Chapter eighteen

Notes:

1. There are no niggers left in the woodpile. – Больше нет подозрительных обстоятельств, скрытых причин.

2. He was a dead loss on the subject. – Он никогда не разбирался в этих вопросах.

1. Explain the following phrases:

1. What I had not managed to do for Kate by loving her, I had done by tearing her world apart.

2. The verdict of temporary insanity was merciful.

3. You wormed your way into out house and accepted everything we gave you.

4. ‘Things worked out well for the Penns, I think,’ said Lodge. ‘A quick end has its merits.’

5. Bill didn’t die for nothing.

2. Find in the text the English for the following Russian words and word combinations:

1. письма соболезнования

2. ненавижу тебя

3. застать ее врасплох

4. не могли объяснить

5. аккуратные списки

6. аккуратный почерк

7. один лист был озаглавлен

8. его незнание лошадей было неподдельным

9. может быть подкуплен

3. Answer the following questions:

1. What was the verdict of the inquest? Why was it merciful?

2. How did the inquest and the inquiry into the life of Uncle George affect Aunt Deb and Kate?

3. What did Kate tell Alan after the inquest? Whom did Kate blame for her misfortune?

4. Why did Alan think that he had lost Kate and would never see her again?

5. What happened to the taxi drivers? What were they to face?

6. What evidence was found in Uncle George’s house?

7. What had made Uncle George take to crime?

8. How did it happen that Uncle George was well informed about Alan’s activities?

9. Why did Alan think that there had been someone else in Uncle George’s confidence?

10. Why did Uncle George need an accomplice and a contact at the races?

4. Find in the text the following words and word combinations, translate them and use them while answering the questions:

to destroy my house

on the verge of adding

faint murmur (indistinguishable)

the drivers faced charges raging from intimidation to murder itself

a contact on the racecourse

Class fifteen (Chapter 19)

Chapter nineteen

Notes:

1. I thought you’d be rather toffee-nosed and cool. – Я думала ты задерешь нос и будешь холоден со мной.

2. without much ado – без дальнейших разговоров

3. to tighten girths – подтянуть подпруги

4. My green young hurdler took fright, reared up like a circus horse, twisted sideways, and threw me off. – Мой молодой скакун испугался, встал на дыбы, как цирковой, дернулся в сторону и сбросил меня на землю.

5. taking the bull by the horns – (посл.) взять быка за рога; переходя прямо к делу

6. He doesn’t know me from Adam. – Никогда меня не узнает.

7. I got off by the skin of my bloody teeth. – Я с трудом выкрутился.

8. It was ton to a tanner – (слег.) можно было побиться об заклад

1. Explain the following phrases:

1. She was well into her second helping of hot game pie when she said in a friendly tone, ‘I wish you’d eat something too.’

2. Did I shrink from seeing the façade stripped from another friend to reveal the crocodile underneath?

3. He thought if he fixed a cert it would be worth a fortune. He made a packet out of it, all right.

4. I suddenly had no reservations.

5. There could be an uneasy truce between us.

6. I had got to unseat him without hurting the horse.