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Unit 13
Exercise 1. Complete the sentences in the text with suitable forms of the phrasal
verbs or other expressions in the box below. Some expressions may
occur more than once. Make any changes, if necessary:
any more, keep fi t, catch, on foot, do without, rely on, economize on, to
and for, fetch, used to (x4), get accustomed to, walk away, get used to
(x2), walk down, half that, amount
A Matter of Habit
I never ________ go anywhere without the car. I regarded it as an essential
part of myself. But when the price of petrol doubled in one year, I resolved not
to use the car except when absolutely necessary.
For example, I always ________ take the car when I went to ________
the papers on Sunday mornings, although our news-agent’s is only 10 minutes
________ ; now I go ________ .
I tell myself that I’m not only ________ petrol but ________ at the same
time. It’s all a question of habit really. I’m sure you can __________ anything
if you try and I already feel that I ________ the car less than I ________ .
Besides, now that we live in the suburbs, I can ________ the road and
________ a bus to the offi ce or to any other part of the town. We ________
live in the country about 15 miles from town and then I would frequently drive
________ twice in one day. That meant I would use 15 gallons of petrol and
more in a week; now I need ________ .
The trouble is that I am also ________ the petrol prices. They don’t seem
so very high to me ________ . Perhaps it’s easier ________ expensive petrol
than it is to ________ the car.
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:
any time, lean against, be out of stock, mind, bore through, put up,
bring back, settle down, hang on
A Helpful Neighbour
Mr. William: I’ve just ________ your ladder ________ , Mr.
Fielding. Thanks for lending it to me. Where shall I leave
it?
Mr. Fielding: Just ________ it ________ the wall there. How are you
________ in the new house?
Mr. William: Oh, fi ne, thanks. All the neighbours have been very kind.
We think we’ll be very happy here.
Mr. Fielding: I’m sure you’ll soon feel at home. Use the ladder again
________ .
Mr. William: Thanks... Er... Do you ________ if I borrow one of your
drills?
Mr. Fielding: There are all my drills. Which one do you want?
Mr. William: Any one will do. I only want to drill some holes in the wall
________ some shelves.
Mr. Fielding: Well, take the electric one. It ____ holes ________
anything.
Mr. William: How does it work? I don’t want to ruin it.
Mr. Fielding: It’s child’s play. Anyone can use it. You just plug it in and
press this switch and it stops again.
Mr. William: I’ll need some long screw as well. They ________ at
Smith’s hardware stores. Do you know where I can buy
some?
Mr. Fielding: Try Thorne’s in Paul Street; you can usually fi nd anything
you want there... ________ a minute though; I’ve got lots
of screws in that tin there. Help yourself if there are any the
right size.
Mr. William: That’s very generous of you, Mr. Fielding. Thank you very
much.
Mr. Fielding: You’re welcome, Mr. William. Always glad to oblige a
neighbour.
Exercise 3. Complete the sentences in the dialogue with suitable forms of the
phrasal verbs or other expressions in the box below. Some expression
may occur more than once. Make any changes, if necessary:
be involved in, couldn’t bear to, be used to, get up, bump into, how are
things, catch, on the way, catch up with, you never know, come across,
waste of time
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The Commuter
Jane: ________ , Ron?
Ron: Not bad, Jane. I ________ too many problems and it’s a long
working day, but I ________ that, so it doesn’t bother me too
much.
Jane: How do you like commuting to London every day? Don’t you fi nd
it a strain?
Ron: It was ghastly at fi rst — especially ________ before dawn to
________ that 6.30 train. But it’s bearable now that I _________
it.
Jane: Don’t you think it’s an awful ________ ? I ________ spend three
hours sitting in a train every day.
Ron: I used to feel the same as you, but now I quite enjoy it.
Jane: How do you pass the time?
Ron: In the morning I just sit in comfort and read the papers to ________
the news; ________ home at night I relax with a good book, or
have a nap, or chat with friends or even have a game of bridge.
Jane: I suppose you know lots of people on the train now.
Ron: Yes, I ________ someone I know on the platform every day. Last
week I ________ a couple of old school friends and we spent the
entire journey in the bar.
Jane: It sounds like a good club. ________ , I may join it!
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. bring back a. to do smth. that was to be done earlier because you
had not had time until now
2. bump into b. to ask or tell smb. to wait for a short time
3. can’t bear c. to allow smb. to be taken part in smth.
4. catch up with d. to put a picture, notice, etc. on a wall so that people
can see it
5. do without e. to introduce smth. again after it was borrowed at
an earlier time
6. economize on f. to manage to live or survive without smth. or smb.
7. hang on g. to start living in a place with the intention of
staying there for a long time
8. be involved h. to reduce the amount of in money for spending on
smth.
9. put up i. to meet smb. you know by chance, for example, in
the street or a public place
10. settle down j. to feel very upset or impatient about smth. or
smb.
Exercise 5. Translate the following sentences into English using the phrases in
the previous four exercises.
1. Кафельников считается лучшим теннисистом России и одним из
лучших теннисистов мира.
2. Я думаю, что мы можем положиться на Мэри: она никому об этом
не расскажет.
