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16.01.2021 01:08 •  Английский язык

2 Check the meaning of the verbs in the box. Then choose the correct words in the text. invite order refuse explain convince offer agree complain admit insist

A friend 'invited / refused me to join an anti-war demonstration in London in 2003. She 'offered / admitted to take me by car. At first I 'insisted / refused, saying that i was too busy and couldn't afford the time. She asked me if I'd ever been on a march before and I had to "convince / admit hadn't. She *complained / explained that she felt strongly about trying to stop the war as so many people would be killed or injured.

the end, she / ordered me that it

was for a good cause and so l'agreed / admitted to go. When we got to London, it was wet and cold and there were a lot or policemen on horses and thousands of protesters. I was determined not to refuse complain about marching in the middle of this huge crowd. But when the crowd moved forward, a police officer ordered / convinced us to move back. The officer asked us if we were members of any protest organizations, and we said "No'. When we got back home, I asked my friend what she had felt about the march. She said that she had been quite frightened, but she "insisted / admitted it had been worth going.​