Exercise 2. Insert to before the infinitive where required. Translate into Russian.

Exercise 1. Insert the appropriate form of the infinitive.

1. But there was nothing now __ for. (to wait) (Wilson) 2. She put on the cape, and turned round __ (to admire) (Cain) 3. He appeared __ (to listen) (Lessing) 4. He appeared __ plenty of money, which was said __ in the Californian goldfields. (to have, to gain) (Conan Doyle) 5. "When I seemed __ a long while, the Master of Salem House unscrewed his flute into the three pieces, put them up as before, and took me away, (to doze) (Dickens) 6. Every feature seemed __ since he saw her last, (to sharpen) (Galsworthy) 7. This fellow seemed __ a famous explorer or something of that sort, (to be) (Priestley) 8. The house appeared __ recently... (to repair) (Hardy) 9. Nobody seemed __ his entry, but there he certainly was. (to perceive) (Hardy) 10. Paula would be the first concentration camp __ by American troops, (to liberate) (Heym) 11. Willoughby was not the man __ the lessons of his predecessor. (to overlook) (Heym) 12. A twelve year old girl, Patience Barlow, was the first __ his attention or __ by him. (to attract, to attract) (Dreiser) 13. One might guess Mr. George __ a trooper once upon a time, (to be) (Dickens) 14. I suppose Mr. Jelleby had been more talkative and lively once; but he seemed __ long before I knew him. (to exhaust). (Dickens) 15. Dave seemed __ Stephanie, waiting for her to make the first move, (to watch) (Saxton) 16. For the last few days she seemed __ to nobody but strange men. (to talk) (Priestley) 17. I lack the will-power __ anything with my life, — my position by hard work, (to do, to better) (Durrell) 18. There's no time _. (to lose) (Clark) 19. And, in a 140 very little while, the Murdstone and Grinby life became so strange to me that I hardly believed in it, while my present life grew so familiar, that I seemed __ it a long time, (to lead) (Dickens) 20. Roger Quaife was a youngish Concervative member who was beginning __ about, (to talk) (Snow) 21. He is said __ a small fortune, (to put away) (Durrell) 22. That Jolyon seems __ in 1710, son of Jolyon and Mary, (to be born) (Galsworthy)

Exercise 2. Insert to before the infinitive where required. Translate into Russian.

1. Do you think I plan __ spend the rest of my life in the same situation? I would rather __ die! (Monsarrat) 2. She could not help but __ feel a little choked for breath. (Dreiser) 3. Why not __ come down to my place? (Wilson) 4. He gave a quick grin that made his lean twisted face __ look more lean and twisted than ever. (Priestley) 5. Ever since I came into this silly house I have been made __ look like a fool. (Shaw) 6. He did nothing from morning till night but __ wander at random. (Maugham) 7. I'm the cook, and I won't have anyone __ come interfering in my kitchen. (Maugham) 8. Abe let the hammer __ drop out of his hands and __ fall on the step. (Caldwell) 9. You'd better __ take me back to Oxford. (Faulkner) 10. They ought. __ have asked my advice. They ought __ have. (Snow) 11. The poor boy was absolutely broken up. It made my heart __ bleed. I couldn't __ let him __ go without a word of comfort. (Maugham) 12. I've got nothing __ do but __ talk, talk. (Greene) 13. I would — die sooner than __ ask him for another penny. (Shaw) 14. Your mother's gone to some friends — they do nothing but __ play bridge. (Galsworthy) 15. I know... there's nobody in the world I would rather __ work with or __ have greater respect for. (Dreiser) 16. Conrad had never known her __ talk so much. (Greene) 17. But Elfride knew Mrs. Jethway __ be her enemy, and __ hate her. (Hardy) 18. Then why not __ try __ save yourself? (Shaw) 19. She opened the iron gateway and bade me __ enter. (Maugham) 20. You'd better __ get some sleep. (Hemingway) 21. English women in our station have duties... but we, strangers in a strange land, have nothing __ do but __ enjoy ourselves. (Maugham) 22. I want __ look at him and hear him __ talk. (Heym) 23. The key of the door below was now heard in the lock, and the door was heard __ open and close. (Dickens) 24. She felt herself __ be tall and slim and fresh. (Murdoch) 25. I felt my blood __ freeze. (Cain) 26. And if you say you gave me no encouragement I cannot but __ contradict you. (Hardy) 27. When she reached the front steps, she heard the taxi __ drive away. She turned around and watched the red tail-light __ disappear in the darkness. (Caldwell) 28. Tommy really does nothing but __ propose to me. (Wilde) 29. I thought that I had better __ try __ speak openly myself. (Snow) 30. Arthur could not but __ glance at Daniel Doyce in the ensuing silence. (Dickens) 31. Why not __ write to her? (Hardy) 32. At first I tried. __. excuse myself, for the present, on the general ground of having occupation __ attend to, which I must not __ neglect. I then said that I had much __ learn myself before I could __ teach others. For these reasons, I thought it best __ be as useful as I couid, and __ render what kind services I could to those about me: and __ try __ let that circle of duty gradually __ expand itself. (Dickens)

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