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3.
ramble v
ramble on verb [intransitive] INFORMAL to talk or write about something for a long time in a way that is boring or annoying
4.
patch v
patch together [transitive]
to make something quickly and often carelessly by putting together various objects or ideas: We managed to patch together an impromptu even-
ing's entertainment.
patch up [transitive]
1 to become friends with someone again after a disagreement:
Apparently, they've since patched things up with their father.
The meeting was intended to patch up relations between the two sides.
patch it/things up (with someone)
2 to repair something, often quickly and not very well:
The road needs resurfacing, not just patching up.
3 to give basic medical treatment to someone who is injured:
The nurses managed to patch her up temporarily.
5.
cock v
cock an/your ear to listen very carefully
cock up [transitive] to spoil something by doing it wrongly BRITISH
IMPOLITE
6.
tether n
be at/reach the end of your tether
to feel very upset because you are no longer able to deal with a difficult
situation
7.
wound n
reopen/open (old) wounds
to make someone remember something bad that happened in the past:
To condemn him publicly would reopen wounds within the party.
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Exercises
1. reopen/open (old) wounds
a. to feel very upset because you are no longer
able to deal with a difficult situation
2. be at/reach the end
of your tether
b. to spoil something by doing it wrongly
3. cock an/your ear
c. to make something quickly and often carelessly by putting together various objects or
ideas
4. cock up
d. to become friends with someone again after
a disagreement
5. patch together
e. to make someone remember something bad
that happened in the past
6. patch up
f. to listen very carefully
7. patch it/things up
(with someone)
g. to talk or write about something for a long
time in a way that is boring or annoying
8. ramble on
h. to get extremely angry
9. be going spare
i. to repair something, often quickly and not
very well
10. go spare
j. used for emphasizing what you are saying
when you are annoyed or angry
11. do something for its own
sake or do something for
the sake of it or do
something for something's
sake
k. in order to celebrate or remember an enjoyable past experience
12. for God's/Christ's/
goodness'/Heaven's/
Pete's sake
l. to do something because you enjoy it or
think it is important, not because you want to
achieve an aim
13. for old times' sake
m. used for saying that something is available
for someone if they want it
Exercise № 1
Match the verbs, idioms and word collocations with their meanings.
Exercise № 2
Fill in the gaps with the missing word.
1. Please do it, ______ my sake. (Cam)
2. John and Mary only stayed together _____ the sake of the children. (Cam)
3. Mum ______ spare when Joel told her he‟d bought a pet snake! (Cam)
4. My granddad is always rambling ______about how things were better when
he was a boy. (Cam)
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5. The two countries are trying to patch _________ a treaty on agricultural trade.
(Cam)
6. The whole town needed patching _____ after the explosion. (Cam)
7. Jackie and Bill are still trying to patch _____ their marriage. (Cam)
8. By 6 o‟clock after a busy day I‟m at the end of my _______. (Cam)
9. She refused to talk about the incident, saying it would only ________ an old
wound. (Cam)
10. David cocked ____ the arrangements and we ended up being half an hour late
for the reception. (Cam)
11. Have you filled in that form yet? No, I think I‟ve gone and cock it ___. (Cam)
Exercise № 3
Fill in the gaps with the missing word.
1. He __________ in agreeing to her appointment. (Cam)
2. _________ of authority does not come easily to everyone. (Cam)
3. ________ yourself from that chair and make me a cup of tea, would you?
