III. Free Word-groups.
According to the type of syntactic connection between the elements of a word-group we distinguish subordinative, coordinative and predicative word-groups.
There are such subordinative word-groups in this text: inadvertently scalded, these impertinences were speedily checked; was originally provided; rebelliously affix. These word-groups are subordinative verbal, adjectival and adverbial.
Coordinative word-groups are: eight or ten, treachery and deception, twenty or thirty, consolation and nourishment.
IV. Phraseological units.
fusions - completely non-motivated units: to be in no haste (зволікати; spin out; to delay.); to know of(бути обізнаним у чомусь to be aware of something); to live for(жити заради чогось; to exist for the sake of something); to find out (дізнаватися про щось; to learn about something); to be no loss (не бути якоюсь великою втратою); to stole out (спустошувати; to reave).
Unities, partially motivated: to give the thing an extra relish( to make things very interesting for oneself).
Combinations or collocations, motivated, but stable: in other words; be this as it may; besides; however.
Coonin's functional classification:
Nominative units (have the structure of a word group): to be in for smth. to drop out of school - nominative verbal; a straight a student - nominative nominal; with frying colours, beside the point - nominative adverbial.
Communicative units (have the structure of a sentence): you've got it in you!
Nominative-commnnicative units (can be transferred into a sentence): to keep an eye out for, to keep one's face straight.
Interjectional units: Aw right! Snap out of it!
V. Semantics.
"The secretary appeared at the door" the verb appear is used in its main, direct meaning and is synonymous to the verbs to come, to show oneself, to show up.
"But it appears to me that it's high time..." a new derived meaning of the verb appear emerges from the lexical and grammatical contexts and the verb is synonymous to the verbs to seem, to look like. Figurative metaphorical meanings are found in such contexts: "why can't you dig and pull these D's up to B's...?" "All of the boys ... had been posted to get Charlie Wingate up that afternoon". The verbs to dig, to pull, to post are used metaphorically and are synonymous accordingly to the verbs to work hard, to improve, to send.
Synonyms, antonyms, examples of homonymy should also be presented in the lexicological analysis of the text.