7. Make up and practise a dialogue using the word combinations from the text.

8. Paraphrase the following sentences using the word combinations from the text:

1. Why don’t read the collection of memoirs by Mark Twain? 2. He seemed to know those people speaking with John Grisham. 3. What is the Ukrainian term for a picture or photograph at the beginning of a book, usually opposite the page with the title on it? 4. Seeing oasis in the dessert is usually a play of imagination for people who are thirsty for a long time. 5. Our company was given the grant as no one left the project before the work was finished and all members had been working overtime for several weeks. 6. His greatest desire was to enter the University of Minnesota. 7. The room was in a mess. All books were lying on the floor. 8. A wave of panic seized him. 9. Thumbing the family album, old Julian stopped at the picture of family reunion in Northern Carolina. 10. He entered the house and was taken aback by its luxury. 11. Detective Watson was slowly following the route on the map his chief was pointing at, while his thoughts were about two captives. 12. Max couldn’t but admire the fashion show this year: all patterns of styles and colours.

9. Translate the following sentences into English using the word combinations from the text:

1. Коли Метью увійшов до кімнати, Джейн квапливо працювала за комп’ютером, при цьому книжки та вирізки із журналів були розкидані по всій кімнаті. 2. Мрією усього її життя був виступ на сцені Ла Скала. 3. Охоплений руйнівними силами зла, Містер Хайд ледве тримався на ногах. 4. Тобі не здається знайомим це чарівне містечко? 5. Мати була задоволена успіхами дітей. 6. Останній роман цього письменника побачив світ лише після його смерті. 7. Реклама на телебаченні негативно впливає на підсвідомість. 8. Під час польоту лайнера пасажири ліниво спостерігали за змінним та мальовничим краєвидом за бортом. 9. За умовами контракту жоден працівник не міг розірвати його та покинути проект. 10. Яке покарання виноситься за підробку грошей? 11. На якусь мить міссіс Берклі здалося, що її чоловік поряд, проте це виявилася гра її уяви. 12. Хлопчик у захваті перегортав сторінки великої книжки із дивними малюнками, та ось маленький пальчик зупинився на малюнку лицаря із довгим списом. 13. Двері довгого коридору прикрашали різні за розміром вигравірувані таблички. 14. Критики визнали його найкращим письменником детективного жанру.

10. Explain what is meant by:

1. He was in 'the stacks'. 2. He had come down to see if he could find any references to Thomas Chatterton. 3. ... as he went, lightly touching the damp spines of the volumes until eventually he took down the one on which his finger had come to rest. 4. It resembled some daydream of his own. 5. ... the précis of its plot, in eight point type, summarised the history of an actor who believes himself to be possessed by the spirits of Kean, Garrick and other famous performers of the past. 6. ... and only the assiduous researches of a biographer had uncovered the fakery. 7. It had become a patchwork of other voices and other styles. 8. It was a selection of literary reminiscences. 9. The library was not peaceful but it was a place of somewhat precarious refuge. 10. They seemed to expand as soon as they reached the shadows, creating some dark world where there was no beginning and no end, no story, no meaning.