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1. We do our business in full accordance with the legislation of this ^:
country.

2. (from a business letter) In accordance with the contract you are
(supposed) to remunerate the experts at your expense.

3. According to the map, the place we are looking for is two kilometers
away from here.

4. According to the weather forecast it will be dry and sunny all week.

boast v, n, boastful adj

1. He boasts of being the best tennis player in his college. (= He boasts
that he is...)

2. " How are you getting on? " " There is nothing to boast of (about), I'm
afraid."

3. The old man often boasts to his neighbours about (of) the successes
of his grandchildren.

4. He's very boastful, isn't he?

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GRAMMAR

Remember!

Make sentences by choosing from A and В and translate them into Rus­sian.

I could do nothing

I had nothing to do

The children have nothing to do

They can do nothing

В

and felt bored.

but agree to their conditions.

but apologize.

and behave badly.

4. Translate the following into English.

1. Ему ничего не оставалось делать, как только подчиниться правилам.

2. Детям было нечем заняться, и они вели себя ужасно.

3. Детям ничего не оставалось делать, кроме как обещать вести себя
хорошо.

4. Мне ничего не оставалось, кроме как извиниться за мое вторжение.

5. Он сказал, что ему здесь нечего делать и он собирается уходить.

6. Мне ничего не остается делать, кроме как признать, что это была
моя вина.

Adjectives (word order)

This table might look really frightening if it were supposed to be learnt by heart. It is a useful reference table showing how close an adjective should be to the noun it describes.

If you use it this way, you will find that it is actually merciful. It needn't to be learnt by heart for two reasons:

1) A good speaker will never use more than two or three adjectives before the noun he describes.

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2) The position of an adjective as an attribute (определение) in an English sentence is in most cases similar to what we can see in a corresponding Russian sentence:

a beautiful ancient Greek sculpture - прекрасная древнегреческая скульптура.

5. Use the table to put the adjectives in the correct order.

1. A(n) ancient / charming / work of art

2. A(n) old / obdurate / man

3. A(n) French / young / gifted artist

4. A(n) bronze / enormous / ugly monument

5. A(n) round / wooden / brand-new table

6. A(n) silk / snow-white / pretty dress

7. A(n) Japanese / black / small watch

8. A(n) light-blue / china / exquisite tea set

6. Which adjectives would you use to describe these things?

7. You've been to an antique shop recently. Write a letter to your friend,
describing some of the things you saw there (vases, desks, pictures, etc).

8. Read the dialogues. Who are А, В, С and D? Where are they? Make simi­
lar dialogues of your own.

A. Excuse me, sir! How do we get to the British museum from here?

B. You can take a bus. The bus stop is over there across the road. The Brit­
ish Museum is three stops from here.

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С. I think we can take a walk. The weather is divine today, isn't it! Is it a long

walk? B. No, no, ladies, not at all! Just follow the bus. It's about fifteen minutes'

walk from here. A. Thank you!

C. We'd like to have two tickets, please.

D. You don't need any tickets, ladies. The museum is free. But your do­
nations are most welcome! Here's the map of the museum with colour
plans and visitor information. You can find any information you need in
it. It's two pounds, please.

C. Here you are.

D. I suggest you leave your bags in the cloakroom.
A. OK, we will. Thank you.

A. What do you think we should start our tour with?

C. I know the British Museum has one of the greatest ancient Egypt's col­lections in the world. Let's see Egyptian sculpture and mummies first. They must be on the main floor. Then we can go and see Greek and Ro­man art. I love ancient Greek vases!

A. Would you like to see their famous collection of coins? Just listen to what the map says: " The magnificent collection of over 750, 000 coins covers the history of coinage from its origins to the present day."

C. You are not going to see all 750, 000 coins, are you? We can't spend the whole day here. We can come again some other time, OK?

A. OK. But first, let me pop into the museum shop!

С Oh, no!!!!

Ш Revision of Phrasal verbs 9. Complete the sentences by choosing the words from the box.

of, up, out, on, over, round, off, in, down, with, for, across

1. Where did you come... this information?

2.1 wonder how many times you have already tried to give... smoking?

3. It turned... to be a difficult job.

4. Prices hardly ever come... they always seem to go....

5. Don't forget to put... your hat. It's cold outside.

6. Nobody believed his story. It was obvious that he had made it....

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7. When his father had died he took... the company.

8.1 wonder why he has turned... their offer.

9. This table takes... too much space. We need something smaller.

10. She said that she could no longer put....... his rudeness.

11. When will you come...? We are always so happy to see you at our
place.

12. Don't put... till tomorrow what you can do today.

13. He used to be a famous athlete but doesn't go....... any competitions

now.

10. Here are a few witty quotations on art. Do you agree with the ideas ex­pressed in them?

" To my mind the old masters are not art; their value is in their scarcity." Thomas A. Edison (1847-1931), an American inventor

" We are not interested in the unusual, but in the usual seen unusually." Beaumont Newhall (1908-1993), an American art historian, writer and photographer

" Nobody ever raised a monument to a critic." Author unknown

" The people who make art their business are mostly imposters." Pablo Picasso (1881-1973), a Spanish painter and sculptor.

" If my husband would ever meet a woman on the street who looked like the women in his paintings, he would fall over in a dead faint." Mrs Pablo Picasso

" There is no such thing as modern art. There is art - and there is adver­tising."

Albert Sterner (1863-1946),

an American painter

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