5. Tiresome because it seems to be interminable or to be marked by unremitting sameness

6. humdrum d) this word refers to what is common­place, trivial, or unexcitingly routine

e) it implies feelings of listlessness and discontent

f) this adjective suggests dull slowness or long-windedness

Set III

These nouns refer to concise verbal expressions setting forth wisdom or truth.

1. saying a) this noun denotes an expression of a general truth or a rule of conduct

2. maxim b) this noun applies to a saying that has gained credit through long use

3. adage c) this word refers to an old and popular saying that illustrates something such as a basic truth or a practical precept

4. saw d) it means "an often repeated and fa­miliar expression"

5. motto e) this noun stands for a concise ex­pression of a principle or truth, im­plies depth of content and stylistic distinction

6. proverb f) this word denotes an expression which reveals the aims, character, or guiding principles of a person, group, or institution

7. aphorism g) g) it refers to a familiar saying that has become trite through frequent repeti­tion

Task 93

Fill in the blanks with the suitable words whose meanings are represented with the help of the componential analysis into their common and differential features.

Set I

peep peer peek

synonyms	common feature	differential features
1 ___	"to look"	"quickly and often se­cretly", "especially when one should not"
2. ...	"to look"	"quickly and cautiously", "especially through a hole or other small opening"
3 ___	"to look"	"very carefully or hard", "especially as if not able to see clearly"

Set II

guide lead conduct direct

Synonyms	common feature	differential features
1 ---	"to show the way"	"by explaining how to get to a place"
2 ___	"to show the way"	"by going with or by bringing by"
3 ___	"to show the way*	"by going in front"
4. ...	"to show the way"	"by going with and 1) ex­plaining things, 2) pos­sessing certain, specific, or intimate knowledge"

Task 94

Point out the synonymous words in the contexts and ex­plain the difference between them. Use an explanatory dic­tionary or/and a dictionary of synonyms if necessary.

1. I tried not to bore you with my love; I knew I couldn't afford to do that and I was always on the lookout for I the first sign that you were impatient with my affection (W.S. Maugham).

2. I butted one cop in the behind, with all my might I dragged on one of his legs. "Get that kid out of here,"one of them said, and somebody tried to grab me, but I kicked and bit again. I tumbled headlong down the steps and grabbed the policeman's leg again (J. Baldwin).

3. I understood then why I had been attracted by him. I had thought he reminded me of Beau because of a faint resemblance which I had thought was merely that of one dandy for another. I thought of the button I had found in Enderby Hall; the lingering odour of musk. Beau's son, of course, who perhaps had been wearing a coat with gold buttons which had belonged to his father - who had been brought up with a taste for the musk scent (Ph. Carr).

4. She thought about it. "I could hardly give you all that money for something that doesn't belong to you," she said, and smiled. "Please give them to me. Please, Philip. Leila ought to have them back."

"For how much dough?" (R. Chandler).

5. She is the kind of woman who doesn't mind if she looks plain, or odd; I don't suppose she would even care if she knew how strange she looks when her whole face is out of proportion with urgent uncertainty (N. Gordimer).

6. The chauffeur, poor devil, was completely stiff from the long wait, and I ordered him into the tonneau and took the wheel myself.

Partly was this due to pity for the driver, partly to a desire to leave Harry to his own thoughts, which I knew must be somewhat turbulent (R. Stout).

7. The process called backderivation (backformation) has diachronic relevance only. That peddle vb is derived from peddler sb through reinterpretation is of histori­cal interest. However, for synchronic analysis the equation is peddle:peddler = write:writer, which means that the diachronic process of backderivation does not affect the derivative correlation for present-day speak­ers who do not feel any difference between the rela­tionship write:writer on the one hand and peddle:peddler on the other (H. Marchand).

8. I can almost see them doing it, the long, complicated ritual of rubbing the wood with linseed oil, coating it over with French polish that has been cunningly col­oured, brushing it down with pumice-stone and oil, bees-waxing it with a wax that contains dirt and dust, and finally giving it the heat treatment, to crack the polish so that it looks like two-hundred-year-old var­nish! (R. Dahl).

9. The front door slammed against the wall, and foot­steps bounded up the stairs. Л thunderous roar came from inside, and Jim heard his own name being shouted in venomous rage. The Colonel had found his dead wife, and he knew Jim had taken the baby.

Holding the infant tighter, Jim broke into a run (T. Herrington).

10. He did not know whether it was just a pool in the path, or the edge of an underground stream that crossed the passage, or the brink of a deep dark sub­terranean lake (J.R.R. Tolkien).