bit of a philanderer, my dear, you need a steadier chap. 29. He's got a character and steady employment, and he's no
fool. 30. "I ain't going," was his steady answer to all her threats and requests. 31. He lost weight steadily.*
B. 1. You've made a mess of the job. I wish you had refused to do it. 2. Why did you leave the table in such an awful
mess? 3. Nothing to do, but sweep up the mess — and such nice eggs. 4. "Now we've got to clear up this mess," he said.
"All I hope is that it doesn't take too long." 5. I thought of the mess he was bound to make of it. 6. This word is a crack-
jaw for foreigners. 7. He is a hard nut to crack. 8. He is fond of cracking jokes, but they are not to my taste. 9. A cracked
bell can never sound well. ( proverb) 10. All is lost that is poured into a cracked dish. 11. His contributions to science are
invaluable. 12. Mr. W'infield listened and soon understood that he was expected to contribute to the conversation. 13.
M.Sholokhov contributed most generously and with great skill to world literature. 14. My own earliest boating
recollection is of five of us contributing three-pence and taking a boat on the lake.
14.This is not the right spirit to begin some new work in. 16. We found him alone, spent and spiritless. 17. His spirits
rose when the door swung open and he saw Saundra on the threshold. 18. Despite all her troubles she too seemed caught
up in the spirit of the occasion. 19. Can you taste any pepper in this soup? 20. I don't know that I ever tasted pumpkin
pie as good as hers. 21. His tastes did not seem to have changed. 22. The house was handsome, he conceded, but it
wasn't to his taste. 23. "Your taste in brandy, Doctor, is much better than your taste in music," said Chris. 24. After that,
having acquired a taste for the water, I did a good deal of rafting.
5.Choose the right word:
peel — scrape
1. New potatoes are nice to the taste, but I hate ... them. 2. I've boiled potatoes in their jackets, will you ... them?
steady — firm
1. The chair was not ... because one of its legs was broken. 2. The oak-tree stood ... in the earth. 3. Mr. Convoy was a ... cus tomer
at the bookshop. 4. His decision was ....
crack — break
1. The cup ..., but the pieces still held together. 2. The ice ... and then ... under his feet. 3. Brittle things ... easily.
taste — flavour
1. The peach has a peculiarly fine .... 2. The fruit looked tempting, but it turned out to have an unpleasant ... . 3. I like the lem-
on ... of the sweets.
6.Give English equivalents for the following phrases: