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II. Look up the verb to change in an English-English dictionary and write down its meanings. In which of the meanings is it synonymous to the verb to alter? Explain the difference. Give examples.

EXERCISES

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I. Translate into Russian passages from the text which begin and end as follows:

1. The interior of the store ... show cases. 2. The main street ... and then a car passed. 3. As the afternoon drew on ... in an absent-minded way. 4. Her sudden feeling of confused disappointment ... at home this time.

II. Find in the text English equivalents for the following Russian phrases and senr tences:

звук шагов; это можно было бы сказать о нем; становиться все более похожим на ...; если бы не ...; быть против чего-л.; обвинять кого-л. в чем-л.; ссориться с кем-л.; дергать за руку; чувствовать себя виноватой; не лучше чем ...; считать (рассматривать) кого-л.; выражать неодобрение; терять время попусту; вызывать кого-л. на что-л.; ехать куда-л. (быть в дороге); испытывать чувство стыда за кого-л.

III. Reproduce situations from the text using the following word combinations

1. to lean against, a sound of footsteps, on credit, to have one's way, to think of doing smth, in any way; 2. might have been true of, to become more like, if it were not for, to make things all right, to look forward to, now and then, to mind smth; 3. to feel like doing smth, to accuse smb of, to have a row with, no good worrying oneself about smth; 4. to be off for the sea-side, to pull at smb's arm, to feel guilty, to be no better than, to regard smb (as); 5. to express disapproval, to waste time, to have it out with smb, to go on a holiday, to challenge smb to do smth; 6. to catch a car, to bring smb to one's senses, to be treated as a servant; 7. to be on one's way to, to be ashamed of, to do smb an injustice, things weren't as bad as, to be startled

IV. Make up disjunctive questions or wrong statements covering the contents of the story and ask your comrades to respond to them (see Unit One, Ex. IV, p. 22).

V. Answer the following questions:

1. How did Enid come to live with the Days? Did she enjoy her life in the family? 2. What sort of family were the Days? What did Enid think of them and their way of life? How did they treat her? 3. Why did Enid feel restless and impatient on the day she was to leave for the sea-side with Gordon? 4. What prevented Enid and Gordon from going on holiday that evening? 5. What decision did Enid suddenly make? How did she try to justify it? 6. What pre-

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vented Enid from leaving the town? Why did she begin to see things differently after the station-master had given her the message from home? 7. Do you think Enid was capable of changing her life?

VI. Find evidence in the text to support the following statements:

1. Enid's views and moral values were quite different from those of the Days. 2. Enid's life with Gordon proved to be different from what she had expected. 3. Gordon was completely dominated by his father. 4. Life with the Days did not entirely suppress Enid's spirit of independence.

VII. Make up short dialogues between:

1. Enid and Gordon (Enid tries to persuade Gordon to have a holiday).

2. Gordon and his father (2 dialogues): a) Old Day talks his son out of having a holiday, b) They nearly quarrel when they learn about Enid's departure.

VIII. Talk about the characters of the story: Enid, old Day, Gordon.

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I. Translate the following sentences paying careful attention to the parts in bold type:

1. He was aroused by his arm being shaken. Immediately awake, he looked up to find his mother bending over him. 2. He raised his eyes to find Robert Abbey contemplating him with a friendly, half-humorous smile. 3. He ran off, to return a moment later carrying a telegram. 4. That night there was a storm and I woke to hear the rain lashing the window-panes. 5. She looked up to see a young man with blue-black hair standing before her. 6. He got to New York only to find a message from Jean telling him that she was out of town on a job. 7. That night Mrs. Morton walked again in her sleep, and I woke to find her standing over me with a candle ...