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Файл:Mystery, Crime and Detective Fiction. Context, Themes and Language Activities. Детективная литература. История жанра, рассказы в оригинале и упражнени
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'Si, si, mon ami, it is a pity that you study not the psychology. She told
you that the letters were destroyed? Oh, la la, never does a woman destroy a
letter if she can avoid it! Not even if it would be more prudent to do so!'
'It's all very well,' I said, my anger rising, 'but you've made a perfect fool
of me! From beginning to end! No, it's all very well to try and explain it
away afterwards. There really is a limit!'
'But you were so enjoying yourself, my friend. I had not the heart to
shatter your illusions.'
'It's no good. You've gone a bit too far this time.'
'Mon Dieu! but how you enrage yourself for nothing, mon ami!'
'I'm fed up!' I went out, banging the door. Poirot had made an absolute
laughing-stock of me. I decided that he needed a sharp lesson. I would let
some time elapse before I forgave him. He had encouraged me to make a
perfect fool of myself!
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Vocabulary
1. dignified adjective
someone who is dignified behaves in a calm way that people respect:
He was handsome and dignified.
a. used about people's behaviour: She maintained a dignified silence.
I made what I hoped was a dignified exit.
b. used about places and events: these ancient and dignified Italian
towns
a dignified ceremony
o
osite UNDIGNIFIED
2. log noun [count]
a thick piece of wood cut from a tree:
a roarin
3. bent adjective
1 a bent object has a curved or twisted shape: bent railings
2 INFORMAL dishonest: a bent copper (=police officer)
3 an offensive word used to describe a
4. inn noun
a small hotel or PUB, especially one in the country
a. used in the names of hotels:
the Holida
5. salver noun [count]
a flat metal ob
6. rivulet noun [count]
a small stream of li
7. gaily adverb
1 in a happy and lively way:
She greeted us gaily with a wave.
2 in a way that shows you do not understand or care how what you do
affects other people:
James
log fire
erson
Inn, Edinburgh
ect like a large plate, used for serving food or drinks
uid
aily continued to offend everyone with his remarks.
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3 with bright attractive colours: BRIGHTLY:
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aily lit shop windows
8. embroidery noun[count or uncount]
a design of coloured stitches on cloth
a. [uncount] the activi
of decorating cloth with coloured stitches
9. crestfallen adjective
sad and disa
ointed, especially when something has not succeeded
10 obtuseness obtuse adjective FORMAL
someone who is obtuse does not understand explanations or situations
uickly: I think he was being deliberately obtuse.
11. loath adjective FORMAL
very unwilling to do something: RELUCTANT:
loath to do something: Officials are loath to acknowledge the extent of
their involvement.
12. foreboding noun [uncount]
a strong unpleasant feeling that something very bad is going to happen
soon
13. distraught adjective
extremel
worried, upset, or confused
14. ruse noun [count]
a
lan or trick used for hiding your true intentions
15. menace noun
1 [count] someone or something that is dangerous and likely to cause
harm: the growing menace of global pollution
menace to: The escaped prisoners are considered a menace to society.
2 [count] someone or something that annoys or threatens you:
The traffic menace grew, and the town began to suffer.
2a. [uncount] a threatening quality or feeling: an air of menace in his
voice
Phrasal verbs, collocations, idioms and word combinations
1. romp verb
romp through something [transitive] INFORMAL to do something
uickly and easil
2. crimson adjective
go/turn crimson
if someone goes or turns crimson, their face becomes red because they
are embarrassed or an
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3. spring verb
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spring a leak
if a container or a boat springs a leak, it cracks or breaks so that water
or other liquid can get in or out
spring a surprise
to tell someone something in order to surprise them
spring to life to begin to be active: The team's sluggish attack sprang to
life in the second half.
spring to mind
if a thought or something you are trying to remember springs to mind, it
comes into your mind suddenly: His name doesn't spring to mind
immediately.
spring a trap
1 if an animal springs a TRAP, the trap closes on the animal so that it is
caught
2 to trick someone, especially after planning how you will do it
spring for [transitive] AMERICAN INFORMAL
spring for something: to pay for someone else's share of something:
I'll spring for dinner tonight.
spring from [transitive]
spring from someone/something: to come from a particular place,
family, or situation: Hugh's interest in languages sprang from his
upbringing in Spain.
spring on [transitive]
spring something on someone: to tell someone something that they do
not expect: They just sprang it on me at the office meeting.
spring up [intransitive]
to appear or be produced suddenly and quickly: In southern California
new Internet com
anies were springing up every day.
