Практикум по лексикологии английского языка. Часть 2. Фразеология. Маковецкая Н.А - 15 стр.

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“The Great Gatsby,” said Ben, “I’ve always want to read it but never got around
to it. (H.Bates) 3. Freddy always likes Rosa, and thinks maybe he can patch it up
between us. (R.Dahl) 4. If you want to be successful with men you have to hang
on to your youth. (M.Spark) 5. I’ll go back to the city, where I’m respected and
made much of. (B.Shaw). 6. All right, all right. I’m done. Have it your own way.
Only let me alone. I don’t know whether I’m on my head or on my heels when
you all start on me like this. I’ll stay. I’ll marry her. I’ll do anything for a quiet life.
(Ibid) 7. We would put on long faces and say how sorry we were, but of course
business was business, so good-bye and so forth. (H.Bates) 8. That makes me think
all three of you are up to something. So if you know where Bruno’s hiding,
kindly tell me at once. (R.Dahl) 9. But Weilson could not get the story out of his
head. (S.Maugham) 10. She had shut herself off completely. (R.Dahl)

Exercise 28. From the books you are reading pick out 15 phraseological units and
group them into: a) fusions; b) phraseological unities; c) phraseological
collocations.

Exercise 29. Sort out the italicized phrases according to the functional principle.

1. But I didn’t want to remind her of the wedding picture for fear it would bring
back memories she didn’t like. (A.Sillitoe) 2. He went away only with that vague
hint of an overworked man and the implausible notion that after a moment of
weakness he had promptly committed hara-kiri. (J.Fowles) 3. “So he wasn’t
disappointed by the way Peter had turned out?” - “Good heavens, no. He’s done
quite brilliantly. Academically.” – “But hardly following in his father’s footsteps?”
(Ibid) 4. He knew his duties: there was nothing personal about them. He’d do it
himself, the man in the pub explained, only he’d never be able to keep his hands
off an attractive middle-aged woman. (W.Trevor) 5. Nevertheless, he made a wise
decision. (J.Fowles) 6. In other words I succeeded in making the best of things,
which as much as anything else meant eating a good meal at the canteen every
midday. (A.Sillitoe) 7. Am awful feeling of helplessness came over her.
(T.Hughes) 8. He tried to dismiss the thought. But the image of the horse as it had
appeared against the sky stuck in his mind. (Ibid) 9. “Because I tipped Dally off.
Lent him some of my blokes and all, to get the place spick and span. (K.Amis) 10.
Captain Rowney, who besides being in charge of the unit’s administration was
also the Mess’s catering officer. (Ibid) 11. You can’t get away from it, familiarity
breeds contempt. (Ibid) 12. Cleaver might be all right, I agree. We just can’t afford
to take the risk. (Ibid) 13. Rylands is the root of all the trouble. (Ibid) 14. “Just
inexperience, Tom,” the Adjutant said. “He’d soon snap out of that if we gave him
command of the section. Sergeant Beech would carry him until he found his feet.”
(Ibid) 15. He Regency counterpart, I suppose, would have born a dozen children
with the aid of anaesthetics, while he would have fallen an easy victim to the first
dark eyes in Naples. (G.Greene) 16. They know it’s safe, they’re not walking on
ice. (J.Fowles) 17. There was that feeling. That he’s put himself out to be nice to
us. (Ibid) 18. She nodded; and he thought, how simple it is, or can be… when they