- •Lesson 1
- •I. Translate into Russian
- •II. Paraphrase the following sentences using the idioms studied
- •III. Complete the following sentences using the idioms studied
- •IV. Use the following words idiomatically
- •V. Under what circumstances would you say?
- •VI. Respond to the following statements
- •VIII. Compose a situation using the idioms studied lesson 2
- •II. Paraphrase the following sentences using the idioms studied
- •6. You knew all along that she would not accept your offer, so is it of any consequence?
- •III. Use the following words idiomatically
- •V. In what other way would you finish the sentence?
- •I. Translate into Russian
- •VI. Compose a situation on the basis of the book you’ve read lesson 3
- •I. Translate into Russian
- •II. Paraphrase the following sentences using the idioms studied
- •VI. Find an episode in fiction which might be enriched by idioms and insert 5 – 6 colloquial phrases in it lesson 4
- •I. Translate into Russian
- •II. Paraphrase the following sentences using the idioms studied
- •III. Complete the following sentences using the idioms studied
- •VII. Make the following extract from the book “Under the Net” by I. Murdoch more idiomatic using the idioms studied
- •Lesson 5
- •I.Translate into Russian
- •II. Paraphrase the following sentences using the idioms studied
- •III. Suggest a beginning matching up the end. Use the idioms studied
- •IV. Answer the following questions using the idioms studied
- •Lesson 6
- •I. Translate into Russian
- •II. Paraphrase the following sentences using the idioms studied
- •III. Complete the following sentences using the idioms studied
- •V. Make the following extract from the book “Under the Net” by I. Murdoch more idiomatic. Use the idioms studied
- •Lesson 7
- •Dialogue
- •I. Translate into Russian
- •II. Paraphrase the sentences using the idioms studied
- •III. Suggest the beginning matching up the end. Use the idioms studied
- •IV. Use the following words idiomatically
- •V. Respond to the given statements
- •VI. Make up as many sentences as possible round the passage from Say No to Death by d. Cusack using the idioms studied
- •VII. Make up situations on any topic using the idioms studied
- •VIII. Write a letter to your friend using the idioms studied
- •IX. Make up dialogues. Use the idioms studied lesson 8
- •1. As far as I’m concerned I’ve never danced a step since I married. (w.S. Maugham)
- •Dialogue
- •I. Translate into Russian
- •10. “No, mother”, Miss Jean protested quickly. “We are going to make the best of the afternoon”. (a. Cronin)
- •14. That’s why I want you to look him up just as soon as possible. Tonight or tomorrow at the latest. (m. Wilson)
- •16. As such, he looked spruce, and what his clothes wouldn’t do, his instinct for making the most of his good looks would. (d. Lawrence)
- •II. Paraphrase the following sentences using the idioms studied
- •2. As to Clyde’s life in Lycurgus it was wholly devoid of interest.
- •III. Answer the following questions using the idioms studied
- •1. Did he really give up smoking last month?
- •IV. Under what circumstances would you say?
- •1. As far as he is concerned it’s not my fault.
- •V. Compose dialogues using the idioms studied. Suggested topics:
- •4. You’ve just quarrelled mortally with your boy friend. You are going to walk out on him. And he is trying to persuade you to think twice before doing it.
- •VI. Make the following story more idiomatic using the idioms studied
- •VII. Complete the following sentences using the idioms studied
- •1. When she bursts out crying-----.
- •VIII. Compose situations based on your home-reading using as many idioms as possible lesson 9
- •3. I don’t even know what to do to find out until I can sit down at my desk awhile, look over their insults and try to make some sense for myself. (m. Wilson)
- •5. Then we’ll get together and go through all this material and try to make some sense of it. (m. Wilson)
- •3. I want him to come back. If he’ll do that we’ll let bygones be bygones. After all, we’ve been married for seventeen years. (w.S. Maugham)
- •2. …And when she said “no”, going off as pleased as Punch because it was the end of me as far as Negra was concerned.(r. Fox)
- •Dialogue
- •I. Translate into Russian
- •3. Crowley told fantastic stories of his experience but it was hard to say whether he was telling the truth or merely pulling your leg. (w.S. Maugham)
- •10. “You may. You’re having fun, but it’s bound to be serious for other people.” He turned on her at once.
- •II. Paraphrase the following sentences using the idioms studied
- •6. He is sitting for an exam and has been cramming from early morning. He’ll be very tired by evening.
- •14. I don’t like being treated in such a way.
- •16. Don’t shout at me! You don’t have the right to do it.
- •III. Answer the following questions using the idioms studied
- •IV. Under what circumstances would you say?
- •2. Sometimes it’s rather useful to put on airs.
