Word Combinations

to put up with — терпеть, мириться с чем-л.

to choose to do smith. — захотеть, пожелать сделать что-л.

ту heart sank—у меня сердце замерло

to be all for ~ быть всецело за

to all appearance — no всей видимости

to set one at one's ease — успокоить, приободрить

to dawn upon (on) — прийти в голову, осенить

to (in) one's face — (сказать) прямо в лицо, в глаза

to get up a game (performance) — устроить, организовать игру (спектакль)

to have someone at one's mercy—держать кого-л. в своей власти;

to be at one's mercy— быть в чьей-л. власти

to drop a subject — прекратить разговор на данную тему, переменить тему разговора

to bring someone round to one's way of thinking — убедить кого-либо

кого-л. to have it(things, something) one's own way — делать все по своему, добиваться своего

except for — если не считать

to look into a matter — заняться вопросом

to go on an errand — отправиться по поручению

to take one's word for it — поверить на слово

to bet someone smth. —держать пари с кем-л. на что-л.

Exercises to the text

/. Paraphrase the following sentences. Say in what situations they occur in the text.

1. Accommodation was very hard to get and you had to put up with whatever the agents chose to offer you.

2. Mr. Kelada's brushes would have been all the better for a scrub.

3. I'm all for us English sticking together when we're abroad, if you understand what I mean.

4. He was a good mixer.

5. For the better part of an hour then he had us at his mercy.

6. He would not drop a subject, however unimportant, till he had brought you round to his way of thinking.

7. Mr. Kelada would certainly have had it all his own way ... except for a man called Ramsay.

8. She achieved an effect of quiet distinction.

9. The doctor remarked that they (the culture pearls) must inevitably diminish the value of real ones.

10. At last something that Ramsay said stung him, for he thumped the table and shouted...

11. He had to put up with a good deal of chaff that evening.

//. Explain and expand on the following.

1. When I was told the name of my companion my heart sank.

2. It (the name) suggested closed portholes and the night air rigidly excluded.

3. I should have looked upon it with less dismay if my fellow passenger's name had been Smith or Brown.

4. "Are you English?" I asked, perhaps, tactlessly. "Rather. British to the backbone, that's what I am."

5. King George has many strange subjects.

6. Prohibition was in force and to all appearance the ship was bone-dry.

7. The Union Jack is an impressive piece of drapery, but when it is flourished by a gentleman from Alexandria or Beirut, I cannot but feel that it loses somewhat in dignity.

8. I do not wish to put on airs, but I cannot help feeling that it is seemly in a total stranger to put "mister" be­fore my name when he addresses me.

9. "I'd be interested to know how much you think it cost." "Oh, in the trade somewhere round fifteen thou­sand dollars. But if it was bought on Fifth Avenue I shouldn't be surprised to hear that anything up to thirty thousand was paid for it."