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  1. Answer the following questions:

  1. Why did Tom have to take money from Julia?

  2. Was Tom in love with Avice? Was Avice in love with Tom?

  3. How did Julia feel after Tom had left?

  4. Was Julia going to keep her promise given to Tom?

  5. Did Julia have a friend who could console her in her grief?

  6. Why was theatre Julia’s only refuge?

  7. Did Julia manage to play with her accustomed virtuosity again? What helped her?

  8. Why did Julia decide to stay with her mother?

  9. Did she manage to brighten the “drab and monotonous life” of Madame Falloux and Mrs Lambert?

  10. How did Julia’s attitude to Charles change?

  11. Why did Julia feel ill at ease?

  12. Was Julia a good-looking woman?

  13. What did she want to put to the test? What conclusion did she make?

  14. What did the young man who “picked Julia up” in the Edgware Road look like?

  15. What made him start speaking to Julia?

  16. What conclusion did Julia make?

Working with the Vocabulary

  1. Read Part VI, find the following words and word combinations in the text and give their Russian equivalents:

Chapter 21

nineteen to the dozen

can’t do smth for toffee

to beat about the bush

to take in

Chapter 22

to confide smth to smb

to make a clean breast of smth

to be hard on smb

that’s another pair of shoes

Chapter 23

to show smb/smth off

to be confined to smth

Chapter 24

seductive; seduction

Chapter 25

ill at ease

there is no denying it

to put on airs

  1. Remember the contexts in which Word List VI items are used, say who or what they referred to.

  2. Find the English equivalents for these:

Chapter 21

замолвить за кого-либо словечко

измотавшийся

время от времени

Chapter 22

ее единственная утешение, отрада

невезение

отвлечь чье-либо внимание, отвлечь от мыслей

Chapter 24

внезапная острая боль

убегать, удирать

Chapter 25

впутываться (во что-либо неприятное)

  1. Explain what it means:

Chapter 21

to be a sport

Chapter 22

to be in front

The proof of the pudding is in the eating

Chapter 23

a parish church

Chapter 24

to fall for smth

Chapter 25

to pick smb up

a blank face

  1. Fill in prepositions where necessary:

A.

  1. “You ought to know me well enough … now to know that I would never let sentiment interfere … business. (Ch.21)

  2. She spent a wretched day, unable to think … anything else, and angry … herself because she could not put Tom … … her mind. (Ch.22)

  3. “Tom is very useful … us; if we want an extra man we can always call … him, and it’s convenient having him … the corner when I want someone to play golf … me. (Ch.22)

  4. … One night when she came into her dressing-room … the end … the play, exhausted … all the emotions she had displayed she found Michael sitting there. (Ch.22)

  5. They sat together … a little while … silence, and Julia grew calmer … spirit. Her heart was filled ... a great love … Michael. (Ch.22)

  6. She arrived … Paris … the afternoon, and when she was shown … her suite … the Ritz, she gave a sigh of satisfaction. (Ch. 23)

with (4), at (2), of (2), out of, to, into, upon, round, by (2), for (2), in (4)

B.

  1. I am all for speaking the truth but you were a bit hard … poor Ann.

  2. With his elder brother Jack always felt ill … ease. He could confide his secrets only … his friends.

  3. He can’t sing … toffee. There’s no denying … it.

  4. I can't believe you have fallen … that old trick of his. Tough luck!

  5. The headmaster was always prepared to put … a good word for his former pupils, but never showed their achievements …

  6. Do you realize what you are letting yourself … …? So, don’t beat … the bush and make a clean breast … everything … your parents. They are sure to help you.

of , in, off, , about, in for, on, for (2),at, to (2)