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10. unreserved adjective
y
j
j
g
p
y f
g
p
p
t
unreservedly adverb
complete and sincere:
unreserved support/praise/admiration
an unreserved apology
She received an unreservedl
11.
erky adjective
a
erky movement consists of several separate short movements
enthusiastic welcome.
12. rigid adjective
stiff, hard, and difficult to bend or move: The door is made from
galvanized steel with a rigid frame.
unable to move because of a strong emotion such as fear or anger:
I only had one chance - this was live television - and I was absolutely
rigid with fear.
– rigidity noun [uncount]
– ri
idly adverb
13. fret verb [intransitive]
to worry about something continuously: Don't fret, I'll be fine.
There's no
oint in fretting about things you can't change.
14. endeavour verb [transitive] FORMAL
endeavour to do something /to try very hard to do something:
We have endeavoured to make the vehicle environmentall
riendly.
15. reconnoitre verb [intransitive or transitive]
to
o and get information about an area, especially military information
to guess that something is true, when you do not have enough
information to prove that it is true: He surmised that her flight was
delayed.
– surmise noun [count or uncount]
17. rutted adjective
a rutted surface has dee
narrow marks in it made by vehicles
18. tint noun [count]
a small amount of a
articular colour: a bluish tin
19. wed (past tense and past participle wed or wedded) verb [intransitive or
transitive] MAINLY JOURNALISM
to marry someone
a. to combine one thing with another
be wedded to something
to strongly support an idea or enjoy doing something very much
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Phrasal verbs, collocations, idioms and word combinations
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1.
force verb
force someone's hand
to make someone do something that they did not want to do or make
them do something sooner than they intended to do it
force the issue
to make it necessary for someone to make a decision immediately
force the pace
to make events happen more quickly than they would usually
force a smile/laugh
to smile or laugh when you do not really feel like it
force back [transitive]
if you force back tears, you try very hard not to cry
force down [transitive]
1 to make something become lower
2 to eat or drink something even though you do not want to
3 to force a plane to land
force on or force upon [transitive]
force something on/upon someone to make someone accept something
that they do not want
force out of [transitive]
force something out of someone to force someone to tell you something
force through [transitive]
to do something so that a proposal is accepted or an issue is dealt with
quickly
force up [transitive]
to make something increase
2.
trust noun
take something on trust
to believe that something you have heard or read is true, although there
roof
is no
3.
trust verb
not trust someone an inch INFORMAL
to not trust someone at all
not trust someone as far as you can throw them INFORMAL
to not trust someone at all
trust someone (to do something) SPOKEN
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used for saying that someone has done something that you think is
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f
typical of them, especially something that annoys you:
trust in [transitive]
trust in someone/something
to have confidence in someone or something
trust to FORMAL
trust to something to depend on something such as luck or chance to
help you to achieve something, usually because you have no other
choice
abide verb
4.
can't abide something
to dislike something very much. It is more usual to say that you can't
stand something
abide by [transitive]
abide by something to follow a rule, decision, or instruction
stir verb
5.
stir yourself
to make yourself move or do something
stir in [transitive]
to add something to a liquid or substance and mix it
stir into [transitive]
1 stir something into something
to mix something into a liquid or substance
2 stir someone into something
to force someone to do something by making them feel that they should
do i
push verb
6.
push for
[transitive]
1 push for something
to try hard to get or achieve something
They continue to push for more pay.
2 push someone for something
to try to make someone give you something or do something for you:
Nicola was never one to miss out on a chance to push herself forward.
push forward
[intransitive] same as PUSH AHEAD:
push forward with: They were urged to push forward with their
orms.
re
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1. [intransitive] to move further towards a place in a determined way,
or despite opposition or difficulties:
John pushed forward into the dark entrance of the cave.
2. [transitive] to try to make people recognize someone's qualities or
abilities
3 [transitive] to try to make people recognize someone's qualities or
abilities: push yourself forward
push in [intransitive] BRITISH
to stand in front of people who have been waiting longer than you, in a
way that is unfair: We were all waiting patiently for a taxi, but he just
pushed in.
push off
1 [intransitive] INFORMAL OLD-FASHIONED to leave a place:
I'll wait ten minutes more; then I'll push off for home.
2 [intransitive usually in imperative] BRITISH INFORMAL used for
telling someone rudely and angrily to go away
[intransitive or transitive] if a person or boat pushes off, or if you push a
boat off, you sail away from the land
I dragged the boat down to the water and pushed off.
push on [intransitive]
1 to continue a journey, especially after stopping for a period of time:
Next day we pushed on towards London.
