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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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14 stink verb [intransitive]
g
to smell very unpleasant
to be bad or dishonest
15 forgery noun [countable]
a document, painting, or piece of paper money that has been copied
illegally
16
caper noun [countable] INFORMAL
an activity that is not honest or not very serious
17
downright adjective
completely or extremely: used for emphasizing how bad someone or
something is
18
detestable adjective
extremely unpleasant
19 bargain noun [countable]
an agreement in which two people or group promise to do something
20 deformity noun [countable/uncountable]
a part of someone’s body that is not the usual shape
Phrasal verbs, collocations, idioms and word combinations
1
abreast adverb
keep/stay abreast of something
to make sure that you know all the most recent and important
information aboutsomethin
2
run verb [intransitive/transitive]
run into someone/something
to hit someone or something by accident while you are driving
run into (the) millions/hundreds/thousands etc
to reach a particular amount
run into trouble/difficulty/problems etc
to start to have trouble/difficulty/problems etc
Our project ranintodifficulties when we lost asponsor.
3
trample verb [intransitive/transitive]
trample someone/something underfoot:
He picked up the child so she wouldn't be trampled underfoot.
trample someone to death:
People were trampled to death in the crowd.
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4
t
r
y
g
y
cut and dry (also cu
-and-dried) adjective
if something is cutand dried, itis alreadyclearlydecided orsettled
5
red-hot adjective
it is a ve
6
stick [transitive] INFORMAL
strong feelin
stick out
to continue doing something difficult or unpleasant to the end
7
walk verb [intransitive]
walk (all) over smb
to treat someonebadl
8
bargain noun [countable]
keep your side/end/part of the bargain
do what you agreed
strike a bargain
reach an agreement
9
shake verb [transitive]
shake (hands) on smth
if two people shake (hands) on something, they make an
agreement by briefly joining hands and moving them slightly up and
down
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b
y
/
p
barg
y
t
y
/
Exercises
Exercise # 1.
Match the verbs, collocations and idioms with their meanings.
1
shake (hands) on
smth
strike a bargain
2
3 keep your
side/end/part of the
ain
4 walk (all) over smb d to continue doing something difficult or
5 stick out e
6 cut and dry fdo wha
run into trouble
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difficulty/problems
etc
run into
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someone/something
keep/stay abreastof
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something
Exercise # 2.
Fill in the gaps with the missing words.
1. Flood damages could _______ _____ ___millions. (Mac)
2. A truck _______ _____ me at the lights this morning. (Mac)
3. He drew _______ of me and immediately started talking. (Mac)
a
to hitsomeone orsomethingby
accidentwhile you are driving
to startto have
trouble/difficult
c
decided orsettled
unpleasant to the end
to treatsomeonebadl
ou agreed
g reach an agreement
h
to make sure thatyou know all the mostrece
nt and important
information aboutsomething
i
two people usually do it, they make an
agreement by briefly joining hands and movi
ng themslightly up and down
roblems etc
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4. Unfortunately, there is no ___________ answer to the problem of
immigration. (Cam)
5. "I don't know what you're talking about, but you better cut it out this
______ _____ minute!" (Lingvo)
6. It was a tough course, but we _______ it _____. (Mac)
7. How do we know you’ll keep your part of the ________ ? (Mac)
8. It was impossible to strike a _________ in that both sides would
accept. (Mac)
9. It seems that we have a deal, so let's _______ ________on it. (Cam)
10. I’m not about to let them _______ ____ _____ me. (Mac)
Exercise # 3.
Fill in the gaps with the appropriate words.
1. An __________, silent woman showed him round the small flat.
(Mac)
2. Littleton used to be a ___________ market town. (Mac)
3. 'You did once, when you went to work for the ____________ in –
Esher, was it not?'(Mac)
4. This cheese ____________! (Mac)
5. The whole justice system _________. (Mac)
6. The children were in danger of being __________ underfoot in the
crowd. (Cam)
7. Several people were nearly ___________ to death in the rush to get
out. (Cam)
8. The painting was a very clever __________. (Long)
9. How did you get involved in the __________? (Mac)
10. She was ______________ rude! (Mac)
11. Now, ten minutes or so after the delegation filed into Mel's office,
the dislike was sharpening to ____________ loathing. (Lingvo)
12. I had always put up with Bertrand's provocative,
sometimes ___________ nasty sense of humor. (Lingvo)
13. I had much ado to defend myself against these __________ animals,
and could not forbear starting when they came on my face. (Lingvo)
14. His fresh handsome face was so ______________ to me at that
moment, and he looked at me with such contemptuous amusement that I did
not answer him at all. (Lingvo)
15. After hours of negotiating a ___________ was finally reached. (Mac)
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Exercise # 4.
Read the sentences and pay attention to the italicized parts. Use the
structures in the sentences of your own.
1. It was a nut to crack for many, what these two could see in each
other, or what subject they could find in common.
