Практикум

I. Переведите предложения на русский язык, обращая внимание на американизмы.

1)Yang killings are corny or old-fashioned these days. 2) A flat in America is called an apartment; what they call a flat is a puncture in your tyre. 3) If you ask for suspenders in a man's shop, you receive a pair of braces... and should you ask for a pair of braces, you receive a queer look. 4) An overwhelming "yea" from 38 critics with five giving it the brush-off. 5) A friend of mine gives me a fill-in on how Castello is running the country. 6) The stark rundown of household budget was all too-familiar. 7) Sorry, we had the run-in, but it was all my fault. 8) He updated me on a couple of gimmicks. 9) He has been credited with sparkplugging the current movement for court reforms in North Carolina. 10) Why has crime sky-rocketed in California? 11) Those who were interested in the same thing hung around. 12) In his 36 years in New York's prison department he never once let up on his fight against capital punishment. 13) If you believe that London underground trains are crowded in the rush hours, you are mistaken. At 9 a.m. or 5 p.m. on the Bakerloo Line between Piccadilly and Oxford Circus you will find a hermit-like solitude compared with a New York subway at the same period of the day. 14) King called for everyone to get their baggage into the main hall. 15) There are many influential men on my side of the fence there are on Tilney's. 16) I had a blow-out. 17) Pass me the cookies. 18) It’s in the closet. 19) Open the drapes. 20) We’ve ran out of gas. 21) It’s in the trunk. 22) He left the faucet on. 23) We’re leaving in the fall. 24) I hate waiting in line.