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Exercise 5. Translate the following sentences into English using the phrases
in the previous four exercises.
1. Я случайно встретил его на вокзале.
2. Как ты думаешь, Джон ладит со своими коллегами?
3. Я понимаю, что все это тебе не нравится
приспосабливаться к новой ситуации.
4. Если ты богатый, ты можешь купить почти все, что захочешь.
5. Я тебе не разрешаю уходить из дома, пока ты не приберешь квар-
тиру.
6. Прежде чем идти спать, приведи в порядок свой письменный
стол.
7. Мы можем остановиться в гостинице или у наших
8. Ты знаешь, что я сейчас испытываю материальные затруднения.
Я потратил много денег на ремонт своей машины, поэтому поехать с тобой
отдыхать в Италию не смогу.
9. Вначале мы осмотрим все достопримечательности города, а затем,
если ты не против (don’t mind), мы заедем к тебе на короткое время.
10. Ты очень мало работаешь,
будешь в этом сам виноват.
поэтому, если провалишь экзамены,
, но нужно постепенно
друзей.
Unit 8
Exercise 1. Complete the sentences in the text with suitable forms of the phrasal
verbs or other expressions in the box below. Make any changes,
if necessary:
at once, just as, come round, phone for, enquire about, rush away,
gather round, take care, get over, turn over, hurry into, walk up, in sight
A Road Accident
It was raining heavily as I ________ the hill towards the station at six
o’clock on a Saturday morning. At this early hour there wasn’t much traffi c and
there weren’t many people ________ . ________ I was crossing the road near
the top of the hill, a car came round the corner. It was travelling very fast and
the driver was obviously having diffi culty in controlling it. Suddenly it swerved
violently, skidded on the wet road, hit a lamp-post and ________ .
________ I ran to the car to assist the driver, but he was unconscious and
there was a lot of blood on his face. A young woman ________ the station
and ________ an ambulance while I ________ of the driver. A number of
other people ________ the car, but there wasn’t a great deal we could do.
A policeman arrived a few minutes later and asked me a lot of questions about
the accident. Shortly afterwards the man ________ and he was groaning
quietly when the ambulance arrived at high speed and ________ him
________ to hospital.
On Monday morning I went to the hospital to ________ the man. They told
me that his injuries were not serious after all and that he ________ rapidly
________ the effects of the accident.
Exercise 2. Complete the sentences in the dialogue with suitable forms of the
phrasal verbs or other expressions in the box below. Make any
changes, if necessary:
at this rate, fancy that, badly hurt, get married, by the way, just the
same, complain about, so far, fl at out, what a ... !
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Mrs. Jones: Good morning Mrs. Smith. What beautiful weather again!
Mrs. Smith: Yes, lovely! ________ splendid summer we’ve had
________ this year!
Mrs. Jones: Yes, but some people ________ the heat and grum bling
because we haven’t had much rain for the gardens.
Mrs. Smith: Some people are never satisfi ed.
Mrs. Jones: ________ , have you heard that young Patrick Ellis has
had another accident in his car?
Mrs. Smith: How awful! Is he ________ ?
Mrs. Jones: Well, they took him to hospital but I don’t think it was
serious because he’s coming home again today.
Mrs. Smith: I suppose he was driving ________ again. Only yester
day I was telling Mrs. Tailor how madly he drives. And all
his friends are ________ .
Mrs. Jones: I know. What wild things young men are these days!
Mrs. Smith: Mm... I’ve got some news for you, too. Have you heard that
Eva Browning ________ for the third time on September
the tenth?
Mrs. Jones: ________ ! She only got her second divorce in the spring.
________ dreadful woman she is!
Mrs. Smith: Her fi rst marriage only lasted six months — and that was
only last year, wasn’t it?
Mrs. Jones: Yes, that’s right. ________ she’ll lose count of her hus bands
before she’s forty.
Mrs. Smith: She may lose count, Mrs. Jones, but we certainly won’t.
Exercise 3. Complete the sentences in the dialogue with suitable forms of the
phrasal verbs or other expressions in the box below. Make any
changes, if necessary:
a great deal, go down, as a matter of fact, go out, be short of, pick up,
call in, run out, do smb. a favour, write down
Felix: I ___ just ________ to the shops to buy some cigarettes, Gertie.
Do you want anything while I’m there?
Gertie: Yes, what a good idea! There are a lot of things I need, ____
________ . Let me see... We haven’t got many eggs left, so bring
a dozen large ones. And there isn’t much cooking-fat in the jar, so
bring a pound of lard. And...
