21. Translate these words into Ukrainian:
estate car, coach, gears, steering wheel, freight train, ticket collector, signal box, ferry, trawler, gangplank, purser, customs shed, light house, jet, joystick, air traffic controller, runway, ground staff.
22. Write equivalent meaning words:
a kitchen - a garage - customs rules - a check - to get used to - to have a light meal - the place you go to - a truck - a team - a bedroom - a bed - a compartment - a plane - a gangplank - to go on time -to make a sudden sideways movement
23. Underline the correct word.
Before the motor car became a practical way to travel, people depended mainly on horses to 1) get/reach from one place to another. They not only used horses to ride on, but to pull various types of vehicles as well. The simplest of these was the cart, an uncovered vehicle with two or four wheels which was used for 2) taking/carrying goods. For short trips, a light, two-wheeled vehicle called a trap was often used, while for long journeys a 3) shut/closed, four-wheeled vehicle called a carriage was 4) preferred/liked. Private carriages could be very luxurious, with fur rugs and even vases of flowers. For those without a private carriage, a coach could be used. This was a public 5) means/way of transport which followed regular 6) routes/directions throughout the country, stopping at inns to change horses and 7) allow/let people to rest and have something to eat. With the invention of the train in Britain in the 1820s, long journeys in horse-drawn vehicles became less and less common, and in the 8) early/first 1900s the motorcar began to replace horses altogether.
24. Read the idioms and examples connected with roads. Translate them into Ukrainian.
A People: character, emotions and relationships
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example |
Meaning |
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Goodbye. I hope our paths cross again soon. |
I hope we meet again soon. |
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I'm really stuck in a rut in this job. I think I'll look for something new. (rut = deep track or mark made by a vehicle on the surface of a road) |
In a boring situation, with no hope of excitement, or future prospects. |
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This computer's driving me round the bend! It keeps crashing each time I try to save my work. |
The computer is making me angry and frustrated. |
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This book is right up your street/ alley. It's called 'How to make a million in a year', (alley = narrow street or lane with buildings on either side) |
It's perfect for you; exactly what interests you. |
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Josh is very middle-of-the-road politically. |
Neither left-wing nor right-wing, has no radical views. |
B Road idioms that comment on situations
I think the government is on the right/wrong track these days. [thinking or acting rightly/wrongly]
It's an uphill battle/fight/struggle trying to persuade Joe to get a job. [a very difficult task]
That restaurant's really gone downhill lately. [it was good, but is not any longer]
She lives right off the beaten track, but she loves the peace and quiet. [in a very isolated place]
The Conservative Party is at a crossroads. [at a decisive moment in its history]
This job I have now is a complete dead end. [it has no future / no prospects]
I use a bicycle these days to go/get from A to B. [to make simple/typical journeys]
The new hotel has really put the village on the map. [now everybody has heard of the village]
Well, it's almost midnight. We should hit the road. [start our journey (home)]
Road rage is increasing in many countries. [violent incidents resulting from traffic disputes]
25. Complete each of these idioms.
1. Airlines ...................... me round the .................................. ! You can never get simple information from them when you phone them up.
2. I don't have any extreme views about anything. I'm quite .....................-
.......................-the-........................ .
3. I didn't like her at all, and I hope our......................... never ................ again, to be honest.
It's a good idea to change your job every few years. It's very easy to get
stuck .........................a.............................if you're not careful.
5. This video's ............................ up your .............................. . It's all about
how violins are made.