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Chapter 1 East Wind

I.Read, translate and transcribe the following words, give explanation of their meaning. Say in what situations these words and combinations are used.

To scratch one’s head thoughtfully

To follow smb’s directions exactly

Dilapidated

To afford smth

To give the matter some consideration

To come to the conclusion

A waste of time/money

To deserve to do smth/smth

By smb’s leave

Without a word of warning

To advertise

To look lopsided

To say nothing of smb/smth

To require

To queue up

To hold up the traffic

A guild weathercock

There is frost in my bones

Absent-mindedly

Barley-water

A newcomer

To sniff

Old-fashioned

Out – of – date

To have an excellent view

Extraordinary

To slide gracefully down/up the banisters

A sigh of relief

To make up one’s mind

To regard smb. searchingly

To do smb. a signal honour

To withdraw smth

To do/undo one’s bed

To restrain oneself

Throat lozenges

A bottle of scent

To obey/disobey

Smb’s eyes popped with astonishment

Spit-spot into bed

Anxiously

To tip smb

II.Replace the following words with their synonyms from the given list.

To give somebody a small amount of money for some little favour; a bottle of perfume; to do smb. a favour; unusual; to decide; shabby; to line up; to see very clearly; to demand; having smb’s permission; to have enough money to buy smth.

III.Give the three forms of the following verbs, translate and transcribe them.

To find, to say, to run, to go, to begin, to own, to give, to afford, to come, to lay, to lie, to cut, to polish, to speak, to leave, to warn, to advertise, to mean, to get, to put, to hold, to make, to build, to draw, to think, to wear, to break, to sit, to send, to smell, to die, to bend, to toss, to see, to catch, to fling, to lift, to throw, to hear, to shake, to sniff, to bear, to spill, to bother, to know, to withdraw, to stand, to blow, to unwind, to hang, to pinch, to shut, to slide, to tell, to smack, to fly, to keep, to drink, to preside, to feel.

IV.Translate, transcribe and pronounce the following words, use them in the sentences of your own.

White-gloved, flagstaff, reference, bandanna, crimson, fluid, ecstatically, cordial, bib, substance, solemnly, rum punch, mantelpiece, miraculous, coax, cot, underneath.

V.Explain the use of tenses in the following phrases.

1. … if you follow this direction exactly, you will be there…

2. And after Mrs. Banks had given the matter some consideration she came to the conclusion that she would rather have Jane… and Michael…

3. … he has again polished one boot and left the other untouched.

4. Which way is the wind blowing?

5. Sometimes he would give some to Jane and Michael for their money-boxes…

6. Anything, they thought, would be better than Kattie Nanna…

7. … it belonged to a woman who was holding her hat on with one hand and carrying a bag in the other.

8. He held his breath, shut his eyes and gulped.

9. But they knew, both of them, that something strange and wonderful had happened at Number Seventeen, Cherry-Lane Street.

10. You’ll never leave us, will you?