Assignment 12 Chapters 20, 21

I. Active Vocabulary

1. Learn the pronunciation and the meaning of the given words:

To halt, to jabber, surreptitious, to ponder, superfluous, abduct, a twister, a bar-fly, to snipe, bay, figurine, prostrate, formidable, pout, duet, to ensue, alderman, a big-wig, petulant, homicidal, maniac, discretion, prudence, proprietary, hanker, flaccid, swig, a sherry-cask.

2. Give synonyms to the following verbs:

To halt – to s…

To jabber – to c……

To ponder – to c……..

To abduct – to k…..

To snipe – to g.. at

To prostrate – to h……

To ensue – to s……

To hanker – to c….

To hinder – to p……

To protest – to o…..

3. Fill in the gaps with the derivatives of the verbs from exercise 2. Note that not every grid can be filled. Translate the words, make up 5 questions with them.

Verb	Noun	Adjective	Adverb
to halt
to jabber
to ponder
to abduct
to snipe
to prostrate
to ensue
to hanker
to hinder
to protest

4. Find the odd word out.

Surreptitious sneaky hilarious furtive

Superficial superfluous excessive redundant

Figurine figure statuette bust

Huge tedious formidable tremendous

Sulk frown grin pout

Pedant touchy petulant irritable

Discretion recklessness prudence forethought

Firm flabby flaccid lifeless

5. Define the meaning of the lexical units:

To hinder the process, to protest/ speak out against smth, to gibber to oneself, to stay away from smb, a sly yesterday, to be on to smb, a tall order, to cut smth out, to be on the cards, a long-tern affair, an off-the-record tea-party, a shooting-match, to straighten smb out, to abide by the law, to opt for the subject, Common Room, to read the text blindfold, to get a new slant on the subject, to make the most of smth, to let oneself in for smth, forensic medicine, to be in the open and unarmed.

Recall the situations the units were used in.

6. Paraphrase the following, using the word combinations from the text:

To do one’s ape imitation (p. 233); to be in a controlled rage (p. 234); to try smth on with smb (p. 234); to give smb a kick (p. 234); slap and tickle (p. 235); to keep off the grass (p. 236); Byronic tail-chaser (p. 238); to put down officially for smth (p. 240); to have a very good house (p. 240); to reel about like a heavyweight (p. 241); to break free (p. 242); to be frog-marched (p. 248); to say in an undertone (p. 252).