TASK 5. Match the verbs with the expressions they go with.

TASK 2. Explain and comment on the following sentences taken from the book. If possible replace the underlined parts of the sentence by the synonymous expressions. Remember that in some cases you have to refer to the original as most of the ideas can be understood only in broader context.

1. “… I am convinced that it was only through the Dutchman’s doggedness that he pulled through.”(p. 107)

2. “… his features, always a little larger than life, now emphasized by illness, he had an extraordinary aspect…” (p. 109)

3. “I thought about Marsyas, whom the god flayed because he had dared to rival him in song.” (p. 109)

4. “Strickland seemed to bear in his heart strange harmonies and unadventured patterns, and I foresaw for him an end of torture and despair.” (p. 109)

5. “Damn it all, it’s your studio. That’s his look-out.” (p. 111)

6. “I knew he was of abstemious habit or I should have thought he had been drinking.”(p.112)

7. “… and with his genius for blundering he might quite well have offended her, so that to anger him, perhaps, she had taken pains to foster his suspicion.” (p. 113)

8. “If you’ve made a fool of yourself, you must eat humble pie.” (p.113)

9. “After all, you can’t grudge me that”. (p.116)

10. “I couldn’t stomach his weakness and he saw my disapproval.” (p. 117)

11. “… he could never endure a foreign yoke.” (123)

12. “His want of spirit was exasperating.” (p. 124)

13. “He looked more than ever like a prosperous bagman. (p. 125)

14. “They both took the situation so much as a matter of course that I felt it absurd to do otherwise.” (p. 127)

TASK 3. Match the words that were used by the author in the book with their equivalents.

Part 1

Part 2

13. entreaty m) inspiring

14. doggedness n) strongly

15. querulous o) terrible

16. detestable p) disconsolate

17. dexterous q) to study

18. purchase r) awkwardness

19. sublime s) prayer

20. vehemently t) to walk

21. abominable u) irritable, grumbling

22. ungainliness w) buy

23. to pore over smth x) skillful

24. to saunter y) determination

25. woebegone z) hateful

Part 3

26. forbearance a) coldness

27. to goad b) guess

28. ingenuity c) frivolous

29. aloofness d) patience

30. petulant e) to defeat

31. plausible f) creativity

32. candid g) to make fun, to tease

33. surmise h) to provoke

34. flippant i) reasonable

35. to chaff j) sincere

36. to vanquish k) bad-tempered

TASK 4. Match the adjectives given below with the nouns they go together in the book.

Part 1

Part 2

16. a curious a) night

17. outrageous b) appeal

18. irreconcilable c) appearance

19. disgraceful d) fashion

20. rotund e) sides

21. cynical f) behaviour

22. injurious g) sensuality

23. blind h) passion

24. a wakeful i) irony

25. physica j) calm

26. untamed k) rage

27. callous l) indifference

28. extreme m) hazard

29. profound n) curiosity

TASK 5. Match the verbs with the expressions they go with.

Part 1

1. to breathe a) a wink

2. to clatter b) a finger

3. to sleep c) down the stairs

4. to stir d) labourously

5. to be on the verge e) an absurd figure

6. to drive smb f) of self-control

7. to lick g) one’s wants

8. to set one’s mouth h) a burden on smb

9. to rob smb i) to distraction

10. to do smb j) fault with smb

11. to forestall k) one’s hand

12. to lay l) in a pout

13. to cut m) of tears

14. to find n) a good turn

Part 2

15. to be capable a) an idle hour

16. to bear b) on air

17. to mop c) disaster

18. to lavish d) at the cost of another’s miser

19. to increase e) one's shoulders

20. to abandon f) to an end

21. to stagger g) one’s friend’s confidence

22. to live h) of temper

23. to shrug i) one’s humiliation

24. to foresee j) one’s face

25. to betray k) to one’s feet

26. to gratify a whim l) devotion on smb

27. to seek smb m) out for a purpose

28. to trifle away n) malice/ resentment

30. to come o) self-respect

Part 3

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