Angel Pavement. John Boynton Priestley. Соболева Л.П - 20 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 be taken by surprise (290) 6. to dawdle over (302)
2. to snap one's head off (293) 7. to work miracles (304)
3. to be keen on sb/sth (295) 8. to do homage to sb (306)
4. to confer (297) 9. to jot down (311)
5. evasive (301) 10. truculent (328)
II. Transcribe and pronounce the following words.
Horizon, clairvoyant, brigade, lounge, employee, employer, alien, solemn.
III
. Give possible beginnings using the active vocabulary.
1. As ... , she was afraid she wouldn't be able to buy Christmas Gifts on time.
2. ... she didn't give me any chance to tell her what I wanted.
3. Due ... , nobody wanted to argue with him.
4. After ... , she arrived at Paddington just in time to get three-quarters of a seat
in the 5.46.
5. As ... , Stanley was on the point of getting the sack.
6. ... , his collection of stamps is incomparable.
7. Due ... , it was rather difficult to come in touch with him.
IY. Interpret the following sentences.
1. Never had the round been duller. (292)
2. Miss Matfield, a tougher subject than most, refused to be taken in. (293)
3. "I saw you swallowing the bait, as if you'd just been born." (296)
4. "No, on second thoughts, you can't come". (297)
5. He was like too many men she had met at home, the sort who cry "shooting"
when somebody makes a good stroke at tennis. (300)
6. ... on five pounds you can really begin to splash about a bit. (307)
7. There was nothing spectral about Mr Golspie. (312)
8. But I've picked up a good many different sorts of business in my time, and I
haven't finished yet, not by a long chalk. (313)
9. ... they all behaved like men and women who had been reprieved in the very
shadow of the gallows. (323)
Y. Translate in writing.
P.P. 303 – 304. "Never before had Miss Matfield seen ... miles of string called
into service every few minutes".
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