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circumstances
Tom running after her.
последовал за ней.
III.
The Nominative Absolute Construction
time
The concert over
, the
lottery came next.
Когда
закончился
концерт,
начался розыгрыш лотереи.
attendant
circumstances
He sat down quickly,
his
face in his hands.
Он быстро сел,
закрыв лицо
руками.
IV.
The Prepositional Absolute Construction
attendant
circumstances
She sat staring into the
fire,
with the sock on
her knee.
Она сидела уставившись на
огонь, держа чулок на коленях.
Exercise 16. Point out the Absolute Constructions and state what
kind of adverbial
modifier they express. Translate into Russian.
1. His tale told, he put his head back and laughed. 2. Archie sat on a stool by the hearth,
his back against the fireplace. 3. Catherine looked at me, her eyes happy. 4. His mind
occupied in his research, he did not perceive that daylight would soon end. 5. The door
and window of the vacant room being open, we looked in. 6. It being pretty far, we
decided to take a taxi. 7.
Time permitting; I shall come to see you. 8. Game over, he
went home without a penny. 9. He was walking ahead of me along Fifth Avenue in his
alert, aggressive way, his hands out a little from his body as if to fight off interference,
his head moving sharply here and there. 10. On the last night, with my trunk packed and
my car sold to the grocer, I went over and looked at the huge incoherent failure of a
house once more. 11. With the inflation growing, the people‘s
purchasing power has
declined. 12. Confidence in Britain‘s future can be restored, with prices pegged and
production planned. 13. He held the child, gazing at the woman, her mouth moving. 14.
With her heart beating fast, she rang the bell. 15. Dinner over, we went home. 16. He
lay on the bed, with his eyes shut. 17. The dog was near him with its nose turned
heavenward. 18. The
weather being cold, he didn‘t want to loiter. 19. With westerns and
cowboys so popular then, the actor was sure he could make a living as a stunt man. 20.
With a growing number of students applying to its two universities, Nottingham is
setting educational records. 21. During the Festival several halls in the Moscow State
University will be taken over for dancing each evening, orchestras of different nations
playing in each. 22. I knew I could knock at the door downstairs till doomsday and you
would never hear me with this music going on. 23. With a long history in international
business and with more than one third of its revenue derived overseas,
the company
strives to be better prepared for changes that take place in various countries. 24. She
stopped, a red spot on each cheekbone. 25. And, cigar in the mouth, he was listening to
her playing Chopin. 26. They set out with a lantern, Boddick telling his tale. 27. He
looked at her intently, his curiosity reviving. 28. The den was a nice room with books
lining the walls. 29. He gave an intimate smile, some of the freshness returning to his
face.
