Chapter VIII

A.

1. Active Vocabulary:

1. to rack one’s brains p.40 = try to remember

2. to run across smb p.41 = to meet by chance

3. to make a fool of oneself p.42 = to behave in a silly way

4. to feel ashamed of smth p.42 = to feel shame

5. to be overwhelmed with smth p.43 = to be full of some feeling

6. to burst into tears p.44 = to start crying

7. to be startled p.44 = to be surprised

8. to live on air p.45 = not to have money

9. to be taken aback p.45 = to be surprised, puzzled

10. to take one’s leave p.46 = to go away

2. Under what circumstances are these word-combinations used?

3. Paraphrase the following using your active:

1. I met her by chance in the park.

2. He was so much embarrassed that his face blushed.

3. They bade good-bye and went away.

4. She started crying as soon as she began to tell her story.

5. I was very much surprised.

6. They couldn’t live without money.

7. The shame I felt prevented me from thinking.

8. She tried to remember his name but failed to do this.

9. He was afraid of behaving in a silly way.

4. Think of your own situations. Use 4-5 of the given word-combinations.

V. Find the corresponding English sentence in the text:

1. Во всяком случае, я понял, что могу удалиться. р.46

2. Я невольно подумал, что полковнику вряд ли бы это удалось. р.45

3. Вы, наверное, уже слышали, что этот негодяй бросил ее? р.44

4. Я был озадачен ее уверенностью в том, что мне известно несчастье, постигшее ее семью. р. 45

5. Не знаю, что с нею будет. Чем они будут жить? Воздухом? р.44,45

6. Мне очень жаль, что я не совладала с собой. р.45

VI. Answer the questions using the following word-combinations:

1) What impression did the Stricklands make upon the writer? p.40,41

to seem shadowy

to invest smth with some characteristics

to be smb’s fault

to rack one’s brains

idiosyncrasies

to lend vividness

figures on an old tapestry

part of the social organism

an average family

a harmless craze for small lions

2) What news reached him when he returned to London? Why was he so much surprised to hear it? p.41, 42

to be thick-witted

out of the common

incalculable

to run across smb

to shine with malice

to be hammered on the Stock Exchange

to be run over by (an omnibus)

to run away from smb

to concern oneself with smth

affairs of the heart

to make a fool of oneself

3. Was it easy for him to make a decision to visit Mrs. Strickland? p.42,43

to keep the affair quiet

to be indiscreet on smb’s part

to be in the way

to feel ashamed of smth

to send smb away

to be overwhelmed with embarrassment

to call up one’s strength

Translate into Russian:

“I was torn between the fear of hurting a nice woman’s feelings and the fear of being in the way. I felt she must be suffering, and I did not want to see a pain which I could not help; but in my heart was a desire, that I felt a little ashamed of, to see how she was taking it”. p.42

3. In what state did he find Mrs. Strickland? p. 43,44

can’t help doing smth

swollen with tears

to come to smb’s rescue

to do one’s best

why on earth

to burst into tears

to be startled

to force smb back upon one’s recollections

to give a sudden pang

to do with, to be done with

blackguard

to break down p.45

at all events

Translate the following sentence:

“I wondered how soon I could decently take my leave, and asked myself why on earth Mrs. Strickland had allowed me to come”. p.43

3. What made the situation so difficult for Mrs. Strickland?

to gossip

to do off with smb

to bolt

to leave smb without a penny

to become of smb

to live on air

Translate into Russian:

1. “He’d better not let me catch sight of him. I’d thrash him within an inch of his life”. p.45

2. “Did you think him a gentlemen? She ought never to have married him.” p.45

Comment on the use of the Perfect Infinitive: