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

leave (let) smb. alone

e. g. 1. You had better leave the dog alone. It might bite you. 2. If only she would let me alone with her questions!

take smth., smb. for smth., smb.

. e.g. 1. Wherever he went he was taken for his brother. There was nothing surprising about it since they were very much alike. 2. You should have taken it for what it was — a joke and nothing more.

share a secret (an idea, a room, one's impressions, etc.)

e. g. 1. 1 hear you've had a most interesting trip. 1 hope you'll find time to share your impressions with us. 2. He was ready to share all he had with his friends.

take care of smb., smth.

e. g. 1. He was sorry he hadn't taken better care of himself in his younger days. Now he was paying for it. 2. She said she would be taking care of the tickets.


have one's own way e. g.

What a fellow! He will have his own way. Very well (ironical expression of discontent or disagreement)

e. g. 1, You can't very well expect me to know all the details. I've just started on the problem. 2. You can't very well have your cake and eat it. 3. What you are saying is all very well for you, and how about me? Where do I come in?

comfortable fortune (income, life, night, etc.)

e. g. 1. The patient had spent a comfortable night. 2. She had always had a comfortable life.

out of the question

e. g. 1. What you suggest is out of the question. 2. My staying here another day is out of the question.

give way (to smth., smb.)

e. g. 1. First he wouldn't hear of any changes. What made him give way to our reasoning remains a puzzle for me to this day. 2. She was making every effort not to give way ei­ther to panic or rage. 3. She felt the ice gi\in^ way under her.

be hard on smb.

e. g. 1. He was forever complaining that life was hard on him. 2. We all thought that she was a bit too hard on the children.

strike smb. as strange (surprising, exciting, peculiar, etc.)

e. g. 1. The arrangement struck me as rather unusual. 2. The remark struck me as silly, to say the least.

6. Recast the following using adjectives with -some derived from the italicized words. Make other necessary changes.

1. The child is no trouble at all. 2. I'd keep away from that woman, if I were you. There's nothing she likes better than a quarrel. 3. The car had become a regular burden. It was taking too much of his time and money. 4. This work makes me tired.


6. Add the prefix oat -to the italicized words and making all the other necessary changes rewrite the sentences. Translate them into Russian.

1. He had an uneasy suspicion that he had stayed too long for his welcome. 2. He could run faster than any other boy at their school. 3. More people had voted for his opponent than for him. 4. His arguments proved to have more weight than yours. 5. He appeared to have a sharper wit than anyone of us. 6. The girl has grown out of her old things. 7. He showed better results in everything he did than the rest of the boys.




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