4. The collocations:

break	burn
to break away – to escape; to take aside	to burn away - сгорать в огне, сильно обгорать
to break back – to turn back quickly	to burn down – спалить дотла; сгорать дотла
to break down – to blow down; to analyze (study)	to burn in – обжигать изделия для прочности
to break in – to burst in, cut in; to interrupt	to burn off – сжигать; выжигать остатки урожая с поля
to break into - to enter (a house, etc.) illegally; to change abruptly from a slower to a faster speed	to burn on – напаивать (например, лампой, паяльником)
to break off – to stop doing something; to end a relationship	to burn out – выжигать дотла; перегорать
to break out – to escape; to start (about war)	to burn through - прогорать насквозь; прожигать насквозь
to break through – to achieve, to win; to come through	to burn up - начинать гореть сильнее, снова вспыхивать; сжигать, расходовать; выгорать, догорать; Ам.Е. – ругать кого-либо
to break up – to stop something; to come apart (decay); to finish school term for holidays

Examination Practice

5. Fill in the correct particle or preposition in the following sentences (break and burn).

1	Sure we’ll break _______ the Championship.
2	I shouldn’t break him ______ . It looks impolite and rude.
3	Of course, the police sometimes break ______ houses when it is really necessary.
4	The forester’s house was burnt ________ and nobody could help him.
5	Please break ______ as soon as possible. I need you.
6	Germany broke _______ the World War II in 1939.
7	We watched the hero’s car burning ________ in the square.

Examination Practice

Before Reading

6. Read the paragraph below. Try to guess the meaning of the underlined expressions.

In Britain there is a new company called Time Energy Network, which specializes in lifestyle management. The company aims to help busy working people who suffer from “time famine.”

Now read the first 5 paragraphs of the article to see if your ideas were correct.

Paying people to have the time of your life

In a central London office a small group of people are engaged in some serious phone-bashing. In half an hour they have booked a helicopter flight, picked up dry cleaning, negotiated with umpteen builders, reserved an apartment for six in a funky part of Amsterdam, arranged a millennium party and a parachute jump, and ensured a heater gets moved exactly 1m to the left, so that new kitchen units will fit.

This is the office of Ten UK, otherwise known as Time Energy Network, the first company to bring American-style concierge service to Britain. Offering what it calls the ultimate in lifestyle management, Ten UK claims to sell something its customers find increasingly at a premium: time.

“This will be the definite business of the first 10 years of the next century,” insists 29-year-old managing director Alex Cheatle. “With globalization and better technology, life has become more complex; so many possessions, so many options. But people don’t have the ability or time to manage them all, so they want an expert to do it.”

Concierge services are one of the fastest-growing sectors of the United States economy – and now interest is being shown in Britain. Though Ten UK has just 150 members, demand for its services has spread from the south coast to Scotland. The new year will see offices opening in Manchester, Bath and Edinburgh; by the end of 2000 the company aims to cover 75% of Britain, with 5,000 members.

Britons have the longest working hours and the highest proportion of working women in Europe. This combined with a rise in dual incomes and single-person households, may explain why the “time famine” is so pronounced in London and is spreading.

According to Ten UK, there is another reason for the rise of lifestyle management. “The standard of service people get in Britain is appalling,” Cheatle says. “If they want their house refloored, they will probably be conned. If they want to install a shower, they’ll get conned on that, too. Britain has a whole service sector trained to go for the short-term profit rather than deliver good service over a long time. We make it sensible for builders and plumbers to take a long-term view because we can give them a lot of long-term business.”

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