Notes on the text

He might have said – можливо він сказав

I would not let – я не дозволяла (would is a modal verb expressing unwillingness when used with negation)

Half a dosen – декілька

The English nouns denoting a certain quantity are: a dozen дюжина, a score двадцять. Very often, especially when used in plural, they imply the idea of “a multitude”, “a lot of” and correspond to the Ukrainian багато, десятки.

I told you dozens of times.

There were scores of people in the square.

Correspondingly, half a dozen, half a score can mean “some”, “a number of”

Word combinations

• to give smb. a wide berth – обходити когось десятою дорогою, триматися якнайдалі

• to broach the scheme (subject, etc.) – планувати, піднімати питання

• all and sundry – кожний, всі

• to give smb. a start – налякати когось, шокувати когось

• to keep body and soul together – зводити кінці з кінцями

• to have a yarn – вести розмову

• to meet a demand (obligation) – задовольняти потреби

• on the spot – на місці, одразу, негайно

• at the rate of – зі швидкістю

• for good (and all) - назавжди

Active vocabulary

1. pang - a sudden sharp feeling, especially of painful emotion

2. seize - to take something quickly and keep or hold it

3. bitter - describes a person who is angry and unhappy because they cannot forget bad things which happened in the past

describes an experience that causes deep pain or anger

4. blood - noun the red liquid that is sent around the body by the heart, and carries oxygen and important substances to organs and tissue, and removes waste products

5. frame a border which surrounds and supports a picture, door or window

frames the plastic or metal structure that holds together a pair of glasses

6. fragile - adjective easily damaged, broken or harmed

7. replica - noun an exact copy of an object

8. furnished - adjective containing furniture or furniture of a particular type

9. den - noun mainly US a room in a house or apartment, which is used for activities not involving work

10. log - a thick piece of tree trunk or branch, especially one cut for burning on a fire

11. devoted - adjective extremely loving and loyal

12. disclose - to make something known publicly, or to show something that was hidden

13. engaged - having formally agreed to marry

14. accident - something bad which happens that is not expected or intended, and which often damages something or injures someone

by accident without intending to, or without being intended

15. penniless - adjective having no money

16. release - to give freedom or free movement to someone or something

17. merchant - formal a person whose job is to buy and sell products in large amounts, especially by trading with other countries

18. promise - to tell someone that you will certainly do something

19. berth - a bed in a boat, train, etc., or a place for a ship or boat to stay in a port

20. suffer - to experience physical or mental pain

21. fraud - the crime of getting money by deceiving people

22. penitentiary - noun US for a prison (= building in which criminals are kept)

23. roundabout - adjective not in a simple, direct or quick way

24. employment - noun when someone is paid to work for a company or organization

25. scheme - mainly UK an officially organized plan or system

26. tender - adjective gentle, loving or sympathetic

27. announce - to state or make known, especially publicly

to show that something is going to happen

28. sundry - all and sundry mainly UK informal everyone

29. wrap - 1. to cover or surround something with paper, cloth or other material

to cover someone with material in order to protect them

30. scissors - plural noun a device used for cutting materials such as paper, cloth and hair, consisting of two sharp blades which are joined in the middle, and two handles with holes to put your fingers through

31. customer - noun a person who buys goods or a service

32. gee exclamation mainly US informal an expression of surprise or enthusiasm

33. greasy - covered with or full of fat or oil

34. fortune a large amount of money, goods, property, etc

35. occasion - formal an opportunity or reason for doing something or for something to happen

36. grasp - when you hold onto someone or something

37. forger- someone who makes forged copies

38. decent - socially acceptable or good

informal dressed or wearing clothes

39. amazement - noun extreme surprise

40. favour - the support or approval of something or someone

41. bathe - verb to swim, especially in the sea, a river or a lake

42. grove - a group of trees planted close together

43. splash - the noise of something hitting or moving in water

44. shallow - adjective having only a short distance from the top to the bottom

45. hut - noun a small, simple building, usually consisting of one room

46. vast - adjective extremely big

47. seldom - almost never

48. cruel - extremely unkind and unpleasant and causing pain to people or animals intentionally

49. harbor - an area of water next to the coast, often protected from the sea by a thick wall, where ships and boats can shelter

50. chuckle - to laugh quietly

51. trivial - having little value or importance

52. escape - to get free from something, or to avoid something

53. sheltered - adjective protected from wind, rain or other bad weather

54. exquisite - adjective very beautiful; delicate

55. antique - adjective dealing in or relating to antiques