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Chapters 8, 9
1. Find the English equivalents of the following expressions in the text and produce the
situations in which they occur.
комок в горле
обезумевший от страха
дурные манеры
пронизывать до костей
остепениться
выдать, предать к-т
в дружеских отношениях
общаться с
принимать шутки без обиды
за счет к-т
2. Explain the meaning of the italicized phrases.
1. She looks as straight as a die.
2. There was a cry and before you could say knife Mrs. Driffield had come into the passage and
was shaking my hands.
3. “I do, but it always turns the milk, so Ted doesn’t encourage me.”
4. I was glad to know how the land lay.
5. “I don’t want to read about people who drop their aitches.”
6. My uncle always took dummy, and though of course we played for love, when my aunt and
I lost I used to retire under the dining-room table and cry.
7. Ted Driffield didn’t play cards, he said he had no head for them, … .
8. She played the rest of us right off our heads.
3. Find in the text the synonyms to the following words and memorize them. Read the
sentences in which they are found.
hateful
accidentally
absolutely dark
hearty
gay
loud
to make fun of
to insult
understandable
talkative
4. Speak about:
a) the boy’s ideas about Mrs. Driffield’s behavior
b) Mr. Ashenden’s first visit to the Driffields’
c) the image of The New Woman
d) the dispute about Driffield’s books
e) Lord George
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