Exercise 36 Find the headword of the word combinations and translate them
Bathroom door, winter jacket, evening school, school evening, lunch basket, oil output, the shoe factory, the lake shore, world disarmament conference, railway duty train dispatcher, railway track maintenance, information control systems, flight control equipment, traffic flow density, school bus service, the research program result, the traffic speed increase, the New York region newspaper ad, the temperature limit determination, the railway bridge reconstruction, the household goods sale, the London underground extension project, the household goods store, the steam engine invention, the energy accumulation process, the wheel invention, the modern house ventilation facilities, the deep sea current measuring device, the car speed calculation, the high quality concrete.
Exercise 37 Translate the sentences paying attention to different meanings of like.
like: як; подобатися, любити; не може зрівнятися, нема нічого кращого; хотів би; подібний, такий самий; нема бажання; щось приблизно; точно як; здається, нагадує; дуже нагадує; на відміну від; представляє з себе
1. Radio-waves are like light waves. 2. I enjoy travelling because Ilike new impressions. 3. We should like to know if we can get our order on time. 4. I don’t feel like going out tonight. 5. You can contact our production manager on this and the like issues. 6. It looks like raining. 7. Like charges repel each other, while unlike charges attract each other. 8. Unlike his brother, Nick has always kept his word. 9. It was just like you said. 10. What is your new flat like? 11. She looks very much like her mother. 12. There is nothing like a cup of hot tea for a headache. 13. It costs something like $100.
Exercise 38 Which is the correct word in these sentences?
I have to do /make an exam tomorrow.
I’m sorry. I’ve done / made a mistake.
We should say do an exam and make a mistake and not vice versa. Words which often go together (like do+an exam, and make+mistake) are called collocations.
a) Match the verbs (A) and nouns (B) that usually go together.
A: do, draw, fall, go, have, lose, save, tell, watch
B: weight, on holiday, money, a story, your homework, TV, pictures, in love, a good time
b) Use your expressions in the appropriate form in the following sentences:
1. Why haven’t you … homework? 2. She … in love with him the moment she saw him. 3. If you hadn’t … so much TV, your eyes wouldn’t be hurting now. 4. You look fabulous! Have you … weight? 5. ‘Where is Eva?’ ‘She has … on holiday.’ 6. The children love … pictures. 7. I wish he wouldn’t … the same stories over and over again. 8. Did you … a good time at the party? 9. We need to keep more money if we want to buy a car.