W. Somerset Maugham. Theatre. Home Reading Guide. Шишкина Н.М - 14 стр.

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                                 Unit 5: Chapters 13-14
                                  Vocabulary notes:

   1. induce – vt fml to persuade (someone) to do smth, or to cause smth to happen
   2. erase – vt to destroy or remove completely
   3. reverie – n literary (a state or having) pleasant dream-like thoughts
   4. seclusion [sı´klu:ʒn] – n 1. quietness and privateness; 2. the act of secluding –
      keeping women away from men
   5. undergraduate – n a student who is studying for a first degree at a college or
      university
   6. lark – n infml smth done as a joke or for amusement; bit or fun
   7. bind – v to tie tightly or to fasten
   8. backgammon [´bæ kgæ mən] – n a game for two people in which you throw
      dice and move circular pieces around a special board with narrow triangular
      shaped patterns on it
   9. buoyant [´bɔ ıənt] – adj float; happy
   10. cajole [kə´ʤ əul] – v to persuade by praise or false promises; coax;
      cajolery – n
   11. grudge – vt do or give smth very unwillingly
   12. consent – v, n slightly fml (to give your) permission or agreement
   13. slattern – n old use a dirty, untidy woman
      slatternly – adj, adv
   14. hobbledehoy [´hɔ bldı´hɔ ı] – n old use an awkward or rude young person
   15. sophisticated [sə´fıstıkeıtıd] – adj having a good understanding of the way
      people behave/or a good knowledge of culture and fashion
   16. aloof – adj unfriendly and refusing to take part in things
   17. indiscriminate [ındı´skrımınət] – adj not showing thought or planning, esp. so
      that harm results; indiscriminately – adv
   18. shed – n a building made of woof for storing things such as garden tools
      shed – vt to get rid of smth not needed or wanted
   19. molder – vi to decay slowly; to rot
   20. demeanor [dı´mı:nə] – n fml a way of looking and behaving
   21. docile – adj quick and easy to influence, persuade or control; docility – n
   22. extempore – adj, adv (spoken or done) without time for thought or preparation
   23. affability – n fml affable – adj easy to talk to, ready to be friendly, pleasant

                                  A. Training Exercises

  1. Find in the text English equivalents for the following words and phrases and
reproduce the contexts in which they are used:
oт д а ва т ь в за лог; исп ыт у ющ ий взгляд ; вм есто; веселый; н а глост ь; н еотра зим ый;
ст а вит ь н а лоша д ь; у богост ь; грязн ый, выц вет ший; д ешева я м ебель; ж ивост ь;
п од ру ж ит ься; сн исход ит ельн а я у лыбка ; сн оровка , хорошие сп особн ости;