Fill in the blanks in the sentences below with the correct word or word-combination from the box.

to smuggle, conceited, to forsake, to sneak, to venture, to confess, to conceal, to usher

1. He had mad it clear to his wife that he would never … her.

2. I … to suggest that she might have made a mistake.

3. The paintings were … beneath a thick layer of plaster.

4. I was caught … my kitten into the school.

5. After hours of questioning the suspect ….

6. I must … to knowing nothing about computers.

7. He managed to … a gun into the prison.

8. The secretary … me into his office.

Paraphrase the underlined words and word-combinations making use of the expressions given in the box below.

to put ones' heads together; to be in charge of smth/smb; to be on the look-out; for smb's benefit; set-back; to be on the safe side; to stare smb in the face; to hinge on smth.

1. They left the au pair to take care of the children for a week.

2. The team suffered a major problem when their best player was injured.

3. I took some extra cash just not to risk.

4. Defeat was obvious to happen.

5. His success depends completely on how well he does at the interview.

6. I have typed out some lecture notes to help those people who were absent last week.

7. Having discussed the situation, we decided to decline the venture.

8. People should watch carefully for any symptoms of disease during epidemic.

Comment on the use or absence of articles in the following passage from the text.

The last moment that the bonds are seen as bonds is in the office of the London and Scottish Bank on the morn­ing of the 23rd. They reappear in New York half an hour after the Olympia gets in, and according to one man, whom nobody listens to, actually before she gets in. Supposing then, that they have never been on the Olympia at all? Is there any other way they could get to New York? Yes. The Gigantic leaves Southampton on the same day as the Olympia, and she holds the record for the Atlantic. Mailed by the Gigantic, the bonds would be in New York the day before the Olympia arrived. All is clear; the case begins to explain itself. The sealed packet is only a dummy, and the moment of its substitution must be in the office in the Bank. It would be an easy matter for any of the three men present to have prepared a duplicate package which could be substituted for the genuine one. The bonds are mailed to a confederate in New York, with instructions to sell as soon as the Olympia is in, but some­one must travel on the Olympia to engineer the supposed moment of the robbery."

Match the halves of the compounds. Make up sentences or a story with these compounds.

well - man

waste - baths

nice - paper

first - stone

gentle - dressed

news - looking

swimming - paper

coping - lady

land - back

set - class