Discussion

Comment on Simeon Lee's idea of making Harry stay with him for good.

Conjecture, what Simeon Lee's motives for arranging the family gathering may be.

Say, what you think of Simeon Lee's idea of fun.

Discuss the ideas, the following quotations from the text suggest to you:

a. "If you ask me, we are going to have a merry Christmas!"

b. "I'm afraid - for you!"

Part 3 Chapter 3

Vocabulary

Active vocabulary words

1. lament v.

2. perspiration n.

3. valet n.

4. failing n.

5. open-handed adj.

6. affably adj.

7. hover v.

8. connoisseur n.

9. decanter n.

10. deficiency n.

11. gobble v.

12. slim adj.

13. whisk v.

14. jerk v.

15. rankle v.

16. impertinent adj.

Word combinations

1. in spite of smth.

2. a pretty penny

3. to see to smth.

4. out of tail of one’s eye

5. in spasms

6. to get a stroke

7. the love lost between smb.

8. to read the (a) riot act to smb.

Recognition vocabulary

1. taffeta n.

2. velvet n.

3. hock n.

4. claret n.

5. battering ram

Fill in the correct preposition where necessary, then make sentences using the completed phrases. Suggest Russian equivalents for the phrases given.

1. to be devoted ______ sb.

2. to twist ______ the door handle

3. to pay attention ______sth/sb

4. to let sb______

Find the words/ phrases in Chapter 3 which mean the same as:

1. to visit

2. to lift sth up from the surface

3. to make oneself thinner by eating less

4. not continuously, for short irregular periods

5. not saying anything

6. one after another

Complete the crossword bellow.

1. Liquid that your skin produces when you are hot, ill, or nervous.

2. To eat quickly and noisily.

3. A man whose job is to look after another man’s clothes and cook his meals. AmE someone who works at a hotel or restaurant whose job is to park your car.

4. To move very suddenly or make something move suddenly.

5. Friendly, relaxed and easy to talk to.

6. Fault or weakness.

7. To show publicly that you feel sad or disappointed about something.

8. Generous.

9. To stay somewhere because you are waiting to do something or because you can’t decide what to do.

10. A person who has good knowledge of art and music.

11. To continue to be remembered with bitterness .

12. Rude especially to an older person or someone more important.

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Look at the following words from the story and write the correct form of the word in the blank spaces.

NOUN	VERB	ADJECTIVE	ADVERB
	-		affably
		‘lamentable	-
	jerk
	-	impertinent
deficiency	-		-

The following descriptions are used by Agatha Christie when writing about the characters. Without looking back at the text, place each of these descriptions under the appropriate character in the columns below.

handsome lean greyhound squarely built broad pedantic utterance black hair slow deep eyes		plucked eyebrows corpulent startled grace clear enunciation haggard face heavy jowl pale blue eyes slender square shoulders	rich creamy pallor vital strength prodigal son nincompoop smooth egg-like face pompous windbag platinum blond warming	bronzed face mild brown eyes shabby clothes comfortable looking stuffed codfish agile fingers stuck-in-the-mud high bridged nose	overstout hazel eyes charming voice inertia fidelity splendid spirit expressionless gentle face amazingly thin
Harry
Alfred
Pilar
Hilda
Magdalene
George
Lydia