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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:
be tired of, in the way, by the way, just now, creep into, keep on, feed up
with, put down, get lost, take off, give a hand, tighten up, go into
Arranging the House
Barbara: ________ me ________ with this sideboard, Charles. I want
it over there by the settee.
Charles: Don’t you think it would be better under that picture by the
armchair?
Barbara: No. The picture isn’t staying there anyway. I only hung it on
the wall because it was ________ on the fl oor. We can arrange
the pictures when all the furniture is in place.
Charles: Where did I put my big screwdriver? It’s not in the toolbox and
I want to ________ these loose screws on the door hinges.
Barbara: You had it in your hand when you ________ the kitchen
________ . Perhaps you left it there.
Charles: Yes, I think _______ it _____ on the shelf above the sink. I’ll
go and fetch it.
Barbara: Pass me that brush behind the chair before you go; and
________ your tools ________ that nice polished table.
You’ll spoil all our furniture before you fi nish.
Charles: Don’t ________ nagging. I’ve got to put them somewhere.
________ , have you seen the cat this morning? You didn’t shut
him outside last night, did you? He’ll ________ .
Barbara: No. He’s defi nitely inside the house. I expect he’s ________
________ all the fuss and noise. He’s probably ________
a cupboard somewhere and gone to sleep.
Charles: That’s just what I’d like to do. I ________ it all as well.
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. at short notice a. to continue doing smth.
2. carry on b. to close or fasten smth. fi rmly by turning it
3. feed up with c. to continue a deal started before
4. fi nd out d. allowing only a short time to prepare for smth.
5. send out e. to send smb to a place for a particular purpose.
6. give smb. a handf. f. when the road has many bends and is usually
very long
7. lack of g. to learn smth. that one doesn’t know
8. slow down h. to help or assist smb.
9. tighten up i. to be tired and impatient because one doesn’t
think smth. is interesting
10. wind through j. the state of not having smth.
Exercise 4. Translate the following sentences into English using the phrases in
the previous three exercises.
1. В любом случае мы проедем мимо твоего дома, так что не бес-
покойся: мы завезем тебя домой.
2. Он много работает, но пока мы не видим его результатов.
3. Не уходи из дома, я позвоню тебе сегодня вечером.
4. Несмотря на наше предупреждение, он вышел на
улицу и про-
студился.
5. Несмотря на крайне низкий уровень жизни наш народ терпит это.
6. Помоги мне, я не могу поднять этот чемодан.
7. Дай мне хоть немного времени, и я приготовлю тебе ужин.
8. Не кричи, я все понял.
9. Будь внимательнее: закрути все гайки как следует.
10. Эти упражнения мне
надоели: я сыт ими по горло!
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Unit 11
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:
badly, give a service, be at loose end, go round, come round, in return,
dig out, see to, fi rst of all, sit around, for ages, there’s no point, get
round to, work on, get up
Saturday Night Thoughts
Now where are my pyjamas? It’s Sunday tomorrow. I usually ________
and do nothing on Sundays, but tomorrow I’m going to make a special effort:
to ________ early and ________ lots of jobs that I’ve been meaning to do
________ but just haven’t ________ . ________ , I’m going to cut the garden
hedge, and then I’m going ________ the weeds ________ of the vegetable
patch and plant some cabbages and onion. If I have time after that, I’ll mow
the front lawn before lunch. In the afternoon I’m going to polish the car and
________ it ________ . The car needs a service ________ , but I’m not going
to take it to the garage because labour costs are so high nowadays. ________
in wasting money, and why pay someone to do a simple job when it costs you
nothing to do it yourself? I’ve phoned Ted, and since he ________ tomorrow
he’ll ________ as soon as he fi nishes lunch and we ________ the car together.
We’ve agreed that he’ll help me with my car this week, and, ________ , I
________ to his place next Sunday and help him paint his garage.
Ah well, into bed...
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:
be up with, go ahead, be worn out, in a jiffy, be wrong, in a minute,
brand new, look at, fi ll up, pay for, get a move on
The Expert’s Fee
Ron: That’s the cleaning fi nished, Ted. It looks almost ________ now.
Ted: Shall we adjust the clutch and check the brakes?
Ron: O.K. And then I’ll change the spark plugs. We won’t be long now.
Ted: Will you pass me that spanner, please, Ron? No, not that one. The
big one behind your left foot.
Ron: Here you are.
Ted: Your front tyres are nearly ________ , Ron. Had you noticed?
Ron: No, I hadn’t. I’ll buy two new ones tomorrow.
Ted: I’ve checked the oil level — I’ll just ________ the battery now.
Hmm! There’s no water. Shall I ________ it ________ ?