- •V. Change the dialogue using the idioms studied
- •VI. Make the following story more idiomatic using the idioms studied
- •VII. Complete the following sentences using the idioms studied
- •Lesson 10
- •2. Do you really want to meet the Aryan Brother, Miss Arrested? That can be easily fixed up. (e. Forster)
- •2. She was not on easy terms with Tim Burke, who always acted as chairman and entertained them afterwards. (I. Murdoch)
- •2. I was unable to call earlier owing to presence of work… come here, please, for the diagnosis under the lamp. I am pressed for time. (e. Forster)
- •Dialogue
- •I.Translate into Russian
- •3. I love dogs, and now I come to think of it, you do look rather like an Airedale I had once. (d. Cusack)
- •4. His kinsman informing him of the advent of the two ladies… “Here they are now and you’re in for it.” “And what am I in for?’ the younger man required. (h. James)
- •II. Paraphrase the following sentences using the idioms studied
- •4. Believe me no one else could have done it save him.
- •11. Sarie knew it set Gerr’s teeth on edge to see her friendly with any of the coloured people around.
- •III. Answer the following questions using the idioms studied
- •10. Why is it better to pass all your exams successfully?
- •IV. Compose situations using the idioms studied
- •V. Compose dialogues using the idioms studied
- •VI. Complete the following sentences using the idioms studied
- •VII. Make the following story more idiomatic using the idioms studied
- •VIII. Compose situations based on every day life using the idioms studied
- •IX. Recall the word combinations with the following words and use them in sentences of your own
- •Lesson 11
- •3. The people – Britain’s most implacable enemies – have now been given a finger in the Scottish nuclear pie by the Minichite Lord Home. (Daily Worker)
- •Dialogue
- •I. Translate into Russian
- •3. “I’m not happy about the guards,” Pyle said. “They are all right so long as the viets don’t turn up.” (Gr. Greene)
- •3. I see you don’t let the grass grow under your feet, Mr.Poirot. It will be a pleasure to work with you. (a. Christie)
- •II. Paraphrase the following sentences using the idioms studied
- •5. You say you’re in a good frame of mind today and feel like studying till midnight. – Well, let’s make the most of it.
- •8. Soames felt that it was only because Fleur was concerned in the matter that the canteen worked so well.
- •III. Answer the following questions using the idioms studied
- •7. Why don’t you want to have a matter out with him?
- •IV. Under what circumstances would you say:
- •8. If you don’t want problems, let sleeping dogs lie.
- •V. Compose dialogues on the suggested situations using the idioms studied
- •2. You had health problems. You shared it with your best girlfriend and asked her not to let the cat out of the bag. Today you’ve realized that your secret is known to every student in the group.
- •VI. Complete the following sentences using the idioms studied
- •VII. Make the following story more idiomatic using the idioms studied
- •VIII. Recall the idioms with the following words and compose sentences with them
- •Lesson 12
- •1. You’re going down to the docks to make a nuisance of yourself. (j. Wain)
- •5. I couldn’t see the guns but they were evidently firing directly over us. It was a nuisance to have them there but it was a comfort that they were no bigger. (e. Hemingway)
- •Dialogue
- •I. Translate into Russian
- •2. Her father’s face was impassive, as was natural, for he didn’t know the young man from Adam. (j. Galsworthy)
- •II. Paraphrase the following sentences using the idioms studied
- •III. Answer the following questions using the idioms studied
- •1. Were you surprised when Mary suddenly turned up at your place?
- •IV. Compose situations on suggested topics using the idioms studied
- •1. Two strangers are shouting at each other in the middle of the street.
- •V. Complete the following sentences using the idioms studied
- •6. I’ve never seen a person so----- as he is.
- •9. I was really----- when I saw him in the doorway.
- •VI. Make the following story more idiomatic using the idioms studied
- •VII. Make up a humorous story using the idioms studied lesson 13
- •3. And it certainly wouldn’t be fair to her, confronting her with something that could hardly fail to disturb and upset her in the short run, let alone what might happen later. (k. Amis)
- •2. What a time we had last night, she grinned, suddenly remembering. It came back to him now. (a. Sillitoe)
- •Dialogue
- •I. Translate into Russian
- •10. That fellow never made head or tail of what he was told. (j. Galsworthy
- •II. Paraphrase the following sentences using the idioms studied
- •3. “Yesterday I lost my pen – mother’s gift.” “What a pity!”
- •10. Fleur looked almost the same as five years ago.
- •III. Answer the following questions using the idioms studied
- •IV. Under what circumstances would you say:
- •2. Stop laughing! Don’t forget that you are in the same boat.
