Exercise 8. State the function of the Infinitive. Translate into Russian.
1. To cut the story short, he is the very man you need. 2. To know all is to forgive all. 3.
She leaned forward with kindled eyes as if to impress the word on the inspector. 4. To
lie is not my custom. 5. It is a chance not to be missed. 6. So you‘ve got nothing to
reproach yourself with. 7. He was crazy enough to kill me if I hadn‘t told him who
owned the car. 8. The rain poured down his thick glasses, and he took them off to see the
mournful ceremony. 9. He opened the book at the back cover and turned it around for
me to see. 10 I wanted to go into the room where he lay and reassure him: ―I‘ll get
somebody for you, Gatsby.‖ 11. I‘ll telephone for a taxi to take you home. 12. I wanted
to be alone. 13. Only the Negro and I were near enough to hear what he said. 14. Some
workmen came past the door, and Michaelis took the opportunity to get away, intending
to come back later. 15. At this point Jordan and I tried to go, but Tom and Gatsby
insisted with firmness that we remain – as though neither of them had anything to
conceal and it would be a privilege to partake vicariously of their emotions. 16. Frieda
lowered her head, too pleased to answer. 17. When the war ended and the twins were ten
years old, they too left school to work. 18. I never even had a cat to talk to. 19. He made
an effort to collect himself. 20. These students are too young to have specialized in the
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chosen field. 21. The light died down to leave the room darker than before. 22. In May
the people began to return to the region. 23. The national program was too vague to raise
any hope of meaningful change. 24. The first step to be taken is to start negotiations. 25.
The crops harvested were so big as to be able to store them and even export part of
them. 26. Hydrogen and oxygen unite to form water. 27. To begin with, I would like to
thank you for coming. 28. From this example you can see that the computer does
precisely what it is told and it has to be told nearly everything. 29. The second story to
be substantially reworked for the 1842 collection of Gogol‘s works was
Taras Bulba
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30. To be frank with you, he didn‘t pay. That‘s the truth. 31. To dine there on a June
evening was a delight. 32. The only thing she could do was to give advice. 33. His boots
stood in front of the fire to warm. 34. He was too timid to speak. 35. His pipe ceased to
draw. 36. Mr Gordon began to breathe heavily. 37. Mrs. June Makin woke early to find
two burglars carrying her TV set from her home. 38. New steps to fight pollution of
rivers have been announced in Wales and Scotland. 39. I woke one morning to find
myself famous. 40. In the years to follow debates over globalization will increasingly
affect international relations. 41. Susan sought for something nasty to say to Reg. 42.
She was alarmed to find a pile of charred rubble where the bookstore only a week ago
stood. 43. Anyway, just to begin with, don‘t you think you might treat me as an equal?
44. He began to describe in detail the beauties of the picture. 45. It is dangerous to go
against the majority. 46. One is never too old to learn. 47. Our task is to master English.
48. Critically to examine newcomers was one of the amusements of the occupants of the
lounge. 49. She knew that he had gone never to return. 50. She was shaken by the
sudden coldness in his eyes, but before she had time to fully realize how hurt she was,
he was smiling at her. 51. My instinct was to halt but my father kept striding. 52. You
don‘t mean to say you believe a word of his nonsense? 53. Vincent knew the four
sisters‘ names but he had never taken the trouble to attach the names to the faces. 54.
After eight o‘clock not a decent soul is to be wandering in the town except, maybe, a
pitiful drunk. 55. Towards noon he rose, cut himself food in the pantry, ate it with head
dropped, went out to return at three o‘clock slightly tipsy and relieved. 56. It was a relief
to be in the car again. 57. To tell the truth, my memory is a bit dim too. 58. He returned
ten minutes later to find Bridget, ready for departure. 59. To know all about English is
one thing; to know English is quite another. 60. Her impulse was to laugh, but the
gravity of the young man‘s deference stopped her. 61. I have not come here to be
insulted, but to talk to you as a friend. 62. Margaret continued to visit his wife in
hospital. 63. Strange to say, he has never been in the British Museum. 64. Oh, yes. He
likes to eat. 65. I came in to see if I could help you pack, Alison. 66. It made my position
complicated, not to say ludicrous. 67. Then, slowly, Sam got up, staggered a few paces,
and fell again to move no more. 68. Jones was the first man to make this strange
discovery. 69. Several times he trembled on the brink of a great decision only to retreat
timidly in the last moment. 70. To look at Strickland‘s pictures, you would have thought
that Monet, Manet and the rest of the Impressionists had never been. 71. I had known
him as a doctor, but was not old enough to have known him as a friend. 72. It was
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absurd to suppose that he could be bought by dinner and a ticket to the opera. 73. Next
morning, meeting me in the hall, she told me that she was too tired to go out. 74. To
prolong this discussion is to waste time.
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