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III. Answer the following questions according to the text.
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1. What was Bette addicted to?
2. What kind of dog did she have? How did she get it?
3. How did Bette get another job?
4. What were her first impressions of the job?
Task 3 (Chapter 7 8)
I. Translate the following words and expressions and recall the situations from the text in which they are used.
to hit the nail on the head 69
to fall over oneself 70
twenty-four-seven (24/7) 71
to subsist on sth 72
to decry sth as an affectation 74
a tall, built frame 75
to vouch for sth personally 76
to be out of the loop 77
to maintain relentless optimism on full throttle 77
perfectly groomed and made-up faces 79
to be unable to place a person 82
to bare wide expanses of thighs and ample dé colletage in a decidedly untacky way 83
to be at the vortex of sth 84
to have an uncanny knack for sensing people's insecurities 84
to suck in one's gut involuntary 85
a dive bar 87
a skin(-)tight T-shirt 90
to pull a dress shirt from a walk-in closet 91
to clamour 94
to tick things off on one's fingers 96
a convoluted way of doing sth 100
a full play-by-play 105
II. Explain in English the meaning of the words and phrases given below and use them in the sentences of your own.
a soapbox for crotchety rants 69
gruelling 70
hibernation 71
innocuous 71
love handles 73
to tally the votes 76
to wait for the other shoe to drop 77
to pun in a sweetly dorky way 78
to be game for whatever 79
the path of least resistance 81
never let a girl's drink run low 83
to latch onto a phrase 84
a by(-)line 85
my brain checked out 87
to root around / about 90
a thick, upper-crust English accent 90
to be in the closet or out but self-hating 93
for good measure 95
to dole sth out 95
to be replete with sth 98
to dredge sth up 106
III. Answer the following questions according to the text.
1. Where did Bette spend the evening of her fourth working day?
2. What was Penelope's reaction to this sortie?
3. Who of her old acquaintances did Bette meet at the night club?
4. How did her night out finish?
5. What kind of person was Phillip?
6. What was the reaction of Bette's colleagues, boss and Penelope to her behaviour?
Task 4 (Chapter 9 12)
I. Translate the following words and expressions and recall the situations from the text in which they are used.
immersion in sth 108
trustafarian 109
to pinpoint sth 110
shallow consumerism and brand worship 110
a tube top 112
to be in spike heels 113
to cross-dress expertly 114
deferentially 114
FYI 114
to sense nothing amiss 117
a knockout 119
a wasted person 119
a tyke 122
to say sth snottily 124
to scoot in 125
to throw a fit 129
to take a pass on sth 129
a major misstep on sb's part 131
to be on the roster 132
enticement 133
a tawdry write-up 136
a gal pal 142
to hit it big 143
to mug for the cameras 144
a serious one-eighty 146
a busboy 151
a means to an end 152