II. False Friends of Interpreters:

record – 1) рекорд, 2) список

Translate the sentence with this word into Russian. p.88

Assignment 12

Chapter XXII

I. Active Vocabulary:

1. to settle down p.93 – обосновываться

2. to lead a regular life p.93 – вести размеренную жизнь

3. to look in on smb p.93 – заглядывать кому-либо

4. to flatter oneself on smth p.93 – льстить себе на какой-либо счет

5. to grow intimate with smb p.94 – познакомится поближе

6. to go into details p.94 – вдаваться в подробности

7. to hold one’s tongue p.94 – придержать язык

8. to put things right p.94 – поправить дело

9. take my word for it p.95 – (поверь мне) помяни мое слово

II. Paraphrase using Active Vocabulary:

1. Blanche and Maugham got to know each other more closely.

2. Stroeve thought he was a great cook.

3. Blanche asked him not to speak so directly.

4. Relieve me, he’ll be a great artist.

5. Don’t speak so much. Cut a long story short.

6. Maugham used to call on the Stroeves.

7. Strickland lived in a ordinary way.

8. The writer came to Paris and found a flat there.

9. He could settle any difficult situation.

III. Answer the questions:

1. What life did Maugham lead in Paris? p.93

to settle down

to lead a regular life

to lounge about the gardens

to saunter through the streets

to spend long hours

convenient for meditation

to idle on the quays [ki:z]

second hand books

to finger smth

to look in on smb

to share smb’s modest fare

2. What kind of life did the Stroeves live? p.94

to flatter oneself on smth

to grew more intimate with smb

to remain silent

to give someone the impression

to conceal smth

to have a natural reserve

lack of self consciousness

to embarrass smb

to put smb out of countenance

to go into Realistic detail on smth

to narrate smth

to convulse smb with laughter

to make a fool of oneself

to vex smb

to hold one’s tongue

3. What did the picture dealer think of Strickland’s pictures? p.94,95

to make oneself bad blood on some account

to oblige smb

to shrug one’s shoulders

to give one’s word of honour

to be convinced of smth

to miss a good affair

to be red in the face with anger

philistine

IV. Retell the Chapter.

I. Additional Vocabulary

p.93

1. saunter – бродить

2. quay [ki:] – причал

3. desultorily – поверхностно p.94

4. verbose – болтливый

5. with a compute lack of self consciousness – без малейшего стеснения

6. a purge – слабительное

7. to narrate – рассказывать, поведать

8. to pucker – взметнуть, поднять

9. to vex – разорить

10. bilious [´bilious] – желчный, раздражительный

11. to lead a sedentary life – вести сидячий образ жизни

12. to pount the lips – надуть губы

13. to scold – ругать, наказывать p.95

14. philistine – обыватель, мещанин

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