(Cam)
4. For many years Anny has been an ___________ campaigner for human
rights. (Cam)
5. He has been ____________ in his fight to clear his name. (Cam)
6. There is a ________ evidence to support their accusations. (Cam)
7. Unfortunately, her decision was based on rather _______ information. (Cam)
8. The publication of these leaflets is intended to act as a ____________ for the
campaign. (Cam)
9. Did I hurt you? I thought I saw you _______ . (Cam)
10. It makes me _______ even thinking about an eye operation. (Cam)
11. Only a _______ person would call this town dull. (Cam)
12. They invited me to dinner and I thought it would be ______ to refuse. (Cam)
13. I saw him cast a ______ glance at the woman at the table to his right. (Cam)
14. He spent the afternoon making ________ phone calls whenever his boss was
out of the office. (Cam)
15. There was something _________ about his behaviour I immediately felt sus-
picious. (Cam)
16. He has a collection of prehistoric insects preserved in _______ . (Cam)
17. Would you like an _______ necklace for you birthday? (Cam)
18. I‟ll have to sew a _______ onto these jeans – they‟re ripped at the knee.
(Cam)
19. He was wearing an old cardigan with leather ________ on the elbows. (Cam)
20. Sorry, I‟m _________ – let me get back to the point. (Cam)
21. You were ___________ in your sleep last night. (Cam)
22. She became withdrawn and _________, hardly speaking to everyone. (Cam)
23. This type of building is ________ to the south of the country. (Cam)
24. They noted that special manner of walking which was ________ to her alone.
(Cam)
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25. He get on with things in his own ______ manner. (Cam)
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26. I hope I didn‟t appear _________ with her – it‟s just that I was in such a hur-
ry. (Cam)
27. The ____ trees on the upper slopes of the mountains were covered with snow.
(Cam)
28. My father had brought a _____ tree in from the garden for Christmas. (Cam)
29. ______ have been badly damaged by acid rain in several areas in Europe and
North America. (Cam)
30. The collision _______ me for a while, but I soon recovered. (Cam)
31. Everyone was _____ by the news of her sudden death. (Cam)
32. You are looking rather _______ - is anything wrong? (Cam)
33. I left my waffles under the grill for too long and they are ________. (Cam)
Exercise №4
The crossword below is only half filled in. Your partner also has a crossword that is only half filled in. Take it in turns to ask what the missing words
are, e.g. What’s 1 Down? What’s 3 Across? etc. Answer by trying to explain
each word.
Student A)
To find the crossword for student B see p. 188.
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Exercise № 5
Read the sentences and pay attention to italicized parts.
1. And this not so much for the sake of his reputation - for, indeed, it was when
he was at his wit's end that his energy and his versatility were most admirable - but
because where he failed it happened too often that no one else succeeded.
2. Few men were capable of greater muscular effort, and he was undoubtedly
one of the finest boxers of his weight that I have ever seen; but he looked upon aimless bodily exertion as a waste of energy, and he seldom bestirred himself save
where there was some professional object to be served.
3. But if I am not mistaken I hear him upon the stair, so we shall have something
more interesting than his pipe to study.
Exercise № 6
Use the structures in the sentences of your own.
Exercise №7
Read the statements 1–5 which relate to Paragraphs 1–5 of the reading passage. Put T if the statement is true, F if the statement is false, or N if there is no
information given in the passage.
1. Sherlock Holmes was the finest boxer.
2. He never did exercises to no purpose.
3. Then he was absolutely untiring and indefatigable.
4. Visitor‟s pipe has been twice mended in the amber.
5. The owner is obviously a sturdy build man, left-handed, with an excellent set
of teeth, careless in his habits, and with no need to practise economy.
Exercise № 8
Sentences 1–5 are statements beginnings which represent information given
in Paragraphs 6–10. In the box below, there are some statements endings lettered a–j. Choose the correct ending for each statement. There are more statement endings than you will need.
1. You can see that the pipe is quite … .
2. He spoke in little, sharp, jerky outbursts, and it seemed to me that … .
3. I find that there is something in her life and in her thoughts of which I know
as little as if she were … .
4. She went out to America when she was young and lived in the town of Atlan-
ta, where she married this Hebron, … .