2. It is the mark of a modest man to accept his friendly circle readymade from the hands of opportunity.
3. It was two stories high; showed no window, nothing but a door on the
lower story and a blind forehead of discoloured wall on the upper; and bore
in every feature, the marks of prolonged and sordid
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negligence.
4. It chanced on one of these rambles that their way led them down a
by-street in a busy quarter of London.
Exercise # 5.
Translate from English into Russian. Pay special attention to the
constructions with formal subjects.
1. It was difficult to persuade him. 2. It is impossible to understand such
things. 3. It was unusual to find the collection in the house of a planter.
4. It was good to bask in the sun of the Indian summer. 5. It was almost
impossible to obtain these small luxuries now. 6. It is very difficult to get
wine these days. 7. It was impossible to approach her on the subject.
8. It was hard to put up with her temper. 9. But it was hard now even to
imagine that time. 10. It was hard to bear her malice all the same. 11. It was
not easy to enforce the laws. 12. It's amusing to talk to her and it's nice to
look at her. 13. It was very hard to please him. 14. It was not so easy to
catch him as all that. 15. It was wonderful to behold Mrs Towler's face.
Exercise # 6.
Sentences 1–5 are statement beginnings. In the box below, there are
some statement endings lettered a–j. Choose the correct ending for each
statement. There are more statement endings than you will need.
1. It was a nut to crack for many, what these two could see in each
other, or what subject they could find ____________.
2. The street was small and what is called quiet, but it drove a thriving
trade on the _______________.
3. Two doors from one corner, on the left hand going east, the line was
broken by the entry of a court; and just at that point, a certain sinister block
of building thrust forward its _______________.
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4. ‘Did you ever remark that door?’ he asked; and when his companion
yday
b
g
t
j
________________, he added ‘It is connected in my mind’.
5. Well, sir, the two ran into one another naturally enough at the corner;
and then came the horrible part of the thing; for the man trampled calmly
over the, child’s body and left her screaming on the ground. It sounds
nothing to hear, but it was ____________.
aever
identical
c consistent
d working days
e corner on the street
fobjected
cavity wall on the stree
hagreed
idisgusting to see
sad to see
Exercise # 7.
Choose the correct answer to complete each sentence according to
the information given in the text.
1. Mr. Utterson the lawyer was a man of a rugged countenance, that was
never lighted by a smile; cold, __________ and embarrassed in discourse;
backward in sentiment; lean, long, dusty, dreary, and yet somehow lovable.
a) button-down
b) bare
c) laconic
d) casual
2. He was austere with himself; drank gin when he was alone, to –
___________ a taste for vintages; and though he enjoyed the theatre, had
not crossed the doors of one for twenty years.
a) suppress
b) obey
c) tease
d) shame
3. But he had an approved tolerance for others; sometimes wondering,
almost with envy, at the high pressure of spirits involved in their misdeeds;
and in any extremity inclined to help rather than to _______________.
a) provoke
b) irritate
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c) criticize
d) hate
4. And to such as these, so long as they came about his chambers, he
never marked a shade of change in his _______________.
a) tone
b) disposition
c) way of life
d) mood
5. For all that, the two men put the greatest store by these excursions,
counted them the chief jewel of each week, and not only set aside occasions
of pleasure, but even ____________ the calls of business, that they might
enjoy them uninterrupted.
a) played attention to
b) neglected
c) dismay
d) deny
Exercise # 8.
Look through the passage and complete the following statements
with your own words as briefly as possible.
1. It chanced on one of these rambles that their way ______ them down
a by-street in a busy quarter of London.
2. The street was small and what is called quiet, but it ________ a
thriving trade on the week-days.
3. The inhabitants were all doing well, it seemed, and all emulously
hoping to do better still, and _________ the surplus of their gains in
coquetry; so that the shop fronts stood along that thoroughfare with an air of
invitation, like rows of smiling saleswomen.
4. Even on Sunday, when it veiled its more florid charms and lay
comparatively empty of passage, the street ___________ in contrast to its
dingy neighbourhood, like a fire in a forest; and with its freshly painted
shutters, well-polished brasses, and general cleanliness and gaiety of note,
instantly caught and pleased the eye of the passenger.
5. Two doors from one corner, on the left hand going east, the line was
broken by the entry of a court; and just _________, a certain sinister block
of building thrust forward its gable on the street.
6. It was two stories high; ____________, nothing but a door on the
lower story and a blind forehead of discoloured wall on the upper; and bore
in every feature, the marks of prolonged and sordid negligence.
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7. The door, which _____________ with neither bell nor knocker, was
blistered and distained. Tramps slouched into the recess and struck matches
on the panels; children kept shop upon the steps; the schoolboy had tried his
knife on the mouldings; and for close on a generation, no one had appeared
to drive away these random visitors or to repair their ravages.
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. ‘But I have studied the place for myself,’ continued Mr. Enfield.’ It
seems scarcely a house. There is no other door, and nobody goes in or out of
that one but, once in a great while, the gentleman of my adventure.
2. There are three windows looking on the court on the ground floor;
none below; the windows are always shut but they’re clean.
