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5. Comment on the following statements and express your opinion on them.
1. Beauty is perfect, and perfection (such is human nature) holds our attention but for a little
while.
2. Beauty is a bit of a bore.
3. it’s very hard to be a gentleman and a writer.
6. Translate in writing the first paragraph of Chapter 11 which begins with the words:
“Musing thus over the past,…”.
7. Entitle Chapter 11.
Chapters 12, 13, 14
1. Find the English equivalents of the following expressions in the text and produce the
situations in which they occur.
поболтать
почувствовать боль (перен.)
жалкие гроши
вполголоса
известность
в мгновение ока
разбиться вдребезги
неотъемлемая часть
покраснеть до корней волос
подлизываться
в глубине души
2. Explain the meaning of the italicized phrases.
1. She goes pretty near the knuckle sometimes, but she never jumps over the fence.
2. The room made me, as Mrs. Hudson would have put it, go queer all over.
3. The critics want to see which way the cat will jump, … .
4. Now that he is so completely forgotten and the critics who praised him would willingly
eat their words … .
5. She dropped him, but not like a hot brick, or a hot potato.
6. When I was at last allowed to come and see it, I put my foot in it fine and proper.
7. It’s not chocolate-boxy enough for you,” said Hillier.
3. Speak about:
a) Mrs. Hudson
b) Mr. Ashenden’s recollections of his youth
c) his impressions of the meeting with the Driffields
d) Saturday parties at the Driffields’
e) Mrs. Barton Trafford
f) Rosie’s portrait
4. Find in Chapters 12-14 the examples of comparisons and write them out.
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