Home Reading Aid on the Book "The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 3/4" by Sue Townsend. Костенко Н.В - 7 стр.

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      77. to pop out one’s eyes;
      78. to be too upset to notice smb.;
      79. to set an example;
      80. to look a scruff-bag;
      81. to light up a cigarette;
      82. to be in charge of smb. or smth;
      83. to have one’s ears pierced;
      84.to have the nerve to do smth;
      85. to have one’s electricity cut off;
      86. to be forced to do smth;
      87. to be a spendthrift;
      88. to make a profit of (a certain sum);
      89. a removal lorry;
      90. to come down (about trouser turn-ups);
      91. to be a complete shock to smb;
      92. to be freezing cold;
      93. to go a bit senile;
      94. to have one’s hands full;
      95. the airing cupboard;
      96. to go all red;
      97. a split skirt;
      98. it doesn’t count;
      99. to blow bubblegum in one’s ears;
      100.to go for a walk to settle one’s dinners;
      101.to set foot in somewhere;
      102.to hold smb upside down;
      103.to bang smb hard so that the bone falls out;
      104.bloke;
      105.to make out smth;
      106.to do one’s washing up;
      107.scrum;
      108.a frog writer;
      109.to take (no) notice of smb/smth;
      110.to nick money off smb.

NOTE: With respect to all of the following tasks, please complete them, first, in
relation to the vocabulary set forth in Part I of Assignment 1, and second, in
relation to the vocabulary in Part II of Assignment 1, respectively.

TASK 2

   (a) Search for allusions in the text to different notions, people, things. Try to
       explain them.