Exercise 11. Translate into English, using the verb to have or to get followed by the Objective Participial Construction.

1. Я переделала свое зимнее пальто. 2. Когда вы, наконец, настроите свой рояль? Он совсем расстроен (to be out of tune). 3. Я не починил вчера часы, так как мастерские были закрыты. 4. Когда вы оклеили комнату? 5. Вам уже побелили потолок? 6. Где вы снимались? 7. Вам следует переплести свои книги 8. Где вы делали себе это платье? 9. Я выкрасила свое платье, и теперь оно совсем как новое (выглядит совсем новым). 10. Где вы почи-; нили велосипед?

Exercise 12. Point out the Nominative Absolute Participial Construction. State what kind of adverbial modifier it expresses. Translate into Russian.

1. The weather being dark and piercing cold, he had no great temptation to loiter. (Dickens) 2. Out in the shadow of the Japa-| nese sunshade she [Irene] was sitting very still, the Jace on her! white shoulders stirring with the soft rise and fall of her bosom. (Galsworthy) 3. His tale told, he put his head back and laughed. (Stone) 4. She had put some order into the drawing-room by now, her housewifely instincts having got the better of her dismay, j (Maugham) 5. This being understood, the conference was over and' Lufkin got up to join his guests. (Snow) 6. The next morning, it] being Sunday, they all went to church. (Buck) 7. They went downj the stairs together, Aileen lingering behind a little... (Dreiser)) 8. For the moment the shop was empty, the mechanic having] disappeared into a room at the back. (Hansford Johnson) 9. She | paused listlessly, her head dropping upon her breast. (Crown) 10. No one having as yet expressed any such opinion, this was the more readily assented to. (Galsworthy) 11. Sir Henry was deep in his papers, his long, white, unringed hands moving nervously in rhythm with his thoughts. (Greene) 12. The constraint caused by Timothy's presence having worn off a little, conversation took a military turn. (Galsworthy) 13. This done, and Sikes having satisfied his appetite, the two men laid themselves down on chairs for a short nap. (Dickens) 14. She rose from the bed and removed her coat and stood motionless, her head bent, her hands clasped before her. (Faulkner) 15. There being nothing eatable within his reach, Oliver replied in the affirmative. (Dickens)

Exercise 13. Point out the Absolute Constructions and state what kind of adverbial modifier they express. Translate into Russian.

1. Mrs. Maylie being fatigued, they returned more slowly home. (Dickens) 2. Then she [Becky] sprang away and ran around the desks and benches, with Tom after her, and took refuge in a corner at last, with her little white apron to her face. (Twain) 3. In the afternoon, with the wind from the south, the big canoes... had come drifting across the waters. (Lawrence) 4. The concert over, the lottery... came next. (Ch. Bronte) 5. Dinner being over, Bathsheba, for want of a better companion, had asked Liddy to come and sit with her. (Hardy) 6. Now he sat down in an armchair opposite Charlie, sat bolt upright, with his hands on his knees, and looked hard at Charlie. (Priestley) 7. Abraham too looked well, his cheeks filled out, his eyes cheerful. (Stotjie) 8. Then, with her heart beating fast, she went up and rang the bell. (Galsworthy) 9. She sat on the steps, with her bare arms /crossed upon her knees. (Wilson) 10. Mr. Pickwick's mouth and chin having been hastily enveloped in a large shawl, his hat having been put on his head and his great coat thrown over his arm, he' replied in the affirmative. (Dickens) 11. With the watch in her hand she lifted her head and looked directly at him, her eyes calm and empty as two holes. (Faulkner) 12. He stood shamefully, hesitating, the strength of his resolution exhausted in his words. 13. With Lowell closely watching, he slowly removed a paper and spread it carefully on his desk. (Lindsay) 14. The door of the opposite parlour being then opened, I heard some voices. (Dickens) 15. Catherine looked at me all the time, her eyes happy. (Hemingway) 16. I admired her, with love dead as a stone. (Hansford Johnson) 17. They lived the life of normal suburban children, school and holidays passing in a gentle rhythm. (Shute) 18. The first bustle of installation over, time hurig heavy on his hands. (Galsworthy) 19. The child lay on the bed, its eyes shut, flushed and sweating, breathing in short, whistling gasps. (Faulkner) 20. Now this Miss Barbary was extremely close... for a female; females being generally rather given to conversation. (Dickens)