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

to make the acquaintance of, dismay, amiable, to come to the resque, to live up to, to fly off at a tangent, to pry into, relevant, to tamper with, to tease, to see the light, to take into consideration, scornful.

1. I'm sick of your … my personal life.
2. He failed … his parents' expectations.
3. I … several musicians around that time.
4. A wealthy benefactor … with a generous donation.
5. And then he … from his own anecdote.
6. He has written a lot of good material that has never … of day.
7. He was … of such a " female" activity as cooking.
8. I used to get … about my name.
9. The candidates' experience and qualifications will be … when the decision is made.
10. These comments are not directly … to his enquiry.
11. His parents seemed very …..
12. The news has been greeted with … by local business leaders.
13. Someone had obviously … the brakes of my car.

Make up three dialoques with the following words and word-combinations.

a) dismay, callous, to pry into, to come to the resque, not to have a bean, to be in a fix;

b) amiable, to live up to, to make acquaintance of, through (by) good offices, to count on, to make a sign;

c) relevant, to tamper with, to come to oneself, relrvant, to take into consideration, scornful, to tease.

A) State the syntactical functions of the infinitive or complexes with the infinitive.

1. It was pleasant for me to have someone I could go to with my small troubles.

2. I found it hard to keep my mind on what the colonel was saying.

3. I think she was glad to see me but much too stubborn to show it.

4. She was the first to call him that.

5. It is so simple to say nothing and pretend to have not noticed.

6. I just happened to be passing by.

B) Find five sentences with the infinitive or infinitive constructions in the text. State their syntactical functions. Translate them into Ukrainian.

C) Translate the following sentences using infinitive complexes.

1. Здається ви думаєте інакше.

2. Вважають, що цей переклад краще.

3. Деякі речі важко забути.

4. Не сміши дітей, ти не даєш їм робити домашнє завдання.

5. Коли на неї очікувати?

6. Ви, здається, щось загубили.

IV. SPEECH EXERCISES

Name all the characters introduced by the author. Say a few words about each of them.

State whose utterances these are, what preceded or followed them. Recount the circumstances under which they are used in the story. Think under what circumstances you would say the same.

1. " Leave it to her".

2. " Jane tells us you're the last word in sleuths".

3. " I have always wanted to have the chance of looking for buried treasure".

4. " You have found smth relevant".

5. " Served him right".

6. " I mean, dear, that you are really holding the money in your hand this minute".