III. Act out the conversation between Michael and Julia (p.50-51)IV. Retell the episode at Jimmie Langton' s:
- to take a swing
-tî give smb. a smack on the face
- to burst out crying
- ñî cry in earnest
- to have nothing to do with smth.
- deliberately
- to pull off a trick
to revive one's fury
-a row of ninepins
- take my word for it
-to sell smb. a pup
-tî be a flop
- to be a failure
in point of fact
to stare into smb's eyes searchingly
Do you think that Jimmie Langton put his hand to Michael's contract?
ASSIGNMENT V-VI
Chapter VI.
I. Retell about Michael's life in America:
to kick one's heels about
in due course
on the road
to be withdrawn
a costume play
to renew one's contract
to be caustic in one's comments
to write in a neat, precise hand
to be beneath contempt
II. Tell if Michael and Julia were happy to see each other:
to contain one's joy
the excitement of homecoming
to steam out (a train)
mortals
exquisite legs
to have too much make-up on
eyelashes
to be frankly delighted to see smb.
to beam with pleasure
to squeeze one's arm affectionately
at one's suggestion
to refer to smth.
to be an awful flop (colloquial)
to think smb. rotten
as a matter of form
to be deeply concerned
to. beat with exultation (about a heart)
to be a smack in the eye (colloquial)
to grin and bear smth.
to be deeply mortified
to put up with smth.
to be relieved
III. Tell about Michael's plans for the future:
to save every bob
a tight - wad
to be out of a job
to give a sigh
to toast one's future
dignity
to feel like a high - born damsel
to parade up and down bowing right and left to smb.
obsequious retainers
to dandle smb. on one's knee
I V. Dramatize the conversation between Julia and Michael (p.58-60)
REVISION SECTION:
I. Paraphrase or explain the following expressions:
) to sell smb. a pup
2)to be a flop
3) to be at a loose end
4) to take an enormous fancy
5) a put-up job
6) to take stock of smb.
7)to be a smack in the eye
8) to make a stab
9) not to sleep a wink
10) to jeopardize one's chances
11)to be absolutely stony
II. Fill in the blanks:
to write … a neat hand
to be ... . . . a job
to put ... with smth.
to interfere … one's career
to fall madly .. . love ...smb
to take smb. ... granted
to feel ease .. smb.
to burst ... crying
to remind smb....
to be ... tour
tî make a stab ..
to be ... … date
to have smth. ... nature
to get rid ... smth
to go … the stage
to insist ...
in due course
to mix ... with smb.
to throw one's money ...
to borrow ... smb.
at first sight
ASSIGNMENT VII
CHAPTER 7
I. Speak about the first years of marriage of Michael and Julia:
except for smb s placidity
to tempt smb.
to make smb. frantic scenes
to be jealous of smb. / smth.
to keep one's brain clear
to work oneself up into a passion of tears
to make oneself ridiculous
to be quite obvious
not to care two straws for smb.
a tailor's dummy
to do one s best
to be squint-eyed and hump-backed
to get fairly good parts
to get smb. a lot of publicity
lavishness
II. Retell about their life during the war:
to enlist
to regret the reproaches one heaped upon smb.
to commit suicide
to set a seal on smb,
to pull strings
to show oneself possessed of considerable organising capacity
a succession of roles
to be prosperous
to be divinely happy
a doomed man
III. How did it happen that Julia fell out of love with Michael?
to fall out of love with smb.
to be as safe as a house
to have a great yearning to smth
to want one's protective strength
to look every inch a soldier
to be in great spirits
to be inapt for military service
to get one's discharge
to acquire reputation
on a sudden
to resist an inclination
to respond to smb's ardour
to be dismayed
to be inclined to cry
a sense of triumph
a revenge for smth.
to be free of the bondage
on equal terms
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