Ron: Yes, please. But ________ , Ted; it’s going to rain ________ .
Ted: Start the engine then, Ron.
Ron: Funny! It won’t start. I wonder what ________ it?
Ted: Look, there’s Sid Greenham over there. He’ll know what ___
________ . Shall I ask him?
Ron: All right.
Ted: Will you come and see what ________ my friend’s car, Sid? We
can’t make it start.
Sid: I’ll put it right for you ________ , but I’m a professional mechanic
and it’ll cost you a pound.
Ron: All right, ________ .
Sid: Just disconnect these two wires, change them around like this and
connect them up again. Now the engine will start with no trouble.
Ron: A pound for that? It only took twenty seconds.
Sid: Ah, but you’ve ________ what I know, not for what I’ve done!
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:
at all, out of the ordinary, by all means, proceed with, get away with,
run through, mind
The Suspect
Policeman: Good evening, sir. I’d like to ask you a few questions, if you
don’t ________ .
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Suspect: ________ , offi cer — only too glad to help if I can. But I
know nothing about it.
Policeman: About what?
Suspect: About the murder that someone committed next door two
nights ago, of course.
Policeman: Hmm! Did you hear anything unusual that night?
Suspect: Oh, no! I heard nothing ________ .
Policeman: Did you see anything ________ ?
Suspect: No, I saw nothing, offi cer.
Policeman: Did you speak to anybody that evening?
Suspect: No, nobody. I was sitting here watching television. I was
________ my own business.
Policeman: So murder isn’t your business, sir? Someone fi red six shots
with a revolver, but you heard nothing... A man ________
that door fi ve minutes after the crime, but you saw nothing
and spoke to no one... Yet you say that you sat in the chair
the whole evening and went nowhere... It all sounds very
suspicious to me, sir. Have you anything to add?
Suspect: Nothing ________ .
Policeman: Then I have no more questions to ask... but you won’t it.
Suspect: What was that?
Policeman: We shall ________ our enquiries, sir.
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. come round a. to put the right amount of liquid or sub stance in
a container
2. fi ll up b. to spend a lot of time sitting and doing nothing very
useful
3. get a move on c. to continue a deal started before
4. get away with d. to continue to do smth. that has already been
started
5. get round to e. to make a situation better, esp. after smb. has made
a mistake
6. proceed with f. to become conscious again
7. put right g. to cause a lot of damage to smth. by us ing it for
a long time
8. see to h. to hurry or to move quickly
9. sit around i. to escape from smb. who is chasing you or trying
to catch you
10. wear out j. to fi nally do smth. that you have been intending to
do for some time, but have not because you were
too busy, too lazy etc.
Exercise 5. Translate the following sentences into English using the phrases in
the previous four exercises.
1. Вскоре я понял, что нет смысла спорить с ним.
2. Он пошел в кино, потому что ему нечего было делать.
3. — Ты купил старую машину?
— Нет, абсолютно новую.
4. Зайди, пожалуйста, к нам завтра и посмотри, что случилось с
нашей старой машиной.
5. Эта задача несложная — я
мигом ее решу.
6. Я все записал, продолжай дальше.
7. — Ты не против, если я приглашу на вечеринку Джона?
— Конечно!
8. Нам установили новый телефон, но он еще не подключен к сети.
9. Давай быстрее, мы опаздываем.
10. Почему бы тебе не зайти как-нибудь вечером ко мне?
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Unit 12
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:
be under way, succeed in, majority, unite under, rescue from, vote for,
shortly, win at
U. K. Elections
Next month the people of the United Kingdom will be voting in a general
election, and ________ the seemingly interminable political speeches and
debates on radio and television ________ . If the Labour Party ________
its attempt to increase the slender __________ of seats in the House of
Commons that it ________ the last election, it will be introducing radical new
measures, including nationalization of private industry, in an effort to ________
Britain ________ threatening economic problems. The Conservatives, the
main opposition party, will be hoping to convince the nation of the need for
encouraging private enterprise; they have hopes, if the people ____ ________
a Conservative government, of overcoming such evils as inflation, food
shortages, fuel crises and a possible world-wide slump. The Liberal party will
be trying to persuade the voters that Britain can achieve economic stability and
industrial prosperity only under Liberal leadership. Meanwhile the Scottish
and Welsh Nationalists may be urging the citizens of Scotland and Wales to
________ their complete independence from England and the parliament at
Westminster.
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:
be lucky, pick up, do overtime, pour with, do skiing, pull strings, get a
transfer, roll on, get by, set off, head across, sort out, make for, stay at,
manage, sweat over, never mind, talk to, on one’s way, wait for
In Luck
Terry: I hear you’ve ________ to the new offi ce in Rome for a few
months, Steve: How ________ you ________ that? Who
________ for you?
Steve: No one. I ___ just ________ . I happened to be in Mr. Barrette’s
offi ce when he was talking to the big boss from States about it.
