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12. Rosie had a great affection towards Mrs. Barton Trafford.
13. Rosie was not much of a reader.
14. Rosie had the reputation of a chatter-box.
15. Ashenden’s impression of the first Rosie’s kiss was so
deep that he could hardly talk.
16. Rosie treated Ashenden like a child when he began to cry.
Ex. 3
Memorize the following expressions. Make up situa-
tions/sentences illustrating their meanings:
to look like a piece of cheese;
to sleep like a rock;
a sacrificial heifer;
a buxom wench;
a devil-may-care attitude towards life;
take-it-or-leave-it casualness.
Ex. 4
Make up a dialogue using as many words and phrases from
chapters XII–XVI as you can. Make use of the following ex-
pressions and phrases:
to have a gift of repartee;
not to jump over the fence;
to send one’s respectful compliments;
to mind one’s own business;
to be embarrassed;
to be astounded;
to be staggered;
to be startled;
to make game of smb;
to rock smb back and forth;
to be out of the question.
Ex. 5
Say which of the characters the following statements relate to
and how they characterize them.
1. She worked all day long and she sang at her work and
she was gay and happy and smiling.
2. I noticed for the first time how short he was: but he
looked more distinguished than he used to.
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3. She had a gift of repartee that never failed her; she had a
racy style and an apt and varied vocabulary, she was
never at a loss for the comic metaphor or the vivid
phrase.
4. She was a great reader. Little that was noteworthy escaped
her attention and she was quick to establish personal rela-
tions with any young writer who showed promise.
5. But she referred to Mrs. Barton Trafford as “that damned
old cat.”
6. She continued to move in literary circles, going to tea
parties here and there, to soirees, and to At Homes,
charming always and gently, listening intelligently, but
watchful, critical, and determined next time to back a
winner.
7. He had the amateur’s severity, and cherished for the pro-
ductions of his contemporaries a polite but sweeping
contempt.
8. He was gay, charming, vain, boastful, and unscrupulous.
9. She liked history, but only history of a certain kind, the
lives of queens and of mistresses of royal personages.
10. She was like a silvery flower of the night that only gave
its perfume to the moonbeams.
11. But her silence was intimate and comfortable. It did not
excluded you from thoughts that engaged her apart from
you; it included you in a pervasive well-being.
Ex. 6
Comment on the following:
1. Sometimes I lie abed thinkin’ of them and laugh. Well, it
would be a bad world if you didn’t get a good laugh now
and then, but, lor’, lodgers really are the limit.
2. A title, even a courtesy one, can make a well-known au-
thor of almost anyone and it may be safely asserted that
there is no better passport to the world of letters than rank.
3. They rated the public because if would not see that here
was a great writer, and since the easiest way to exalt one
man is to kick another in the pants, they reviled freely all
the novelists whose contemporary fame obscured his.
12. Rosie had a great affection towards Mrs. Barton Trafford. 3. She had a gift of repartee that never failed her; she had a
13. Rosie was not much of a reader. racy style and an apt and varied vocabulary, she was
14. Rosie had the reputation of a chatter-box. never at a loss for the comic metaphor or the vivid
15. Ashenden’s impression of the first Rosie’s kiss was so phrase.
deep that he could hardly talk. 4. She was a great reader. Little that was noteworthy escaped
16. Rosie treated Ashenden like a child when he began to cry. her attention and she was quick to establish personal rela-
tions with any young writer who showed promise.
Ex. 3 Memorize the following expressions. Make up situa- 5. But she referred to Mrs. Barton Trafford as “that damned
tions/sentences illustrating their meanings: old cat.”
to look like a piece of cheese; 6. She continued to move in literary circles, going to tea
to sleep like a rock; parties here and there, to soirees, and to At Homes,
a sacrificial heifer; charming always and gently, listening intelligently, but
a buxom wench; watchful, critical, and determined next time to back a
a devil-may-care attitude towards life; winner.
take-it-or-leave-it casualness. 7. He had the amateur’s severity, and cherished for the pro-
ductions of his contemporaries a polite but sweeping
Ex. 4 Make up a dialogue using as many words and phrases from contempt.
chapters XII–XVI as you can. Make use of the following ex- 8. He was gay, charming, vain, boastful, and unscrupulous.
pressions and phrases: 9. She liked history, but only history of a certain kind, the
to have a gift of repartee; lives of queens and of mistresses of royal personages.
not to jump over the fence; 10. She was like a silvery flower of the night that only gave
to send one’s respectful compliments; its perfume to the moonbeams.
to mind one’s own business; 11. But her silence was intimate and comfortable. It did not
to be embarrassed; excluded you from thoughts that engaged her apart from
to be astounded; you; it included you in a pervasive well-being.
to be staggered;
to be startled; Ex. 6 Comment on the following:
to make game of smb; 1. Sometimes I lie abed thinkin’ of them and laugh. Well, it
to rock smb back and forth; would be a bad world if you didn’t get a good laugh now
to be out of the question. and then, but, lor’, lodgers really are the limit.
2. A title, even a courtesy one, can make a well-known au-
Ex. 5 Say which of the characters the following statements relate to thor of almost anyone and it may be safely asserted that
and how they characterize them. there is no better passport to the world of letters than rank.
1. She worked all day long and she sang at her work and 3. They rated the public because if would not see that here
she was gay and happy and smiling. was a great writer, and since the easiest way to exalt one
2. I noticed for the first time how short he was: but he man is to kick another in the pants, they reviled freely all
looked more distinguished than he used to. the novelists whose contemporary fame obscured his.
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