with one stone	g)кататись як сир в маслі
8.to live in clover	h)як вітром здуло
9.to play with edge-tool	i)голодний як вовк
10.to buy a pig in a poke	j)грати з вогнем

Keys:

1.e) 2.b) 3.d) 4.i) 5.h) 6.a) 7.c) 8.g) 9.j) 10.f)

1. to die – померти

2. vainly – безрезультатно/марно

3. do nothing – нічого не робити

4. ravenous/famishing – дуже голодний

5. instantly/ immediatly disappear – відразу зникнути

6. to be happy – бути щасливим

7. to succeed in both deals – досягти успіху у двох справах одночасно

8. to live high life – жити у розкоші

9. to make a risk of something – ризикувати чимось

10. to have no idea about your purchase – не мати поняття про покупку

Exercise 3. Substitute underlined words with synonymic ones

1. She passed away.

2. He must have gone off his rocker.

3. A cigarette tip glowed in the darkness.

4. Grinning, satisfied with himself, he stood away from the car.

5. Come on, let’s put on stem.

6. Meet my better half.

7. Come down to brass tacks.

8. She picked up only the most suitable clothes.

9. When she laughed it came out loose and young.

10. This student picks everything out at once.

Keys:

1. Died

2. Have gone mad/ have become mad

3. Shined

4. Smiling

5. Hurry

6. Husband/wife

7. The main point of the deal

8. Chose

9. Seemed/ appeared

10. Catches/understands; instantly/immediately