The little governess

by Katherine Mansfield

General Vocabulary:

Assure smb – уверять к.-л.

Be bound to do smth – быть обязанным сделать ч.-л.

Blush - краснеть

Catch sight of smth/smb – заметить ч.-л./к.-л.

Determined - целеустремленный

Disguise - скрывать

Shrug (one’s shoulders) – пожать плечами

Suspect smb of smth, suspicion – подозревать к.-л. в ч.л., подозрение

Phrasal Verbs:

Keep up with smb – держаться наравне с к.-л.

Rub smth up – освежить ч.-л. в памяти

Store up smth – заготавливать ч.-л.

Idioms:

A man of the world – светский человек

All eyes and ears for smth – все внимание на ч.-л.

Spick and span – безупречно чистый

Prepositional Phrases:

At a gulp - залпом

At the top of one’s voice - громко

Make for smth – направиться к ч.-л.

On one’s way – в пути

On purpose - целенаправленно

Out of breath - запыхавшийся

Smth/smb out of a book – ч.-л./к.-л. как в книге

Munich – a city in SE Germany, capital of Bavaria. German name München.

Augsburg – a city in southern Germany, in Bavaria.

Turkey – a country comprising the whole of the Anatolian peninsula in western Asia, with a small enclave in SE Europe to the west of Istanbul; official language, Turkish; capital, Ankara.

The steal

by Jeffrey Archer

General Vocabulary:

Assume - предполагать

Bargain, to bargain, to drive a hard bargain – сделка, совершить сделку, торговаться

Be confined to – сводиться к ч.-л.

Charge, to charge – платеж, взыскивать

Expert, expertise – эксперт, экспертиза

Make profit – извлекать выгоду

Make sense – иметь смысл

Privacy - уединение

Purchase - покупка

Rebel – бунтовать

Regret - жалеть

Reluctant – делающий с неохотой

Resolute - целеустремленный

Steal, a steal – красть, выгодная покупка

Phrasal Verbs:

End up with/in smth – закончиться ч.-л./оказаться в к.-л. месте

Mess about - лодырничать

Pick smth up - подобрать

Pore over smth – раздумывать над ч.-л.

Take in (every word) – внимательно слушать

Idioms:

in the nick of time – в последнее мгновение

small talk – светский разговор

to take smb’s word for smth – поверить на слово

to take smth with a pinch of salt – относиться к ч.-л. скептически

Prepositional phrases:

Approve of smth/smb – одобрять ч.-л./к-л.

Book on/about smth – Книга по/о ч.-л.

Engrossed in smth – погруженный в ч.-л.

In unison - хором

On condition – при условии

On cue – по сигналу

On the cheap - подешевке

To wink at smb – подмигнуть к.-л.

Tuscany – a region of west central Italy, on the Ligurian Sea; capital, Florence.

Skopje – the capital of the republic of Macedonia, situated in the north on the Vardar River; population. Founded by the Romans, it became the capital of Macedonia in 1945.

Heathrow – an international airport situated 25 km west of the centre of London.

Birmingham – an industrial city in west central England.

Bristol – a city in SW England. Situated on the River Avon about 10 km (6 miles) from the Bristol Channel, it has been a leading port since the 12th century.

Bermuda – a group of about 150 small islands off the coast of North Carolina. Official language, English; capital, Hamilton. It is a British overseas territory with full internal self-government.

Bahamas – a country consisting of an archipelago off the SE coast of Florida, part of the West Indies; languages, English (official), Creole; capital, Nassau.

Ephesus – an ancient Greek city on the west coast of Asia Minor, in present-day Turkey, site of the temple of Diana, one of the Seven Wonders of the World. It was an important centre of early Christianity; St Paul preached there and St John is traditionally said to have lived there.

Hereke – a town in Turkey, located near Istanbul.

Glasgow – a city in Scotland on the River Clyde. Formerly a major shipbuilding centre, it is the largest city in Scotland.

Izmir – a seaport and naval base in western Turkey, on an inlet of the Aegean Sea. It is the third-largest city in Turkey.

Piccadilly – a street in central London, extending from Hyde Park eastwards to Piccadilly Circus, noted for its fashionable shops, hotels, and restaurants.

East Midlands - One of nine official regions of England. It consists of the eastern part of the traditional region of the Midlands and encompasses the combined area of Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Rutland, Northamptonshire and most of Lincolnshire.

Diana – the Greek goddess of the moon.

Achilles – hero of the Trojan War, son of Peleus and Thetis. During his infancy his mother plunged him in the Styx, thus making his body invulnerable except for the heel by which she held him. During the Trojan War Achilles killed Hector but was later wounded in the heel by an arrow shot by Paris and died.

The Virgin Mary – the mother of Jesus.