5. I may mention that her husband handed down her a legacy … .
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a
burned all down the other side.
b
the woman who passes over me in the street.
c
who was a solicitor with a good practice.
d
scorched all down one side.
e
the woman who passes by me in the street.
f.
who was a barrister with a good practice.
g
to speak at all was very annoying to him.
h
about four thousand five hundred pounds.
i
to speak at all was very aggravated to him.
j
to speak at all was very distressing to him.
Exercise № 9
Choose the correct answer to complete each sentence according to the information given in the 11- 16 reading passage.
1. I was _______, so that I could not make out the features, but there was some-
thing unnatural and inhuman about the face.
a) missed
b) wrong
c) wide of the mark
d) erred
2. She was __________ and breathing fast, glancing furtively towards the bed as
she fastened her mantle to see if she had disturbed me.
a) white as a sheet
b) wan
c) dim
d) dull
3. I said nothing in reply, but turned my face to the wall, sick at heart, with my
mind filled with a thousand _______________.
a) genial doubts and suspicions
b) gracious doubts and suspicions
c) spiteful doubts and suspicions
d) benevolent doubts and suspicions
4. My wife seemed to be as ______ as myself.
a) impaired
b) out of tone
c) blithe
d) despondent
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Exercise № 10
Look through the passage and complete the following statements with your
own words as briefly as possible.
1. But if I __ not __________ I hear him upon the stair, so we shall have some-
thing more interesting than his pipe to study.
2. "I beg your pardon," said he with some ____________, "I suppose I should
have knocked. Yes, of course I should have knocked.
3. The fact is that I am a little upset, and you must ____ it all ______ to that."
He passed his hand over his forehead like a man who is half dazed, and then fell rather than sat down upon a chair.
4. He spoke in little, sharp, jerky outbursts, and it seemed to me that to speak at
all was very painful to him, and that his will all ________ was overriding his inclinations.
5. It seems _________ to discuss the conduct of one's wife with two men whom
I have never seen before.
6. If you wish to preserve your incognito," said Holmes, smiling, "I would sug-
gest that you ________ to write your name upon the lining of your hat, or else that
you turn the crown towards the person whom you are addressing.
7. Then suddenly, with a ________ gesture of his closed hand, like one who
throws reserve to the winds, he began.
8. She loves me with her ________ ______ and soul, and never more than now.
9. She ________ _____ to America when she was young and lived in the town
of Atlanta, where she married this Hebron, who was a lawyer with a good practice.
10. This _________ her of America, and she came back to live with a maiden
aunt at Pinner, in Middlesex.
Exercise № 11
Look at the statements numbered 1-10; if the statement is true put T, F if
the statement is false or N if there is no information given.
1. We had an inn and two houses a little above us, and a single cottage at the
other side of the field which faces us, and except those there were other houses until
you got halfway to the station.
2. My business took me into town at each season, but in summer I had less to do,
and then in our country home my wife and I were just as happy as could be wished.
3. There's one thing I am to tell you before I go further.
4. 'Oh,' said she in her playful way, 'you said that you were only my banker, and
would never ask questions.'
5. So I had to be content with that, though it wasn‟t the first time that there had
ever been any secret between us.
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6. I told you just now that there is a cottage not far from our house. There is just
a field between us, but to reach it you have to go along the road and then turn down
a lane.
7. Just beyond it is a nice little grove of Scotch firs, and I liked to stroll down
there, for trees are always a neighborly kind of thing.
8. I was some little way off, so that I could not make out the features, but there
was something unnatural and inhuman about the face.
9. I stood for five minutes thinking the business about and trying to analyze my
impressions.
