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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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a muffled sound is not easy to hear because it is blocked by something:
muffled voices from the next roo
Phrasal verbs, collocations, idioms and word combinations
long verb
1.
Long for/long for someone LITERARY to want to be with someone
ou love, especially when this is not likely to happen soon
dread of noun
2.
Be/live in dread of
to be continuously afraid of someone or something: He lives in dread of
meetin
incumbent adjective
3.
her again.
Be incumbent on/upon someone to do something
FORMAL to be someone's duty or responsibility to do somethin
headlong adjective
4.
rush/jump/plunge headlong into something
to start doing something with a lot of enthusiasm but without thinking
about it firs
goad verb
5.
goad someone on
to encourage someone to react by making them feel very angry or upset
wall verb
6.
wall in [transitive]
to surround something with a wall: Next year we plan to wall in the
garden.
wall off [transitive]
to separate a small space from a larger one by building a wall or
permanently closing a door: Several rooms were walled off to save
money on heating bills.
wall up [transitive]
1 to permanently close the doors and windows of a room or house, for
example with bricks or wooden boards: Most of the old building's
windows have been walled up.
2 to hold someone
red adjective
7.
risoner, especially in a very small space
go as red as a beetroot
to become very red in the face, especially when you are embarrassed
o red
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to become red in the face because you are embarrassed: He tried to
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deny it, but he went very red.
a red rag to a bull BRITISH
something that will make someone very angry
roll out the red carpet for someone
to give special treatment to an important visito
blissful adjective
8.
blissful ignorance
a state in which you do not know about something unpleasant or
worrying, so it does not make you unhappy: Joe's parents remained in
ul ignorance of his plans to leave home.
bliss
courtesy noun
9.
common courtesy (=ordinary politeness that everyone expects):
It's only common courtesy to thank someone when they help.
a. [count] something you say or do to be polite:
It would be a courtesy to call them and tell them we'll be late.
b. have the courtesy to do something to be polite enough to do
something. This expression is often used when you are annoyed
because someone has not behaved politely: You might have had the
courtesy to return my calls.
courtesy of
1 used for saying who has provided something, and for thanking them
for it: First prize is two tickets to Australia, courtesy of Quantas
Airlines.
2 as a result of: Liverpool won the game courtesy of a fantastic shot by
Locke.
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Exercises
Exercise # 1.
Match the verbs, idioms and word collocations with their meanings.
1. courtesy a. To give special treatment to an
important visitor.
2. blissful ignorance
3. go as red as a beetroot
4. a red rag to a bull
5. roll out the red carpet for someone e. Used for saying who has
6. wall in
7. wall off
8. wall up
9. goad someone on
10. rush/jump/plunge headlong into
something
b. Something that will make
someone very angry.
c. To surround something with a
wall.
d. A state in which you do not
know about something unpleasant
or worrying, so it does not make
you unhappy.
provided something, and for
thanking them for it.
f. To become very red in the face,
especially when you are
embarrassed.
g. To want to be with someone you
love, especially when this is not
likely to happen soon.
h. To encourage someone to react
by making them feel very angry or
upset.
i. To hold someone prisoner,
especially in a very small space.
j. To be continuously afraid of
someone or something.
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11. be incumbent on/upon someone to
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do something
k. To start doing something with a
lot of enthusiasm but without
thinkin
about it first.
12. be /live in dread of l. To be someone's duty or
res
onsibility to do something.
13. long for someone m. To separate a small space from
a larger one by building a wall or
ermanently closing a door.
Exercise # 2.
Fill in the gaps with the missing words.
1. They were longing _____ a drink. (Cam)
2. They longed _____ the freedom to emigrate. (Cam)
3. He is dreading ____ his driving test – he’s sure he’s going to fail.
4. He was hurled _______ down the stairs. (Mac)
5. He ran _______ across the hallway. (Mac)
6. She was trying to goad him _____ buying her a champagne cocktail.
(Cam)
7. The team were goaded ______ by their desire to be first to complete
the course. (Cam)
8. They’ve walled ____ the electric sub-station for safety reasons.
(Cam)
9. In those days people walled ____ their windows in order to avoid the
windows tax. (Cam)
10. Announcing that you are a Communist is like _ _____ ______ ___
___ _____ to him. (Cam)
11. We’ll _____ ______ __ _____ _______ for the Senator. (Cam)
12. Look, you’ve embarrassed her – she ___ _____ _____ .
13. She was in _____________ ____________ of the true situation.
(Cam)
14. You might get on better with your parents if you showed them some
__________. (Cam)
15. He could at least to have had the _________ to say sorry. (Cam)
16. The President welcomed the Queen with the usual __________.
(Cam)
17. Did the Conservatives win __________ ___the division of the
opposition vote between Labour and the Liberal Democrats? (Cam)
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Exercise # 3.
