Exercises

1/ Find the following words in the text, translate them into Russian and make your own sentences with them.

• accustomed to // comp. be used to sth/doing sth.

• converse with // comp. speak to, talk with (to), say to sb., tell sb.

• sullen // syn. severe

• reassuringly

• purchase // syn. buy

• startle// syn. frighten, scare, terrify

• seize // syn. hold on, grab, grasp

• vivacity // syn. jollity, happiness

• disheveled

• deluge // The Deluge// syn. flood

• dim // syn. invisible, blurred

• rocker = rocking chair

• levee // Am. Eng. embankment

• obscure //syn. conceal, mask, cover

• stagger

• retreat

• palpitating

• infatuation // syn. love, passion, adoration

• resort to

• immaculate // comp. above reproach, perfect, impeccable

• forbid (forbade) // syn. prohibit, ban, disallow

• heed

• revelation

• gem

• strive (strove)

• over-scrupulous

• cautiously

• effusively

• solicitude

• forgo / forego

2/ Find words with the following meanings in the text:

• dark in colour, especially grey or black;

• threatening to do harm or to do something evil;

• a small barrel round container with a flat top and bottom that is used for storing beer or other drinks;

• to tear something quickly and with a lot of force;

• to wipe sweat from your face with a cloth when you are very hot or ill;

• to make something happen sooner or more quickly;

• to move close together in order to stay warm, feel safe, or talk;

• happy and lively behavior;

• next to and connected to another building, room, area etc.;

• continuing for a long time without stopping in a way that is annoying;

• a look of emotion or excitement in someone’s eyes;

• a fast and powerful flow of liquid, especially water;

• a very large quantity of something;

3/ Fill in the gaps with the words from exercise 2. Pay attention to grammar.

1. Be careful with him. He is a __________ and dangerous criminal who was finally apprehended by the police yesterday;

2. There’s a _________ feeling about this old abandoned house. It seems to be haunted.

3. Stop pulling my shirt – you’ll ___________ it;

4. The government made a plea for international aid to _________ the disarmament of more than 60,000 rebels as they are extremely dangerous;

5. My uncle, who was a traveler, was telling us very exciting stories and we ___________ round the fire for warmth listening to him;

6. This city is notorious for its congestion and the ___________ flow of traffic across the bridge;

7. There was an evil ________ in his eye as he spoke and this frightened me a lot;

8. The village was deluged and almost all houses were swept away by the raging ____________.

4/ Give the English for the expressions and words below:

1. До тех пор пока шторм не прекратится;

2. Чувствовала беспокойство, переживала, волновалась

3. Приближающийся шторм

4. Пот, выступающий каплями\горошинами

5. Темнело

6. Внезапный порыв ветра

7. Успокаивать себя, успокаиваться

8. Сияющее лицо, радостное \ счастливое выражение лица

9. Накрывать на стол

10. Смачный поцелуй