Grammar, Vocabulary and All That. Плужникова Ю.А. - 125 стр.

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5. Give the meaning of the words and combinations in bold type. Use them in
sentences of your own.
1. Arrange the tables end to end.
2. He very often goes off the deep end about trifles.
3. We met no end of interesting people.
4. She was at the end of her patience.
5. We must put an end to these abuses.
6. He thinks no end of himself.
7. We had trouble without end.
8. She came to an untimely end.
9. With this end in view he went to work for the landlord.
10. He is nearing his end.
11. The end justifies the means. (prov.)
12. If you don`t give up crime, you`ll come to a bad end.
13. We shall never hear the end of the matter.
14. Our house is the end one in the street.
6. The following text is mixed up. Arrange all parts of it in the correct order.
ON THE FOLLOWING DAY VAN BAERLE …
1. “Ah!” said Cornelious. “I heard the clock strike ten a long time ago. I have not
got much time.
2. “The prisoner shall be taken from prison into the yard and there his head shall
be cut off.”
3. They questioned him; than they said that their orders would be sent to the
prison later. Van Baerle was taken back to the prison to wait.
4. The officer went out.
5. After about half an hour an officer came to the prison. Rosa opened the door of
Van Baerle`s room; he was crying. The officer read the orders of the judge:
6. “Oh, no,” said Van Baerle. “Only I should never have guessed that this would
be the cause of my death. On what day is my head to be cut off?”
7. “At twelve o`clock.”
8. Cornelious Van Baerle listened to the words. He seemed surprised rather than
sad.
9. “At what time?” asked Van Baerle.

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