Study the italicized words and phrases. Recall how they were used in the text. Make sentences with each.

1. He seemed willing enough to come to terms with us, but they had to be his terms. 2. She couldn't have guessed what was coming. Even if she had, it wouldn't have helped matters much. 3. He wondered why they had turned him down. It didn't look as if he weren't properly qualified for the job. 4. I wonder whether he would care to join us on the trip. 5. He said that he didn't care to answer our questions and that was final. 6. He should have thought twice before accepting the responsibility. Now he was in for long hours and sleepless nights. 7. She was quick to grasp the situation and take advantage of it. 8. The treatment seems to have work­ed wonders. He's an altogether different man now. 9. Things are not altogether as bad you've been trying to make them out. 10. It is as well that he never raised the matter. We couldn't have settled it anyway. 11. She had heard a lot about the beau­ty spot. Now she would be going to see for herself.

Paraphrase the following using words and phrases from Exercise 6.

1. Good thing he never asked about the book. I'd lost track of it a long time since. 2. He wished he had never men­tioned the subject. It meant a quarrel with his friends. 3. She was unwilling to discuss the incident. She wanted it best forgotten. 4. What we all had in mind was something totally different. 5. He had debated the matter with himself for days. It was no easy thing to reach an agreement with his own con­science. 6. She won't be satisfied until she sees it with her own eyes. 7. There was no way of learning what to expect. 8. Would you like to see my collection-of stamps and coins? 9. He even refused to consider the offer. 10. It was a chance in a million and it is only to his credit that he should have used it so well. 11. His performance at the examination was pot poor in all respects.

Give the meaning of the italicized words. Use the adjectives in sentences of your own.

1. He greeted me with a friendly nod. 2. What beastly weather! 3. I could see that the child was in bodily fear of something or somebody. 4. It was a ghastly sight. 5. She had gone deadly pale. 6. Do you call that manly behaviour? 7. He was watching the playing children with a fatherly smile.

0. Explain the meaning of the italicized words, or substitute another word. ^/

1. a) She looked over the letters once more. There was nothing for her. b) He seems to have overlooked such a possi­bility. 2. a) When we talked about it later she couldn't ex­plain what had come over her or why she had cried, b) There were no more difficulties or obstacles to overcome. From now on it would be plain sailing, c) Overcome by grief, she hardly noticed what was going on about her. 3. a) There is sure to be somebody in the office to fake over in your absence, b) He had gone a long way before We overtook him. 4. a) She felt too tired to read and just turned over the pages and looked at the pictures, b) A strong gust of wind overturned the boat. 5. a) I should hate to do the work over again, b) The doctor warned him against overdoing it but he wouldn't listen.

10. Study the italicized words, discriminate between the shades of difference in their usage or in their meaning. Translate the sen­tences into Russian.

A. 1. There was a crowd before the exhibition hall long before opening time. 2. Crowds lined the streets waiting for the motorcade to pass. 3. There was an angry mob at the fac­tory gates. 4. The ship's crew was a tough crowd. 5. They've got a fine crew at the translators' pool. 6. He was one of the old bunch and they knew him only too well.

B. 1. The weather seems to be changing for the worse. 2. That she should change her mind is out of the question. 3. You'd better change your tie. It's too loud for evening wear. 4. She had had the dress slightly altered and now it was as good as new. 5. A change in the dates made him alter his arrangements for the holidays. 6. His opinions never seem to vary. 7. You should vary your diet.

C. 1. He had neglected to verify his quotations and now there was no end of complaints from the readers. 2. His new hobby was taking more and more of his time. He started neg­lecting first his clothes, then his friends and, finally, his work. 3. She wasn't going to overlook any faults this time.

4. The remark was truly in bad taste. She only hoped her brother would overlook it, 5. You shouldn't have ignored him like that. Where are your manners? 6. He had promised to do his worst. It was a threat not to be disregarded. 7. She seems to disregard everybody's wishes but her own.

Supply the missing word.

contemptible, contemptuous

1. She greeted us all with a... smile. It wasn't the best kind of welcome a person could get, 2. He cut a... figure. 3. She seemed to be... of everything. 4. I never expected him to behave in such a... manner.

12. Study the phrases with turn. Use them in sentences of your own.

1. The woman was beautiful enough to turn any man's head. 2. Success must have turned his head. 3. How could he have turned his back on an old friend? 4. He turned a deaf ear to all our requests. 5. He kept turning the matter over in his mind but there seemed to be no answer to the problem. 6. He has more than once promised to turn over a new leaf, but it's never gone any further than that. 7. She will know how to turn failure to account. 8. She turned up her nose at any suggestion of work. 9. The work was done by turns. 10. One good turn deserves another. 11. You mustn't speak, out of 'turn. 12. He was waiting for the turn of the tide. 13. She's got a peculiar turn of mind. 14. It was an ill turn to do a friend.