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III. Fill in the verbs using them in the appropriate form: trample; tremble; pout; snigger; reproach;
remind; fetch; bombard; take off; disguise; finger; favour; start; stand.
1. He ____________________ me with questions.
2. When I told him that I meant to live in Paris for a while, and had taken an apartment, he
________________________ me bitterly for not having let him know.
3. His letters had told me that he was very much in love with his wife, and I saw that he could
hardly__________________ his eyes ___________her
4. But when Stroeve spoke of Chardin it was not without reason, and she ________________me curiously of that
pleasant housewife in her mob-cap and apron whom the great painter has immortalised.
5. "This foolish wife of mine thinks I'm a great artist," said he.
His apologetic laugh did not _____________________the pleasure that he felt.
6. Dirk Stroeve agreed to _________________ me on the following evening and take me to the cafe at which
Strickland was most likely to be found.
7. "Human nature is a nuisance, isn't it?" I said.
"Why are you ____________________ at me?"
"Because I don't believe you."
8. I idled on the quays,______________________ second-hand books that I never meant to buy.
9. His face fell, and he ______________________ his lips like a scolded child.
10. Luck ________________us, and in the first house we tried the concierge told us that we should find him on the
top floor.
11. It was really rather mysterious, and it seemed to me that Stroeve, standing just behind, was
______________________ in his shoes.
12. "Haven't you got a match, you fool?"
Strickland's voice, coming out of the darkness, harshly, made me ___________________ .
13. "You have no more spirit than a mongrel cur. You lie down on the ground and ask people to
____________________ on you."
14. I ____________apart, somewhat embarrassed by the domestic scene, and wondered why Stroeve had insisted
on my coming with him.
IV. Match the words below with their definitions:
a) commission, b) easel, c) babble, d) take offence, e) gibe, f) reconciliation, g) at length, h) sardonic, i) idyl, j) to vex,
k) susceptibility, l) to distraction, m) threadbare, n) attic.
1) a wooden frame for holding an artist's work while it is being painted or drawn;
2) an insulting or mocking remark;
3) after a long time;
4) grimly mocking or cynical;
5) annoy, make angry;
6) sensitiveness, sensitivity, touchiness;
7) an extremely happy and peaceful situation;
8) the restoration of friendly relations;
9) to feel injured, humiliated;
10) garret, loft;
11) shabby, worn;
12) to a state of madness;
13) talk, chatter;
14) an order for something, especially a work of art, to be produced specially.
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Cultural Background
Explain the following realia and give the context in which they are used in the book:
♦ Chardin;
♦ Corot;
♦ Cockney (a native of East London);
♦ the Louvre;
♦ Delacroix.
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Reading and Translation
Read and translate the following extracts:
1) (p.85) - "Why should you think that beauty, ………………. sensitiveness and imagination."
2) (p.89) - “He began to talk of himself………… he lived a life wholly of the spirit.”
3) (p.97-98) - “Strickland was in a good humour. ……… There was a pleasing grace in the orderliness of their
lives.”
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Questions and Tasks for Discussion
I. Answer the questions:
1. What did Strickland say about Dirk Stroeve’s pictures when he saw the whole lot? (p. 83)
2. What was Dirk Stroeve’s opinion of Strickland’s pictures? (p. 84)
3. What did the Dutch people whom Dirk Stroeve persuaded to buy Strickland's pictures think of him? (p. 85)
4. To what cafe did Dirk Stroeve take the narrator to meet Strickland? (p. 85)
5. What occupation appealed to Strickland’s sardonic temper and helped him to acquire a wide acquaintance with the
more disreputable quarters of Paris (p. 89)
6. What did Strickland do during a strike? (p. 89)
6. Was it easy for Strickland to paint? (p. 90)
7. What was Strickland’s attitude to fame? (p. 90–91)
8. What images kindled Strickland’s soul to ecstasy? (p. 91)
9. What was more important to Strickland - the past, present or future? (p. 92)
10. Had Strickland been in love since he came to Paris? (p. 92)
11. How did the narrator characterize the Louvre? (p. 93)
12. Could Dirk Stroeve cook Italian dishes? (p. 94)
13. How did Dirk Stroeve take the news that Strickland was ill? (p. 99)
14. How did the narrator and Dirk Stroeve manage to find Strickland’s address? (p. 100)
15. Who said the following about Strickland:
a) "I tell you he has genius. I'm convinced of it. In a hundred years, if you and I are remembered at all, it will be
because we knew Charles Strickland."