10. I could not tell if the face was that of a man or a woman.
Exercise № 12
Choose sentences which have no factual and grammar mistakes.
a) Sherlock Holmes was a man who seldom took exercise for exercise's sake.
b) The man must value the pipe highly but he prefers to buy a new one with the
same money rather than mend it.
c) My friend threw out the information in a very in a free and easy manner, but I
saw that he cocked his eye at me to see if I had followed his reasoning.
d) "You think a man must be well-to-do if he smokes an eighty four pence
pipe?" said I.
e) As he might get an excellent smoke for half the price, he is in need money.
f) It seems frightful to discuss the conduct of one's wife with two men whom I
have never seen before.
g) I am a married man and have been so for third years.
h) During that time my wife and I have loved each other as fondly and lived as
happily as any two that ever were joined.
i) She had only been six mouse at Pinner when I met her; we fell in love with
each other, and we married a few weeks afterwards.
j) It was of a livid chalky white and with something set and rigid about it which
was shockingly unnatural.
Exercise № 13
Choose two correct sentences.
a) I am usually an extremely drowsy-head.
b) And yet somehow on that particular night, whether it may have been the slight
excitement produced by my little adventure or not I know not but I slept much more
deeply than usual.
c) Half in my dreams I was dimly conscious that nothing was going on in the
room.
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d) My wife had always been a person of integrity, open nature, and it gave me a
chill to see her slinking into her own room and crying out and wincing when her
own husband spoke to her.
e) My wife seemed to be as upset as myself but I could see from the little ques-
tioning glances which she kept shooting at me that she didn‟t understand that I disbelieved her statement, and that she was at her wit's end what to do.
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THE ADVENTURE OF THE YELLOW FACE
By Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Part II
"I was struck dumb with astonishment at the sight of her, but my emotions were
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nothing to those which showed themselves upon her face when our eyes met. She
seemed for an instant to wish to shrink back inside the house again; and then, seeing
how useless all concealment must be, she came forward, with a very white face and
frightened eyes which belied the smile upon her lips." 'Ah, Jack,' she said, 'I have
just been in to see if I can be of any assistance to our new neighbors. Why do you
look at me like that, Jack? You are not angry with me?'" 'So,' said I, 'this is where
you went during the night.'" 'What do you mean?' she cried." 'You came here. I am
sure of it. Who are these people that you should visit them at such an hour?'" 'I have
not been here before.'" 'How can you tell me what you know is false?' I cried. 'Your
very voice changes as you speak. When have I ever had a secret from you? I shall
enter that cottage, and I shall probe1 the matter to the bottom.'" 'No, no, Jack, for
God's sake!' she gasped in uncontrollable emotion. Then, as I approached the door,
she seized my sleeve and pulled me back with convulsive strength." 'I implore you
not to do this, Jack,' she cried. 'I swear that I will tell you everything some day, but
nothing but misery can come of it if you enter that cottage.' Then, as I tried to shake
her off, she clung2 to me in a frenzy3 of entreaty4." 'Trust me, Jack!' she cried. 'Trust
me only this once. You will never have cause to regret it. You know that I would not
have a secret from you if it were not for your own sake. Our whole lives are at stake
in this. If you come home with me all will be well. If you force your way into that
cottage all is over between us.‟‟
"There was such earnestness, such despair, in her manner that her words ar-
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rested me, and I stood irresolute before the door." 'I will trust you on one condition,
and on one condition only,' said I at last. 'It is that this mystery comes to an end from
now. You are at liberty to preserve your secret, but you must promise me that there
shall be no more nightly visits, no more doings which are kept from my knowledge.
I am willing to forget those which are past if you will promise that there shall be no
more in the future.'" 'I was sure that you would trust me,' she cried with a great sigh
of relief. 'It shall be just as you wish. Come away – oh, come away up to the
house.'"Still pulling at my sleeve, she led me away from the cottage. As we went I
glanced back, and there was that yellow livid face watching us out of the upper window. What link could there be between that creature and my wife? Or how could the
coarse5, rough woman whom I had seen the day before be connected with her? It
was a strange puzzle, and yet I knew that my mind could never know ease again until I had solved it."For two days after this I stayed at home, and my wife appeared to
abide loyally by our engagement, for, as far as I know, she never stirred out of the
house. On the third day however, I had ample6 evidence that her solemn promise
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