3. And then there is a chimney which isn’t generally smoking; so
somebody must live there.
4. And yet it’s not so sure; for the buildings are so close to each other
about that court, that it’s hard to say where one ends and another begins.’
5. The pair walked on again for a while saying nothing; and then,
‘Enfield,’ said Mr. Utterson, ‘that’s a good rule of yours.’
6. There is something wrong with his appearance; something
mispleasing, something downright detestable.
7. I never saw a man I so loathed, and yet I scarce know why.
8. He must be deformed somewhere; he gives a strong feeling of
deformity, although I couldn’t remember the point.
9. He’s an extraordinary-looking man, and yet I really can tell nothing
out of the way. No, sir; I can make no hand of it; I can’t describe him.
10. Mr. Utterson again walked some way in silence and obviously under
a weight of thought.
Exercise # 10.
Choose the sentences which have no factual and grammar mistakes.
1. Even on Sunday, when it veiled its more florid charms and lay
comparatively empty of passage, the street shine out in contrast to its dingy
neighbourhood, like a fire in a forest; and with its freshly painted shutters,
well-polished brasses, and general cleanliness and gaiety of note, instantly
caught and pleased the eye of the passenger.
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2. Two doors from one corner, on the left hand going east, the line was
broken by the entry of a court; and just at that point, a curtain sinister block
of building thrust forward its gable on the street.
3. The door, which was equipped with neither bell nor knocker, was
blistered and distained.
4. Mr. Enfield and the lawyer were on the other side of the by-street; but
when they came abreast of the entry, the former raised his cane and pointed.
5. ‘Well, it was this way,’ returned Mr. Enfield: ‘I was coming home
from some place at the end of the world, about three o’ clock of a black
winter morning, and my way lay through a district where there was literally
nothing to be seen but lamps.
6. Well, sir, they ran into one another naturally enough at the corner;
and then came the horrible part of the thing; for the man trampled calmly
over the, child’s body and left her screaming on the ground.
7. He was perfectly cool and made no resistance, but glanced at me, so
ugly that it brought out the sweat on me like running.
8. The people which had turned out were the girl’s own family; and
pretty soon, the doctor, for whom she had been sent, put in his appearance.
9. Well, sir, he was like the rest of us; every time he looked at my
prisoner, I saw that Sawbones turn sick and white with the desire to kiss him.
10. I’d knew what was in his mind, just as he knew what was in mine;
and killing being out of the question, we did the next best.
Exercise # 11.
Choose two correct sentences.
a) Mr. Utterson the lawyer was a man of a rutted countenance, that was
never lighted by a smile; cold, scanty and embarrassed in discourse;
backward in sentiment; lean, long, dusty, dreary, and yet somehow lovable.
b) It is the mark of a modest man to accept his friendly circle ready-
made from the hands of opportunity; and that was the lawyer’s way.
c) His friends were those of his own flood or those whom he had known
the longest; his affections, like ivy, were the growth of time, they implied no
aptness in the object.
d) Two door from one corner, on the left hand going east, the line was
broken by the entry of a court; and just at that point, a certain sinister block
of building thrust forward its gable on the street.
e) It was two stories high; showed no window, nothing but a door on the
lower story and a blind forehead of discoloured wall on the upper; and bore
in every feature, the marks of prolonged and sordid negligence.
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THE STRANGE CASE OF DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE
By Robert Stevenson
THE CAREW MURDER CASE
NEARLY a year later, in the month of October, 18 – , London was
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startled by a crime of singular ferocity
the high position of the victim. The details were few and startling
servant living alone in a house not far from the river had gone up-stairs to
bed about eleven. Although a fog rolled over the city in the small hours, the
early part of the night was cloudless, and the lane, which the maid’s window
overlooked
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, was brilliantly lit by the full moon. It seems she was
romantically given, for she sat down upon her box, which stood
immediately under the window, and fell into a dream of musing. Never (she
used to say, with streaming tears, when she narrated that experience), never
had she felt more at peace with all men or thought more kindly of the world.
And as she so sat she became aware of an aged and beautiful gentleman
with white hair, drawing near along the lane; and advancing to meet him,
another and very small gentleman, to whom at first she paid less attention.
When they had come within speech (which was just under the maid’s
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eyes) the older man bowed and accosted
manner of politeness. It did not seem as if the subject of his address were of
great importance; indeed, from his pointing, it sometimes appeared as if he
were only inquiring his way; but the moon shone on his face as he spoke,
and the girl was pleased to watch it, it seemed to breathe such an innocent
and old-world kindness of disposition, yet with something high too, as of a
well-founded self-content. Presently her eye wandered to the other, and she
was surprised to recognize in him a certain Mr. Hyde, who had once visited
her master and for whom she had conceived
heavy cane, with which he was trifling; but he answered never a word, and
seemed to listen with an ill-contained impatience. And then all of a sudden
he broke out in a great flame of anger, stamping with his foot, brandishing
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and rendered all the more notable by
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the other with a very pretty
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a dislike. He had in his hand a
2
. A maid
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