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1. Find the russian equivalents for the following words:
the gentle tug, clutching and slimy amphibian, the rudder, carpentry section, catherine wheel, the self-effacement of the lover, the doer and the deed, ringingly good, die out like the dodo, a wizened bean, the totem-pole, pangaed his way through, the blood of tumescence, valve system, the canopy, fabulation, many more jungles, graft, Christs`s passion, religion has become either wimpishly workaday,
2. 1). Did the narrator believe, that there is progress in the history of the world?
2) How does the narrator describe love? Are there any differences with the general definitions of love?
3. Below are some quotations dealing with love. Choose one and write an essay:
1)It`s not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages. (F. Niezsche)
2) The heart has its reason of which reason knows nothing. (B. Pascal)
3) When you like someone, you love the person as they are, and not as you`d like them to be. (L. Tolstoy)
4)Love is a better teacher than duty. (A. Einstein)
Exercises Chapter 10 The Dream (Сон)
1.Explain the meaning of the words:
bollock-nacked, the gutted hull, a strainer, bacon rinds, a bell-pull, the gourment cabinet, mid-air collisions, women`s tighs never laddered, a caddy, sturgeon and chips, beer-and-spirits man, runners-up, to muddle through, a great stretches of mahogany nutter, faddy, old codger, to bunk off, theme park, miffed, to crack the problem, everyone had been level with me,
2. Imagine that you find yourself in a place like that. Would you be happy, living in `New Paradise`?
3. What is the Best Heaven for you? Is it possible to live forever getting whatever you want, and not get tired of it? Collect your thoughts and write a message.
