W. Somerset Maugham. Theatre. Home Reading Guide. Шишкина Н.М - 18 стр.

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18. sublimate – vt fml to express (strong emotion) or use (energy) by doing an
   activity, which is considered socially acceptable
19. rumple – vt to make smth become creased (not smooth) or untidy
20. gad about/around – v to visit or travel to a lot of different places, enjoying
   yourself and having few worries
21. crow [krəu] – vi to make a very loud sharp cry
22. rankle – v to cause annoyance or anger which lasts a long time
23. arch – adj not serious; archly – adv

                         A. Training Exercises
  1. Give Russian equivalents and use the expressions in sentences of your own:
condescending letter; peevish voice; fatuous irony; to turn off; to falter; to run around
with smb; to give a deep sigh; woe of humankind; inconsolable grief; perceptible
movement; disparity; slim and comely; brusque; suavely; chivalrous; mischief; to be
disconcerted; commonplace; virtue; immaterial personality.

  2. Give synonyms for:
desperate; fragile; perfectly; to be keen on; exhausted; gay; tiresome; malicious.

  3. Explain the meaning of the prefixes un-; in-; im- in the words uncontrollable;
immaterial; intolerable; interminable.
  Find examples of other words with un-; in-; im- and give antonyms to them.

  4. Explain the meaning of the following phrases and reproduce the situations in
which they occur:
1) can’t make head or tail of smth;
2) don’t care/give a hoot/two hoots;
3) to put on;
4) to make an appointment;
5) to be upset;
6) to put up with;
7) to have smth up smb’s sleeve;
8) to brazen it out;
9) to go about/round;
10) to make an allowance;
11) to take a great weight off smb’s mind

                          B. Speech Exercises
   1. Answer the following questions:
1. Among Julia’s letters was one that had not come by post. Who wrote it? What did
it contain?
2. Why did Julia ring Tom? What did she want?
3. What did Julia look like when Tom came to see her after the matinee?