Ex. 2 Guess the word according to the definition.

1 To be unable to speak, 2 to persuade someone to have sex with him/her, 3 to foretell the future, 4 to leave the place to escape danger, 5 to throw or drop over a wide area, 6 to defeat an army completely, 7 to die in a terrible or sudden way, 8 an agreement about something, 9 to destroy the enemy’s formation, 10 to be strongly determined, 11 a person under legal protection, 12 to try hard to have enough of something, 13 to deal with a problem, 14 a person’s features of character, 15 to date with smb.,

Ex. 3 Fill in the gaps in the given sentences with the required form of words from Ex. 1.

1 The queen was (1)… to protect her country by all means.

2 The notorious pirate (2)… Bess, Elizabeth’s (3)…, who finally married him without royal (4)… .

3 The plans of the Navy commander were to (5)… the Armada, thus not letting them unite their forces.

4 The Armada was engaged and after a severe battle it (6) … .

5 Dr. Dee couldn’t (7) … what Elizabeth expected.

6 The vast Armada (8) … in the waters of the English seas.

7 When the war started, Elizabeth was not (9)… with terror, she appeared in the midst and heat of the battle.

8 If the Spanish fleet unite the barges, their combined strength will (10)…us.

9 The English Fleet managed to (11) … the Spanish barges.

10 To overwhelm the Armada the English people were to (12) … all their courage and strength.

11 People having different (13) … act differently in a dangerous situation.

12 The queen’s ladies of attendance were not allowed to (14) … without her approval.

13 Without any preparation the English Fleet wouldn’t be able to (15) … with the Spanish

Ex. 4 Insert prepositions if necessary.

1 What does a person do in a storm when he is facing … his death?

2 Bess was going to ask the Queen … the permission to leave court.

3 The plans of the Spanish were to cross the channel and to sail … the mouth … the Thames.

4 The prophet couldn’t promise the queen that the forces that shape the world would conspire … her favour.

5 The queen got furious when she learnt that Bess was … child and married … the royal consent.

6 Elizabeth couldn’t let the Inquisition deprive her people … liberty … thought or … conscience.

7 In a dangerous situation each man acts … accordance … his own nature. Some are dumb … terror and some spread their wings like eagles and soar … the wind.

8 Labourers and ex-prisoners were to take … arms to protect their Motherland.

9 It was difficult for the Armada to handle …the English seas.

10 The sailors were given order to get … the ship which was … fire.

11 Elizabeth stayed unmarried and childless but she was a caring mother … her people.

12 Philip’s friend, the Duke of Parma, has 15,000 men … the French coast.

Discussion

Ex. 1 Describe situations to which the following utterances refer:

1 The closer I come to death, the more I want to live.

2 I can’t court a man without her permission.

3 Then we shall engage them at sea, before they have the chance to unite.

4 And with all my worldly goods I thee endow.

5 This is not the Queen I love and serve.

6 If that is your prophecy, sir, you prophesy again.

7 Labourers are to leave the fields and take up arms. The harvest must wait.

8 While we stand together, no invader shall pass.

9 Get everybody off the ship, now!

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