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Exercise 24.
1. for; 2. about; 3. to; 4. out; 5. of; 6. with; 7. on; 8. on; 9. –;
10. on/away; 11. for; 12. out, with; 13. into
Exercise 25.
1. She seems to be getting rather vague... 2. Rachel flopped on to the
sofa. 3. I want to spare Frances the embarrassment of... 4. Sylvia was
very sympathetic to me. 5. The feeling of shame lingered on and Roy...
6. I know that Alex has sympathy with our plan (is sympathetic to our
plan). 7. Bake the potatoes... till they are crisp. 8. It was so gloomy in
the room. 9. What you say is nonsense. 10. She is fond of gossiping
about her friends. 11. I like Florence. She is an amiable person. 12. ...I
could hear the dishes rattle. 13. The situation was quite an ordeal.
Exercise 26.
1. gossip (n) – слухи, сплетни; 2. spare (adj) – лишний, запасной;
3. gloom – мрак, уныние; 4. rattle (n) – дребезжание,
громыхание,
погремушка; 5. sympathize (v) – сочувствовать; 6. amiability (n) –
дружелюбие; 7. crisps (n) – чипсы; 8. flop (n) – провал
Exercise 27.
1. Spare me the necessity of going there. 2. I sympathize deeply with
his family. 3. I can’t stand this old gossip. 4. I’ve met Jane only once
but she seems amiable enough. 5. Alice flopped into a chair and burst
out laughing. 6. She was in gloom because not even a postcard had ar-
rived from Ricky. 7. She is eating potato crisps again! They have always
been her favourite food. 8. Without lingering a minute she started for
the railway station. 9. What an ordeal it is! 10.
The car rattled over the
stones. 11. Her words full of sympathy (sympathetic words) produced
a proper impression on me. 12. He was rather vague about his plans.
13. He was talking nonsense during our meeting, which surprised eve-
rybody a lot. 14. I sympathize with (have sympathy for/’m sympathetic
to) Mrs Crystal, she has lost her family in a car accident.
Exercise 29.
B.
1. creep; 2. stagger; 3. march; 4. shuffle;
5. swagger; 6. wander; 7. trudge; 8. stroll; 9. stride
Exercise 30.
1. march; 2. trudged; 3. swaggered; 4. wander; 5. staggered;
6. shuffled; 7. strolled; 8. creeping; 9. strode