Fill in the gaps with the appropriate words.
1. The motive for this shocking attack seems to be racial ________.
(Cam)
2. What is very clear in this letter is Clark’s passionate ________ of his
father. (Cam)
3. After an afternoon of __________ boredom I was finally allowed to
leave. (Cam)
4. Both fighters went into the ring with deep ___________ in their
eyes.(Cam)
5. The girl clearly has __________ of her mother. (Cam)
6. He reacted to the idea of killing his rival with fear and _________.
(Cam)
7. People were forced to leave their homes because of famine and
________. (Cam)
8. A raging _________ had broken out in the city, causing the death of
hundreds each day. (Cam)
9. The report states that vandalism is a __________ which must be
stamped out. (Cam)
10. She has a deep _________to getting up in the morning. (Cam)
11. Greed is my pet _________ . (Cam)
12. Like most successful politicians, she can be ___________ and
single-minded in the pursuits of her goals. (Cam)
13. During the trial, the prosecution was accused of _________ crucial
evidence from the defence. (Cam)
14. She ___________ her rent until the landlord agreed to have her
drains unlocked. (Cam)
15. The government is planning to ___________ benefit payments from
single mothers who refuse to name the father of their child. (Cam)
16. As we grow up, the changes come upon us so slowly that they are
almost ____________. (Cam)
17. It’s __________ survival course in the mountains. (Cam)
18. They have just built some ___________ new apartment blocks on the
seafront. (Cam)
19. She wears the most ___________ color combinations you could ever
imagine. (Cam)
20. I’ve had a _______ idea for getting round the regulations. (Cam)
21. They were ________ in the way they got us to agree by showing
how much money we might lose by saying no. (Cam)
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22. She opened her presents with _______. (Cam)
23. I could hear ________ voices next door but couldn’t make out any
words. (Cam)
24. The ozone layer is a ________ which protects the earth against the
sun's radiation. (Cam)
25. I'm afraid I __________ to temptation and had a piece of cheesecake.
(Cam)
26. Every _______ and cranny of the house was stuffed with souvenirs
of their trips to the other countries. (Cam)
Exercise # 4.
Read the sentences and pay attention to the italicized parts. Use the
structures in the sentences of your own.
1. From my infancy I was noted for the docility and the humanity of my
disposition.
2. In speaking of his intelligence, my wife, who at heart was not a little
tinctured with superstition, made frequent allusion to the ancient popular
notion … .
3. My pets, of course, were made to feel the change in my disposition.
4. I was aroused from sleep by the cry of fire.
5. But this blow was arrested by the hand of my wife.
6. And in this calculation I was not deceived.
7. The rubbish on the floor was picked up with minutest care.
Exercise # 5.
Translate from English into Russian. Pay special attention to the
passive constructions.
1. Then the maid was awakened and the doctor sent for. 2. I can be rung
up if there is any change. 3. Pringle's stockings were splashed by a passing
taxi. 4. He was asked abruptly whether he thought he would like it at Cobb.
5. He was regarded by all his friends as amiable, loyal, tough-natured, but
rather cold. 6. It was done on purpose. 7. Zena's prayer is answered.
8. Anyone who puts furniture before cats and children shouldn't be allowed
to have either. 9. Tom, who called for his typescript next day, was
congratulated cordially by Matthew. 10. The baggage is taken care of.
11. Party arid government bodies are greatly assisted by scientists. 12. They
were denied admittance. 13. The boy was always made fun of at school.
14. The house had not been lived in too long. 15. I was told to wait in the
lounge. 16. The report was followed by a long debate. 17. Such things can't
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be put up with. 18. She had been asked to join them but had refused.
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19. What Mildred was trying to conjure up must be made nonsense of, must
be made somehow not to exist. The thing must be laughed off briskly,
Mildred must be clapped on the shoulder and taken to her coffee. 20. His
December statement was given support by the President. 21. She wasn't
given an answer but was told she would have to register anyway. 22. I was
not taken seriously at first.
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 lettered a–j. Choose the correct ending for each
statement. There are more statement endings than you will need.
1. With my aversion to this cat, however, its partiality for myself
seemed … .
2. At such times, although I longed … .
3. The reader will remember that this mark, although large, hadn’t been
originally … .
4. It was now the representation of an object that I … .
5. It had, at length, assumed a rigorous distinctness of … .
a to kill it.
obvious.
ctosoar.
dto push up.
e to assassinate it.
f clear enough.
to be up.
h don’t want to say out loud.
i mental image.
mirror image.
Exercise # 7.
