Paraphrase the phraseological expressions italicized.

1. " Oh, do not so, good my lady! " replied Janet... " Do not cross Varney's path, for... few have thriven who have thwarted his courses." (Scott) 2. Instead of antagonizing the unions, which had been their previous policy, the socialists proceeded to conciliate the unions... And this policy... has reaped fruits far beyond their fondest expectations. (J. London) 3.... nothing these two highly educated people say can confound him. He holds his own in both worlds — the physical and the intellectual. (P. S. Foner) 4.... she realized the hopelessness of her endeavours, the medical scheme took new hold of her, and seemed to her the only method to escape.
(M. Twain) 5. I even held my breath, as one does with toothache. I didn't think about the Viets who would soon be searching the ruins of the tower. (G. Greene) 6. " Ever had any trouble in the office? " --" No, sir, you can make enquiry." (Galsworthy)
7. Your confidence in me ought to be returned with full confidence on my part. (Dickens) 8.... she observed with surprise, that famous statesmen and soldiers did not talk like gods,... but said rather commonplace things for the most part...
(M. Twain) 9. And as time presses... the sooner I see him the better. (Collins)
10. Richard said... he would leave her, being pressed for time. (Dickens) 11. The romance, and beauty, and high vigour of the books were coming true. (J. London) 12. He was, in truth, a rare phenomenon; so perfect, in one point of view; so shallow... in every other. (Hawthorne) 13. Before I read it I began to wonder whether at the end I should lie or tell the truth to Phuong. (G. Greene)

Replace the words and expressions italicized by phraseological expressions.

1. The results of the match were equal to what was expected. 2. The inquisitors demanded that Giordano Bruno should denounce his theory, but he did not give way.
3. The drowning man grasped the life-preserver that was thrown over to him from the boat. 4. When the chess-tournament was over the two rivals shook hands and left each other without any feeling of ill-will. 5. The old proverb " A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush" kept true in this case. 6. Martin Eden was forced to pawn his suit for he was short of money. 7. The. dreams he had almost given up as idle fancies were becoming rich.

Think of one word only which can be used appropriately in all the three sentences.

1)

a) She swallowed several times and tried to speak, but bitter shame … her tongue.

b) De Gaulle … his ground and, not for the first time, even contemplated a break with the Allies rather than accept their demands.

c) Monthly sunshine figures often show a close correlation with rainfall and this … true for January 1993.

2)

a) After several days of argument in this court and consideration of conflicting authorities, with no decision of this court or the House of Lords on the point, I, for my …, cannot dismiss it so easily.

b) She had played a … that was alien to her nature and she had not played it well at all.

c) The idea of sacrifice was … and parcel of the ancient world, and familiar to both Greek and Jew.

3)

a) The majority preferred to believe the picturesque stories passed down by parents and grandparents, which were, of course, accepted as the gospel ….

b) While these approaches may have a grain of … in them, they founder in the evidence of women's actual political activity around their own demands.

c) In … Enigma was broken by Polish intelligence with the help of the French and although Britain was invited to join in the work before the war, it declined to do so.

4)

a) We will … ahead with the reform of the current burdensome system of local government by introducing single tier councils throughout Scotland.

b) He had devoted Sunday evening to making a plan of action and knew exactly what he and everyone else he could … into service was going to be doing this morning.

c) Yet if they … home their advantage of games in hand, they will overtake Blackburn, who have shown a staggering decline recently and could be left to fight for a play-off place.

5)

a) You seem to be taking … in vexing me.

b) Evelyn let out a gasp of … which she just managed to turn into a disillusioned sob.

c) Down on the dark grey beach there was a collection of glaucous gulls and a few purple sandpipers, and then, to my …, a snow white ivory gull flew in and settled on the shingle, giving me the chance to stalk and photograph one of the world's rarer gulls.

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