Task 128

Identify the generic word (hypernym) and its hyponym(s) in the contexts.

1. "Why did you tear the back part out of that new book?" asked the long-suffering wife of the absent-minded doctor.

"Excuse me, dear," said the famous surgeon, "the part you speak of was labelled 'Appendix' and I took it out without thinking." (A. Joke).

2. Just above the desserts came the list of vegetables. Carrots and peas, asparagus on toast, the perennial tomatoes and corn and succotash, lima beans, cab­bage... (O. Henry).

3. "Say, Jim," said the friend of a taxi-cab driver, stan­ding in front of a vehicle, "there's a purse lying on t floor of your car."

The driver looked carefully around and then whis­pered: "Sometimes when business is bad I put it there and leave the door open, it's empty but you've no idea how many people will jump in for a short drive when they see it." (A. Joke).

4. "It's only a bird, silly," said Edmund.

"It's an owl," said Peter. "This is going to be a won­derful place for birds. I shall go to bed now. I say, let's go and explore tomorrow. You might find anything in a place like this. Did you see those mountains as we came along? And the woods? There might be eagles. There might be stags. There'll be hawks." (C.S. Lewis).

5. As they made their way to the oubliette to which feminine guests of the club were confined, Jane was aware of an odd and disagreeable feeling. Analysing this, she found that what was causing it was what Roget in his Thesaurus would have called violent anger, extreme agitation, fury, wrath and the rest of the emotions; listed under the heading of Rage (P.O. Wodehouse).

6. Their fruit trees hadn't lived up to their labels. Most of 'em had turned out to be persimmons and dogwoods, with a grove or two of blackjacks and poplars. The only' one that showed any signs of bearing anything was fine young cottonwood that had put forth a hornet's nest and half of an old corset-cover (O.Henry). 7. The time and content of the next meal of the day de­pended entirely on our luck fishing. If, for instance, we caught shark or a big queenfish or tuna in the morn­ing, we would have enough for a lunch and a supper. I would poach a couple of steaks at midday and pre­serve another two servings by rubbing salt and vinegar over the pieces of fish which were then left in the shade, to be cooked later on (L. Irvine).

8. He went to a bistro where they don't know him and or­dered every brand of liquor that was in the place -whisky, rum, brandy, vermouth, absinthe, calvados -mixed the whole damn mess and drank it (P. La Mure).

9. Many early Swedish immigrants to the U.S. were craft workers. Explain what skills each of the following had and what products they contributed to the communi­ties in which they lived: tailor, shoemaker, blacksmith, carpenter, cabinetmaker, stonemason, and bricklayer (Bright Ideas Calendar).

10. The one thing in Germany that never fails to charm and fascinate me is the German dog. In England one grows tired of the old breeds, one knows them all so well: the mastiff, the plum-pudding dog, the terrier (black, white or rough-haired, as the case may be, but always quarrelsome), the collie, the bulldog; never anything new. Now in Germany you get variety. You come across dogs the like of which you have never seen before: that until you hear them bark you do not know they are dogs. It is all so fresh, so interesting. George stopped a dog in Sigmaringen and drew our attention to it. It suggested a cross between a codfish1 and a poodle (J.K. Jerome).

11. "To Bostrine Fell Rushing, my aunt," Ruth Boar-chards had written, "I leave the gold-and-diamond brooch set with rubies, the gold-and-pearl ear clips, the pearl necklace with the sapphire clasp, the cul­tured pearl double-strand necklace, the cultured pearl single-strand necklace and all the rings and other jewelry in the personal vault, everything that belonged to my grandmother, my mother, or my late wife, and all the rest, sundry pieces of jewelry that are too numerous to identify but that were purchased by me or by anyone known or unknown for my grand­mother, my mother, or my wife, and which are now or always have been in my possession - all this, I leave to my aunt, Bostrine Fell Rushing." (L. Fosburgh).

12. Elizaveta has unquestionably learned some of his skills: the food is delicious. She takes enormous trou­ble in preparing it; and Soligorsk has its own bakery so there is fresh bread for breakfast, and at other times during the day the most delicious smells waft into the house - of pastry, cinnamon and icing sugar - and at tea you see the results - wonderful cakes and biscuits and brioches covered with almonds and sugar. And they eat jam with spoons without spread­ing it on bread and butter! (P.P. Read).