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peculiar adjective
especially true or typical of a particular person, thing, or situation:
PARTICULAR: Each person's handwriting has its own peculiar
characteristics. Water holds a
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pensive adjective
eculiar fascination for children.
seeming to be thinking carefully about something especially something
sad or serious: a
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offhand adjective
unfriendl
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char verb [intransitive or transitive]
in the way you treat someone
ensive expression
if something chars or is charred, it is burnt until its outer surface
ecomes black: Cook the peppers under a hot grill until the skin chars.
15.
dazed adjective
unable to think clearly or understand what is happening because you are
sur
rised, upset, tired, or have been hit on the head
16.
fir noun[count]
a tall tree with thin sharp leaves that do not fall off in winter. It
produces brown woody fruits called cones and can be called a fir or a
fir tree. a. [uncount] the wood of a fir tree
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rigid adjective
stiff, hard, and difficult to bend or move: The door is made from
alvanized steel with a rigid frame.
18.
churlish adjective
impolite and unfriendly, especially towards someone who does not
deserve to be treated in this way: churlish behaviour It seemed churlish
to refuse.
19.
furtive adjective
furtively adverb
furtiveness noun [uncount] done quickly and secretly to avoid being
noticed: a furtive glance a. behaving in a way that makes people think
ou do not want to be noticed
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wince verb [intransitive] to react to something with a sudden expression
our face that shows you are embarrassed or feel pain
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Phrasal verbs, collocations, idioms and word combinations
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sake noun
do something for its own sake or do something for the sake of it
something's sake
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to do something because you enjoy it or think it is important, not
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because you want to achieve an aim:
Encourage your children to seek knowledge for its own sake.
I'm not just asking for the sake of it. I need an answer.
for God's/Christ's/goodness'/Heaven's/Pete's sake SPOKEN
used for emphasizing what you are saying when you are annoyed
aangry:
Oh, for goodness' sake, leave me alone!
for old times' sake
in order to celebrate or remember an enjoyable past experience:
I They still send her a Christmas card every year, for old times' sake.
2.
spare adjective
be going spare BRITISH SPOKEN
used for saying that something is available for someone if they want
it:
Can I borrow these books if they're going spare?
go spare BRITISH INFORMAL
to get extremely angry:
Trevor went s
3.
ramble verb
are when he saw me with another man.
ramble on verb [intransitive] INFORMAL to talk or write about
something for a long time in a way that is boring orannoying
4.
patch verb
patch together [transitive]
to make something quickly and often carelessly by putting together
various objects or ideas: We managed to patch together an
impromptu evening'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 mana
ed to patch her up temporarily.
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5. cock verb
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cock an/your ear to listen very carefully
cock up [transitive] to spoil something by doing it wrongly BRITISH
IMPOLITE
6. tether noun
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 noun
reopen/open (old) wounds
to make someone remember something bad that happened in the past:
To condemn him
ublicly would reopen wounds within the party.
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Exercises
Exercise # 1.
Match the verbs, idioms and word collocations with their meanings.
1. reopen/open (old) wounds
2. be at/reach the end of your tether b. to spoil something by doing it
3. cock an/your ear c. to make something quickly and
4. cock up d. to become friends with someone
5. patch together e. to make someone remember
6. patch up f. to listen very carefully
7. patch it/things up (with someone) g. to talk or write about something
8. ramble on h. to get extremely angry
9. be going spare i. to repair something, often quickly
10. go spare j. used for emphasizing what you
11. do something for its own sake or
do something for the sake of it or do
something for something's sake
a. to feel very upset because you
are no longer able to deal with a
difficult situation
wrongly
often carelessly by putting together
various objects or ideas
again after a disagreemen
something bad that happened in the
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for a long time in a way that is
boring or annoying
and not very well
are saying when you are annoyed
or angry
k. in order to celebrate or remember
an enjoyable past experience
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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 i
Exercise # 2.
Fill in the gaps with the missing words.
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)
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 words.
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)
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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 suspicious. (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)
25. He get on with things in his own ______ manner. (Cam)
26. I hope I didn’t appear _________ with her – it’s just that I was in
such a hurry. (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)
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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.
Read the sentences and pay attention to the italicized parts. Use the
structures in the sentences of your own.
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 # 5.
Translate from English into Russian. Pay special attention to the
degrees of comparison in English sentences.
I. That was the room that Nancy liked best in all the house. 2. The
holiday proved to be one of the happier times that Keith and Natalie had
ever known. 3. He changed into the Chinese trousers and silk tunic in
which he felt most at ease. 4. The findings of the mission include: the
desirability of the countries concerned to meet and discuss early how best to
initiate further action. 5. In general they went to dine at one of the better
restaurants in Montparnasse. 6. But that which 1 liked best is that section of
which the artery is the Boulevard du Montparnasse. 7. She congratulated me,
somewhat ironically perhaps, on my acquaintance with the more disreputable
parts of Paris. 8. Peter crossed to the telephone beside the nearer bed.
9. Among the more important decisions was the resolution on solidarity with
that country. 10. My friend Wyman Holt is a professor of English literature in
one of the smaller universities of the Middle West. 11. Fortunately, just when
things were blackest, the war broke out. 12. "That's it," he said, "you young
people, you all stick together; you all think you know best!"
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Exercise # 6.
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 Atlanta, where she married this Hebron, … .
5. I may mention that her husband handed down her a legacy … .
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 aggravating to him.
j to speak at all was very distressing to him.
Exercise # 7.
Choose the correct answer to complete each sentence according to
the information given in 11–16 reading passages.
1. I was _______, so that I could not make out the features, but there
was something 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
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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
Exercise # 8.
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 something 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 suggest 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.
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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 # 9.
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.
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 # 10.
Choose the 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.
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