would fall for her promises. 10. What's wrong with the orange? 11. Did he do well at his exams? 12. Which of the twins is Bob?
13.1 hear he was not admitted to the Institute. 14. What's this sound?
10.Make up and practise a short situation using the following words and word combinations
1.to gossip; spirit; to get mixed; to scrape through
2.like nothing else on earth; to wind; to roam; to gather wood; steadily; a crack; to get into scrapes
3.to peel; for an hour or so; I should never have thought, to be on the safe side; the more ... the more
11. Make up and act out a dialogue using the words and word combinations of Ex. 10:
1. Two inexperienced girls are cooking soup, (to peel potatoes, to be the size of, to waste, odds and ends, to mix, good
stuff, to try experiments, to flavour, to turn out, to be more like ... , a mixture with a bad taste, to scrape out)
2. A young married couple is packing, (there is little time left, plenty of time, in a mess, there is no room to spare, odds
and ends, the more ... the more ..., that won't do, to get cracked, to scrape, to make a mess of, to require help, the rest of the
evening, I should never thought)
12. Find in Text One and copy out phrases in which the prepositions (or adverbs) 'in', 'off and Vith' are used. Translate the phrases into
Russian.
13.Fill in prepositions:
1. Stand ... front of me, you'll see better then, there will be nothing ... the way ... your view. 2. Frankly speaking, I don't see
anything ... that idea. 3. She is always ... trouble ... her son. He can't resist bad influence. 4.1 can never talk easily ... him, we
seem to have nothing ... common. 5. A stitch ... time saves nine. ( proverb) 6. A bird ... the hand is worth two ... the bush,
(proverb) 7. There were not many people at the meeting, about 10 or 12 ... number, I should think. 8. Our preparation had to be
made ... secret, which required caution. 9. We are ... sight... land now and wilI«oon be ... port. 10. The matter ... itself is not
important, ... fact I was going to take no notice ... it, but he had acted ... such a way that I must take it into consideration. ...
any case it can't affect you. 11. I shall take these plates away now and bring the pudding ... . 12. Come to our village ... a
month or so. You'll see then how beautiful it is ... early June, all the houses smothered ... roses and not a cloud ... the sky.
14. Translate the following sentences into English. Pay attention to the prepositions:
Такого учителя нелегко найти, таких на тысячу один. 2. Я был в самой середине толпы и не мог подойти к вам. 3.