b) “He never said a clever thing, but he had a vein of brutal sarcasm which was not ineffective, and he always said
exactly what he thought. He was indifferent to the susceptibilities of others, and when he wounded them was amused.”
c) "Beast." "I hope I shall never see him again."
d) "The fact remains that he's a great artist, a very great artist."
e) "You look half starved." "I don't really care a twopenny damn if you starve or not."
f) “He showed that he despised you, and you lick his hand. Oh, I hate him."
g) "You're so simple. You recognise no obligations.”
h) “I give you my word of honour, there's no one painting to-day in whose talent I am more convinced.”
i) "I'm frightened of him. I don't know why, but there's something in him that terrifies me.”
II. Explain the following:
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1. He reminded you of those jolly, fat merchants that Rubens painted. (p. 80)
2. Though she was English, I could not exactly place her. (p. 82)
3. He gave me an extraordinary impression as he sat there, his attention riveted on his game - an impression of great
strength. (p. 86)
4. “I took care to ask Strickland nothing about his own doings. I showed not the least interest in him, and at last I was
rewarded.” (p. 88)
5. I got again more strongly the impression of a man possessed. He did not seem quite sane. He lived in a dream, and
the reality meant nothing to him. (p. 90)
6. There was on his face a strange look, and I thought that so might a man look when he had died under the torture.
(p. 93)
7. I saw Strickland not infrequently, and now and then played chess with him. He was of uncertain temper. (p. 95)
8. Dirk Stroeve hated the thought of Strickland spending Christmas Day by himself; he ascribed his own emotions to
him, and could not bear that on an occasion given up to good-fellowship the lonely painter should be abandoned to
his own melancholy. (p. 99)
9. In ten minutes Stroeve, panting, came back. He was a practical little fellow…. (p. 102)
III. Describe:
1. Madame Dirk Stroeve.
2. Strickland’s apartment.
IV. Speak on:
1. Strickland’s attitude to Dirk Stroeve.
2. Mrs. Stroeve’s reaction to Dirk Stroeve’s plan to bring Strickland to their studio.
Lesson 7 (ch. XXVI–XXXI)
Vocabulary
Cultural Background
Reading and Translation
Questions and Tasks for Discussion
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Vocabulary
I. Study the words and phrases from the vocabulary list. Reproduce the situations in which they are used
in the book.
1) to offer resistance p. 107 – оказывать сопротивление,
2) to put out (by smth) p. 107 – выводить из себя, расстраивать,
3) to take turns at doing smth (with smb) p. 108 – делать что-либо по очереди,
4) skin and bone p. 109 – кожа да кости,
5) to drive smb to desperation p. 112 – доводить кого-л. до отчаяния / до крайности,
6) to eat humble pie p. 113 – смириться, проглотить обиду,
7) to have mercy on smb p. 114 – пощадить кого-либо,
8) What has come over you? p. 116 – Что на тебя нашло?
9) to be at hand p. 120 – быть под рукой, находиться рядом,
10) to take to doing smth p. 124 – приобрести привычку.
II. Give Russian equivalents:
- entreaty (107) – [ɪn'triːtɪ]
- detestable (107) –
- jibe (gibe ) (107) –
- querulous (107) – [ˈkwer(y)ələs]
- dexterous (107) – [ˈdekst(ə)rəs]
- weird (108) –
- abominable (108) – [ə'bɔmɪnəbl]
- whole-hearted (108) –
- perplexity (109) –
- transparent (109) – [tranˈspe(ə)rənt, -ˈspar-]
- disconsolate (110) – [dɪs'kɒnsəlɪt]
- woebegone (110) – [ˈwəʊbɪgɒn]
- rueful smile (110) – ['ruːfʊl]
- uncouth (121) – [ʌn'kuːθ]
- aloofness (121) – [ə'luːfnəs]
- idleness (122) –
- whim (122) –
- heartrending (124) –
- ludicrous (124) –
- dapper (p. 125) – ['dæpə]
III. Give synonyms or synonymous word-combinations:
- put up resistance –
- supplication, prayer –
- taunt, jeer –
- sincere, frank, candid (devotion) –
- indifference –
- very strange; bizarre –
- caprice, vagary, freak, fancy –
- laziness; indolence, inactivity –
- fall into the habit of –
- to put up with sth, to submit; to resign oneself –
- sad, inconsolable, desolate –
- neat, trim, smart, spruce –
IV. Give corresponding nouns:
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- firm –
- rude –
- dogged – [ˈdɒgɪd]
- grateful –
- ungainly –
- sensual –
- wise –
- proud –
- idle –
- aloof –
- merciful –
- transparent –
- rueful –
- disapprove –
- sudden –
V. Fill in the verbs using them in the appropriate form: stomach, waylay, endure, shrug, tally, alter, ease,
trickle, fetch, survey, forestall, lavish, chaff, lay, induce, rob.
1. It needed a good deal of firmness and still more patience to ________________him to come.
2. She did not speak to him much, but she was quick to __________________ his wants.
3. He could not do enough to show his gratitude for the whole-hearted devotion with which she had accepted the
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burden he_______________ on her.
4. In a moment Strickland looked away and idly _______________________ the ceiling, but she continued to stare
at him, and now her look was quite inexplicable.
5. I was convinced he had been drinking, and I smiled. I was on the point of ________________him on his state.
6. He gave a little gasp, and the tears began to ___________________ down his round cheeks.
7. He told her how passionately he loved her, and reminded her of all the devotion he had
_______________________upon her.
8. I kept silence for a little while, thinking of what Stroeve had told me. I could not _________________ his
weakness, and he saw my disapproval.
9. I could not believe that he would ever suffer that possession of himself which love is; he could never
_____________________ a foreign yoke.
10. Knowing at what time his wife did her shopping, one day, unable any longer to bear not seeing her,
he___________________ her in the street.
11. "What do you think is going to happen?" I asked.
"I don't know. But I'm afraid."
I ______________________ my shoulders.
12. It is hard that a man's exterior should _____________________so little sometimes with his soul. Dirk Stroeve
had the passion of Romeo in the body of Sir Toby Belch.
13. Strickland's injurious calm ______________________ Stroeve of the rest of his self-control.
14. “I've made up my mind. Nothing that you can say will make me __________________ it."
15. He gulped, and put his hand to his heart to ____________________its painful beating.
16. "Will you pack up my clothes and leave them with the concierge? I'll come and _________________them tomorrow."
VI. Match the words below with their definitions:
a) alarm, b) humiliation, c) diffidence, d) disconsolate, e) divan, f) vehemence, g) anguish, h) infirmity, i) bagman,
j) want, k) to pull through, l) propinquity, m) forbearance, n) vanity, m) to blunder.
1) an anxious awareness of danger; confusion, disarray, fear –
2) very unhappy and unable to be comforted –
3) great forcefulness or intensity of feeling or expression –
4) patient self-control; restraint and tolerance –
5) the embarrassment and shame you feel when someone makes you appear stupid, or when you make a mistake in
public –
6) excessive pride in or admiration of one's own appearance or achievements –