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  1. Match the words in these columns. Check the answers in the text.

sweet conscience

helping beauty

bereaved ties

disarming material

lumpy glimpse

brocaded hand

guilty smile

earthly mother

raw dress

raving figure

brief

  1. Translate into Russian:

  1. A sudden smile of recognition flashed across his face.

  2. The conversation centred on a much doted-upon first baby.

  3. I hope you don’t mind if we get down to brass tacks straight away, as I’ve got to catch the four o’clock train.

  4. We had a real get-together at week-ends. Everybody standing up and giving a song. I used to bring the house down with this.

  5. Swimming was his only accomplishment; he felt at home in the water.

  6. He had a sense of humour, he thought he had a knack of saying bitter things, which caught people on the raw......

  7. I have a mind to manage my life in my own way without interference from anybody.

  8. Savour the flavour of each mouthful, and chew you food well.

  9. There you will finds solitude and an air so pure that it goes to your head like wine and you feel like a million dollars.

  10. The president as was customary delivered the opening address.

  11. The results of the experiment were faked.

  1. Match the synonyms:

Faked, to have half a mind to do smth, to dote on smb, to come suddenly into smb’s mind, to taste, to be ignorant, to get even, false, to settle a score, to be not aware, to be excessively fond of smb, to flash across smb’s mind, to be inclined to do smth, to savour.

  1. Translate into English:

  1. Джулии пришла в голову мысль, что она находится в неведении относительно планов Роджера.

  2. У Джулии появилось смутное чувство вины, когда Роджер сказал, что все ее эмоции поддельные.

  3. Джулия сообщила Эви, что спектакль имел успех, и она себя превосходно чувствует.

  4. Джулия хотела свести счеты с Эвис. Она была уверена, что той не удастся вставить ей спицы в колеса.

  5. Однажды Роджер за кулисами наблюдал, как Джулия играет. Сцена была очень трогательная и обычно вызывала оглушительные аплодисменты.

  6. Джулия не чувствовала себя легко и просто со своим сыном, хотя со стороны казалось, что она души в нем не чает.

  7. Джулия была на верху блаженства. Она расплатилась по долгам и теперь могла забыть обо всем. Она сидела за столиком и смаковала каждый кусочек.

  8. Давай покончим с этим. Что было, то прошло.

Detailed Comprehension

  1. Answer the questions:

  1. Why did Julia want to keep Avice in the cast?

  2. How did Julia come to know Roger’s opinion of Tom? How does Roger’s attitude to Tom characterize Roger?

  3. How did Julia create the characters she played? Do you think Julia’s affair with Tom can help her in this respect?

  4. How did Julia’s attitude towards Tom change?

  5. What conclusion about love did Julia make when she left Tom’s place? Did she change her opinion?

  6. How did Julia account for the tricks she had played on Avice?

  7. Why did Julia have supper alone?

  8. What did she think about at dinner? What theory did she work out?

  9. What answer could she have given to Roger?

  10. Was she happy alone?