3. Люди прогуливались по бульвару взад и вперед.
4. Не удивительно (No wonder), что лампа не горит: она не включена
в сеть.
5. Простите
, но костюмов вашего размера в продаже нет.
6. — Как идут у тебя дела на работе?
— Спасибо, неплохо.
7. Какие прекрасные подарки. Вы так щедры!
8. Я раньше ездил на работу на машине. В последнее время я поль-
зуюсь электропоездом, так как плохо себя чувствую.
9. Он привык ходить пешком, это помогает ему
всегда быть в хоро-
шей форме.
10. Когда поедешь домой, захвати детей из школы.
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Unit 14
Exercise 1. Complete the sentences in the dialogue with suitable forms of
the phrasal verbs or other expressions in the box below. Some
expressions may occur more than once. Make any changes, if
necessary:
agree with, get injured, be covered with, kick off, be off form, make
out, be scared to, tackle, neither …nor, be up to, pelt with, can’t help,
pick, either... or, win promotion to
Loyal Fans I
Ted: What did you think of the game, Bill?
Bill: Dreadful! I was ________ exciting ________ skillful.
Ted: I ________ you. Of course the weather didn’t help. They’d hardly
________ when it started to ________ rain. Our team are useless
in the mud, and they ________ anyway.
Bill: Some of our team can’t play football in ________ wet ___ dry
conditions, and I’ve never seen them on form. I ________ laughing
when I watch old Ford. Every time he gets the ball he ________
falls over ____ passes it to the opposition. I can’t ________ why
they ________ him.
Ted: He’s too old really. He’d already been playing in the team for about
ten years when I became a supporter — and that was eight years
ago.
Bill: Evans isn’t much better. He’s not only too slow, he ________ as
well.
Ted: Yes, he’s always afraid of ________ . ________ Ford ________
Evans ________ it. We need two new defenders and a new for
ward too.
Bill: But the management is too mean to spend money either on new
players or on improving the ground.
Ted: Yes, that’s true. The pitch is a disgrace. It isn’t fl at and the drains
don’t work. Every time it rains the pitch is ________ great puddles
of water.
Bill: What we need, Ted, is not only new players but a new manager and
a new pitch as well. Then perhaps we could ________ the Third
Division.
Exercise 2. Complete the sentences in the dialogue with suitable forms of
the phrasal verbs or other expressions in the box below. Some
expressions may occur more than once. Make any changes, if
necessary:
all day long, have a gift for, anyway, keep up, be afraid of, laugh at,
be worn out, lately, brush up, neither ... nor, come back, pick up, give
(smth.) a miss, save of, give up
Linguistic Talent
Betty: Why weren’t you at the German class last night, Joan? Have you
________ ?
Joan: Well, no... I ________ late yesterday and found Simon asleep in the
chair. He’d been writing reports ________ and he ________ too ________
to go out again, so we ________ the lesson ________ .
Betty: You’ve missed quite a lot of lessons ________ , haven’t you? Are
you losing your enthusiasm?
Joan: Wes, I’m afraid so. _______ Simon ____ I _______ languages.
People just ____ __ us when we attempt to speak German. How did you and
Eric ________ it ________ so quickly and easily? You’ve hardly been in
Germany a month.
Betty: It was ________ quick ________ easy, I assure you. We’d both
studied the language before we came, and we only needed to _____ it ____ a
bit.
Joan: ________ , all our friends here speak English fl uently, so we don’t
really need to learn German.
Betty: Well, Eric and I have been both learning and teaching languages for
years and we enjoy it immensely.
Joan: Well, ________ it ____! I’m all for teaching foreigners English, if
it ________ me the trouble ____ learning foreign languages myself.
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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 worn out a. to meet someone that you know when you were
not expecting to
2. beg one’s pardon b. to stop doing smth you do regularly
3. brush up c. to decide not to do smth. or not to go anywhere
4. bump into d. used to say sorry when you have made a mistake,
or said smth. wrong or embarrassing
5. give a miss e. to be very tired because you have been working
hard or travelling a lot
6. give up f. used to mean that it is raining heavily
7. have a gift for g. to continue working as other people in your group
or at the same speed as the others do
8. keep smth. up h. to quickly practice and improve one’s skills or
knowledge
9. make out i. to have a natural ability for doing smth.
10. pelt with rain j. to be only just able to hear, see, or understand smth.
Exercise 4. Translate the following sentences into English using the phrases in
the previous three exercises.
1. У него не было времени выполнить свою работу, так как он очень
долго занимался чужими делами (other people’s affairs).
2. Ребенок споткнулся (tripped over) о корни дерева, упал и повредил
колено.
3. Если
поймешь, почему мы ее изучаем.
4. Сегодня «Зенит» был в хорошей форме и поэтому выиграл «Кубок
России».
5. Ты делаешь постоянные ошибки, потому что не обращаешь вни-
мания на замечания учителя.
6. Он блестяще защитил диссертацию и не мог скрыть (hide) свою
радость.
7. Эти студенты
они недостаточно работали.
