Express the following using phrases from Exercise 6. 1.It’s no good trying to make things out better than they really are
1.It’s no good trying to make things out better than they really are. A failure by any other name remains a failure. 2. There is no reason why you shouldn’t voice your objections, if any. 3. The children were playing at houses, the girls pretending to be mothers and scolding their dolls in the very terms their own mothers would use 4. He saw nothing wrong in an extra glass claret once in a while. 5. She had meant it as a joke. 6. There’s a question or two I must settle before I might consider myself free of all duty and obligation. 7. His fear was so great that he broke into a cold sweat. 8. There was very little to her criticism. 9. He wouldn’t even consider my crossing the lake in such stormy weather. 10. He seemed to be extremely wellversed in the subject. 11. Fate hadn't been too kind to her lately, and now, on top of everything, she had fallen ill. 12. I went about asking questions as to the man’s present whereabouts. 13. It seemed that nothing could be easier than to learn to ride a bicycle.
Study the use of the following infinitive phrases. Use them in sentences of your own.
1. To cut (make) a long story short, the doctors said that there was really nothing the matter with me. 2. To tell the truth she didn't have any opinions of her own.. 3. To be sure, there’s more to the story than what I have told you now. 4. He won’t do for the job. We don’t know him well enough as yet, to begin with.
In the following sentences, explain the meaning of the italicized word.
1. She didn’t want to show she was hurt. She preferred to laugh it off. 2. Seeing his friend’s disappointment he longed to say, “Come, old boy. Let’s go and drink it off!” 3. He suggested that the arrangement should be called off. 4. She didn't care to be put off by empty promises any further. 5. He had shut himself off from the rest of the world quite deliberately.
Explain the meaning of the italicized words or substitute another word; say which phrase is used literally and which has a figurative meaning.
1. We wanted to let him know, somehow, that we weren't interested enough to look up the newspaper files. 2. He promised to look us up next time he was in town. 3. I looked up to meet the steady gaze of the little boy sitting opposite.
Give the meaning of the italicized words. Translate the sentences into Russian.
A.1. His smile broadened into a happy grin. 2. The boy's eyes widened with interest. 3. The delay only served to heighten their interest. 4. His eyes narrowed as he watched the game. 5. Her anxiety deepened as time went on.
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B. 1. The people pushed three deep round the soda fountain. 2. Beauty is but skin-deep. 3. Most luckily, the wound was only skin-deep. 4. The weeds had grown head-high. 5. The boy stood knee-deep in the puddle.
Translate the following into Russian.
1. That darling of a Peter has sent me a most beautiful birthday present. 2. She's a darling of a girl. 3. It was a hell of a job. 4. When I saw him last he was still driving about in that rattletrap of a car. 5. That brute of a car wants careful handling. 6. She stamped her feet and screamed that she wasn't fit to be seen in that old rag of a dress. 7. That fool of a boy has lost his gloves again.
Study the italicized words, discriminate between the shades of difference in their usage or in their meaning. Translate the sentences into Russian.
A. 1. She made no special effort to entertain her guests but they seemed to be happy enough. 2. The story amused us greatly. 3. He was charmed by the house, the beautiful garden and. above all, by the landlady, a comely old woman with a delightful sense of humor. 4. There was no pleasing the woman.
B.1. He said he would have a snack in town. 2. We invited our neighbor to take potluck with us. 3. If you want to stay healthy, you must take your meals regularly. 4. She'd only had a bite earlier in the day and now she felt terribly hungry. 5. The repast over, the ladies rose to go to the drawing-room. 6. There would be no dinner, only refreshments at the party.
C. 1. The party trudged along in the heavy snow. 2. He walked up the street with a brisk jaunty step. 3. I could hear him pacing up and down the room. 4. The boy sauntered up, his hands in his pockets, his head cocked on one side. 5. He stalked out in a passion. 6. They strolled with the other holiday-makers along the embankment. 7. He strutted about proud as a peacock.
D. 1. As the English put it, enough is as good as a feast. 2. A person whose needs are satisfied has enough, but when his needs are supplied he has sufficient. 3. Three meals a day are sufficient, but not enough for some people.
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Supply the missing word.
a) state, condition
1. She was in an awful ... of mind. 2. He's in no... to travel. 3. The house hadn't been lived in for years and .was in very poor ... . 4. His affairs were in a ... of confusion. 5. The patient was in a ... of coma. 5. The car was in excellent ... .
b) restless, restive
1. They had spent a ... night and now felt exhausted. 2. She was getting ... . She had an urge to get up from her sick-bed and start doing something. 3. He had small ... eyes which kept shifting about the room. 4. The strict discipline of camp life made him ... .
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