1. On Books

to be fond of reading; can't do without smth; to borrow books from the library; a regular reader; to offer a wide choice of books; to every taste; piles of books to choose from; to consult a catalogue; to pick up a lot of useful information; to obey the rules of the library; to be care­ful with books; not to make any marks in a book; not to spoil; to change books every other fortnight; to arrange literary disputes; to broaden one's mind

2. A Dilemma

to receive a telegram; to run (of a telegram); to be coming (arriving) on a short visit; to be caught by surprise; to find oneself unprepared; to think of a sensible solution; to reserve a room at a hotel; to tele­phone; to find out; packed full; a rush of visitors; rather annoying; to occur (to); to come to think of it; after all; not to make a fuss about smth; not to treat smth as if it were a catastrophe; to solve the problem; a helpful and sensible saying: "The more, the merrier."

3. Never Put Off Till Tomorrow...

to have a job to do; to think smth can wait; to treat smth lightly; to be too sure of oneself; would rather; put off till a later date; not to be sensible on smb's part; to fail to realize; time is short; to spoil smth; rather annoying; to lose one's temper; to occur (to); nobody's fault but one's own; to be taught a good lesson; to know better next time; never put off till tomorrow what you can do today; ought to make smth a habit.

4. Where There is a Will There is a Way

a hard problem to solve; to be puzzled; to feel shaky about smth; to fear difficulties; to look as if; next to impossible; nearly; to lose one's head; to give up as hopeless; for a while; to be helpless; to occur (to); ought to; to take oneself in hand; to think calmly; to realize; after all; a sense of duty; a matter of principle; to do some hard thinking; to give close attention (to); to put off all doubts and fears; to exclude the pos­sibility of failure; to clear smth up; to be determined; to find a sensible solution; in this connection; nothing is impossible to a willing heart.

Ex. 40. Tell the story of the picture.

	to make inquiries; to hope that smth will turn up; to occur to smb; after all; to be included in the rent; a pigeon-house.
	Most certainly you can have it! As to the price ... well, that depends on whether you'll be using the ladder or not.

Ex. 41. Subjects for oral and written composition.

1. Give character-sketches of a) Larry; b) Mother.

2. Retell the story as if you were a) Mother; b) Larry; c) Gerald

3. Take the parts of Mother and Larry and enact the story.

4. Write up the episode in narrative form.

5. Write a letter describing the incident in short and expressing your own ideas in connection with it.

6. Try to imagine what life was like when Larry's friends came to stay with the Durrells.

7. Tell a humorous episode from the history of your family, or some­thing that you have read about.

8. Imagine that you have moved to another town, or another part of the country. Describe in detail the preparations and arrangements for the journey, the journey itself and your first impressions of the new place.

9. Tell a story to illustrate the proverb "Where there's a will there's a way."