Come true

1. If he hadn't worked so hard, his ambition to make that important
discovery would have never come true.

2. Dreams don't always come true, do they?

patch n, v

1. He was wearing an old cardigan with leather patches on the elbows.

2. A 'patch' often means a small area (not necessarily of land), which is
different in some way from the area that surrounds it.

3. Our dog is called Patch because he's got a white patch on his back.

4. If there were not so many icy patches on the road, I wouldn't drive so
slowly.

5. The story is good in patches, but I wouldn't really recommend it.

6. I need some matching material to patch my old jeans. They are my
favourites, so comfortable to wear!

Part 2

sink (sank, sunk) v

1. The Titanic was a passenger ship that sank to the bottom of the ocean
in 1912.

2. He was just left 'to sink or swim' (= to fail or succeed by his own
efforts).

3. Rodin's sculpture The Thinker is the image of a man sunk in thoughts.

4. The instruction says: " Rub the cream gently on your face until it has all
sunk into your skin."

5. I don't think the new ideas expressed by the speaker have sunk into the
minds of the audience.

prompt adj, promptly adv, prompt л, prompter n

1. We are grateful for your prompt reply.

2. The problem requires prompt action.

3. We try to answer readers' letters as promptly as we can.

4. In the theatre 'a prompt' is either the words, which are spoken to an actor
who has forgotten what he is supposed to say, or (also 'a prompter') a
person whose job is to supply forgotten words to an actor.

5. In class 'prompting' means secretly telling another student the right
thing to say to the teacher.

approve (of) v, approval n

ant. disapprove, disapproval

1. If I were you I wouldn't approve of their behaviour.

2. The decision was approved by everybody.

3. The decision was met with everybody's approval.

4. The new law has to be approved by parliament.

5. The arrangement was officially approved.

delight n, delightful adj, delighted adj

1. To his great delight his novel was accepted for publication.

2. I was delighted to hear the news of your success.

3. I'm sure you'll have a delightful holiday there.

notice n, v

1. They've put corresponding notice (объявление) in several newspa­
pers.

2. Please don't change anything in the original project until further notice
(уведомление).

3. I'll give you at least a week's notice. Use this when you are resigning or
sacking people.

4. I only found it out at very short notice.

5. I keep complaining but nobody takes any notice (pays any attention).

Unit two

mud n, muddy adj

1. Mud is a wet and sticky mixture of earth and water.

2. Mud can become hard when it fries and is used for buildings.

3. They make their houses of mud and stones.

4. The road became muddier and muddier. The wheels got stuck in the
mud.

gleam v

1. If an object or a surface gleams it reflects light because it is shiny and
clean.

2. He polished his ring until it gleamed.

3. If your face or eyes gleam they show a particular expression,
e.g. A gleam of pride / pleasure / dislike / hatred.

steal (stole, stolen) v, stealth л

1. The number of cars, which are stolen every year, has risen
considerably.

2. The firm is now accusing some of its former employees of stealing
trade secrets.

3. He stole out of the room and nobody took notice of it.

4. The weapons had been acquired by stealth.

5. A Stealth bomber (бомбардировщик) or fighter (истребитель) is an
aircraft which can not be seen on radar.