2 to continue doing something, especially when you do not have much
time:
There's a lot to do, so let's push on.
push on with: I've pushed on with the work because I want to finish it
today.
push over [transitive]
to push someone or something hard so that they fall from the position
that they are in: She pushed me over in the playground.
push through [transitive]
to succeed in getting a law, agreement etc accepted quickly although a
lot of people oppose it: He is determined to push the bill through
Parliament.
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Exercises
Exercise # 1.
Match the verbs, idioms and word collocations with their meanings.
1. force someone's hand a. to push someone or something hard
so that they fall from the position that
they are in
2. push over b. to make yourself move or do
something
3. push on c. to force someone to do something
by making them feel that they should
do it
4. push off d. to continue a journey, especially
after stopping for a period of time
5. stir yourself e. push for something to try hard to get
or achieve something
6. can't abide something
7. not trust someone as far as you
can throw them
8. take something on trust
9. force down i. to leave a place
10. force a smile/laugh
11. force the pace k. to not trust someone at all
f. to smile or laugh when you do not
really feel like it
g. to make something become lower
h. to make someone do something that
they did not want to do or make them
do something sooner than they
intended to do it
j. to dislike something very much. It is
more usual to say that you can't stand
something
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12. push forward
13. push for
14. stir into
l. to believe that something you have
heard or read is true, although there is
no proof
m. to make events happen more
quickly than they would usually
n. to move further towards a place in a
determined way, or despite opposition
or difficulties
Exercise # 2.
Fill in the gaps with the missing words.
1. He pushed _______ the lamp.(Mac)
2. They are pushing ___ ______ their campaign for improved childcare
facilities. (Cam)
3. You’ve been driving for a long time – do you want to stop for a rest?
No, we are nearly there – let’s push ____.(Cam)
4. Their researches has pushed _______ the frontiers of knowledge.
(Cam)
5. The president is trying to push _______ tax reform. (Cam)
6. Rising demand tends to force prices ___, and falling demand pushes
them _______.(Cam)
7. The rise in interests rates has pushed the value of my interests
___.(Cam)
8. He pushed ____ from the side of the pool and swam slowly to the
other side. (Cam)
9. Come on, stir _________? Or you’ll be late! (Cam)
10. Stir the egg yolks _____ the mixture. (Cam)
11. Sometimes you simply have to trust ___ the goodness of human
nature. (Cam)
12. Trust you __ upset her by talking about the accident. (Cam)
13. “Thank you”, he said, forcing ____ the word unwillingly. (Cam)
14. If the management wouldn’t listen to their demands they would
have to force the ______ by striking. (Cam)
15. I didn’t actually want any more desert, but Julia forced it ___ me.
(Cam)
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Exercise # 3.
Fill in the gaps with the missing words.
1. The article ________ the mysteries of nationalism in modern Europe.
(Cam)
2. Small children often sleep ________ to a cuddy toy. (Cam)
3. We got so wet that our clothes _______ to us. (Cam)
4. He was a ______man whose manner made him unpopular with some
people. (Cam)
5. You’ll have __________opportunity to ask questions after the talk.
(Cam)
6. There’s _______ evidence to suggest that the lawyer in question
knew exactly what she was doing. (Cam)
7. She refused to became involved with him despite his passionate
__________.(Cam)
8. The kids drive me into a ______ sometimes. (Cam)
9. She’s got photograph of all her grandchildren on the ____________ .
(Cam)
10. My toes and fingers are ________ with cold. (Cam)
11. The children are _________ with excitement as it gets closer to the
holidays. (Cam)
12. After the meals we had last year I ________ to do of the cooking
myself. (Cam)
13. Don’t ____- I’m sure he’s ok. (Cam)
14. “Whatever can have happened?” she _________. (Cam)
15. Engineers are ________ to locate the source of the problem. (Cam)
16. Their ground forces were able to manoeuvre and __________
without any danger of air attack. (Cam)
17. As we _______, Duncan had not been telling the truth. (Cam)
18. There must be another explanation, he _________.(Cam)
19. The police ________ that the robbers have fled the country. (Cam)
20. The evening sky was deep pink, with ______ of purple and red in
it. (Cam)
Exercise # 4.
Read the sentences and pay attention to the italicized parts. Use the
structures in the sentences of your own.
1. 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
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forward, with a very white face and frightened eyes which belied the smile
upon her lips.
2. You will never have cause to regret it.
3. If you force your way into that cottage all is over between us.
4. That was comfortable and elegant, and all my suspicions rose into a
fierce, bitter flame when I saw that on the mantelpiece
stood a copy of a
full-length photograph of my wife, which had been taken at my request only
three months ago.