8. Майкл не справился с управлением и врезался в фонарный столб.
9. Перед поездкой во Францию он решил быстро восстановить свои
знания по французскому языку.
10. Посередине комнаты стоял большой круглый стол, накрытый белой
скатертью.
ты полностью сосредоточишься на этой проблеме, то ты
не в состоянии дать правильные ответы на тесты:
Unit 15
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:
at least, put by, be in a hurry, put in, in advance, race in and out, on
time, make any difference, pick up, right away (= straight away), pot
luck, what’s left
Service, Please
Mike: Mum, I ________ terrible ________ . Can I have my lunch ____
___? We’re going to Shaldon for a game of golf. The boys ________ me ___
at one o’clock, and I’ve promised to be ready ________ . Gosh, it’s twenty to
one already! Is that clock right?
Mum: No, it’s ten minutes fast. It’s not quite half past twelve yet. But it
doesn’t ________ — I’ve just ________ our lunch ____ the oven and it won’t
be ready for more than half an hour.
Mike: Mm! It smells marvellous! Is it ham and egg pie? I can’t wait for
that now though. ________ some ____ for me and I’ll have it this evening.
What can I have ________ ________ ? I’m starving.
Mum: I can make you a mushroom omelet in fi ve minutes or you can have
________ of this pork pie. It looks a bit stale, though — try a bit fi rst.
Mike: It doesn’t taste too bad. I’ll have this with some cheese and tomatoes.
It’s not much of a lunch but ________ I’ll be ready in time.
Mum: I’m used to your ________ and expecting a meal within fi ve minutes,
but this is not a restaurant with a 24 hour service and I’m not a magician. You
just have to take ________ , if you can’t make your arrangements ________
and give me some warning of your movements.
Mike: Well, it’s a rotten restaurant and I’m going to complain to the
manager. If I die of food poisoning, they’ll ________ you ____ prison for
years.
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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:
all of a sudden, go grey, be over, look forward to, draw in, never
mind, get dark, prefer… to, get older (= grow older), turn sour, go
bald
The Season of Change
Mrs. Smith: Good evening, Mrs. Jones. It’s become quite chilly _______ ,
hasn’t it?
Mrs. Jones: Yes, I think the summer ________ at last and winter’s on
the way.
Mrs. Smith: The days ________ certainly ________ . It ________
soon after tea-time now. I suppose we’ll be lighting the fi res
again in a few weeks.
Mrs. Jones: I’m really ________ sitting by a blazing coal fi re again.
I don’t mind the winter nights as long as the house is cosy
and warm, and I adore the crisp, fresh autumn air.
Mrs. Smith: So do I. I much ________ autumn and winter ____ summer.
I can’t stand the heat. Do you remember that heat wave we had
in July? It got so hot that I couldn’t go to sleep at night and the
milk ________ before you could put it in the fridge.
Mrs. Jones: I used to love the summer, but now I’m ________ I like it
less and less.
Mrs. Smith: Well, we’re all ________ ; there’s no doubt about that. The
summers seem to fl ash past faster and faster every year.
Mrs. Jones: Have you noticed the old oak trees in the lane? The leaves
have turned yellow already. They look quite beautiful.
Mrs. Smith: When the leaves change colour, every- one says how beautiful
they look. My hair was yellow once and now it ________ ,
but no one says it looks beautiful any more.
Mrs. Jones: ________ , Mrs. Smith. The trees will be loosing their leaves
in a few week. At least you ____ not ____.
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. all of a sudden a. to protest about smth. or to feel or say that you
oppose it or disapprove of it
2. get older b. to speak to God in order to accustomed to ask for
help or give thanks
3. draw in c. to like smb. or smth. more than smb. or smth. else
4. in advance d. a situation that happens quickly and unexpectedly
5. out and about e. to choose smth without knowing very much about
it and hope that it will be what you want
6. pray for f. when smb has been living for a long time
7. prefer to g. used to say that when autumn or winter is
approaching and so there are fewer hours of
daylight
8. put by h. to get better after an illness, accident, shock etc.
9. recover from i. when you should do smth beforehand
10. take pot luck j. about a person who has been ill in bed and now well
enough to go to work
Exercise 4. Translate the following sentences into English using the phrases in
the previous three exercises.
1. Он долго болел, но сейчас он вполне здоров.
2. Говорят, что он умный человек. Напротив, многие считают, что
он глуп.
3. Если тебе нужен его адрес, я найду его немедленно.
4. Я не знаю, что там в холодильнике —
возьмешь то, что есть.
5. — Ты опять опоздал?
— Да, извините. Мои часы отстают на двадцать минут.
6. Чтобы устроить на работу своего сына, он обращался ко многим
своим знакомым, но это ничего не изменило.
7. После обеда на столе остались лишь одни крошки хлеба
(crumbs).
8. Чувствуя, что он может потерять свой пост
, Лужков, мэр Москвы,
в срочном порядке организовал пресс-конференцию.
9. Отложите, пожалуйста, эту книгу для меня до понедельника.
10. Джерри трудно было водить машину в России, так как в Англии
он привык к левостороннему движению.
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