V. Translate the following word-combinations and learn them. Note the different meanings and shades of meanings.

a) to make / book an appointment, to keep an appointment, to miss an appointment, to cancel an appointment, to confirm an appointment, appointment book;

b) let’s assume, we can safely assume, to assume responsibility, to assume an air of indifference, to assume large proportions, to assume the worst, assumed name, to assume the mantle of leadership;

c) flushed cheeks, flushed with anger, flushed with pleasure;

d) furious argument, furious pace, fast and furious;

e) criminal negligence, contributory negligence, gross negli­gence, to sue for negligence;

f) to render sth impossible, to render an opinion, to render assistance, for services rendered, to render sth into English;

g) course of treatment, to get / receive / undergo treatment, to respond to treatment, medical treatment, narrow treatment, special / preferential treatment, the silent treatment;

h) to complain bitterly, to make a complaint, to have / receive a complaint, formal / official complaint, to file / lodge / submit a complaint, grounds for complaint, to air your complaints.

VI. Choose the proper word and account for your choice.

to complain about – to complain of – to protest against – to object to

1. Prisoners have climbed on the roof … bad conditions in the jail.
2. Many patients … insomnia when they take this drug.
3. Their neighbours … loud music.
4. He … a splitting headache.
5. He took part in demonstrations … racism.
6. She … being told what to do.
7. He constantly … how he’s treated at work.
8. Does anyone … these proposals?

to cause – to render – to force – to induce

1. According to the great alchemist, Pierre de Boniface, the diamond … a man invisible.
2. The illness … his face to swell.
3. He … his feet to move until they had carried him out on the land.
4. What … her to buy such an expensive car?
5. Nobody … me – it was my own decision
6. The cross-examination … great excitement in court.
7. Nothing would … me to vote for him again.
8. Two factors have collided to … this the age of cynicism in television: opportunism and freedom.

to assume – to believe – to suspect

1. I … he never really loved her.
2. “Has he passed his exams? ” – “Yes, I … so”.
3. You shouldn’t … things without getting all the facts.
4. Both sides firmly … that a peace settlement is possible.
5. I think we can safely … that the practice is legal.
6. Nobody … anything was wrong.
7. I just … that the woman standing next to him was his wife.

VII. Give corresponding

a) nouns: abrupt, agitate, assume, complain, elusive, furious, hesitate, sustain, (un)wary;

b) adjectives: agitate, appointment, assume, conspiracy, hesitate, negligence, sustain;

c) verbs: conducive, conspiracy, elusive, furious, negligence.