Практикум по лексикологии английского языка. Часть 1. Словообразование. Маковецкая Н.А - 36 стр.

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Exercise 5. Comment on the derivational pattern on which the underlined words
are formed. Are they all occasional words? Translate them.

1. Dictionary-ing carefully, I said, “hunt kudu tonight. Last hour best hour. Kudu
close?” (H.Hemingway). 2. The bottle of liniment… smithersceened on the tile
floor (T.Capote). 3. “And she’s going to Blandings? H’m!” “There’s nothing to
h’m about (P.G.Wodehouse). 4. “You don’t mean that old crumb was there?” I
said, Great-Scott-ing… (Bid). 5. It isn’t much of a run from Brinkley Court to
Market Snodsbury, and I… started m-p-h-ing homeward in what you might call a
trice (Bid). 6. “My husband is going to finish his drink, and then I’m afraid he
must rest” . “Don’t third-person me. … Don’t let ‘em third-person you, Pricey” ,
said Lockhorn sternly. “Next comes the first person plural – they first-person-
plural you to death” (J. Thurber). 7. It was a bit difficult to know to carry on. A
‘There, there, little woman’ might have gone well, or it might not. After thinking it
over for a moment, I too-badded. “Oh, it’s all right” she said, stiffening the upper
lip (P.G.Wodehouse). 8. Pa said, “Been smart-alecking aroun’ the country. You
look worn out” (J.Steinbeck). 9. “And it’s a great deal better, Work’us, that she
died when she did, or else she’d have been hard labouring in Bridewell, or
transported, or hung… (Ch.Dickens). 10. He Good-afternoon-Plank-ed, and Plank
responded in suitable terms (P.G.Wodehouse). 11. His own papers were works of
art on which he laboured with loving care for many hours tinkering and polishing,
weighing every word, deftly manipulating eithers and ors, judiciously balancing
difficult questions on popular authors with easy questions on obscure ones
(D.Lodge). 12. A thousand what-ifs, and he was no closer to understanding the
whole thing than he had been when it first happened (N.Sparks). 13. She crowned
him with a whiskey bottle and her tongue was full of lice and tomorrows
(H.Miller). 14. “The bastard” , she said, “he’s two-timing me!” “Now, Sadie” , I
said… “we went into that arithmetic a long time back. He’s not two-timing you.
He’s two-timing Lucy. He may be one-timing you, or four-timing you. But it can’t
be two-timing” (R.P.Warren). 15. Finally, here are some reminders: it may sound
like a do’s and don’ts column, but these are important things to remember
(A.Rendle). 16. But there were too many unknowns (E.Adler). 17. “Jesus Christ!”
Brenda flared, “Carlota washes the dishes!” “Don’t Jesus Christ me!” (Ph.Roth).
18. “No, you stay here” , she cried in alarm. “Fetch the police.” “Ah’ll police
him!” said Tiger (S.Chaplin). 19. “He was right across the field. He sheered off
through the wood before I could tell.” “I’ll sheer him off’, he said. “Damn quick” .
(H.E.Bates). 20. “I’ll exquisite day you, buddy, if you don’t get off that bag this
minute. And I mean it,” Mr. McArdie said (J.D.Salinger). 21. Peter: My dear
fellow, I… Jerry: Don’t my dear fellow me (E.Albee). 22. When he drinks it makes
him cocky and he came in plenty cocky. “Well, big shot” , he says to Harry. “Don’t
big shot me” , Harry told him (E.Hemingway).