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

(to run) true to form – 184

a pretzel – 185

a salsa – 185

low-rider lounging beds – 185

to concur – 186

a pair of flowing magenta gypsy pants – 188

pimping tactics – 190

to deck sb – 190

a husky voice – 192

a key's groove – 193

to conk out – 194

to bum a cigarette from sb – 195

a rabid dog – 196

to play by ear – 201

to be tuckered out because of leg – 203

to embark on a brand-new party circuit – 206

a titbit (US tidbit) – 206

an R-rated (PG, NC-17) film – 208

to bring randoms – 209

to oversee glitches – 211

to swear sb to secrecy – 214

to appear out of the woodwork like a Pop-a-Weasel – 214

to backslap celebrities with Clintonian charm – 217

conceited – 219

a missive – 220

to dig sth – 221

to plead a headache – 222

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

a swatch – 185

a walk-up – 185

a reveller – 185

an up(-)do – 186

B& T – 187

an amalgamation – 187

slack-jawed – 190

a concave stomach – 193

to heed the warnings – 194

exponentially – 195

to appear unfazed – 196

a slightly senile great-grandmother – 199

to thaw – 199

a palatial pad – 203

LAX, JFK – 203

a handheld – 206

a loveseat – 208

a top-tier socialite – 210

to go to great lengths – 213

So far so good – 214

unfounded fear – 216

a catfight – 217

to taper off – 220

to trade sth for sth – 221

III. Answer the following questions according to the text.

1. Describe the party at Caleb's.

2. Did Bette manage to make up with Pen?

3. What difficulties did Bette have organising BumbleBee party?

4. How did the party go?

Task 7 (Chapter 19 – 21)

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

slew of сelebs – 223

to sound effusive – 223

to be fully apprised of the cover story – 224

to subjugate oneself to sth – 225

a touchy-feely midwife – 227

to get heavy – 229

to return a favour – 229

to bisect sth – 230

to jump spryly – 231

to perform a matinee – 232

I have to give him that – 233

to lavish praise on sb – 234

a wart lady – 236

to occupy rungs beneath sb – 236

to feel unfettered in a pair of cords – 241

a ruptured hernia – 244

to be a tad much – 244

from the horse's mouth – 245

to instil sth in sb – 246

to wear flip-flops – 249

to lay out – 251

with a planeload of sb – 251

to beg off – 253

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

to fete sth – 223

a duffel bag – 224

to relinquish the keys – 224

a comped beachfront suite – 224

to feel frisson – 225

sappy – 227

to relay information – 229

a pendant – 230

to deadpan without a hint of discernible sarcasm – 232

to craft creative fibs – 233

to stare at sb in wonderment – 234

suavely – 236

a pair of mushy-soft moccasins – 241

a klezmer band – 243

a silent vigil – 244

to nosedive – 246

to take sb up on their offer – 249

nine-eleven (9/11, 9-11) – 250

to show moral fortitude – 251

to ring in the new year – 251

to scrounge sth up – 252

a nonincestuous group of people – 253