4. stir verb
stir yourself
to make yourself move or do something: He knew he should really stir
himself and get to work.
stir in [transitive]
to add something to a liquid or substance and mix it: Cook the mixture
for 3 minutes, then stir in the flour.
stir into [transitive]
1 stir something into something: to mix something into a liquid or
substance: Crush the
arlic, then stir it into the soup.
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2 stir someone into something: to force someone to do something by
making them feel that they should do it: Officials were stirred into
action by public complaints.
stir up [transitive]
1 to make someone feel enthusiastic about something:
stir up hatred/anger:
2 to make someone think about something: The scandal certainly
stirred up interest in the business. He was accused of stirring up racial
hatred. The sight of the school stirred up a lot of memories.
3 to make water or dust move around
5. run verb
run in [transitive]
1 to drive a new vehicle slowly so that you do not damage the engine
2 run someone in INFORMAL OLD-FASHIONED to find a criminal
and take them to a police station: ARREST
run into [transitive]
3 run into someone: to meet someone when you did not expect to:
Guess who I ran into this morning?
2 run into someone/something: to hit someone or something by accident
while you are driving: A truck ran into me (=hit my car) at the lights
this morning.
run into trouble/difficulty/problems etc
to start to have trouble/difficulty/problems etc: Our project ran into
difficulties when we lost a sponsor.
run off
1 [intransitive] to suddenly leave a place or person:
Their dad ran off when they were little.
2 [transitive] to quickly print a copy of something:
Would you mind running off some more copies of the agenda?
3 [transitive] to quickly and easily write something such as a poem or
speech: James can just run off a poem for any occasion.
4 [intransitive or transitive] if a liquid runs off or you run it off, it flows
away from or out of something: This channel allows rainwater to run
off.
5 [transitive] run someone off AMERICAN VERY INFORMAL to
force someone to leave a place: They said Phil had run off with his
wife's best friend.
run off at the mouth AMERICAN SPOKEN
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to talk too much
run off with [transitive] INFORMAL
1 run off with someone: to secretly leave a place with someone in order
to marr them or have a sexual relationship with them
2 run off with something: to steal something or take it without
permission
run on [intransitive]
1 to continue for longer than expected or planned: I hope this meeting
doesn't run on too long.
2 MAINLY AMERICAN to talk for a long time about something in a
way that is boring. British usually go on.
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Exercises
Exercise # 1.
Match the verbs, idioms and word collocations with their meanings.
1. run off a. to find a criminal and take them to a police station
2. run on b. to make someone feel enthusiastic about something
3. run into c. to add something to a liquid or substance and mix it
4. run in d. to do something quickly and easily
5. stir up e. to begin to be active
6. stir into f. to steal something or take it without permission
7. stir in g. to mix something into a liquid or substance
8. stir yourself h. to appear or be produced suddenly and quickly
9. spring up i. to trick someone, especially after planning how you
will do it
10. romp through
something
11. spring to life k. to continue for longer than expected or planned
12. spring a trap l. to hit someone or something by accident while you
13. spring for m. to come from a particular place, family, or
14. spring from n. spring something on someone to tell someone
15.spring on o. to pay for someone else's share of something
Exercise # 2.
Fill in the gaps with the missing words.
j. to make yourself move or do something
are driving
situation
something that they do not expect
1. Well, officer, are you going to run me _____ or not? (Cam)
2. I had to stop suddenly, and the car behind ran ______ me. (Cam)
3. He ran his motorbike _____ a tree. (Cam)
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4. The repair will probably run _____ thousands of pounds. (Cam)
5. The number of books we produce run ___ the 100 000 range. (Cam)
6. You can’t run ___ now, just when I need you! (Cam)
7. My wife has run ____ and left me. (Cam)
8. Come on, ________ ________, or you’ll be late! (Cam)
9. All winter the hedgehog never stir _____ its warm hiding place.
(Cam)
10. A child’s professional success can stir ____ rivalry between child
and parents. (Cam)
11. They have been accused of stirring ___ racial hatred against Asian
immigrants. (Cam)
12. The teacher told him to stop stirring ____ trouble. (Cam)
13. Say the word “Australia” and a vision of beaches and blue seas
immediately springs __ _______.(Cam)
14. Thousands of new businesses have sprung ___ in the past couple of
years. (Cam)
15. Where did you spring ____? I didn’t see you come in. (Cam)
16. I hope he’s not going to spring any nasty ___________ on us at the
meeting this morning. (Cam)
17. Rory expected to romp _______ the test and interviews. (Cam)
18. She went ___________ with embarrassment and hid her face. (Cam)
Exercise # 3.
