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7. It’s lovely weather. 8. Mr. Brown’s a strange man. 9. She’s a pretty girl.
10. It’s a dull book. 11. It’s a heavy and interesting job. 12. That’s boring
work. 13. That’s heavy luggage.

      II. Exercise 1. Translate the sentences into Russian and get ready
                   for back translation.
       1. Judy was tired of quarrelling with him. 2. The strike went on
for over a year before it was finally settled. 3. Good, well, that’s
settled then. 4. Casson took off his raincoat and settled before the fire.
5. It’s time you settled the argument. 6. Nothing it settled yet. 7. The
lawsuit was settled out of court. 8. Does he realize his mistake yet?
9. He was about to start speaking when the telephone rang. 10. Her
father is about to retire. 11. Tim had just reached the corner when
Judy caught up with him. 12. My father started work when he was
ten. 13. The meeting starts at 7. 14. She started as a secretary. 15. We’d
better go indoors. 16. School classes were held outdoors. 17. Let them
go outdoors and play. 18. What languages do you know besides English?
19. There right beside the road is a large gray house. 20. We’ll think the
matter over before settling it finally. 21. I realized that everybody
was looking at me. 22. They pitched a tent on the river bank. 23. She
told the children to swim close to the shore. 24. We had made up our
minds to stay on the East Coast. 25. A river flows between its banks.
26. There are many islands off the coast. 27. We could see the trees on
the other shore of the lake.

      Exercise 2. Fill in the gaps with prepositions besides, beside,
                 except, with, at, for, of, over.
      1. What are you going to do ... the weekend? 2. I never leave any
work ... the weekend. 3. My friend is coming to stay ... me ... the
weekend. 4. Are you going to stay here ... the weekend? 5. He was too
tired ... the journey and went to sleep at once. 6. Jack is never tired ...
tennis. He can play it for hours. 7. We spent the weekend ... the
seaside. 8. The family started ... the railway station. 9. He suddenly felt
sorry ... her. 10. He dreamed ... a quiet evening at home. 11. They are
proud ... their children. 12. Will you turn ... the radio? I’d like to listen
to the news. 13. The child trembled ... fear when he saw a dog. 14. What
are you laughing ... ? 15. I don’t know anything about him ... that he
lives next door. 16. This is my best suit; I have two others ... 17. He

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