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1.2.2 Assignment VI (chapters IV-V)
Active vocabulary:
1) stir – ( public ) excitement;
2) recital – an account or description;
3) condolence – ( an expression of ) sympathy for someone who has experienced
great sorrow, misfortune etc.;
4) to recoil – to move back suddenly in fear or dislike;
5) salutary – likely to cause an improvement in character, future behaviour, health
etc.;
6) surmise – an opinion not based on clear proof; guess;
7) indubitable – which cannot be doubted, unquestionable;
8) escapade – a wild, exciting, and sometimes dangerous act or adventure, esp. one
that disobeys rules;
9) wedlock – the state of being married;
10) lanky – ( esp. of a person ) ungracefully tall and thin;
11) to impart – to make known ( information etc. );
12) to daub – to cover with something soft and sticky;
13) handicapped – having a disability of the body or mind;
14) exertion – a cause of exerting oneself; an effort;
15) mockery – the act of laughing unkindly or unfairly at something, esp. to show
that one thinks it foolish;
16) incomprehensible – difficult or impossible to understand;
17) aptitude – natural ability or skill, esp. in learning;
18) conspicuous – noticeable; attracting attention; easily seen;
19. artificial – lacking true feelings, insincere; not real or natural;
20) unprofitable – not producing or resulting in profit or advantage ;
21) to buttonhole – to stop ( someone ) and force them join in a conversation;
22) consternation – great shock and worry or fear;
23) dereliction – failure to do what one should do;
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24) asunder – apart or into separate pieces;
25) prudent – thinking carefully before taking action;
26) sinister – threatening, intending or suggesting evil;
27) to intrude upon – to enter unwanted or unasked;
28) to reconsider – to think again about ( a subject ) with the possibility of
changing one’s mind;
29) to elevate – to raise to a higher rank or position;
30) ample – enough or more that enough; with plenty of space; large.
I. Transcribe and translate the words below into Russian:
merest, malice, reticence, heroic, measles, bodice, torture, recondite, temperament,
mortar, spasmodic, drainage, emporium, purchase, scheme, supercilious,
perpetual, antagonism, solicitor, humanitarianism, menace, interview, financier,
presentiment.
Passage for good reading and written literary translation. If you don’t know
how to pronounce the words, consult the dictionary: Ch. IV “Many of the
younger Forsytes felt…. men and women are but moths around the pale, flamelike blossom”.
II. Fill in the gaps in the following sentences with the words from the active
vocabulary:
1. The policeman was accused of ……. of duty.
2. In the shadows we could make out a …….figure in a black cloak.
3. She showed great ……. for learning languages.
4. I don’t want to ……. on you if you are busy.
5. He gave us a terrible ……. of his experience.
6. His clothes were ……. with mud and oil.
7. He continued with his plans to build a flying machine, in spite of the …….
of his friends.
8. His signature was an …….scrawl.
9. The experts …….that about 10,000 tonnes of grain will be needed.
10. The accident was a ……lesson; I’ll never drink and drive again.
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11. Please, accept my …… on your father’s death.
A
B
a house with an ample
surmises
a youthful
wedlock
a special school for
escapade
incomprehensible
experience
to daub the wall with
idea
a series of wild
garden
children born out of
test
a letter of
the mentally handicapped
a salutary
smile
unprofitable
paint
an aptitude
plot
an artificial
condolence
a sinister
behaviour
12. She was asked to …… her decision to resign.
13. She ……me in the corridor and asked me about my plans.
14. I think it would be ….. to hear the other side of the argument before you
make your decision.
15. To his ……, he realized that he had left his checkbook at home.
III. a) give antonyms to the following:
wedlock, candour, unprofitable, artificial, prudent, sinister, asunder.
b) write a sentence for each word to show the meaning clearly.
IV. a) make phrases by joining together a word from column A with word
from column B:
b) write a short story of your own using these phrases.
V. Write these words (numbering 1-10) in the same order as the definitions
that follow:
recital, lanky, indubitable, candour, wedlock, consternation, aptitude, dereliction,
prudent, artificial:
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– not real or natural; insincere;
– very thin and ungracefully tall;
– natural ability or skill, esp. in learning;
– an account, report;
– the state of being married;
– sensible and wise; careful;
– unquestionable;
– the quality or state of being sincerely honest and truthful;
– failure to do what one should do;
– fear, great shock.
After you read
VI. Complete the sentences the way the author puts it in the text:
“That great class to which they had risen, and now belonged, demanded
certain……
“And now this rumour had come upon him, this rumour about…..
“A young mam and a young woman ought never to be…..
“He seemed so anxious to be asked question, that James…..
