Учебно-методическое пособие по работе с книгой А. Кристи "Избранная детективная проза". Котлярова С.В - 14 стр.

5)   Lord Chatterton phoned Poirot and asked him about a trifle           (p. 59), быть в хороших отношениях (p. 62), опаздывать / отставать /
     business.                                                            задерживаться (с чем-л.) (p. 71).
6) When Poirot saw Margharita Clayton he at once had an idea how to
     help her.                                                            2. Find in the story the synonyms to the following words:
7) Margharita Clayton didn't trust detectives, so she was not eager to    foolishness (p. 25), enormous / amazing (p. 25), to glance over (p. 26),
     speak about the case.                                                to ponder (p. 26), to examine / to study (p. 27), threatening / evil (p. 27),
8) Inspector Miller firmly believed in the innocence of Mrs. Clayton in   submissively / dutifully (p. 28), to narrate / to report (p. 28),
     this case.                                                           energetically (p. 29), fault (p. 29), sad / regretful (p. 29), ghastly (p. 31),
9) According to Commander McLaren, Mrs. Clayton and Rich were             paralyzed / overwhelmed (p. 31), deduction / assumption (p. 34), idiot
     lovers and planned the murder together.                              (p. 34), to please / to satisfy (p. 37), hidden / inner (p. 38), thorough
10) Linda Spence had no idea about the telegram and had no                (p. 39), to abandon (p. 39), to surround / to harass (p. 39), honesty /
     suppositions about the case.                                         directness (p. 41), difficulty / complication (p. 47), gloomy (p. 49),
11) Poirot's visit was unexpected for Major Rich. He believed it was      spiteful / ill-natured (p. 49), plotter / intriguer (p. 50), charm (p. 50),
     Burgess who had killed Mr. Clayton.                                  influence (p. 51), guy (p. 51), harmless (p. 51), absent-minded (p. 53),
12) William Burgess confessed that he had made three holes in the         angry (p. 55), witch (p. 56), swindler (p. 60), to kill (p. 60), insane
   chest and had moved the screen that used to cut off the draught from   (p. 61), charming / attractive (p. 62), dismay / anxiety (p. 64), muscular
   the bedroom door.                                                      (p. 64), unconsciousness (p. 66), to inform (p. 67), huge / massive
13) Margharita Clayton was sure her husband was not jealous at all.       (p. 68), flawless (p. 72), to blow up (p. 74), strange (p. 74), to give in
14) In the end Commander McLaren confessed that he was the                (p. 79), refuge (p. 79), to steal (p. 79), to find out (p. 81), almost / nearly
   murderer and explained his motives.                                    (p. 83), bit / piece (p. 83).

Vocabulary and Grammar                                                    3. Find in the story the antonyms to the following words:
1. Find in the text The English equivalents to the following words        badly off (p. 30), unintelligent (p. 34), worried (p. 35), unprofitable
and expressions:                                                          (p. 36), spontaneous (p. 37), tactfully (p. 40), well-mannered (p. 41),
исполнительный / квалифицированный секретарь (p. 25), быть не в           sure (p. 45), unqualified (p. 46), tense (p. 47), considerate / polite
настроении делать что-л. (p. 27), недоделки в работе (p. 27), краткое     (p. 51), pale (p. 54), talkative (p. 54), sharp (p. 62), explainable (p. 62),
изложение фактов (p. 29), экстренное сообщение в газете (p. 33),          unreasonable (p. 65), to find (p. 79).
появиться / подвернуться (p. 37), подводить кого-л. (p. 38),
принимать что-л. как должное (p. 40), косвенный намек /                   4. Use ex. 2, 3 to make up 10–12 sentences of your own.
инсинуация (p. 55.), небольшой дом (p. 57), подделка / фальшивка


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