III. Answer the following questions according to the text.

1. What was Bette addicted to?

2. What kind of dog did she have? How did she get it?

3. How did Bette get another job?

4. What were her first impressions of the job?

Task 3 (Chapter 7 – 8)

I. Translate the following words and expressions and recall the situations from the text in which they are used.

to hit the nail on the head – 69

to fall over oneself – 70

twenty-four-seven (24/7) – 71

to subsist on sth – 72

to decry sth as an affectation – 74

a tall, built frame – 75

to vouch for sth personally – 76

to be out of the loop – 77

to maintain relentless optimism on full throttle – 77

perfectly groomed and made-up faces – 79

to be unable to place a person – 82

to bare wide expanses of thighs and ample dé colletage in a decidedly untacky way – 83

to be at the vortex of sth – 84

to have an uncanny knack for sensing people's insecurities – 84

to suck in one's gut involuntary – 85

a dive bar – 87

a skin(-)tight T-shirt – 90

to pull a dress shirt from a walk-in closet – 91

to clamour – 94

to tick things off on one's fingers – 96

a convoluted way of doing sth – 100

a full play-by-play – 105

II. Explain in English the meaning of the words and phrases given below and use them in the sentences of your own.

a soapbox for crotchety rants – 69

gruelling – 70

hibernation – 71

innocuous – 71

love handles – 73

to tally the votes – 76

to wait for the other shoe to drop – 77

to pun in a sweetly dorky way – 78

to be game for whatever – 79

the path of least resistance – 81

never let a girl's drink run low – 83

to latch onto a phrase – 84

a by(-)line – 85

my brain checked out – 87

to root around / about – 90

a thick, upper-crust English accent – 90

to be in the closet or out but self-hating – 93

for good measure – 95

to dole sth out – 95

to be replete with sth – 98

to dredge sth up – 106

III. Answer the following questions according to the text.

1. Where did Bette spend the evening of her fourth working day?

2. What was Penelope's reaction to this sortie?

3. Who of her old acquaintances did Bette meet at the night club?

4. How did her night out finish?

5. What kind of person was Phillip?

6. What was the reaction of Bette's colleagues, boss and Penelope to her behaviour?

Task 4 (Chapter 9 – 12)

I. Translate the following words and expressions and recall the situations from the text in which they are used.

immersion in sth – 108

trustafarian – 109

to pinpoint sth – 110

shallow consumerism and brand worship – 110

a tube top – 112

to be in spike heels – 113

to cross-dress expertly – 114

deferentially – 114

FYI – 114

to sense nothing amiss – 117

a knockout – 119

a wasted person – 119

a tyke – 122

to say sth snottily – 124

to scoot in – 125

to throw a fit – 129

to take a pass on sth – 129

a major misstep on sb's part – 131

to be on the roster – 132

enticement – 133

a tawdry write-up – 136

a gal pal – 142

to hit it big – 143

to mug for the cameras – 144

a serious one-eighty – 146

a busboy – 151

a means to an end – 152