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12. succinct [sək´sıŋkt] – adj clear and short; expressing what needs to be said
without unnecessary words
13. glare – n a long angry look
14. nuisance – n smth or someone that annoys you or causes trouble for you
15. mourning [´mɔ:nınŋ] – n 1. an expression of sadness about smb’s death; 2.
black clothes as 1.
16. bereavement – n the experience of having a close relative or friend who has
died
17. malice – n the wish to harm other people
18. expiate – vt fml to show regret for bad behaviour by doing smth to express that
you are sorry and by accepting punishment
19. revelation – n making known smth that was secret or a fact made known
20. yield – 1. vt to supply or produce smth; 2. v to give up the control for smth;
often because you have forced to ; 3. vi slightly fml, to bend or break under
pressure
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:
ужасный день; вечная преданность; боготворить; с широкими взглядами;
связаться с кем -либо, ухватиться за что-либо; отвращение; молодчина; стонать;
отвратительное представление; беспокоиться; нежность; виртуозность; стоять
поперек дороги, мешать; серое монотонное существование; набожный; злоба ;
утрата; серый, суровый, но уютный городок; жертвовать деньги ; искупление;
дрожащий голос; обманывать.
2. Find in the text the following idiomatic expressions, translate them into
Russian, explain their usage and use them in sentences of your own:
1. to take smb down a peg or two;
2. what you lose on the swings you make up on the roundabouts;
3. cannot hold (show) a candle to;
4. the proof of the pudding is in the eating;
5. to laugh in (up) one’s sleeve.
3. Put a preposition into each gap:
1. Bad times. He wants to give _____ the flat.
2. She put _____ the receiver.
3. How dare you talk _____ me like that?
4. I ought to have insisted _____ your taking a holiday long ago.
5. She decided to go and stay _____ her mother.
6. They read their papers and listened _____ the radio that Julia had given them.
7. Nothing had happened _____ them for years.
8. But still he could hardly believe _____ his good fortune.
9. I’ll write _____ him just before I leave St. Malo.
23 12. succinct [sək´sıŋkt] – adj clear and short; expressing what needs to be said without unnecessary words 13. glare – n a long angry look 14. nuisance – n smth or someone that annoys you or causes trouble for you 15. mourning [´mɔ :nınŋ] – n 1. an expression of sadness about smb’s death; 2. black clothes as 1. 16. bereavement – n the experience of having a close relative or friend who has died 17. malice – n the wish to harm other people 18. expiate – vt fml to show regret for bad behaviour by doing smth to express that you are sorry and by accepting punishment 19. revelation – n making known smth that was secret or a fact made known 20. yield – 1. vt to supply or produce smth; 2. v to give up the control for smth; often because you have forced to ; 3. vi slightly fml, to bend or break under pressure 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: у ж а сн ый д ен ь; вечн а я п ред а н н ост ь; богот ворит ь; с широким и взгляд а м и; связа т ься с кем -либо, у хва т ит ься за чт о-либо; от вра щ ен ие; м олод чин а ; стон а т ь; от вра тит ельн ое п ред ст а влен ие; бесп окоит ься; н еж н ост ь; вирт у озн ост ь; стоять п оп ерек д ороги, м еша т ь; серое м он от он н ое су щ ест вова н ие; н а бож н ый; злоба ; у т ра т а ; серый, су ровый, н о у ют н ый город ок; ж ерт вова т ь д ен ьги; иску п лен ие; д рож а щ ий голос; обм а н ыва т ь. 2. Find in the text the following idiomatic expressions, translate them into Russian, explain their usage and use them in sentences of your own: 1. to take smb down a peg or two; 2. what you lose on the swings you make up on the roundabouts; 3. cannot hold (show) a candle to; 4. the proof of the pudding is in the eating; 5. to laugh in (up) one’s sleeve. 3. Put a preposition into each gap: 1. Bad times. He wants to give _____ the flat. 2. She put _____ the receiver. 3. How dare you talk _____ me like that? 4. I ought to have insisted _____ your taking a holiday long ago. 5. She decided to go and stay _____ her mother. 6. They read their papers and listened _____ the radio that Julia had given them. 7. Nothing had happened _____ them for years. 8. But still he could hardly believe _____ his good fortune. 9. I’ll write _____ him just before I leave St. Malo.
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