Task Set 3 (Chapters 7-9)

I. Study the active vocabulary:

• browse = to look through (a book, articles for sale in a shop, etc.) in a casual leisurely manner (p. 38)

• prod smb. to do smth. (p. 39)

• be all for smth./ for doing smth.(p. 40)

• be on at smb. = to pester (p. 40)

• outrageous/outrageously (p. 45)

• lose one’s face (p. 46)

• pop up (p. 46)

• lose track (of smth.) (p. 47)

• live off (p. 47)

• sort smth. out (a problem etc.) (p. 48)

• strike up (p. 49)

• look smb. up and down (p. 50)

• go nuts (p. 50)

• off colour (p. 50)

• be out of touch (p. 51)

• dump smb. (= to desert) (p. 52)

• churn up / to feel churned up (p. 52)

• put two and two together (p. 54) - to make an inference from available evidence, esp. an obvious inference

• grass smb. up (p. 56)

• spot smth.= to notice (p. 57)

II. Complete the sentences (using the units from the active vocabulary):

1. His wife is forever _________ him to stop drinking.

2. I didn’t like to listen to Juley speaking. She chattered like a magpie and I constantly_________________of her ideas.

3. It's_____________ to permit such behaviour!

4. He regards John as a stupid, obstinate old man, __________________ with realities, unable or unwilling to see any point of view but his own.

5. – It’s no good to ___________an old friend.

– You are right, I’ve __________my mistake. I promise that I’ll ______________ at his place when I have such a chance.

6) I am ___________accepting the offer. If we don’t do this, I’m afraid our business rivals will understand that we might ____________­­­­­­­­________.

7) The police have the necessary evidence. Now that this stupid dolt has ________us_____, the detective will easily ______________________________ and we’ll go to jail!

8. I can spend hours just ______________among books in the library.

9. He ____________ me to visit the exhibition.

10. It's up to the director _______________ difficulties like this one.

11. – I think I’ll _____________!

– You really look a bit _________________. What’s the matter?

– You know that I don’t work, because I _________________the money I get from the soil that we own. The thing is that the soil legislation is being changed and I can go broke hands down.

12) It’s no easy matter to ________________ an acquaintance with her. She is used to ____________________ before starting a conversation.

13) Your story has____________________. It’s so touching!

III. Match the synonyms:

1) outrageous 2) off colour 3) churn up 4) grass smb. up 5) spot smth. 6) sort smth. out 7) dump smb.

a) stir up a feeling in smb., torment smb's soul b) inform on someone, rat on smb. c) identify , notice d) shocking, scandalous, disgraceful e) slightly ill, unwell f) abandon, desert g) solve, tackle