II. Explain in English the meaning of the words and phrases given below and use them in the sentences of your own.

halter dress – 290

alligator clutch – 290

to be slightly buzzed – 291

pesky headlines – 292

a marina – 292

gold filigree – 293

to mollify sb – 295

to swig from one's drink – 296

a flashbulb – 299

a bushy unibrow – 301

a twilight zone – 303

to entertain the idea – 303

to remain composed – 304

an illicit, late-night paramour – 307

a cuckold – 307

nada – 307

a little romp – 309

a cavernous room – 310

to cement one's relationship – 310

to coddle new relationships – 311

empire waist – 313

to sashay gracefully past sb – 315

to capitalise on sth – 315

to have a good command of English – 316

D-day – 318

to mesh with the instructions – 320

III. Answer the following questions according to the text.

1. What kind of nightclub did Bette and her group go to on their first night?

2. How did this evening end for Bette and Sammy?

3. What happened the following morning to Bette, Sammy and Phillip?

4. What was Will's reaction to Bette's trip?

5. What did Sammy ask Bette for when they had their date in New York?

Task 10 (Chapter 30 – 33)

I. Translate the following words and expressions and recall the situations from the text in which they are used.

to quell one's panic – 326

to be wavering – 327

an entirely nondescript man – 329

to jut out one's hips – 330

a rendition – 332

to wave one's hands in a spastic, counterclockwise pattern – 333

at that – 337

to prod sb – 338

to square away on the disaster – 339

to vie with sb for sth – 340

to be cut out for sth – 345

to pull out at the last second – 346

to live in full sweatpant(s) mode – 348

to wallow – 348

to one's credit – 349

a pet project – 350

neighbourhood gentrification – 351

to call after sb – 354

to make good (on) one's vow – 355

an alumni centre – 356

to matriculate with sb – 356

to panhandle – 357

to take a rain check – 358

a tiny awning – 361

to harp on sth – 365

a layover – 366

II. Explain in English the meaning of the words and phrases given below and use them in the sentences of your own.

step-and-repeat – 326

to be shrouded in sth – 328

a collage of centrefolds – 328

a massive multitiered cake – 328

to barrel downhill at warp speed – 332

to brush sb away like a gnat – 333

to recoup a shred of dignity – 335

to clue sb in on sth – 338

New York('s) finest – 339

as if on cue – 345

to suck up one's pride – 345

to buy sth on the cheap – 346

to TiVo sth – 348

to work up one's nerve – 349

teeny – 350

a fusion place – 350

SEC – 350

chow time – 353

to be three credits shy of graduation – 354

to save all the gory details – 356

to be unabashedly elated – 357

to play it cool – 358

a summerweight cashmere cardigan – 359

to pique one's curiosity – 363

III. Answer the following questions according to the text.

1. Was the Playboy party organised by Kelly and Co successful? Why? Why not?

2. What happened between Bette, Avery, Abby, Elisa, Phillip and Sammy?

3. Why did Pen break up with her fiancé?

4. What was Bette's life like after she quit her job?

5. What kind of surprise waited for Bette on her birthday?