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1. Oliver Haddo slowly turned his glance to the painter. "I grieve to see, O most excellent Warren, that the ripe juice of the aperitif has glazed your sparkling eve." "Do you mean to say I'm drunk ,sir?" "In one gross, but expressive, word, drunk." (W.S.Maugham) 3. Dari Dahl came back, fired my cheeseburgers at me, and put the coffee down so hard it split. I said," Go back and get me another cup." (M. Spillane ). 4. The real revolutionaries are silent men with poker-player eyes. (T. Pratchett) 6. From the comer of the divan of Persian saddle bags on which he was lying, smoking, as was his custom, innumerable cigarettes. Lord Henry Wotton could just catch the gleam of the honey-sweet and honey-coloured blossoms of a laburnum. (O. Wild) 9. "Good Lord, what's that?" asked her husband.( R.Bradbury) 13. "Nowadays people know the price of everything and the value of nothing. (O. Wilde)

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2. She was as a house filled with mournful melody and the presence of death. (T. Dreiser) 3. Dandelion wine. The words were summer on the tongue. The wine was summer caught and stoppered. (R.Bradbury) 5. "And look to see Mrs. Goodwater president till she's a hundred and ninety-five years old." "Why, lady," said Mrs.Goodwater. "I'm three hundred and five now." (R. Bradbury) 7. The bright odour of the trolley blew from their clothes on the summer wind. (R. Bradbury) 8. “Thanks from your humble servant and grateful friend, Mme Floristan Mariani Tarot, the Chiromancer. Soul Healer. and Deep-Down Diviner of Fates and Furies. (R. Bradbury) 10. Douglas tapped the book and talked in a low voice. "Mme Tarot told all about death and destiny and stuff in parlours rich folks'. She predicted Napoleon's defeat and death to his face!"(R.Bradbury) 11. "Look at the successful men in any of the learned professions. How perfectly hideous they are!" (O.Wilde) 12. "Well, I hope he is not as devoted to Blue Books as Sir John is. I don't think they can be quite improving for reading for anyone." "I have never read a Blue Book. I prefer books... in yellow covers." (O. Wilde)

Crossword 2. Tropes All Is Well That Ends Well

Children are the key to true happiness. (16)

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Miss You-Can’t-Resist (1) – the girl with the tip tilted nose, the forget-me-not (9) eyes, the rose red cheeks, and the hair black as ink (12) – was awfully pretty (10). There was passion in her eyes – eyes are the mirror of our souls. (15)

All men were ready to lay their immense love at her feet (11), me – in particular. I was ready to do anything for her. Even if there had been the Deluge (13), I would have rushed to see her. “You have stolen my heart!” I once said stupidly, but she only smiled in reply. Her cold heart didn’t respond to my feelings, and for me it was the wound that would never heal (13).

At last her hot temper melted the coldness of her heart. She married Mr. You-Will-Never-Dare-To-Refuse (1) and successfully found a place in his heart and home (8). Both of them were refined and sophisticated birds of a feather (5) – no wonder. He was one of the hearts and brains of the nation (7) and earned his living by his pen (7).

The man was almost crazy about his work. He always lost track of time when he plunged in his writing, oblivious to hunger and thirst – a living dead (10) man. His wife felt so much neglected, but he went on ignoring her even when she was in the family way (14). How caring of him! (3) All that adds even more fuel to the fire (6) already dangerously hot.

However, now that their firstborn appeared, the ex-butterfly gained more self-confidence and more…weight (8). Her husband, in his turn, devoted all his time to his wife and to the destroyer of her figure (4). And the three of them spent evenings wrapped in the harmony of their family life. Great! (17) All is well that ends well (2).