III Think of your own sentences with the word “dramatic’ in different meanings. Chapter XII

I. Active Vocabulary:

1. to give a chuckle p.57 = to laugh shortly

2. to occur to smb p.57 = to come to one’s head

3. to get over smth p.57 = to overcome

4. to talk Frankly p.57 = to talk honestly

5. to cut the ground from under smb’s feet p.58 = puzzle

6. to make no bones about smth p.58 = not to care

7. to do smth for a change p.58 = to do smth different

8. to be tortured by remorse p.59 = to be sorry about smth done, to regret

9. to burst into a shout of laughter p.60 = to laugh out loud

10. to be possessed of smth p.62 = to be haunted by …

11. to start afresh p.63 = to start a new

12. to beg one’s bread p.63 = to be out of money, to beggar

13. to be an unmitigated cad p. 63 = be a blackguard

14. to get smth off one’s chest p.63 = to ease one’s bosom, to tell everything one’s got.

II. Answer the questions using the given words and word-combinations:

1. Did the author try to do his best in running his mission? p.56,57

to come along

sooner or later

not without embarrassment

to talk frankly

2. Was Strickland serious about it? p.57

to have a chuckle

to get smth over

to have a jolly evening

to occur to smb

callousness

to disconcert smb

3. What cut the ground from under Maugham’s feet? p.58

cordial agreement

to make no bones about smb

to be persuasive

to curl one’s lip

to acknowledge smth

to carry out one’s embassy

to be nettled

4. Did he care for his family any more? p.58, 59, 60

to leave smb without a bob

to support smb/oneself

for a change

a cheerful effrontery

to bite one’s lips

abominable behaviour

to work oneself up into some state

moral indignation

to do smb harm

to be brought into the world

to come to the point

5. What was the author’s final argument? p.59

to be inhuman

not in the least (ashamed)

to try another tack

a perfect swine

to loathe and despise someone

scornful answers

to be tortured by remorse

to be a damned fool

at all events

to get blood out of a stone

to be puzzled

to divorce smb

6. What made Strickland burst into a shout of laughter? p.60,61

happen to know

to come away with smb

to give a little start

to look round

to grow scornful

to do smth for a woman

to be ingenuous of smb

word of honour

7. How did he explain his escape? p.61

to think smb mad

it’s high time to do smth

to make smb do smth

to go into business

to keep smth to oneself

8. Why was it difficult for the writer to understand Strickland? p.62,63

to make a hash of smth

to be third-rate

to be worth while to do smth

a walk in life

in spite of smth/smb

vehement power

to be possessed a devil

to start afresh

to make a reproach

go to hell

an utter blackguard

to beg one’s bread

an unmitigated cad

to get smth off one’s chest

3. Paraphrase the following sentences using Vocabulary of the Chapter:

1. The writer called Strickland an utter blackguard. p.63

2. His children will be thrown on the streets. p.63

3. Strickland burst out laughing on hearing about another woman. p.60

4. I tried to smile scornfully. p.58

5. It’s cruel to leave children without money. p.58,59

6. Strickland’s cordial agreement disconcerted the writer. p.58

7. He was ready to start anew at forty.