The boarding house
by James Joyce
General vocabulary:
Caress, a caress – ласкать, нежность
Cunning - коварный
Despise smb for smth – презирать к-л. за ч.-л.
Determined - целеустремленный
Have one’s way – добиваться своего
Have smb/smth on one’s side – иметь к.-л./ч.-л. на своей стороне
Look down on smb/smth – глядеть на к.-л./ч.-л. свысока
Mean/do no harm (to smb) – не замышлять/не причинять вреда к.-л.
Put an end to smth – покончить с ч.-л.
Shrewd - проницательный
Take advantage of smb/smth – пользоваться к.-л./ч.-л.
Phrasal verbs:
Be made up of smth/smb – состоять из
Break up (a meeting, etc) - прервать
Have (the matter) out (with smb) – выяснять отношения с к.-л.
Set up (a boarding house) – основать пансионат
Prepositional Phrases:
Be done with – покончить с ч.-л.
Get smb/smth off one’s hands – сбыть к.-л./ч.-л. с рук
Keep things to oneself – держать все в себе
On tiptoe – на цыпочках
Step by step – шаг за шагом
Idioms:
Bear the brunt – нести основную тяжесть
Go to the devil – скатиться к чертям
In the small hours – в предрассветные часы
Sow one’s wild oats – грешить по молодости
Liverpool – a city and seaport in NW England, situated at the east side of the mouth of the River Mersey.
The Isle of Man – an island in the Irish Sea which is a British Crown dependency having home rule, with its own legislature (the Tynwald) and judicial system; population 82,000 (est. 2009); capital, Douglas.
Dublin – the capital city of the Republic of Ireland, situated on the Irish Sea at the mouth of the River Liffey. It was the birthplace of many writers, including Jonathan Swift, Oscar Wilde, and James Joyce.
The season of divorce
by John Cheever
General Vocabulary:
Aboveboard - честный
Be attached to smth/smb – быть привязаннык к ч.-л./к.-л.
Claim – заявлять
Competent, competence – компетентный, компетентность
Compromise – идти на компромисс
Disposition – нрав
Eccentric – эксцентричный
Plain, plainness – невзрачный, невзрачность
Resourceful – находчивый
Take turns at smth/doing smth – делать ч.-л. по очереди
Underhanded – коварный
Phrasal Verbs:
Come down with – слечь с болезнью
Figure smth out – выяснить ч.-л.
Lead smb on – завлекать к.-л.
Take up time - отрабатывать
Idioms:
Give smth a free play – дать чему-л. волю действий
Lose one’s heart to smb – отдать сердце к.-л.
Prepositional Phrases:
Account of smth – отчет о ч.-л.
Along the same lines – в том же духе
At the back of smb’s mind - подсознательно
Be cross at smb – злиться на к.-л.
Close the door in smb’s face – захлопнуть дверть перед ч.-л. лицом
Get around smb – убедить кого-л. ч.-л. сделать
Sit down to supper – приняться за ужин
Smb’s mind is not on what he’s saying/doing – думать не о том, что к.-л. говорит/делает
Swear at smb – ругаться на к.-л.
Nevada – a state of the western US; capital, Carson City. Acquired from Mexico in 1848, it became the 36th state of the US in 1864.
Chicago – a city in Illinois, on Lake Michigan. Selected as a terminal for the new Illinois and Michigan canal, Chicago developed during the 19th century as a major grain market and food-processing centre.
Grenoble – an industrial city in SE France.
French Guiana – an overseas department of France, in northern South America; capital, Cayenne.
Ossining – a town in Westchester County, New York, United States.
Mont-Clair – Mont Clare is a village in Upper Providence Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA.
the Carolinas – a term used in the United States to refer collectively to the U.S. states of North Carolina (NC) and South Carolina (SC).
Oklahoma – a state in the south central US, north of Texas; capital, Oklahoma City. In 1803 it was acquired from the French as part of the Louisiana Purchase. It became the 46th state of the US in 1907.
West Virginia – a state of the eastern US; population; capital, Charleston. It separated from Virginia during the American Civil War (1861) and became the 35th state of the US in 1863.
The East River – an arm of the Hudson River in New York City, separating Manhattan and the Bronx from Brooklyn and Queens.
