What do you think?

1. Why didn’t the author’s uncle, Octavian want any searching to be done in his house?

2. Why did uncle Octavian never organize any parties for the last 30 years of his life?

3. Have you ever been disappointed in you friends?

4. Do rich people have any problems? Can money solve any problems and buy everything?

Notes

1. to be led astray by a fiction—to be deceived by invent­ed stones (fiction—literary writings, such as novels, stories, etc.; the word " fiction" is also used meaning smth. imaginary or invented, as contrasted to truth)

2. dietary dross—food unfit for eating (dross—impurities, rubbish)

3. pate de foie gras (Fr.)—nauirer H3 neieHKit

4. to beset—to perplex, to worry

5. the pride of (or the prime of) one's manhood (life, youih) —the best part of, the period of strength and vigour

6. Cote d'Azur—part of the Mediterranean coast of France, the French name for the Riviera

7. rendezvous (Fr.)—here: a meeting place

8. " old flame " =old love

9. " full life" —life of pleasure

10. Cap d'Antibes—Antibes [fen'ti: b]—a seaside resort in SE France near Nice

11. post-war Germany—Germany after the First World War

12. Habsburg (Hapsburg)—an ancient German family found­ed in the 12-th century, from which were descended rulers of Austria, Hungary and Bohemia, the Holy Ro­man Empire, and Spain; also called the House of Haps-

■ burg

13. to give point to the story—to make the story more con­vincing, more effective

14. solitaire—a jewel, esp. a diamond, set in a ring which has no other jewels

15. bearing—behaviour, way of sitting, standing, moving, etc.; of regal bearing—behaving like a king or queen

16. Genghis Khan (1162-1227) ['djengis 'ka: n]—a Mongol con­queror of Northern China, Iran and other countries

17. to command—here: to possess

18. next-door—nearesi, e.g. She lives next door to me=She lives in the next room, flat or house; " next door to" is widely used figuratively, meaning " almost, " " on the verge of, " e.g. It was next door to impossible.

19. By Jove! —an exclamation of surprise (Jove—Jupiter, the chief of Roman gods)

Exercise IX. A: ake up sentences using the constructions in itallcsi

1. I could think of nothing to say.

We thought of a man in the hospital.

2. He got shot up (get-(-participle). He got blown to pieces.

3. He wanted to dig a hole to get away from the Japs (get-(-preposition).

I blew out the lantern and got into bed (get-(-preposition).

4. He got worse instead of (getting) better (get-(-adjective). Exercise X. Change (he following sentences using the verb " suggest":

Model: The teacher asked the students to use a diction­ary.

The teacher suggested that the students should use a dictionary.

1. He asked us to put his friends up for the night.

2. The soldier said we could dig a hole to escape from the Japs.

3. He said we could take a pump down with us.

4. The director advised me to make an outline of my report.

5. The officer advised him to go and see the M. O.

6. The corporal said they should carry their gear in a ground sheet.

”A Canary For One”