Translate the sentences into English. 1. Вона жалкує, що не знала про це раніше.

1. Вона жалкує, що не знала про це раніше.

2. Прикро, що йде дощ. Я б хотів, щоб була хороша погода, тоді ми змогли б поїхати відпочити.

3. Прикро, що вона така легковажна.

4. Якби зараз було літо!

5. Прикро, що ви не зайшли до нас учора.

6. Я жалкую, що не недослухався до вашої поради.

7. Мені б дуже хотілося, щоб ви не перебивали мене щохвилини.

8.Вони пожалкували, що не полетіли до Одеси літаком, вони б зберегли стільки часу!

9. Прикро, що я не можу прочитати цю книгу мовою оригіналу.

10. Мені надзвичайно прикро, що я не зможу завтра відвідати вашу лекцію.

11. Прикро, що я не зможу бути з вами.

12. Якби ти його бачила саме тоді!

13. Як би я хотів мати годинник.

14. Прикро, що ви не прийшли раніше. Ви б зустрілися з моєю сестрою.

15. Прикро, що я не розповів йому про це вчора.

16. Я жалкував, що запитав його про це.

17. Коли б тільки мої батьки мешкали у Києві!

18. Прикро, що я не взяв у борг грошей і не придбав словник. Тепер його немає в продажу.

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Charles Dickens

1812-1870

Charles Dickens was born in 1812 near Portsmouth on the southern coast of England. His father was a clerk at the office of a Large naval station there, and the family lived on his small salary. They belonged to the Lower middle class. The father was often transferred from place to place and there was always talk letwern the parents about money, bills and debts.

Charles’s first teacher was a kind young man from Oxford, under whose influence Charles grew ford of books. At 10 he read Defoe, Fielding, Smollett, Goldsmith and translations of some European and other authors.

In 1822 the family moved into London in one of the poorest part of it. Charles was the eldest son, but he was not sent to school again. The father made no plans for the education of his children. He was an easy-going man who always spent more money than he could afford. Soon he lost his job and was imprisoned for debt. All the property the family had was sold, even Charles’s favourite books, and the boy was put to work in a blacking factory. He worked hard washing bottles for shoe-polish and putting labels on them while his parents and sisters, and brothers all lived in the Marshalsea debtors prison.

After paid debts, Charles got a chance to go to school.

Then he continued his education himself.

In 1832 Dickens became a parliamentary reporter.

Not yet thirty, Dickens was the most popular writer in England.

Dickens has a style of his own. The secret of Dickens’s Style lies in the combination of the strictest realism of detail with fantasy.

The great writer died more than 130 years ago, but everybody still enjoys reading his books.