Felix: Hold on! If you want me to get a lot of things, ________ them
________ on a piece of paper, or I’ll forget something.
Gertie: All right. But wait a minute, while I look in the other cupboard to
see what we need.
Felix: Hurry up, then! I want to ________ for a chat with Gerry on the
way back.
Gertie: We’ve got plenty of cocoa, but we’ve nearly ____ of coffee and
there isn’t ________ of tea left; bring a large tin of instant and a
quarter pound of tea. Oh! And I want some ham.
Felix: How much?
Gertie: Half a pound will do. We ________ vegetables, too; bring some
beans, and a tin of carrots...
Felix: I only wanted to ________ for a stroll and a chat. I’ll need a lorry
to bring all that home.
Gertie: Here’s the list. Oh, and you can ____my coat at the dry-
cleaner’s while you’re passing. And ________ while you’re at
Gerry’s: ask Pam if she’s free on Thursday morning. We’re having
a meeting at ten o’clock about the tennis-club dance in August.
Felix: Do you mind if I have half an hour to myself after I’ve done all
your business for you?
Exercise 4. The phrases below on the left and their defi nitions on the right are
not matched. Match each term to its defi nition. The answers may
be presented in the “fi gure-letter” form like that: 1-a, 2-b etc.
1. as a matter of fact a. used to express your surprise or shock about
smth. (= Fantastic!)
2. come round b. to wait for a short time
3. complain about c. get well again after illness
4. enquire about d. to cause change of an object’s position so as to
reverse top and bottom
5. fancy that e. become conscious again
6. get over f. take smth. away that is waiting for you
7. hold on g. to say that you are annoyed, dissatisfied or
unhappy about smth. or smb
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8. pick up h. there is no smth. left
9. run out of i. to ask someone for information
10. turn over j.used when you are giving extra information
which contradicts what smb. has said
Exercise 5. Translate the following sentences into English using the phrases in
the previous four exercises.
1. Когда мы пришли на берег, там не было ни души.
2. Кто посмотрит за собакой, пока меня не будет дома?
3. Потребовалось несколько недель, чтобы он смог поправиться
своей болезни.
после
4. Имей в виду, что наши сотрудники работают очень быстро.
5. Наше правительство постоянно заявляет, что экономическое поло-
жение России улучшается. В действительности мы этого не наблюдаем.
6. — Ты слышала? Петровы разводятся.
— Что ты говоришь? Неужели?
7. Сделай, пожалуйста, одолжение — выключи свет!
8. — Что есть в холодильнике?
— Почти ничего! Осталось
9. Подожди! Я сейчас пойду и возьму зонтик.
10. Деньги быстро иссякали, и мы были вынуждены вернуться
домой.
только три яйца и бутылка молока.
Unit 9
Exercise 1. Complete the sentences in the dialogue with suitable forms of the
phrasal verbs or other expressions in the box below. Make any
changes, if necessary:
be crazy about, in other words, be cut out for, on end, couldn’t care
less, make one’s fortune, do at school, rush out, do one’s best, slave at,
for a change, take up, give up, worry about
Career Prospects
Susan: How have your two sons been ________ lately, Andy?
Andy: Terrible! James never starts working, and Malcolm never stops
working.
Susan: You’re joking, of course. I hear that Malcolm is likely to win all
the prizes in the exams this year.
Andy: Yes, so his teachers say. But he deserves to do well. He’s always
been so conscientious and hard-working, and he’s ________ his
books every evening for months ________ recently. He wants to
go to Oxford University next year.
Susan: Maybe he’ll become a university lecturer himself eventually.
Andy: Maybe. But I think he studies too hard; I sometimes wish he’d
go out and enjoy himself ________ .
Susan: Yes... What about the younger one?
Andy: Well, James’ teachers say that he has ability, but that he’s too
inconsistent and that he rarely ________ . ________ , he’s not
bad when he makes an effort, but he’s too idle. He ___ ________
about exams. He does his homework in ten minutes every evening
and then ____ to play tennis.
Susan: He ________ tennis, isn’t he? Perhaps he can ________ at it.
You can make more money from sport than from an old-fashioned
profession these days.
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Andy: So I believe. But my wife always ________ the children’s future.
She wants James ________ tennis and study law, but I don’t
believe in forcing boys ________ careers they ___ not _______.
I wonder how James’ll develop in a couple of years’ time!
Exercise 2. Complete the sentences in the dialogue with suitable forms of the
phrasal verbs or other expressions in the box below. Make any
changes, if necessary:
at least, get down to, be up to, get on with, can’t stand, pretty, come
out, worry about, dead
After the Exams
Malcolm: What did you think of the exams, Pete? I reckon they were
________ easy.
Pete: ________ Maybe they were easy enough for you but they
were much too hard for me
Malcolm: Oh, come on. You’ve probably done better than you think.
