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31.01.2023 23:17 •  Английский язык

i .complete the sentences with proper prepositions:
1. she has been reading the novel …….fits & starts for a month already.
2. i can’t swear …….it, but i think she is contributing articles to our newspaper.
3. ………my annoyance they have revealed our secret.
4. the wounded animal roared . pain.
5. jenny’s remarks were indecent (неприличные, непристойные) & we all felt indignant ………..them.
6. never hit animals .sticks.
7. sara wasthose bushes but we could see her long shadow.
8. ignorance the law is no excuse.
9. sir walter left the room ..annoyance.
10. never dare you hit her the face.
11. we have lived for many years .total ignorance ………. the fact that we have an elder brother.
12. in my opinion his refusal to accept the invitation will be regarded as an insult ………the whole family.
13. he said he couldn’t swear ………it, but in his view nora had stolen the documents.
14. we understand that the situation is ..our control.
15. unfortunately my little brother hit his knee .the chair & didn’t want to play.
16. how dare you shout & swear ……….your mother?

ii.give the russian equivalents:
1- an insult
2- to resist /to resist the temptation
3- earnest
4- fierce
5- to admit one’s ignorance
6- to annoy - annoyance
7- beyond
8- to have a fit /by fits & starts/ to throw a fit
9- irresistible
10- to roar
11- indignant
12- an incident
13- to confess one’s ignorance

iii.word –building
1. the enemy offered strong but it was broken down. resist
2. he was a true .. ignorance
3. she was a believer, & she said with . that it indignant
seemed such an awful thing to begin the day like that.
4. he would go out for a stroll round the garden & incident
hear the bagpipes hitting a high note without being prepared for it.
5. she is about computers. ignorance
6. these apples are sour, how ! annoy
7. if you say something ., you say it very seriously. earnest
8. the wind was blowing it was hard to breath. fierce
9. & using swearwords are considered offensive. swear
10. a lot of people were very to the idea of working resist
at the weekend.

iv.choose the right words to complete the sentences & translate the phrasal verb:
1. suddenly i hit on/ out a radical solution to the problem.
2. they accused him of not having done enough, & he hit back/ out at their claims.
3. if you criticize the way james works, he is sure to hit for/ back.
4. some companies would be hit at/ for millions of dollars in fine.
5. in her speech she hit on/ out against the club’s petty rules.
6. he didn’t see the people attacking him, he just hit back/ out wildly in all directions.
7. i t was clear that sooner or later the police would hit at/ upon the truth.
8. in his article the journalist hit back/ out at racism.
9. the sneer was obvious, but he didn’t hit for/ out.
10. colin never starts a fight, but if somebody hits him, he hits them back/ on.

v.match the synonyms with the definitions:

to cry/ to sob/ to weep
1. jane took the death of her younger brother badly & sobbed her heart out.
2. sarah didn’t want anybody to see that she was upset, so she quickly went to her room where she wept bitter tears.
3. the child was weeping for his mother.
4. don’t you dare cry in public!
5. he put his head on his arms & cried like a baby.
6. she began to sob uncontrollably.
7. weeping, the mourners followed the coffin to the churchyard.
8. she couldn’t stop crying & sobbed herself to sleep.

to take/ to bring to /to fetch
1. he brought his friends with him when he came to see us.
2. could you fetch me my hat from the corridor?
3. please, bring rulers & pencils to every lesson.
4. when i travel i always take little luggage with me.
5. could you fetch the dry-cleaning on your way home?
6. i want to be taken seriously.
7. he took what i said as a criticism.
8. spring brings warm weather.
9.
to long/ to yearn/ to wish
1. she wished she had stayed at home.
2. we are longing for your return.
3. ruth knows she will never be able to visit her motherland but all these years she has been yearning to visit it.
4. everyone has the right to get a higher education if he or she wishes.
5. it was cold outside & mary was longing for a hot bath.
6. i don’t want to be melodramatic but i’m sure i can hear someone downstairs.
7. he has long yearned to see her but i doubt that he ever will.