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a. I’d better write your telephone number _______ . I’ve got a terrible memory.
b. Don’t run _______ . Come here! I want to talk to you!
c. The bird’s cage wasn’t closed properly. It managed to get _____ , and unfortunately it flew ____ . We haven’t seen it since.
d. When Mrs Johnson died, she didn’t have a penny. She’d given all her money ______ to charity.
e. I don’t feel like cooking tonight. Shall we eat ______ ?
f. The soup doesn’t taste very nice. If I were you, I’d put some more salt _____ .
g. A button has come _____ my shirt. Could you sew it back ____ for me?
h. It has just started to rain, and the washing is hanging outside. Could you help me to bring it ____ ?
i. Hello. It’s Peter, isn’t it? I hardly recognized you! You’ve shaved ____ your beard.
j. Kate’s having a birthday party this afternoon. Could you help us to blow _____ some balloons?
k. I fell _____ my horse and dislocated my shoulder.
l. And my wife fell ____ stairs! One disaster after another!
m. The wind was very strong last night. It blew ____ a tree in our garden.
*Упр.4.5.4.e. Многие фразовые глаголы имеют синонимы латинского происхождения. Фразовые глаголы являются менее формальными, тогда как слова латинского происхождения более формальны и буквальны. Догадайтесь о значении фразовых глаголов в следующих предложениях и найдите для них соответствующий синоним латинского происхождения из предложенного списка.
a. I was badly beaten up when I tried to break up a fight outside a pub last night.
b. You should tell the police that it wasn’t your fault. I’ll stick up for you, don’t worry.
c. Soon there will be no import duties within the Common Market. They’re going todo away with them.
d. Government forces in Walliland have put down a revolt by a group of soldiers.
e. The business went through a lean period at the beginning of the year, but things arepicking up now.
f. Looking after six kids all day has completely worn me out!
g. Many old people are taken in by bogus officials, who call their houses, find a pretence for looking round and then steal their property.
h. I was told off for being late again this morning. If it happens again, my pay gets docked.
i. We’ve bought an old house which isn’t in very good condition, but we’ll do it up bit by bit.
j. Don’t believe her when she says she’s got stomach ache. She’s putting it on. She just wants to get out of going to school.
k. I had a very unhappy childhood, but the delights of being an adult and a parent have made up for that.
l. I can’t solve the riddle at all. I give in. What’s the answer?
m. The government is going to set up an inquiry into the condition of Britain’s prisons.
n. Police have ruled out murder, but are still holding several people for questioning.
o. He’s a great mate of mine. He’s the kind of friend who’ll stand by you through thick and thin.
Список синонимов латинского происхождения.
| 1. compensate for ___________ 2. exhaust _________________ 3. deceive _________________ 4. defend __________________ 5. pretend _________________ 6. abolish _________________ 7. reprimand _______________ 8. suppress ________________ | 9. establish_______________ 10. exclude _______________ 11. improve _______________ 12. decorate_______________ 13. surrender ______________ 14. support ________________ 15. assault ________________ |
*Упр.4.5.4.f. Затруднения, которые приносят многочисленные и многозначные фразовые глаголы иностранцам и самим носителям языка, тонко подмечены английскими журналистами. Далее в качестве примера приводится статья Майлса Кингтона, опубликованная в газете The Independent и написанная в форме урока английского языка по теме Фразовые глаголы. Перед чтением сделайте ряд упражнений.
I. Догадайтесь о значении следующих фразовые глаголы, фигурирующих в статье.
a. My sister has written, asking if we canput her up for a few days whilst she’s in London.
b. Paul was left ten thousand pounds in his grandfather’s will, so he set himself upas a photographer.
c. This bad weather’s really getting me down.
d. The flat isn’t very nice, but I can put up with it until I find somewhere better.
e. The family dog was old and crippled, so they decided reluctantly that they had to have her put down.
f. Let’s meet on the 20th . Putthe date down in your diary so you don’t forget it.
g. James Gregory was sent down for ten years for his part in the robbery.
h. Peter thinks I’m trying to get off with his girlfriend, but I don’t find her very attractive. Anyway, I wouldn’t do a thing like that to a mate of mine.
i. Have you seen how Jane is always putting him down? Either she criticizes him for the way he dresses, or the way he eats or the way he speaks, and she makes him feel such a fool!
j. “I’ve been set up,” thought Alice. “Joe told the director that I was incompetent, then altered the accounts making it look like my handwriting, and now I’ve been accused of stealing money!”
k. Jeremy, who is a very good mimic, was sending up the Director and the way he screws up his face when he talks, when the Director himself came into the room. You could have heard a pin drop!
II.Сопоставьте фразовые глаголы с предложенными определениями.
1. to depress, make miserable ____________
2. to send to prison _____________
3. to establish a business __________________
4. to provide a bed for someone for a short while _________________
5. to imitate someone in such a way as to make them appear foolish ________
6. to write down ______________
7. to kill (an animal) out of humanitarian reasons ______________
8. to tolerate _________________
9. to begin a romantic or sexual relationship with someone ____________
10. to make someone appear guilty in order to get them into trouble ________
11. to make someone seem foolish by criticizing and ridiculing them _______
III. Прочитайте статью и выполните после-текстовые задания.
Miles Kington
Could I say to the vet, “Here is my cat, please have her sent up?”