Active Vocabulary from the text

a fairy-like nook	31.to work steadily
to be smothered in roses	32.the rest of the evening
to burst forth in clouds of dainty splendor	33.absurd
a veritable picture	34.half a dozen
a country inn	35.to stir smth up
to gossip over smth	36.a lot of room to spare
village politics	37.to overhaul
quaint rooms	38.a hamper
latticed windows	39.remnants
awkward stairs	40.to empty smth into smth
winding passages	41.to get rid of smth
to roam about some place	42.to fish smth out of smth
for an hour or so	43.to add smth to smth
to put up at some place	44.to get cracked
to put up for the night	45.to thicken the gravy
to get settled	46.ingredients
a splendid opportunity	47.to evince great interest in smth
a slap-up dinner	48.to stroll away
the remnants of smth	49.with an earnest and thoughtful air
odds and ends	50.in a sarcastic spirit
a fascinating idea	51.with a general desire to assist
to gather woods	52.to stand up for precedent
to make a fire	53.to be on the safe side
to peel potatoes	54.to hamper the world’s progress
an undertaking	55.to be a great success
skittishly	56.a dish with a new flavour
light-heartedness	57.old hackneyed things
to be the size of smth	58.like nothing else on earth
That won’t do.	59.to matter much
to scrape potatoes	60.nourishing; nutritious

Vocabulary Activities

TASK 2. In the text of the lesson find synonyms to the words and expressions given below.

lazy bright, vibrant fabulous a corner to cover to explode delicate grand and impressive beauty to stay true strange and old-fashioned uncomfortable to wander a large and very good meal interesting, attractive

a difficult and important task not very seriously cheerfulness to need a lump a hole little by little/bit by bit a dirty or untidy state to examine carefully to show; to demonstrate donation to help to take no risks to hinder spicy

TASK 3. In the text of the lesson find the words that match the definitions below.

1. a mixture of sand and water used in building for holding bricks and stones together;

2. a pub, usually in the country, and often one where people can stay the night;

3. an open space that is partly or completely surrounded by buildings and is usually part of a castle or a large house;

4. a type of beer;

5. to talk about other people’s private lives, often in an unkind way;

6. matters concerning relationships;

7. something done with small pieces of glass shaped like diamonds in a framework of metal strips;

8. something having a curving and twisting shape;

9. to continue with a journey or some other activity;

10. something that is left after the other parts have been used;

11. small items that are not valuable or are not parts of a large set;

12. to refuse to work as a protest;

13. a large basket with a lid especially one used to carry food in;

14. to walk in a slow relaxed way;

15. the particular feeling or impression that is given by someone;

16. to support or defend somebody or something;

17. a similar action or event that happened earlier;

18. the top part of the inside of the mouth;

19. something that is used too often and therefore boring;

20. food containing a lot of fat.

TASK 4. Sort out the words below into the corresponding column according to their stress.

First Syllable	Second Syllable	Two Stressed

misunderstanding	lightheartedness	evince	fascinating
veritable	extraordinary	proceeding	undertaking
courtyard	economy	afterwards	palate
beneath	absurd	water-rat	hackneyed
politics	overhaul	reappear	flavour
awkward	salmon	evidently	nourishing
winding	advantage	contribution	nutritious
opportunity	ingredient	sarcastic	experiment
towards	precedent	piquant

TASK 5. Match the words given below with the antonyms from the text.

Part 1

1) hard-working	a) forth
2) to detest	b) beneath
3) dull	c) quaint
4) to praise	d) to group
5) above	e) splendour
6) common	f) veritable
7) comfortable	g) idle
8) back	h) to criticize
9) ugliness	i) awkward
10) false	j) to enjoy
11) to sort out	k) vivid

Part 2

1) straight	a) absurd
2) gloomily	b) to empty
3) seriously	c) to thicken
4) to save	d) hackneyed
5) to fill	e) earnest
6) to soften	f) to hamper
7) reasonable	g) rich
8) frivolous	h) to waste
9) to assist	i) winding
10) unusual	j) cheerfully
11) lean	k) skittishly

TASK 6. Match the halves of the word combinations from the text:

Part 1

1) a veritable	a) stairs
2) quaint	b) passages
3) latticed	c) supper
4) awkward	d) picture
5) winding	e) idea
6) a slap-up	f) windows
7) a fascinating	g) with economy and care
8) extraordinary	h) rooms
9) to do smth	i) great interest
10) to evince	j) shape
11) a sarcastic	k) spirit

Part 2

1) to stand up	a) to spare
2) to get rid	b) the world’s progress
3) old	c) experiments
4) a lot of room	d) of a lot of things
5) weak sides	e) for precedent
6) laughter-provoking	f) steadily
7) to be	g) air
8) to work	h) on the safe side
9) to stroll	i) hackneyed things
10) to try	j) away
11) to hamper	k) situations
12) earnest and thoughtful	l) of human nature

TASK 7. Study Vocabulary Notes paying special attention to the use of prepositions. Then spot and correct the mistakes in prepositions in the sentences below.

1. What these two ladies enjoy most of all is to get together in the evening and gossip about all their neighbours’ affairs.

2. Joshua has always been a hypocrite and known how to wind his way towards his superiors’ affection.

3. Scarlet O’Hara had a much stronger character than her relatives and she could easily wind most of them about her little finger.

4. Yesterday I stayed in the sun for too long and today my burnt skin is peeling from my nose.

5. Nobody expected Margaret to pass her final exams so well. |She didn’t do well during the term and we thought she would just scrape up at the exams as usual.

6. What does Patrick do for living? – He contributes articles for sports newspapers and magazines.

7. Who could have thought that the new secretary would make a mess from this important piece of work?

8. My brother is having the usual teenager’s problems now, so he takes everything I tell him with the wrong spirit.

9. What cakes shall I buy? – Choose for your taste.

10. What an awful dress Pamela is wearing today! – Why are you so surprised? She has always dressed with bad taste.

11. When Audra first visited Paris, she wandered in the city for hours admiring with its splendour.

12. Where are you going to stay in London? – I think I will put up in some small inexpensive hotel.

13. What would you recommend me to do? – To begin with, to be at the safe side, see a lawyer and discuss the matter with him.