Unit 2

a/.

1. faults; 2. fault; 3. guilt; 4. fault; 5. guilty; 6. blame; 7. blame; 8. guilty; 9. merit; 10. merits; 11. innocent; 12. merit; 13. guiltless; 14. merit; 15. innocent.

b/.

1. jerked; 2. twitch; 3. jerky; smooth; 4. twitches; 5. shoved; 6. smoothed; 7. even; 8. shove 9. even 10. jerks; 11. jerk; smoothly; 12. twitched; 13. smoothly; 14. even-; 15. twitched; 16. even; 17. even.

c/.

1. fault; to let smth. go by; to go back on one's word; to go down well with smb.; to exchange; words of cheer; guilty conscience; to torment/annoy; to plead guilty; to shift the blame onto smb.; smart; guilty look; to twitch; to trust; to betray the trust; to be calculated for effect.

2. No matter how hard the girl tried, to be entrusted with; to jerk/ to make jerk movements; under the circumstances; the law in effect; to go back; to be reluctant; trustworthy; no worse than; to make a smart job.

3. to rattle on; to be of/no effect; to go by; smart; to reduce to nonsense; to win people's trust; cheers; stark raving mad; self-assured; in public.

Unit 3

a/.

1. object; 2. object; 3. objection; 4. I am opposed to; 5. objectives; 6. the opposite; 7. opposition.

b/.

1. ground; the thing; 2. covers much ground; 3. stand your ground; 4. just the thing; it suits her down to the ground; 5. ground; 6. grounds; 7. grounds; things; 8. grounds; 9 grounds; 10. on the grounds of; 11. on medical grounds; 12. on what grounds; 13. thing.

c/.

1. the initial stages; 2. initially; 3. initiative; 4. attending; 5. attending (on) her; 6. attending upon; 7. attended; 8. attend; 9. attract people's attention; 10. be more attentive to; 11. attendance; 12. reassured; 13. reassuring glance; 14. assure; 15. self-assurance; 16. assurance; 17. yielded to; 18. yields; 19. yield.

d/.

1. to look up to; 2. comes up; 3. to cover lots of ground; 4. his life was at stake; 5. object / objective 6. not to yield to; 7. safe and sound; 8. On the ground that; 9. as sound as a bell; 10. sound - thinking; 11. objective; 12. The objection; 13. was brushed aside; 14. got to grips with; 15. It took up time and energy; 16. attended to; 17. to come up; 18. took initiative; 19. was attentive to the needs; 20. reassure; 21. a poor thing; 22. The things; 23. got into a groove; 24. initial; 25. yielded to; 26. to linger in mind; 27. yielding; 28. just the thing; 29. had his feet firm on the ground; 30. stood / hold his ground; 31. had things his own way; 32. to bear a grudge against him; 33. felt stirrings or irritation; 34. not a thing; 35. to pay attention to; 36. our own look - out; 37. to yield good results; 38. to send to Coventry; 39. to promote; 40. yielded highly; 41. opposed violently; 42. an odd thing; 43. to suit down to the ground; 44. to object; 45. to look round for ideas; 46. to come along / to gain ground; 47. soundly; 48. to size up; 49. plumped for; 50. came off; 51. direct/ exact opposite; 52. to lack initiative; 53. to act on their own initiative; 54. assured; 55. the things were going on; 56. an odd coincidence; 57. were well attended; 58. covered much ground; 59. opposite; 60. yielded to the advice; 61. a dangerous thing; 62. I can tell you; 63. in the flesh; 64. was about to go; 65. then he decided not to; 66. a forbidden ground; 67. leave the farm unattended; 68. ponder over; 69. an object lesson in how; 70. success attends hard work.

e/.

1. How is it that; 2. to pay little attention to; 3. to object; 4. to come up; 5. to come on; 6. now that; 7. effective; 8. at the initial stage; 9. to yield to treatment; 10. it's a right thing to do; 11. to attend to; 12. on one's own initiative; 13. to plump for; 14. to get to grips with; 15. critical juncture/crisis; 16. a forbidden ground; 17. to put at stake; 18. the main objective; 19. promotion; 20. to bring to effect; 21. smart; 22. contest; 23. to take up time and energy; 24. guilty conscience; 25. to look about/around; 26. chatter; 27. to jerk; 28. to look up; 29. to attend; 30. sports ground; 31. to do physical jerks; 32. in a smart pace; 33. sound sleep; 34. just the thing; 35. to trust; 36. sound/efficient; 37. things; 38. to go along; 39. to yield profit; 40. as sound as a bell; 41. A sound mind in a sound body; 42. another thing; 43. to linger in the mind; 44. cheerful; 45. groundless fears; 46. cheerless thoughts; 47. to be opposed to; 48. to reduce; 49. trustworthy; 50. to exchange ideas; 51. to size up; 52. soundly; 53. to entrust; 54. inefficient; 55. irritated tone; 56. in public; 57. smart alecks; 58. in private; 59. to be reluctant; 60. in the flesh; 61. faults; 62. to go easy on/with; 63. the object of ridicule; 64. to look down on; 65. to find fault with; 66. to bear a grudge against; 67. anyway; 68. to have things one's own way; 69. to yield to advice; 70. grounds.