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Transcribe and give equivalents to the following words.
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| 1. self-indulgence 2. incongruity 3. imperviousness 4. an old beau 5. to overcome an obstacle 6. a society reporter 7. to be played out 8. to make certain behavioristic demands 9. disdainful 10. abundance 11. to slip into the past 12. precarious 13. save for | 14. to multiply rumors 15. to sprawl 16. opulent 17. to flaw 18. by me! – Я пас! 19. I’ll double three spades! – Я подвоюю 3 піки 20. What was bid? – З чого почали? 21. you could cut it with a knife 22. to commit one’s destiny to enigma 23. with the strain of three years 24. to carry on |
Supply antonyms and synonyms to the following.
Anxiety, alternating, temporarily, vitality, departure, abundance, secure, recklessly, strain, cordial.
Answer the following questions.
1.What happened to Anson when he was abroad?
2.What did a society reporter wait for one evening?
3.What did Anson do in New York?
4.What did Paula write in her letters about?
5.What happened at the Everglades Club?
6.What did Paula wait for?
7.What was Anson sure of?
8.What was the reason for Anson’s depression?
4.Which sentences are true?
1. Paula felt a tremendous pride in Anson. He was humorous, reckless, gentle, attractive, and understanding.
2. When Anson went abroad Paula missed him enormously.
3. Anson fell out of love with Paula.
4. Though Paula made certain behavioristic demands she definitely didn’t want to break the engagement.
5. The combination of Anson’s influential family connection, his intelligence, and his physical energy couldn’t help him to make a successful career.
6. Anson’s engagement with Paula was broken.
7. Anson liked amusements and was extremely good at entertaining.
8. Anson enjoyed arranging things, and his former classmates often turned to him for help.
9. Paula wasn’t ready to accept Anson’s proposal to marry him because he wasn’t quite a safe man.
Put the events in the chronological order.
1. Anson was ordered abroad.
2. Paula was seen together with Lowell Thayer.
3. Anson was sent to hospital with pneumonia.
4. Paula was engaged to Thayer and they were going to be married in Boston.
5. Anson came to New York.
6. Paula cried embracing Anson.
7. Anson, Paula and Thayer played bridge.
Reproduce the situations in which the following sentences are used.
1.I feel that I want to die.
2.Anson was too acute to wonder.
3.I’ll double three spades.
4.You could cut it with a knife.
Find evidence to prove that
1.Paula was confused by Anson’s incongruities.
2.Anson was jealous.
3. Anson missed Paula.
4.Anson was sure that Paula still loved him.
5.Paula loved Anson.
6.Anson was depressed.