Учебно-методическое пособие по работе с книгой А. Кристи "Избранная детективная проза". Котлярова С.В - 18 стр.

5) Джек явно был смущен и, чтобы скрыть замешательство, от-                  wig and was able a few moments later to lean her head ____ ____
   вернулся к широкому, до самого пола, окну гостиной. Ситуация              the window and tell you that she, too, was locked ____.
   поставила его в тупик.                                                 9) He smiled bashfully ____ them
6) Я с недоверием выслушал его рассказ о том, что все последние
   сделки окончились провалом; я слишком хорошо его знаю и                6. Find in the story the synonyms to the following words:
   уверен, что он где-то припрятал круглую сумму.                         respectful (p. 85), eyesore (p. 85), abundance (p. 85), to intrude (p. 85),
7) Девочка застенчиво улыбнулась, старик бросил на нее надмен-            uncombed (p. 87), ridiculously (p. 88), heir (p. 90), past (p. 91), distaste
   ный взгляд. Его раздражали дети прислуги, всех их он считал            (p. 92), to scribble (p. 92), coming / arrival (p. 93), generous / extrava-
   внебрачными.                                                           gant (p. 96), to save (up) (p. 96), hostility (p. 98), reunion (p. 99), apa-
                                                                          thetic (p. 103), to chuckle (p. 107), puzzled (p. 111).
4. Make up a dialogue using as many words and phrases from ex. 1,
2 as possible.                                                            7. Find in the story the antonyms to the following words:
                                                                          resembling (p. 89), compliant (p. 89), amiable (p. 90), respectable
5. Insert the necessary preposition:                                      (p. 90), logical / coherent (p. 97), inert (p. 103), impolitely (p. 108)/
1) I can’t conceive ___ how Mr. Greenshaw thought ____ it all.
2) ____ he spoke Raymond was congratulating himself ____ having           8. Use ex. 6, 7 to make up 10–12 sentences of your own.
    thought ____ Greenshaw’s folly ____ a means ____ entertaining his
    guest.                                                                9. Explain the meaning of the following expressions. Reproduce the
3) Those literary critics always profess themselves ____ longing ____     situations in which they were used in the story.
    a weekend ____ the country.                                           Greenshaw's Folly (p. 84), success story of the time (p. 85), sprawling
4) Miss Greenshaw had no reverence ____ literary critics.                 exuberance (p. 87), to brood over the past (p. 88), a man of standing
5) “We mustn’t trespass ____ your kindness any longer,” he said.          (p. 90), furnishing a gentleman's library (p. 91), to keep smb. up to the
6) ____ a lapse ____ some days, a letter arrived, written ____ spidery    mark (p. 92), old-world lady (p. 94), to buy smth. for a song (p. 96), to
    old-fashioned handwriting, ____ which Miss Greenshaw declared         avail oneself of (p. 97), prunes and prisms (p. 98), a town bred girl
    herself anxious to avail herself ____ the services ____ Mrs. Oxley,   (p. 100), to succumb to the pleasures of frankness (p. 101), futile en-
    and making an appointment ____ Mrs. Oxley to come and see her.        deavour (p. 101), to take smb. over smb's statement (p. 105), a chief sus-
7) The question is, did Alfred Pollock know that the old lady made a      pect (p. 106), a practical joker (p. 107), to be set on smb. (p. 107), to
    will ____ his favour?                                                 look at sea (p. 109), the matter in hand (p. 109), to be crystal clear
8) Then, once inside the drawing-room, she threw ____ a table with        (p. 111), the key witness (p. 113), to assume smb's disguise (p. 115), far
    porcelain ____ it – and ran quickly upstairs, put ____ her marquise   fetched (p. 117).


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