“The Buccaneer, watching him go so sadly, felt sorry for…..
“ Soames always attended the general meeting; it was considered better that…..
“I object to my money being paid to these people of whom I know nothing who…
“In old Jolyon’s mind there was always the secret ache that……
“This gives you an ample margin, and, as you know is far more than….
“Bosinney’s answer, which came in the course of the next day was….
VII. Who is speaking to whom, and what are they talking about?
“How do you do, Mr. Forsyte? Come down to see for yourself”.
“Why, what should I know about it? It’s nothing to do with me! You do it on your
own responsibility”.
“Didn’t she look caught out just?
“I deprecate the proposal all together. I object to the whole thing on principle”.
“Can I speak to you for a minute, uncle?”
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“He talks about ‘a free hand ‘- he said”.
VIII. Retell the chapter (IV) as if you were James himself.
IX. Discuss the “unspoken meanings “of the sharp words between Soames and
old Jolyon about Bosinney and Irene. What are these unspoken things, and
what could be said if they were able?
X. In Chapter V, what is really going on in the correspondence between
Soames and Bosinney?
Style analyses
1. What is the function of the catch-repetition in this paragraph?
In fact, it was simply the desire to keep things well-aired, the desire which
animates the Public Press, that brought James, for instance, into communication
with Mrs Septimus, Mrs Septimus with the little Nicholases, the little Nicholases
with who-knows-whom, and so on.
2. Speak on the devices the author uses in these paragraphs:
a) rumours, and tales, reports, surmises - were they not the children of the
house, as dear and precious as the prattling babes the brother and sisters had
missed in their own journey? To talk about them, was as near as they could get to
the possession of all those children and grandchildren after whom their hearts
yearned. For though it is doubtful whether Timothy's heart yearned, it is
indubitable that at the arrival of each fresh Forsyte child he was quite upset;
b) James had passed through the fire, but he had passed also through the
river of years that washes out the fire; he had experienced the saddest experience
of all - forgetfulness of what it was like to be in love.
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1.2.3 Assignment VII (chapters VI-VIII)
Active vocabulary:
1) assignation – a meeting, esp. a secret meeting with a lover;
2) ravenous – very hungry;
3) to clap – to bring ( your open hands ) together with a quick movement and loud
sound, esp. to show approval of a performance;
4) confinement – the act of confining or state of being confined;
5) barbarity – an example of cruelty of the worst kind;
6) cultivated – showing good education, manners etc.;
7) to induce – to lead someone to do something, often by persuading;
8) captivity – the state of being captive ( held as a prisoner );
9) seclusion – the state of being secluded; quietness and privateness;
10) delirium – an excited dreamy state in serious illness;
11) dubious – feeling doubt; undecided or uncertain;
12) to forfeit – to have something taken away from one because some agreement or
rule has been broken, or as a punishment, or as the result of some action;
13) hostility – a state of extreme unfriendliness;
14) sagacity – good judgment and understanding, wisdom;
15) to pry – to try to find out about someone else’s private affairs;
16) conclave – a private secret meeting;
17) knickknack – a small cheap decorative object, esp. for the house;
18) to cherish – to care for tenderly; love;
19) ancestry – a person’s ancestors considered as a group or as a continuous line;
20) to ascertain – to discover ( the truth about something ), to make certain;
21) ostentation – unnecessary show of wealth, knowledge etc.;
22) hazard – something likely to cause damage or loss, a danger or risk;
23) to evaporate – to cause to change into steam and disappear;
24) tryst – an arrangement between lovers to meet at a secret place or time;
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25) constellation – a number of stars seen from the Earth as a group and often
having a name (for example the Great Bear);
26) suave – showing very good smooth manners, esp. in an insincere way;
27) essence – the real or inner nature of a thing, by which it can be recognized or
put into a class;
28) squalor – the condition of being dirty and unpleasant;
29) to muffle ( up ) – to cover ( esp. oneself ) thickly and warmly;
30) bobby – a policeman.
I. Transcribe and translate the words below into Russian:
perverse, sarcasm, subtle, landau, vehicle, extravagance, parasol, sentiment, torpid,
preposterous, pheasant, anthem, violin, sonata, garble, commencement,
awkwardness, paralysis, wrath, parquet, appendage, dyspepsia, tulle, volatile,
pathos, debut, exposure, odour, draught, helmet, languor, shawl.
Passage for good reading and written literary translation. If you don’t know
how to pronounce the words, consult the dictionary: Ch. III “Roger's house in
Prince's Gardens was….'God Save the Queen,' and go away”.
