Miscellaneous phrases

подарок ко дню рождения; интересная тема для разговора; звать-на помощь; ждать кого-л; измениться к лучшему (худшему); отло­жить на три дня; быть подвижным (хорошо выглядеть) для своего возраста; продавать/покупать за определенную цену; заплатить за вещь; получить даром; из страха сделать ошибку; наверняка

Exercises in lexicology

Ex. 10. Paraphrase the following sentences according to the models.

M o d e l 1: The girl looks pretty.

She is a pretty-looking girl.

1. The student works hard. He is sure to make great progress. 2. The fellow looks suspicious to me. 3. What is your impression about the man? He looks intelligent to me. 4. The house looked ordinary. 5. It is her style to wear coats that fit her close. 6. He always means well.

M o d e l 2: He is known for his good nature.

He is good-natured.

1. She has a kind heart, she won't hurt a fly. 2. I like people with a strong mind. 3. I never knew she had such a quick temper. 4. Have you noticed that he mostly uses his left hand. 5. The child has dark hair and blue eyes. 6. I still remember him as a boy, rather thin with a pale face, long legs and narrow shoulders. 7. She is a woman of mid­dle age.

Ex. 11. Give words of the same root in Russian. Compare the meaning.

intelligent, stimulating, company, extreme, charm, ordinary, po­etry, temper, mystery, remark, reserve, to treat, catastrophe, absurd

Ex. 12. Compare the meaning of the words in bold type, say which phrase is used literally and which has a figurative sense. Translate the sentences into Russian. Give your own examples.

1. a) Their final decision was to settle down in one of the newer towns, b) It usually took him hours to settle down to work. c) He was nearing thirty when he decided it was time for him to settle down. 2. a) She turned up every single bit of paper on the desk, but the note was nowhere to be found, b) He had the habit of turning up at the last mo­ment. c) He was a firm believer in his luck; he was sure that some nice offer would turn up sooner or later. 3. a) The child gave up the toy with­out a word. b) I gave up the cross-word puzzle almost at once, it was too difficult, c) He wouldn't give up hope. 4. a) The matter was put off for an indefinite time. b) He wouldn't be put off with empty prom­ises. c) Failure didn't put him off. 5. a) Of all the things offered at the sale he seemed to have picked up the most useless, b) She picked up the letter and started to read it absent-mindedly.

Vocabulary exercises

Ex. 13- Fill in the blanks with a suitable word in the correct form. Trans­late the sentences into Russian.

to annoy; annoying (2); to borrow; charm; to fear; to fuss; intel­ligence; intelligent; to occur; ordinary; to pile; room (2); sense (2); sensible; to suspect; suspicion; temper; to treat; treatment

1. She ... the matter lightly, as if it were of no importance. 2. We arrived to find them in the middle of their packing, the whole place ... with boxes and packages of all size. 3. At the time her words made lit­tle ... to me, I was to understand their full meaning much later. 4. He had the ... habit of... books and then forgetting to return them. 5. There were some cold stares her way. If earlier she had only ... that people were talking behind her back, now she knew it for certain. 6. You may disagree with the author's ... of the problem, but still there seems to be a lot of ... in his approach. 7. The girl's real ... was not in her looks, which happened to be quite ..., but in her manner. 8. Whenever she vis­ited her aunts they would ... about her as if she were a little girl. It was terribly ...! 9. The new assistant was everything the manager had hoped for and even more, he was quick, ... and hard-working. 10. The suggestions he had made were quite ... and we saw no reason why they shouldn't be accepted. 11. She had the two things that so seldom go together—beauty and ... . 12. A seemingly unimportant incident ..., and if it hadn't been for a well-wishing friend, he would have let it pass unnoticed. 13. She read the letter and all became clear. There was no longer ... for doubt. 14. He was certain to have been ... by the inter­ruption, but he never showed it. 15. Failing to get a reply to my tele­gram, I began to ... the worst. 16. He had never expected his honesty to be doubted and himself treated with ... . 17. He wished he could learn to keep his ... when dealing with people. 18. He moved up to make ... for another person.

Ex. 14. Paraphrase the following, using words and word combinations from the text, and making all necessary changes.

common sense; had better; to put smb off (3); to make a fuss; to turn up; to borrow; to treat; to occur (2); to be up to smb; to annoy; to settle down; to talk sense; no sense in doing smth; fearless; suspicion; by all means; to go on

1. It had been our idea and it was for us to make the necessary ar­rangements. 2. He finally appeared, looking extremely disturbed. 3. What she needs is a little more practical knowledge of life. 4. His very first failure at the competitions made him give up sports. 5. She continued talking as if nothing had happened. 6, I wished she would stop asking those silly questions which only made people angry. 7. I asked if I could have the use of his car for a couple of hours. 8. She had promised to do it for certain. 9. The accident took place shortly after our arrival. 10. He was full of determination to finish the job and no difficulties could stop him. 11. We thought that the best thing for him to do would be to look upon the whole matter as a joke. 12. We all agreed it was about time he got married and had a home of his own. 13. The matter was small and unimportant and we just couldn't understand why he got all nervous and excited about it. 14. I had my doubts about his honesty and good will but decided to keep them to myself for a time. 15. It's useless trying to prove something to a person who won't listen. 16. It came into my head that probably my friend had meant well and it was no fault of his if things went wrong at the last moment. 17. At last, I remarked to myself with satisfaction, the fellow was saying something worth listening to.

Ex. 15. Speak on the following topics, using the words and phrases given below.

1. Settling Down In a New Place

to move; Bournemouth^*; England; the island of Corfu; the Medi­terranean sea; to travel by train (boat); a tiring journey; finally; to arrive safely; to be impressed by the beauty of; to take a villa; just big enough to house the family; no modern conveniences; to settle down; to have lots of things to take care of

2. Larry Has a Bright Idea

a sudden sort of person; to be used to having one's way; to feel cut off from the world; to be eager for some intelligent, stimulating company; to have highbrow tastes in literature; to have no one to talk art to; to waste no time; to send out invitations; to describe smth in detail; to have no common sense; not to occur to smb; not enough room in the house

3. Larry Breaks the News to Mother

to take up the matter with smb; to mention smth casually; finally; to cone to the point; to explain patiently; to express one's point of view; not to like smb's taste in literature; to think badly of mystery stories; detective stories, books on cookery and gardening; to expect understanding from smb; to mean well; to do smth for smb's sake only

4. Mother Fails to See Larry's Point

to be puzzled; to be caught by surprise; not to suspect anything; to be annoyed with smb; to have fears about smth; to put smb off; no room; to be packed like herrings in a tin; to fail to fit thirteen people into the house; to point smth out to smb; to have no patience with smb; to advise; to let the Pension Suisse know about the arrival of several people; to reserve rooms; to try to make smb drop his idea; to get more and more worried; to find it difficult to manage things as it is; to treat smth as a catastrophe