2015-10-13
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1. a) Whenever a white man does that to a black man, no matter
who he is,... that white man is trash.
No matter who the man might be, you had no right to act in this way.
No matter who the boy is, they shouldn't have been so rude. No matter who she is, she oughtn't to have done it.
b) No matter what she says, don't take it for granted.
No matter what she said, they seldom agreed.
No matter what Betsy may suggest, they usually find fault with
it.
No matter what he might do, you shouldn't interfere.
c) No matter how hard the boy tried, he could find no job.
d) No matter how dull the book seemed, he always read it through.
2. I have nothing but pity... for the chief witness for the state.
He deserved nothing but sympathy.
We heard nothing but a slight noise.
He felt nothing but despair.
Mary's son gave her nothing but trouble.
3. People have a way of carrying their resentment right into the
jury box. Mike has a way of solving his problems to everybody's
satisfaction. She had a way of coming up with the right
decision at the right time.
Phrases and Word Combinations
| smb's word against another's | 8 to get a square deal (a fair | |
| (it's your word against mine) | deal) | |
| in private and in public | 9 (to be) half way (through, | |
| stark naked (stark raving mad) | down, up) | |
| the (one's) remaining time | 10 in itself | |
| (money, etc.) {format) | 11 no better (worse, etc.) | |
| (at) one time or another {format) | than... | |
| in part {format) | 12 to be reluctant to do smth | |
| under the circumstances | {format) |