Pete: ________ No, I’m ________ certain I’ve failed in Latin,
and most likely in French and History too. Thank goodness
it’s all over though. We can forget about it now — ________
________ until the results ________ .
Malcolm: Yes. Now I can ________ reading all the books I’ve been
wanting to read for months, but haven’t had time for.
Pete: ________ What!.. Well, it ________ you, I suppose, but
I’ve had enough of reading; I’m not going to open another
book for months. Don’t you think we all deserve a break?
Malcolm: Well, yes... I’ll take a day or two off perhaps. And I think
I’ll come to Bob’s sister’s party tomorrow night. But if I’m
going to university in October, I’ll have ________ to some
serious work again ________ soon.
Pete: ________ I’ve got to get through the A level exams fi rst. I’ll
________ university if and when I ever get there.
Malcolm: That’s the trouble with you. You always try to do everything
at the last minute.
Pete: ________ And you’re too serious; that’s your trouble. You
never stop swotting.
Malcolm: Well, I like reading.
Pete: ________ And I ________ it. I don’t know why I decided to
try to go to university in the fi rst place. I think I’ll run away
and join the army or something.
Exercise 3. The phrases below on the left and their defi nitions on the right are
not matched. Match each term to its defi nition. The answers may be
presented in the “fi gure-letter” form like that: 1-a, 2-b etc.
1. be (get) bored a. to be very interested in smth. or to be eager to do
it
2. be crazy about b. to like smb., smth. very much
3. be cut out for c. for many hours, days or weeks without stopping
4. be fond of d. to do smth that is different from what happened
before and is more interesting
5. send out e. to send smb to a place for a particular purpose
6. do one’s best f. to be tired and impatient because you don’t think
smth. is interesting
7. for a change g. to become interested in a particular activity or sub-
ject and spend time doing it
8. give up h. to be very silly and unwise being very fond of the
known actor, sportsman or some activity
9. on end i. to stop doing smth. or having smth., esp. smth. that
you do regularly
10. take up j. to have the qualities that you need for a particular
job or activity
Exercise 4. Translate the following sentences into English using the phrases
in the previous three exercises.
1. Меня обычно не волнует, что ты делаешь.
2. Он любит классическую музыку и терпеть не может джаз.
3. Его дочь очень талантливая, она успевает в школе по всем пред-
метам.
4. Пожалуйста, выполни эту
работу, сделай все возможное.
5. Знаменитые спортсмены не только укрепля ют свое здоровье, но и
становятся обладателями больших состояний.
6. Результаты экзаменов будут известны завтра во второй половине
дня.
7. Из пяти своих подруг, поступавших в университет, Мэри оказалась
единственной, одолевшей «первый сертификат».
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8. У каждого свои увлечения: одни увлекаются спортом, другие схо
дят с ума по эстрадным певцам.
9. Продолжайте работать! Не теряйте попусту время!
10. — За какое время ты сделал эту работу?
— За десять дней, но я занималась этим все дни подряд.
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Unit 10
Exercise 1. Complete the sentences in the dialogue with suitable forms of the
phrasal verbs or other expressions in the box below. Make any
changes, if necessary:
carry on, half a dozen, come out, send out, drive through, slow down,
go down, wind through, go up, write down
Detailed Directions
Charles: Harpole 7453.
Bob: Hello, Charles. This is Bob. You were quite right in your letter;
very few people have any idea where Harpole is. I’ve asked
________ people so far without success.
Charles: I guessed you’d have diffi culty. Where are you now? I’m in
a telephone box, outside a postoffi ce, at the crossroads about
a mile from the end of the motor-way.
Charles: O.K. Listen carefully then. ________ along the road towards
Portsmouth until you ________ a steep hill. Take the turning
to the left at the bottom of the hill — there’s a pub called the
Green Man on the right just before the turning.
Bob: I’ve got that. Go on.
Charles: The road ________ a small village, over a bridge across a river
and then under a railway. Just after the railway bridge the road
forks; take the left-hand fork...
Bob: ________ a bit! I’m trying ________ this ________ . I’ll
never remember all that.
Charles: I’ve nearly fi nished. After about a mile you’ll ________ a wood
and, as you ________ of the wood, turn right and ________
the hill to Harpole. Manor Road is the second turning on the
left, and our house is at the end on the right. You’ll see my car,
the dark blue Rover, parked outside.
Bob: I suppose I’ll fi nd it, but if I’m not there by midnight ____
________ a search party!
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