Study the vocabulary notes and translate the examples into Russian. . Translate the following sentences paying attention to the words and word combinations in italics:
. Translate the following sentences paying attention to the words and word combinations in italics:
1. The room had changed as if something sinister had been re-moved from it; something which dimmed the lights, something which threatened him. 2. The centre of the lake was glittering, but along the edge the green banks could be seen reflected and the blue sky, the colours clear yet strangely altered into the colours of a dimmer and more obscure world. 3. The folds around his mouth seemed to express eternal disgust. 4. The author unfolded all the historic events of which his hero could have been a witness. 5. The instant flashed and was gone.
Ever so carefully he placed his hands on the table, fingers interlaced, an artificial diamond flashing on his little finger. 7. Bending forward,
Ernest turned round and flashed his spectacles at Bob who was study-ing the programme. 8. The pitch darkness squeezed Bart from all sides. "You promised...," whispered Charley, giving him a slight squeeze on the elbow. 9. "Well, in eight hours or so we shall be there," he said, squeezing shut the lid of his watch. 10. The measures taken to ease themoney squeeze in the USA have not been successful so far. 11. The lorry would have been better for the trip, as the load would have a tight squeeze in the small car. 12. She looked at the stage with a furrow be-tween her brows, seeing nothing, her hands squeezed together in her lap. 13. An old lady who has for some obscure reason begged me not to divulge her name, happened to show me the diary she had kept in the past. 14. He was a noisy robust little man with a gleam of real tal-ent concealed in the obscurity ot his verse. 15. The curtains were drawn back and the window-pane behind her displayed a huge frost picture which obscured the dim morning light, so that it was quite dark in the room. 16. The learning we received only tended to obscure our vision.
The children took the risk of getting into old Mr. Radley's garden.
By concealing the truth you are running a serious risk of being suspected. 19. He took off his gasmask, sniffed and decided to risk leaving the mask off.
B. 1. The boat had the tempting look that small rowing boats have, but Dora resisted the temptation to get into it and glide upon the glittering lake. 2. His sister ran away from home with an actor whohappened to be playing in Kansas City and who took a passing fan-cy to her. 3. The old quartet has broken up but sometimes they cometogether again for TV, records, concerts and anything that takes their fancy. 4. The turn of the conversation had upset Mark; he did not liketo hear Pete talking like this. 5. She said she would leave him for a while and earn her own living. When things took a turn for the better she would join him again. 6. He is an old chum of mine, and feels my pulse, and looks at my tongue, and talks about the weather, all for nothing, when I fancy I'm ill; so I thought I would do him a good turn by going to him now. 7. Haven't you a turn for something? What about literature, art and so forth? 8. What was she afraid of here which made her dream vaguely of an escape, rescue, a shock which would dissolve barriers? 9. The president called for the student union to be dissolved. 10. Though scrupulously clean, the room appeared dusty,as if the walls were dissolving into powder. 11. There was trouble here at the time of the dissolution of the monasteries and that bridge was destroyed. 12. Girls of her type do not smash a man's life, they build it. 13. He smashed the ball into the net through the goalkeeper's
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upflung hands. 14. Most of the wall and the towers of the city are faked, but the restoration is wonderful. 15. The innocence of theirconverse had been a fake. 16. This play and other Shakespearean discoveries were soon revealed to be fakes. 17. A town councillor was charged with forging votes in his favour. 18. A wealthy banker, a man respected by all, he was arrested one day on a charge of fraud.
15. Paraphrase the following sentences using your active vocabulary:
By doing this he put his health at stake. 2. He embraced his lit-tle daughter and his eyes became brilliant with joy. 3. He has let me down. 4. The literary critic found that the young poet's verses lacked clarity. 5.1 have written to him twice, now you should do it. 6. He was sitting with his arms crossed on his chest. 7. The motorbike moved past at great speed. 8. I don't believe his story, he is lying. 9. What you intend to do is rather dangerous. 10. The attraction was too strong for him to resist it. 11. I'm rather inclined to suppose that he has told her all about it. 12. He smiled warmly and pressed my hand hard, which rather surprised me as I knew he didn't like me. 13. Kind-ness ought to be repaid by kindness. 14. The doctor didn't allow her to eat tomatoes, but this one looked so attractive that she decided to have it. 15. How many dresses can you stuff into this small suitcase? You must, at least, double them carefully, or they'll be in a mess!
They defeated the enemy forces utterly. 17. How could she have said such a thing? 18. They are going to be divorced. 19. The lights in the hall went down. 20.1 can't say I have a clear idea about it.
Fill in the blanks with the right word:
flash, glitter, twinkle, flicker
1. There were a lot of skaters on the ... ice of the rink. 2. The light-ning ... and a clap of thunder followed. 3. He could hardly see her face in the ... light of the candle. 4. There was no moon, the stars were ... .
5. She was dressed in her tweed overcoat, upon which snow ... here and there. 6. The spires of the city ... a little in the light as if faintly visible stars had alighted upon them. 7. He struck a match and held it up; his hand trembled and the ... light went out. 8. He sped past a shrubbery, a lighted window ... somewhere.
dim, vague, obscure
can't say I know the play well, I have rather a... idea about it.
In the ... light of an oil-lamp the contours of the things seemed....
3. "His verses lack clarity." — "Yes, they are quite^.. ." 4. It happened such a long time ago, my recollections of the event are rather.... 5. Mu-riel felt a ... uneasiness, but she had seen her father in such moods before. 6. Pattie was born in an ... town in the centre of England.