Fill in the gaps with the appropriate words.
1. The cricket player strode confidently out on to the pitch, but returned
___________ a few minutes later, with a score of only two. (Cam)
2. He was followed into the room by a tall ___________ woman.
(Cam)
3. He has maintained a __________ silence about the rumors. (Cam)
4. The defeated candidate in the election gave a ___________ speech
in which he congratulated his rival. (Cam)
5. The missing child’s ___________ parents made an emotional appeal
on television for information about where he might be. (Cam)
6. He was _____________ with grief when his wife died. (Cam)
7. There’s a sense of _________________ as if fighting might at any
minute break out. (Cam)
8. Her ____________ about the future were to prove justified. (Cam)
9. He had a strange _____________ something would go wrong. (Cam)
10. I could hear he ______ singing in her bedroom. (Cam)
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11. The tree lights twinkled ______ across the lake. (Cam)
12. We stayed at an ___.(Cam)
13. The _____ were stacked in a neat pile. (Cam)
14. We crossed small streams on _____ and one large river on a kind of
bridge. (Cam)
15. They believe that bikes are a ________ to pedestrians. (Cam)
16. Dogs running loose are a public _________.(Cam)
17. Jane spoke with a hint of ____________ . (Cam)
18. He was accused of unlawfully demanding money with
___________.(Cam)
19. This child is a ________! He’s just spilled paint all over the carpet!
(Cam)
20. __________ of sweat ran down his face. (Cam)
21. His _____ to get an extra week’s pay failed completely. (Cam)
22. The servant brought the letter in on a silver ________ . (Cam)
Exercise # 4.
Read the sentences and pay attention to the italicized parts. Use the
structures in the sentences of your own.
1. Lady Yardly looked up with a start, her husband came forward
uncertainly, his eyes seeking instruction from Poirot.
2. Lady Yardly shook her head regretfully.
3. 'I'm afraid I don't. It is stupid of me. But, you see, I never dreamt of
taking them seriously.'
4. It was already a few minutes past the dinner hour.
5. 'The Chinaman,' she whispered painfully. 'The Chinaman - the side
door.'
6. I gave in rather grudgingly.
7. 'So, having – pardon the expression – rather made a mess of things,
don't you think it would be more graceful to leave immediately?'
Exercise # 5.
Translate from English into Russian. Pay special attention to the
sentences with adverbial modifiers.
1. The country was hard up financially. 2. Tevis sat centrally in the radar
room on a high stool. 3. She was not basically unkind. 4. That was
substantially a day of Stahr's. 5. We are fundamentally alike.
6. Economically, the country has no rivals on the world market. 7. Ann's
Christian piety, though doctrinally a little vague, was unwavering. 8. She
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moths. 9. Hugh reflected that it was a peaceful scene, a scene even of
positive innocence: an innocence to which Penn youthfully, Swann
professionally, and Ann with some more subtle resonance of the spirit,
contributed each their note. 10. "The New York Times" pointed out
editorially... 11. The petition is being circulated nationally. 12. Under the
term of lipids (липиды) are included a great diversity of naturally occurring
substances. 13. Certain types of chemical substances are known collectively
as mutagens. 14. These results are represented diagrammatically in figure 1.
15. There is a very big improvement on what I saw in 1966, both artistically
and technologically.
Exercise # 6.
Sentences 1–5 are statements beginnings which represent
information given in Paragraphs 3, 4. 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. Half an hour later, we three were assembled in the great drawing-
room... .
2. Suddenly there was a low rustle, and Lady Yardly appeared framed in
the doorway, a radiant figure in a long white ... .
3. Her ill-humour seemed to have ... .
4. Suddenly without any warning, every light was extinguished, the
door banged, and from the other side of it came a long-drawn piercing
woman's ... .
5. There, just short of the threshold, lay the guttering necklace, evidently
dropped by the thief in the panic of his ... .
a watching over the lady.
arkling dress.
c. retreat.
d. running.
e. expecting the lad
f. disappeared.
.cry.
happeared.
i
looming dress.
looking after the lady.
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