II. Fill in the gaps in the following sentences with the words from the active
vocabulary:
1. He went out into the snow …… up in his scarf and heavily overcoat.
2. If you don’t return the article to the shop within a week, you …… your
chance of getting your money back.
3. Have a sandwich; you must be ……!
4. The hostages were released from ……
5. There are many serious health ……associated with smoking.
6. The ……. of the last war must not be repeated.
7. The audience ….. loudly at the end of the play.
8. Nothing could ……. her to be disloyal to him.
9. I am still …… about lending Jim the new car.
10. I don’t wish to ….. but is it true that you’ve sold your house?
11. A ……. of cardinals was held to elect the new Pope.
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12. The old man …….the girl as if she were his daughter.
A
B
a ravenous
clemency
his insufferable
on the mantelpiece
a woman of noble
appetite
an appeal for
audience
a hazard to
ancestry
various knickknacks
health
a cultivated
in a single room
ten people living in squalor
arrogance
13. He lives in almost total …… these days .
III. a) make phrases by joining together a word from column A with word
from column B:
b) write a short story of your own using these phrases.
After you read
IV. Try to reproduce the context where the following phrases occurred:
to have an assignation;
in a state of blissful delirium;
nicely calculated arrogance;
a secret hostility;
to pry into his affairs;
a pheasant proper;
to make a pretty pot of pin-money;
a matter of extreme difficulty;
to look so shadowy and exhausted;
slender body shaken by sobs.
V. Complete the sentences the way the author puts it in the text:
“ It was as good as a play to see his father with the children, but ….”
“ She had too much good sense, too much proper appreciation of what was
due to …..”
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“ They didn’t want to hurt the feelings of their elders, nor to feel ridiculous
themselves; they …..”
“ It was nice for Francie to have something to occupy her, while …..”
“ He was disconcerted himself by the effect of his own words – an effect
which...”
“ Large numbers of wax candles had been collected and placed in ……”
“ She made elaborate apologies for……”
“ She danced well; he was tired of hearing women say with an acid smile: …..”
“ Turning to see at what she was looking, he saw his wife on ……”
“ He could only see her eyes, fixed and staring in the dark, but ……”
VI. Try to characterize old Jolyon’s relationship to his grandchildren at the
zoo.
VII. Tell the events of the chapter (VII) if you were:
a) old Jolyon; b) Swithin; c) Francie; d) Dartie; e) Euphemia
VIII. Comment on the quotations below:
1. “ It was rubbish, but – annoying! the sort of rubbish that wouldn’t sell. As
every Forsyte knows, rubbish that sells is not rubbish at all – far from it.”
2. “ And all the cruelties and hardness of life, its pathos and unequal chances, its
conceil, self-forgetfulness, and patience, were presented on the battlefield of this
Kensington ballroom.”
IX. You are a newspaper reporter. Write a report about the ball at Roger’s
for the next day’s paper.
Style analyses
1. Speak on the stylistic devices used in the chapter to characterize the
members of the family.
2. Comment on the choices of words in the chapters; the author’s usage of the
similes, metaphors, and repetitions of some words and their stylistic effect.
3. Speak on the methods of direct and indirect characterization as they are used
in the chapter.
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1.2.4 Assignment VIII (chapters IX-XI)
Active vocabulary:
1) to elude – to escape from, esp. by means of a trick;
2) prodigal – wasteful, esp. of money;
3) testimony – any fact or situation that shows or proves something very clearly;
4) buffoon – a very stupid person, esp. one who is rough and noisy;
5) amorous – feeling or expressing love, esp. sexual love;
6) to evoke – to produce or call up (a memory or feeling, or its expression);
7) to mingle with – to mix ( with another thing or with people ) so as to form an
undivided whole, while keeping separate qualities;
8) to stint – to give too small an amount (of);
9) delectable – very pleasing, delightful;
10) glum – in low spirits, sad;
11) to devise – to plan or invent, esp. cleverly;
12) malicious – resulting from or expressing malice;
13) insulation – esp. in relation to a house 0 the action of insulating or the state of
being insulated;
14) imprecation – a curse; a swearword;
15) idol – an image worshipped as a God;
16) to allude ( to ) – to speak about something or someone, but in an indirect way;
17) to banish – to force to leave; drive away;
18) haggard – having lines on the face and hollow places around the eyes and in
the cheeks through tiredness, lack of sleep or anxiety;
19) mongrel – an animal, esp. a dog, whose parents were of mixed breeds or
different breeds;
20) hall-mark – a particular quality, way of behaving etc. that is very typical of a
certain person or thing;
21) malaise – a feeling of illness without any particular pain or appearance of
disease;
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