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Reproduce the situations in which the following sentences are used.
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1. Life has made a cynic of me.
2. … This world was composed of varying elements.
3. Like most compromises, it had neither force nor vitality but only a timorous despair.
4. The frame gleamed faintly with thrice-reflected moonlight.
Find evidence to prove that
1. Anson had a manner older than his years.
2. Anson had an instinctive and rather charitable knowledge of the weaknesses of men and women.
3. Anson and Uncle Robert had been very friendly.
4. Odd things happened to Anson and he accepted them humorously.
5. Dolly and Paula were quite different.
6. Dolly understood that it was going to be difficult to have a serious affair with Anson.
Describe
1.Uncle Robert.
2.Dolly Karger.
Comment on the following.
1. Anson’s attitude toward girls was not indiscriminately protective.
2. Anson felt that life was hemming him in.
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Transcribe and give equivalents tf the following words.
| 1. to patch up 2. to take smth for granted 3. to be sacred to smb 4. circumspect 5. to go astray 6. equanimity 7. congenial 8. to father 9. to fall for 10. to persist in smth 11. to rejoice in smth 12. to be just this side of forty 13. a reversion 14. to buoy up 15. peremptory 16. to be bound to do smth 17. to take advantage of smth | 18. chivalry 19. to shoulder one’s way 20. to come to grips with smb 21. to bully smb into despair 22. to lose one’s temper 23. to discharge 24. to get hold of smth 25. disquisition 26. to cross the line 27. dalliance 28. to seal 29. vagary 30. obdurate 31. maudlin 32. to gain confidence 33. desolate 34. to resort |
Supply antonyms and synonyms to the following.
Depress, increase, regularity, resolutely, reluctant, constantly, despair, cheap, significant, casual, gain, permanence.
Answer the questions.
1. How did Dolly’s marriage affect Anson?
2. What made a great impression on Anson?
3. Did Anson believe in marriage? Why?
4. What did Anson decide to do concerning Aunt Edna’s intrigue?
5. What did Edna and Anson speak about?
6. What did they decide to do?
7. What happened to Cary Sloane?
4.Which sentences are true?
1. Dolly’s marriage as well as Paula’s one depressed him very much.
2. Anson was glad that he was made a partner in the firm.
3. Now Anson’s responsibilities increased and he couldn’t devote his time to helping his friends.
4. Anson appreciated his freedom most of all.
5. Uncle Robert’s marriage went astray and that made him very unhappy.
6. Anson wasn’t sure he would be able to handle Edna’s affair and decided not to interfere.
7. Edna knew Anson’s hostility to her and was prepared for his direct approach to the matter.
8. Anson wanted to break up Edna’s friendship with Sloane because he cared too much for Edna’s reputation.