They said they wanted to send someone who could ________ in
Italian, so I mentioned that I had ________ a bit on holiday in
Italy and learned some more at night school, and fi nally they said
I could go.
Terry: When will you be ________ ?
Steve: On Monday morning. But I’m taking two weeks’ holiday be fore
starting work. I’ll be spending a few days in Germany and a week
in the Alps near Mont-Blanc with a friend. We’ll be ________
some ________ together.
Terry: Will you be traveling by air?
Steve: No, I’m taking the car. I’ll be ________ Sunday night in London
____ the Victoria Palace Hotel, ____ my friend at Victoria Station
on Monday morning and then ________ __ the Dover-Ostend
ferry.
Terry: ________ Monday then!
Steve: Yes! Just imagine, at this time on Monday I’ll be ______ the
Netherlands _______ to Germany, the Alps and the sunny
Mediterranean...
Terry: And I’ll be sitting here in Birmingham ________ the correspon-
dence — and it’ll probably be ________ rain too.
Steve: ________ . Perhaps they’ll open a new offi ce in Mallorca or the
Canary Islands and your turn will come.
Terry: With my luck they’ll probably send me to the Sahara Desert.
Anyway, I’m off. It’s gone fi ve and my girl-friend __________
me outside — and she won’t wait long!
Steve: Now it’s my turn to envy you. I ________ until 8 o’clock tonight
while I ________ my offi ce ________ .
Terry: Don’t work too hard! Have a good trip and don’t drive too fast!
Steve: I won’t! Cheerio, Terry.
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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:
at least, in any case, be frightened of, insist on, be scared stiff, per day,
compare with, per year, fl y across, sail down
Sea or Air
Susan: Are you looking forward to your trip to Canada, Julie?
Julie: I can’t wait to see Canada, Susan, but I ________ of the journey.
My husband ________ fl ying, but I want to sail. Planes make
me nervous.
Susan: There’s nothing ________ . How many planes ________ the
Atlantic every day?
Julie: I’ve no idea. Hundreds, I suppose.
Susan: And how often do you hear of a crash?.. Once or twice a year?
Julie: Yes, but airplanes fl y so high and fast that once is enough.
Susan: Look, there are more road casualties ________ than air
deaths ________ . Air transport is really safe ________ road
transport.
Julie: I’d still prefer to go by sea. Ships may not travel fast but ___
________ you can relax. I’d love a trip on a luxury liner like
the Queen Elizabeth II.
Susan: It’s fi ne if you’re a good sailor, but have you ever travelled far
in a rough sea?
Julie: No. I’ve only been in boat once. I ________ the River Thames
on a sightseeing tour... But ________ I’d rather be seasick than
dead.
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. convince of a. to manage to survive in some conditions without any
help or without any activity
2. get by b. to collect smb. who is waiting for you or smth. that
you have left somewhere or need (= to stop and let
smb. get into your car, boat etc.)
3. insist on c. used to say that you wish time or event would come
quickly
4. never mind d. to make smb. feel certain that smth. is true
5. pick up e. to save smb. or smth. from a situation of danger or
harm
6. pull strings f. to tidy a room, desk, etc. to get rid of the things you
don’t need
7. rescue from g. to think that smth. is important and demand that this
thing has to be done
8. roll on h. to have good results in doing smth.
9. sort out i. to secretly use your infl uence with important people
in order to get what you want
10. succeed in j. to tell smb. that smth. is not important and serious,
so there is no need to worry or feel sorry (= it doesn’t
matter)
Exercise 5. Translate the following sentences into English using the phrases in
the previous four exercises.
1. Построить новую дорогу входит в наши планы.
2. Я думаю отправиться рано утром, чтобы избежать «пробок» на
дорогах.
3. Вначале мы приехали в Псков, а затем отправились в Михайловское
на 200-летие А. С. Пушкина.
4. Дождь лил как из ведра, и мы с
Джеком, моей собакой, промокли
до нитки (to get wet to the skin).
5. Вот и лето — как быстро летит время!
6. Мы с надеждой ждем перемен к лучшему (changes for the better).
7. Он дрожал от страха при мысли о том, что ему нужно будет высту-
пить с речью.
8. Она испугается, когда ты покажешь ей эту опасную дорогу в
горах.
9. Экономические
показатели таковы, что по сравнению с доперестро-
ечным периодом уровень жизни населения России упал в несколько раз.
10. Ольга с помощью своих знакомых помогла Глебу устроиться на
работу.
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