Paraphrase or explain

1. "You're not very bright this morning," said Edith.

2. "Don't you know that the most successful sort of advertise­ment is the sort that doesn't look like an advertisement?"

3. Nearly always this kind of treatment produces the desir­ed affect, but you can never depend on a woman. 4. "What money is this?" I said politely. "Something due for milk supplied?" 5. Ours was a lonely sort of road, and the man was a big sort of man, and it would perhaps be wiser to buy the dog. 6. Then the solution of the problem came to me.

3. Find in the text the English for:

книга моих последних стихов; вся беда в том, что... поместить объявление в газету; рекомендовать в качестве..., категорически запретить; фактически, на самом деле не подчиниться указаниям; полагаться на кого-либо; собы­тие; недовольным (сердитым, тихим, громким, тонким, каким-то) голосом; в конце концов; посмотреть­ся в зеркало; предлагать вознаграждение, это что за деньги?.

4. Study the following phrases. Recall how they were used In the text. Make sentences with each.

Get known (lost, found, etc.)

e. g. 1. The letter got lost in the post. 2. By the look he gave us I could see that he was beginning to get in­terested in the discussion.

the trouble {matter, point, difficulty, etc.} is...

e. g. 1. The matter was that he had clean forgot about the arrangement. 2. The difficulty was that she had lost the ad­dress.

Why (not) do (go, write, etc.)...?

e.g. 1. Why not go there at once? 2. Why take the matter to heart so much?

keep (on) doing smth.

e. g. 1. The child kept asking one and the same question. 2. He kept on writing her though she never answered.

Let smb. come (see, read, etc.)

e. g. 1. He wouldn't let anyone see the painting until it was finished. 2. The woman let the children come and play in her garden any time they liked.

5. (K) Recast the following using adjectives with -ful derived from the italicized words. Make other necessary changes.

Model: There was doubt in his voice. He sounded doubtful.

1. The book was a great success. 2. He promised to handle the package with care. 3. I could read doubt in his look. 4. The book may be a great help to you in your work. 5. There was hope in her voice. 6. It was a time full of events. 7. She often forgets things.

K) Give the meaning of the italicized words. Paraphrase the sentences using uncompounded forms. Make other necessary changes.

Model: Her movements were slow, almost lazy. She moved slowly, almost lazily.

1. He didn't exactly know what treatment to expect. 2. It was just the kind of settlement we had all been looking

(to treat smb. well, to treat smb. to a good dinner),

(to look forward to gett ing one’s reply).

forward to. 3. The prospects looked bleak, no fun, no enjoy­ment. 4. She stepped into the room, right into the middle of a most heated argument. 5. There was an air of general excite­ment about the place. 6. She couldn't hide her disappoint­ment.

7. Note the effect of back on the meaning of the verb. Translate the sentences Into Russian Give examples of your own.

1. I went back to my poem. 2. Why don't you sit back and relax a moment? 3. If you miss the bus you'll, have to walk back the whole way. 4. How dare you talk back? 5. He stepped back to let the woman pass. 6. The crowd was order­ed to keep back from the fire. 7. She looked back on those years with regret. 8. We wanted him to take back what he had said. 9. When they got back it was already past midnight.