Angel Pavement. John Boynton Priestley. Соболева Л.П - 14 стр.

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I. Reproduce the situation in which the words and expressions
appear. Use them in sentences of your own.
1. to stand up to (163 ) 6. not a patch on sth (195)
2. abject (168 ) 7. to be in the thick of sth (197)
3. to be up to the neck in sth (172 ) 8. at great length (197)
4. to stun one's appetite ( 188) 9. not to turn a hair (202)
5. to drop the subject (192) 10. to feel close to tears (204)
II
. Paraphrase the underlined parts of the sentences.
1. She couldn't really
stand up to his talking in the same strain.
2. An Englishman doesn't like
to make a display of his feelings.
3. We'd better
drop this subject.
4. She was not altogether pleased at
the turn the conversation had taken.
5. Evelyn was
in the thick of her preparations for the Empire tour.
6. I'd spend money like water on all sorts of silly rubbish and
never turn a hair.
III. Translate in writing.
P. 163. «Miss Matfield drew her full lower lip … . Yet she didn’t really dislike
him, not now».
IY. Give the Russian equivalents.
1. for the time being (163)
2. a bit weird (164)
3. a few months of larking about (170)
4. the Ansdell family row saga (173)
5. but there was in him an extraordinary theatrical strain (175)
6. I like a man to have a plenty of character, a solid lump of it (181)
7. I'll never get a wink of sleep all night (194)
8. it was a little jaunt for her (199)
Y. Give synonyms.
Mode of life, slap-dash, to fluster, to chuckle, acute.
YI. Explain the meaning of the idiom «
Dead as mutton». (195)
Give some other examples of idioms where the word «dead» is used in the
same meaning. (Use «English idioms and How to use them» M., 1983).
YII. Comment on the figures of speech.
1. And Miss Matfield raised her eyes and gave him a steady level glance. (162)
2. It was all too stupid, and when she got up to leave the bus she determined to
leave Mr Golspie behind her, too. (166 - 167)
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