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17. to be up to one’s ears in smth;
18. on behalf of smb;
19. to be a tramp;
20. to be spotty;
21. to be full (up);
22. to have got the sack;
23. years of toil;
24. to be paying off;
25. to live on Social Security and dole money;
26. to suffer severe nicotine withdrawal symptoms;
27. a non-smoker;
28. to be in a no-win situation;
29. to fix the brakes on a bike;
30. to offer smb a sniff of smth;
31. to be a pacifist;
32. to explode into bud;
33. to be in leaf;
34. a scarecrow;
35. a many-hued butterfly;
36. the red-hued sunset;
37. to nip;
38. not counting smth;
39. to be (not) swayed by smb’s arguments;
40. to brainwash;
41. to weep out of relief;
42. on the grounds of smth;
43. to commit adultery (with smb);
44. to blab smth ;
45. to be at war with smb;
46. to assemble a model aeroplane;
47. casualty;
48. outpatient’s card.
TASK 2
(a) Search for allusions in the text to different notions, people, things. Try to
explain them.
(b) Search for abbreviations used in this portion of the text. Try to explain
them as well.
TASK 3
Study the following phrasal verbs. Explain their meaning relying on the context
in which they are used and use them in your own speech: 
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  17. to be up to one’s ears in smth;
  18. on behalf of smb;
  19. to be a tramp;
  20. to be spotty;
  21. to be full (up);
  22. to have got the sack;
  23. years of toil;
  24.to be paying off;
  25. to live on Social Security and dole money;
  26. to suffer severe nicotine withdrawal symptoms;
  27. a non-smoker;
  28. to be in a no-win situation;
  29. to fix the brakes on a bike;
  30. to offer smb a sniff of smth;
  31. to be a pacifist;
  32. to explode into bud;
  33. to be in leaf;
  34. a scarecrow;
  35. a many-hued butterfly;
  36. the red-hued sunset;
  37. to nip;
  38. not counting smth;
  39. to be (not) swayed by smb’s arguments;
  40. to brainwash;
  41. to weep out of relief;
  42. on the grounds of smth;
  43. to commit adultery (with smb);
  44. to blab smth ;
  45. to be at war with smb;
  46. to assemble a model aeroplane;
  47.casualty;
  48. outpatient’s card.

TASK 2

  (a) Search for allusions in the text to different notions, people, things. Try to
      explain them.
  (b) Search for abbreviations used in this portion of the text. Try to explain
      them as well.

TASK 3

Study the following phrasal verbs. Explain their meaning relying on the context
in which they are used and use them in your own speech:

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