5. Holmes and I had listened with the utmost interest to this
extraordinary statement, which had been delivered in the jerky, broken
fashion of a man who is under the influence of extreme emotion.
Exercise # 5.
Translate from English into Russian. Pay special attention to the
cases of conversion in English sentences.
1. Не promised to will Ed a castle in India. 2. Her mother could
shame her to tears with a reproachful glance. 3. He rose awkwardly from
the deep chair, the sciatica (ишиас) knifing as he did. 4. Ruth cupped the
base of his head and edged him with her curved hand quietly back to sleep.
5. That particular trouble had begun shortly after dark when an Aero
Mexican captain, taxiing out for take-off, mistakenly passed to the right
instead of left of a blue taxi light. 6. Mel pocketed his change from the
cashier. 7. In intense pain, half-drowned, he surfaced. 8. It had been a slow,
tricky job because steps (ступеньки) were icing as fast as they were cleared.
9. Money meant little to him, and he never much minded whether
patients paid him or not. Since time was as unimportant as cash, he was
just as willing to doctor them as not. 10. We generally anchor for the night.
11. He was evidently much taken with Erik, and the companionship of
someone only a little older than himself had loosened his constraint so
that he seemed to flower with a new adolescence. 12. But why was he
sailing these lonely seas on a pearling lugger with a scoundrel like Captain
Nichols was mysterious. 13. Somewhere in Keith's mind a door, which had
been closed, inched open. 14. "Never mind it, Elliott," I said, "it may
rain on the night of the party. That'll bitch it." 15. Isabel wirelessed him
from the ship. 15. But the director, crazed with enthusiasm, had insisted on
detailing his plans. 17. The vote climaxed some 50 years of efforts.
18. Only a slight moistness at eyes and mouth, a slight pale plumpness of
cheek, aged him a little. 19. When he went on leave he hunted and,
anxious to keep his weight down, he dieted carefully. 20. I shouldered a
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bag and set out. 21. More than 18,000 Arab houses were dynamited off the
face of the earth. 22. We have carefully documented them with facts and
evidence and witness. 23. It ages a worker fast. 24. But I do feel as though I
were skylarking along on a pair of stilts. 25. Freddie detailed his own
exciting triumphs in Queen Anne Street. 27. Photographs of Holly were
front-paged by the late edition of the "Journal-merican". 28. A nurse, softshoeing into the room, advised that visiting hours were over. 29. I'm not
hot-footing after Jose, if that's what you suppose. 30. Tucked between
the pages were Sunday features, together with scissored snippings from
gossip columns.
Exercise # 6.
Sentences 1–5 are statements beginnings which represent
information given in Paragraphs 4 - 6. In the box below, there are some
statements endings or middle parts lettered a - j. Choose the correct
phrase for each statement. There are more statement endings or middle
parts than you will need.
1. Holmes and I had listened with the utmost interest
________________ .
2. My companion sat silent now for some time, with his chin upon his
hand, _______________________ .
3. If the cottage is now permanently ______________ we may have
some difficulty.
4. Her husband developed some hateful qualities, or shall we say he
contracted some loathsome disease and became a leper or _____________?
5. She waits until her husband is asleep and then she rushes down to
________to persuade them to leave her in peace.
a to this established statement
b hesitated
c try
d to this unusual statement.
e silly
f. engrossed in thoughts.
g week-headed
h unmanned
i afflict
j derelict
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Exercise # 7.
Choose the correct answer to complete each sentence according to
the information given in 7–10 reading passages.
1. He was waiting on the platform when we stepped out, and we could
see in the light of the station lamps that he was very pale, and quivering
with ________.
a) disturbance
b) excitement
c) disarray
d) confusion
2. "There are the lights of my house," he __________, pointing to a
glimmer among the trees.
a) grumbled
b) complained
c) whispered
d) babbled
3. I could not see her face in the darkness, but her arms were thrown
out in an attitude of _________.
a) supplication
b) request
c) question
d) inquire
4. I pushed my _________ so far as to order her to keep the child in the
house during the daytime, and to cover up her little face and hands so that
even those who might see her at the window should not gossip about there
being a black child in the neighbourhood.
a) frugality
b) foresight
c) thrift
d) economy
Exercise # 8.
Look through the passage and complete the following statements
with your own words as briefly as possible.
1. I was struck _______ ____ ___________at the sight of her, but my
emotions were nothing to those which showed themselves upon her face
when our eyes met.
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