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I applied for …new job last week; … job involves driving … van.
… Duchess of York opened … new hospital in … centre of London.
He went on … extensive holiday to … Bahamas. He is on … holiday now.
Give a man … fish and you feed him for … day. Teach … man to fish and you feed him for … lifetime.
… professor Jones is … man who discovered … new drug.
There was … knock on … door. I opened it and found … small dark man in … blue overcoat and … woollen cap.
Have you got … car? – No, I’ve never had … car in my life.
… L/local school will soon be closed.
… dog is … useful domestic animal. … D/dogs are faithful to their masters. I was presented with … dog for my birthday. … D/dog led … blind man to … seat.
Such English names as … Odeon, … Hilton, … Plaza, … British Museum, …Tate Gallery, …Titanic, … Times are known to many people all over … world.
He has … wonderful mental ability. Many people have … ability to learn … foreign language.
I have … friend who has travelled all over the world.
Turgenev’s ideas had a great influence on … literature that followed.
…illustration is often more useful than …definition for giving the meanings of words.
It was a failure from … beginning to … end.
This is … question that only … Parliament can answer.
…most people don’t like …steak which has been overcooked.
Sensation at … London airport! Attempt to smuggle twelve jewels worth three quarters of … million.
… C/cold beer is nice on … hot day. … B/beer I’m drinking is bitter. Can I have … beer, please?
… C/children, look at … blackboard and copy … text 3. Keep quiet, … children are already sleeping. … Children start going to school at … age of 6.
… Hague, … city in … Western Netherlands near … North Sea, is the seat of … Dutch government.
The car stopped at … corner of … Fifth Avenue.
Most of … flowers in … garden were planted by the schoolchildren. … most beautiful of them were … roses.
What … pleasure to see you again! You will read … book with … pleasure. I’m looking forward to … pleasure of meeting you and your family.
…P/people usually think that … babies are sweet and … teenagers are naughty.
…F/fax machine is … much faster way of sending letters than … post.
In … winter they used to plan what to do in … summer. Last year we had … wild and snowy winter. It was … winter I met my wife.
It would be difficult to imagine … life without … computer but … computers can’t replace … teachers.
… C/camels/camels are … main means of transport in the desert.
What happened to … driver of … car that was involved in … accident?
I bought … enormous cake for my brother who was in … hospital with … broken leg.
My grandfather was very religious and went to … church once … week, on … Sundays.
I have … appointment at … dentist’s this afternoon, because I’ve got … toothache.
He was sent to … prison for … six months for … shop-lifting. When … six months are over he’ll be released; … difficulty then will be to find … work. I want go to … prison to encourage him.
… L/leader of … opposition is in danger of losing her seat at … next election.
This is … picture of … hotel we were staying at. We were lucky enough to get one of … rooms overlooking … sea.
She had to leave her work for … couple of years when … baby was born.
…London of only fifteen years ago! What … great difference from … London of today. It is … completely new London.
We took … trip around … London and saw … Houses of Parliament, … Tower Bridge, … Hyde Park, … Trafalgar Square and many other sights in … West End.
We often listen to … radio and watch … TV.
I never play … piano on Sunday because on this day I play … volleyball with my friends.
… O/only goal of … match was scored by … Italy.
-“Who has broken … cup?”, asked Granny. - “Ann has broken … cup and … plate”.
… happy elder brother climbed in and … three of them began … memorable ride.
Could you give me … hand? … F/floor is so slippery. He took her by … hand.
… effective lesson has five parts: preparation, presentation, practice, evaluation, expansion. … five parts of … lesson may all take place in one class session.
As she was afraid of … thieves, she locked up … house very carefully before going to … bed.
He never tells … lie. He always tells … truth.
Is that … Olga you told me about on the phone? – No, … Marina is calling you. Do you know her?
… P/pollution is one of … greatest problems facing … mankind.
I’m not going for … holiday. I’m going on … business.
We must try to get … home in … time for … tea.
…D/day after … day passed without … news, and we began to lose … hope.
Will you do me … favour and open … window to let in … some fresh air.
She is … Indian but her husband is … European.
It’s … pleasure to do business with such … efficient organization.
There will always be … conflict between … old and … young. …Y/young people want changes but … old people want things to stay … same.
… war between these two countries was … longest.
Some birds such as … parrots are caught alive and sold as … pets.
… C/children were gazing in wonder at all … toys on display in … windows. All … toys develop … children’s mental abilities.
Our teacher, … Mr James Brown, was discussing … new topic with … pupils. Suddenly … girl stood up and asked if … teacher could explain why he had chosen … topic for discussion.
… invention of aeroplane was … major break through in travel in … 20th century.
We are trying to find … solution to … problem.
…D/darkness doesn’t worry …cats. …C/cats can see in … dark.
I advised her to give up … gymnastics and take up …ballet lessons instead.
We have … very good train services from here to … city centre and … most people go to work by …. train. You can go by … bus too but you can’t get … season ticket on the bus.
I’d like to see Mr Smith, please. – Do you mean … Mr Smith who works in … box-office or … other Mr Smith, working in … post-office.
Has … museum … Monet?
It’s usually safe to walk on … sand, but here, when … tide is coming in, … sand becomes dangerously soft.
Everywhere … man has cut down … forests in order to cultivate … ground , or to use wood as … fuel or as … building material.
Do you take … sugar in … coffee? – I used to, but now I’m on … diet. I’m trying to lose … weight.
It costs fifty-five and … half pence and I’ve got … fifty pence piece. – You can also pay by … cheque here and write … cheque for fifty five and … half pence.
I have … hour and … half for lunch. – And I only have half … hour barely time for … smoke and … cup of coffee.
I’ll pay you … hundred … week. It’s not … enormous salary but after all you are … completely unskilled man.
… P/poor and … weak were oppressed by … strong.
They spent … weekend in Venice and that was … place they decided to get married.
I got caught in … rain on … way home.
…F/furniture is … costly item when you are setting up … home. … F/furniture he bought was reasonably priced.
She has … 17-year-old daughter, … first year student.
… Columbia University campus is located on … West Side.
… Statue of Liberty was … gift of friendship from … France to … United States.
… Pamirs, which we call … Roof of … World are in … Asia.
… Fleet street in London takes its name from … Fleet river, which till 1765 ran into … Thames.
...Mont Blank is ...highest peak of ...Alps.
… National Gallery faces ...Trafalgar Square.
…Parkers spent … last summer on … island of Crete.
...Caucasus Mountains lie between … Black Sea and … Caspian Sea.
…Queen of Great Britain … Queen Elisabeth II lives in … Buckingham Palace.
…Manila is … capital of … Philippines.
… University of London gives almost the same education as ...California University.
…. Lake Erie is one of … five Great Lakes in … North America.
On the other bank of … Potomac lies the Arlington National Cemetery where … President Kennedy was buried.
When I left … station I had to stand in … queue for … taxi for … long time.
It’s … science fiction story. It’s about … ruining of … universe.
When … Titanic was crossing … Atlantic she struck … iceberg.
… matter was reported to … Chief Police. He ordered to arrest two of … suspects.
We traveled across America from … coast to … coast.
… Harrods is … huge department store near … Kensington Garden in … London.
We spent … pleasant evening having … drink at … Robin Hood.
We met on … Friday. He came on … Friday when David was born. Robinson Crusoe found his servant on … Friday.