- •V. Compose dialogues on the suggested situations using the idioms studied
- •VI. Complete the following sentences using the idioms studied
- •VII. Make the following story more idiomatic using the idioms under study
- •VIII. Compose a situation or a dialogue based on a film you saw last using the idioms studied
- •IX. Recall the idioms pertaining to:
- •Lesson 14
- •1. “Now, let’s talk.” “Yes,” she said very quietly… “It’s time we did, Arnie. There’s been something on my mind for a long, long time.” (m. Wilson)
- •3. Yes, people had got wind of it! He knew they would. (j. Galsworthy) Dialogue
- •I. Translate into Russian
- •6. I had hoped against hope that he would have gone before she returned. (Gr. Greene)
- •10. …Of course, if she were to find out about Berenice, she would probably turn to Tollifer for advice. And then it would be a matter of having to buy them off. A pretty kettle of fish! (Th. Dreiser)
- •II. Paraphrase the following sentences using the idioms studied
- •6. How they got to know of the affair is beyond me.
- •III. Answer the following questions using the idioms studied
- •10. Did you really get in such a mess?
- •IV. Compose the situations using the idioms studied
- •9. Your first day at the institute after the summer holidays.
- •V. Under what circumstances would you say
- •VI. Make the following story more idiomatic using the idioms studied
- •VII. Complete the following sentences using the idioms studied
- •VIII. Compose situations based on your individual reading using the idioms studied
III. Answer the following questions using the idioms studied
1. Why is your friend so upset?
2. I wonder why you don’t want to make friends with Jane.
3. It’s so cold today. Where can we have a cup of coffee?
4. Don’t you think that Peter looks rather mysteriously?
5. Oh, come on. Why don’t you want to help me with my shopping?
6. Are you still angry with me?
7. Where have you been hiding these four days?
8. Is it really so important to listen to this report?
9. What can you say about our new teacher? Were you impressed?
10. How long did it take you to reach the point of your destination?
11. Are you fond of computer games?
12. What’s your opinion about going to Switzerland this year?
13. Why don’t you want to have one more baby?
IV. Under what circumstances would you say?
1. You’d better give up the idea of pulling my leg.
2. Sometimes it’s rather useful to put on airs.
3. Your last remark doesn’t make any sense.
4. Just look at him! He is as pleased as Punch.
5. I’ve been up to it since his arrival.
6. Let bygones be bygones.
7. I can’t go anywhere as I’m all in.
8. Now I’ll teach you a lesson as this has been the last straw.
9. I don’t think she was very glad when we dropped in on her on Friday.
10. Why did you turn on me yesterday?
V. Change the dialogue using the idioms studied
-I’m sorry. I’ve come to your place to make an urgent phone call. May I use you phone?
-Of course, you’re welcome. I’ll bring the phone here to save time. I’m sorry but your name slipped my memory. I just know you by sight. You are our new neighbour, aren’t you?
-Yes, you are quite right. I live just the floor above yours.You see, somebody is constantly playing tricks on me.A week ago they rang the bell and ran away. On Wednesday they put rotten apples at my door. But an hour ago…I’d returned from work very exhausted and was just going to doze a bit, when somebody knocked at the door and when I came out there wasn’t anybody. There was just a smiling face drawn on my door. And I couldn`t bear it any more. I don`t understand what they want from me.
-Oh, don’t make a fuss about it. It’s not worth it. You’d better take yourself in hand in order not to scold a wrong person. Oh, it’s so funny.
-What are you so pleased with, I wonder. I’m quite fed up with all these jokes. I promise you I’ll get this person whoever he may be at latest by tomorrow afternoon.
-I think, you won’t have to go far to find him. He is our neighbour. His name is John. He and his friends always play tricks on people who’ve moved here from somewhere. They did the same with me. It won’t last long. As far as I’m concerned I’ve just forgotten what happened several years ago and I’d like to advise you the same.
-Do you really advise me such a thing? I don’t know. If they let me sleep quietly this night, perhaps, I’ll try to make friends with them.
VI. Make the following story more idiomatic using the idioms studied
I was really obliged to laugh, and Gilbert laughed too. His laughter was frank and boyish. It looked as though he were amused at everything Jane said. But Mrs.Tower was almost at the end of her tether, and I was afraid that unless relief came she would for once forget that she was a woman of the world. I came to the rescue as best I could.
“I suppose you’re very busy buying your trousseau,” I said.
“No. I wanted to get my things from the dress-maker in Liverpool I’ve been to ever since I was first married. But Gilbert won’t let me. He’s very masterfool, and of course he has wonderfool taste.”
She looked at him with a little affectionate smile, demurely, as though she were a girl of seventeen.
Mrs.Tower went quite pale under her make-up.
“We’re going to Italy for our honeymoon. Gilbert has never had a chance of studying Renaissance architecture, and of course it’s important for an architect to see things for himself. And we shall stop in Paris on the way and get my clothes there.”
(W.S. Maugham)