Exercises

1/ Find words with the following meanings:

• clear enough for light to pass through but not completely clear;

• not moving as quickly as usual;

• a steep cliff by the sea or by a river;

• an attempt to give a false idea to someone about what you intend to do, or about the facts of a situation, especially in order to gain an advantage;

• flat, not sloping up or down;

• to try to prevent something from happening, especially because you do not approve of it or think it is harmful;

• to spoil something;

• to leave a job or school permanently;

• torn and dirty;

• to leave something such as an activity, school, or competition before you have finished what you intended to do;

• an activity that is done for enjoyment;

• to sell something on the street or by going to customers, rather than in a shop;

• to receive or obtain something from something else;

• feeling pleased that someone notices and admires you;

• to move along the ground on your hands and knees or with your body close to the ground;

• to laugh quietly, especially in a private or secret way;

• so unhappy or disappointed that no one can make you feel better;

• strange;

• to state that something is true or that you agree with it, especially in public;

• stop shining/burning;

• to consider or discuss why something has happened or what might happens;

• extremely violent and cruel;

• to give up something important or valuable so that you or other people can do or have something else;

• to decide that something is true or likely based on the information that you have;

• a large group of related families who live in the same area and share a common language, religion, and customs;

• to kill a lot of people;

• objects such as plates and cups that are made out of clay and baked in an oven so that they become hard;

• to sleep for a short time, especially during the day;

• after a short time;

• immediately;

• to take off all of your clothes or all of another person’s clothes;

• sb. who looks untidy or dirty is … .

2/ Find English equivalents to the words and expressions below in the text:

1/ заколдованный, зачарованный;

2/ дуб;

3/ простиравшийся до горизонта;

4/ ива;

5/ там и сям;

6/ поток, русло;

7/ круглолицый, пухленький на лицо;

8/ карие глаза;

9/ игрок, картежник;

10/ Большая / Малая медведица;

11/ Млечный путь;

12/ попасть в беду;

13/выглядеть задумчивым;

14/голодать до смерти;

15/ журавль;

16/ вымерший;

17/ биржевой маклер.

3/ Fill in the gaps with the appropriate word from the previous exercises:

1. She said she would leave her job, but it was just a …;

2. The offer was pure … I understood it from the very beginning, because they suggested us too much;

3. The local authority is thinking of measures to … the use of cars in cities in order to protect environment;

4. The street I was walking along was extremely grey and … posters hung on the walls.

5. She was injured in the first round and had to …;

6. Shopping is my main … as I spend all my weekends in big stores and malls;

7. He’s earning money … T-shirts on the beach;

8. The school … its commitment to its students suggesting a lot of scholarships and providing them with new education technologies;

9. We can only … on the reasons for his sudden resignation;

10. She … her career to bring up the children;

11. The Tasmanian tiger was declared … in 1936.