Friend(root)-ly( adj forming suff), listen(root)-er(noun forming suff), dis(prefix)-incline(root)-d(adj forming suff)

Explain the meaning of the following phraseological units and make up a sentence or situation to show that you understand the meaning of them.

1.A bull in a china shop- a clumsy person, very awkward, 2.to take the bull by the horns- to face a difficultor dangerous situation directly and with courage, 3.the last straw breaks the camel’s back- the last in a series of bad events,etc.that makes it impossible for you to accept a situation any longer, 4.as old as the hills – very old,5. to have butterflies in the stomach- to have a nervous feeling in your stomach before doing sth.

6. Give the meaning of the following phraseological units and give equivalents in your mother tongue. Kick the bucket – to die, red tape- official rules that seem more complicated than necessary and prevent things from being done quickly, play cats and mouse- to play a cruel game with sb in your power by changing your behavior very often, so that they become nervous and do not know what to expect, to wash one’s dirty linen in public-to discuss one’s personal affairs in public, esp sth embarrassing, to show one’s teeth -a threatening tone or show an intention to injure

7. Choose the best suitable functions of phraseological units from the following list and comment on them:

The most colourful; units

Ready-made

Is used in transferred meaning

9. Speak on the ways of formation and principles of classification of phraseological units in comparison with other languages. Match the classification types of the phraseological units according to the semantic, structural and thematic principles. There are some variants which are extra. 1) Classification of A.V.Koonin –g)

Classification of V.V.Vinogradov - d)

3) Classification of A.I.Smirnitsky –a)

4) Classification of L.P.Smith –b)

Classification of I.V.Arnold - e)

State out the origin of the following translation-loans. Then give the reasons of borrowings according to their importance.

Five- -year plan -russian, wonder child- german, masterpiece-italian, first dancer-italian, collective farm-russian, fellow-traveller-french.

There are given one of the ways of forming phraseological units. What way is it and explain or prove your version. Sad sack, culture-vulture, fudge and nudge, walkie-talkie. By means of alliteration

12. Give possible definition and functions of the semantic field, then, give the differences in their stylistic type of the lexems belonging to the semantic field of “madness”. Match the lexemes with the categories:

Literary, academic or technical in character -b

Colloquialisms -d

Dated or archaic -c

Relatively recent in origin - a

Stylistically neutral -e

13. Give possible definition and functions of the synonym. Match the lexemes with the differences:

A dialect difference -b

A stylistic difference- a

A collocational differences -c

A difference of emotional feeling or connotation -d

You have already known about antonyms and types of it. The following group of words do not belong to the types of antonyms we have discussed at all, but they are opposites. Your task is to explain what are they and match the examples with the types of opposites.

Date: 2016-03-03; view: 594