alone when I was ushered in. 8. Frau Becker seemed to look
for opportunities of being
alone with Larry. 9. The British farmhouse is often some
distance from a public road. The life there is hard and
lonely. 10. Young Jolyon
alone among the Forsytes was ignorant of Bosinney's nickname.
Ex. XVIII, p. 247 1. The better the soil is cultivated, the bigger the crop is. 2. Avast plain stretches
from the Urals/the Ural Mountain Rang to the river Yenissei. 3. The Volga-Don
Canal is one of our mai waterways, it is navigable all along. 4. In Vladivostok there
is a splendid harbour and many Russian and foreign steamers cas' anchor in it. 5. The
Strait of Dover separates Britain from the continent/the mainland and the North
Channel separates Scotland from Ireland. 6. This crop is valuable as fodder. 7. You
have hardly happened/chanced to enjoy more picturesque scenery. 8. Most of the
ploughland in this area is under wheat. 9. Just a mile from the shore we could see
distinct/clear outlines shapes of ships riding at anchor in the harbour. 10. The
coastline of the Caspian Sea is comparatively/relatively regular in outline (relatively
even), only near the mouth of the Volga the coast is deeply indented and there are a
lot of small islands and creeks.
Ex. VI, p. 256 1. When we went camping, we put up our tents on the boundary of the lake. 2.
The border/frontier incident was reported by the newspapers in detail. 3. A border
dispute is a quarrel about where a border is or ought to be. 4. The river formed a
boundary between these rural districts. 5. The half- ruined tower used to be a frontier
fortress. 6. The region along the boundary between England and Scotland is called
the Border. 7. A hedge is a fence or a row of bushes or low trees, which are planted
to form a boundary round a garden or field. 8. Great Britain's borders, northern,
eastern and southern, are formed by seas and oceans.