Choose the correct answer to complete each sentence according to
the information given in 7–10 reading passages.
1. Feeble remnant of the good within me … .
a) obeyed
b) succumbed
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c) controlled
d) vanished
2. One day she accompanied me, upon some household errand, into the
cellar of the old building which our poverty compelled us to … .
a) live in.
b) visit
c) rule
d) control
3. I determined to … .. … in the cellar.
a) build it up
b) buried it up
c) wall it up
Exercise # 8.
Look through the passage and complete the following statements
with your own words as briefly as possible.
1. My next step was to look for the beast which _____ ______ ____
______of so much wretchedness. Had I been able to meet with it, at the
moment, there _____ ______ ______ no doubt of its fate; but it appeared
that the crafty animal had been alarmed at the violence of my previous
anger, and fore bore to present itself in my present mood.
2. The second and the third day passed, and still my tormentor came not.
Once again I breathed as a freeman. The monster, in terror, _____
______the premises forever! I should behold it no more! My happiness was
supreme! The guilt of my dark deed disturbed me but little.
3. Secure, however, in the inscrutability of my place of concealment, I
felt no embarrassment whatever. The officers bade me accompany them in
their search. They left __ _______ __ _______ unexplored.
4. I walked the cellar from end to end. I folded my arms upon my
bosom, and roamed easily to and fro. The police were _________
_________ and prepared to depart.
5. The glee at my heart was too strong to___ ___________.
6. "Gentlemen," I said at last, as the party ascended the steps, "I delight
___ ________ _________ your suspicions.
7. Of my own thoughts it is _____ ___ ________.
8. For one instant the party upon the stairs remained motionless, through
extremity __ ____ __ __ ______.
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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. The moodiness of my usual temper rose to hatred of all things and of
all mankind.
2. My uncomplaining wife was the least usual and the least patient of
sufferers.
3. One day she accompanied me, upon some household errand, into the
cellar of the new building which our poverty compelled us to inhabit.
4. The cat followed me down the steep stairs, and, thrown me headlong,
exasperated me to madness.
5. But this blow wasn’t arrested by the hand of my wife.
6. Its walls were constructed not tightly, and had lately been plastered
throughout with a rough plaster, which the dampness of the atmosphere had
prevented from hardening.
7. Moreover, in one of the walls was a projection, caused by a chimney,
or fireplace, that had been filled up, and made to resemble the red of the
cellar.
8. I doubted that I could readily displace the bricks at this point.
9. In this calculation I was not deceived.
10. The wall did not present the slightest appearance of having been
disturbed.
Exercise # 10.
Choose the sentences which have no factual and grammar mistakes.
a) For my own part, I soon found sympathy to it arising within me.
b) I avoided the creature; but a certain sense of shame, and the
remembrance of my former deed of cruelty, didn’t prevent me from
physically abusing it.
c) If I arose to walk it would get between my feet and thus nearly throw
me down, or, fastening its long and sharp claws in my dress, clamber, in this
manner, to my breast. At such times, although I wanted to destroy it with a
blow.
d) My wife had turned my attention, more than once, to the character of
the mark of white hair, of which I have spoken, and which constituted the
sole visible difference between the strange beast and the one I had
destroyed.
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e) The reader will remember that this mark, although large, had been
originally very indefinite; but, by slow degrees – degrees nearly
imperceptible, and which for a long time my Reason struggled to reject as
fanciful – it had, at length, assumed a rigorous distinctness of outline. It was
now the representation of an object that I don’t want to name.
f) During the former the creature left me alone.
g) Evil thoughts became my sole intimates - the darkest and most evil of
thoughts.
h) I knew that I could remove it from the house, either by day or by
night, without the risk of being observed by the neighbors.
i) I wasn’t sure that I could readily displace the bricks at this point,
insert the corpse, and wall the whole up as before, so that no eye could
detect anything suspicious.
j) It is hard to describe, or to imagine, the deep, the blissful sense of
relief which the absence of the detested creature occasioned in my bosom.
Exercise # 11.
Choose two correct sentences.
a) The second and the third day passed, and finally my tormentor came.
b) The guilt of my dark deed didn’t disturb me at all.
c) Even a search had been instituted - but of course nothing was to be
discovered.
d) Upon the fifth day of the assassination, a party of the police came,
very unexpectedly, into the house, and proceeded again to make rigorous
investigation of the premises.
e) My heart beat calmly as that of one who isn’t guilty.
Exercise # 12.
Give a summary of the text.
Exercise # 13.
Pick out adjectives and other words in the text that characterize:
a) the main character
b) his wife
c) Pluto
Exercise # 14.
Quote the text to prove the following statements:
a) the main character was especially fond of animals;
b) the main character married early and was happy with his wife;
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