- •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
2. Do you really want to meet the Aryan Brother, Miss Arrested? That can be easily fixed up. (e. Forster)
3. They went in an old rattie-trap of a car Chilla was fixing up for one of his friends. (D. Cusack)
4. We’ll have to fix something up. (K. Amis)
to be on friendly (easy, best of) terms – to feel friendly towards somebody
1. This was a Magda with whom you could be on friendly terms, who made no demands on you. (D. Cusack)
2. She was not on easy terms with Tim Burke, who always acted as chairman and entertained them afterwards. (I. Murdoch)
3. But that’s what I started to tell you, we were on the best of terms and they were helping us in all sorts of ways. (J. Lindsay)
to be pressed for time (money) – not to have enough time (money)
1. “Please give him my card the moment he comes in.” The man seemed to rally. “His Lordship will be pressed for time, Miss.” “Not more than I am.” (J. Galsworthy)
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)
3. I must do something. My people are as hard pressed as everybody else. (J. Galsworthy)
and now for – expresses intention; always comes as the termination of a conversation
1. And now for lunch. I’m starving. (D. Cusack)
2. Now for Miss Blakeley, all I can offer to do is this… (D. Cusack)
Dialogue
A: Hi, Lucy! Sorry to disturb you. I’ve dropped in to ask you to do me a favour. I hope you are not pressed for time at the moment.
B: You are in your element as usual. Sudden visits – that what you can do best of all. But of course if you have any problem and if you’ve got in a mess I just can’t let you down. I promise to fix everything up whatever it may be.
A: You know, the problem is as following. I’m going to Moscow on a business trip. And I got to know about it only today in the morning. The train starts at 11 p.m. Everything is all right except my dog Rex. As far as he is concerned I don’t know whom to ask to look after him. I thought perhaps you might…
B: Oh, no, I’m very sorry but I wash my hands of it.
A: But why? I’ll be back at latest by the end of the week. And Rex is a very obedient dog. He won’t give you much trouble, take my word for it.
B: Mary, I don’t want you to think that I don’t wish to help you when you are in for it. You just don’t know what happened yesterday.
A: And what happened yesterday, I wonder.
B: I suppose you remember Linda. She is my neighbour from the upper floor.
A: Is her name Linda? I know her only by sight. And so what?
B: So, we are on friendly terms with her and always try to do little favours to each other. You know the proverb: “Scratch my back and I’ll scratch yours”. And yesterday Linda left for St.Petersburg and asked me to look after her pet – Pussy.
A: Now I see what the problem is.
B: Yes. I’m really so sorry. I don’t know how to help you. You may ask Helen to look after Rex. I know she is really fond of dogs. And it won’t be difficult for her.
A: I don’t know. To tell the truth, I don’t like Helen. She is constantly showing off and putting on airs.
B: Mary, would you make a clean breast of it and admit that you don’t have any other way out?
A: Now come to think of it you’re quite right. I’d better go to Helen if I don’t want to miss my train.
B: Now you’te talking sense. Would you mind if I ask you to buy me something in Moscow if you have a minute to spare?
A: Of course not. You’re welcome.
B: Oh, thanks. And now for tea. I’ve just baked a wonderful apple pie.
A: OK. I can’t resist the temptation.