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1. " Aunt May, " Dinny murmured, " was saying: why not cure unemployment by a National Slum Clearance effort and kill the two birds with one stone? " (J. Galsworthy)

2. " Where are you off to, dear? " asked Nan from the kitchen. " To the library, " said Felicity at random, and leaving the house she ran along towards the main road. (I. Murdoch)

3. Another half-hour was neither here nor there for the doctor, and he would go and rouse him as soon as Doreen arrived. (D. Cusack)

4. He lived, of course, in the drawing-room, and the lack of air and exercise began to tell sadly on his health. (S. Leacock)

5. He had half a mind to ask her what made her choose that colour scheme. (J. Wain)

6. Their marriage was announced for the immediate future. Rodger was very happy. He was committing a good action and at the same time doing something he had very much a mind to. (S. W. Maugham)

7. Look at the chaps in politics and business, whose whole lives were passed in skating on thin ice, and getting knighted for it. They never turned a hair. And look at himself, for the forty years on thin ice, and suffering confoundedly. (J. Galsworthy)

8. So before I knew where I was I was inside the baker's office. (A. Sillitoe)

9. " Perhaps that'll teach you not to be so cocksure another time, my young friend, " said Ramsay as he took the note. (W. S. Maugham)

10. Who is this young woman who goes out stealthily like this, and meets a young man, and comes back feeling as if she had been treading on air? (J. Galsworthy)

11. Paraphrase the following sentences using the word combi­nations studied.

VOCABULARY NOTES

(1) for all (that) — whatever may have been said or done

1. Your children seem to make it a general rule to lie to your parents, for all your talk about truth. (I. Murdoch)

2. But for all that he went and shot himself. (J. Priestley)

3. For all her softness there was something irreconcilable about her. (A. Cronin)

(2) that's (just) it — that and nothing more, that's the thing

1. " Maybe it's just because the pot at Pine Ridge didn't have half its spout off that the tea never tasted the same." — " That's pro­bably it." (D. Cusack)

2. " Just tell me one thing. You need to make more money, is that it? " — " That's it, " said Charles. (J. Wain)

3. " This is it, Bart my boy, " he said to himself. " This must be the real thing." (D. Cusack)

(3) apart from — but for, except for, if it were not for, other than

1.... he had decoded the whole message apart from the paragraph where something had gone wrong either with himself or 59 200... (Or. Greene)

2. Apart from your lectures your days are free now. (A. Cro­nin)

3. It's all right, Dor. I'll probably be a bit late. I'll just clear up here first, and I'm quite ready apart from that. (D. Cusack)

(4) to lose touch with — no longer be in touch with In (out of) touch (with) — in (not in) social or intellectual

relation (with) or correspondence (with)

to keep in touch with — to contact, to get in touch

with

1. No one whom Dave has taught seems ever to lose touch with him. (1. Murdoch)

2. My dear, you look worn out. Don't worry: just rest down there with the children. We'll keep in touch with you. (J. Gals­ worthy)

/3. I'll order an ambulance and you'll have to take Miss Blakeley home. You'd better get in touch with her sister so she'll know when to expect her. (D. Cusack)

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(5) to talk one into doing (out of doing) something — to

persuade (to dissuade) somebody to do something

1. " Edna talked him into going, " said Tony. (M. Wilson)

2. He acted immediately and calmly. Bunder would never, of course, let himself be talked into stopping so that they could give themselves up. Yet stop they must. He moved forward slightly and grasped the hand-brake. (J. Wain)

3. " My mind's made up, " said Mrs. Watkins aggressively,... " and I won't be talked out of it." (J. Lindsay)

(6) to get somebody (something) out of one's mind (head) — to stop thinking about somebody (something), to dis­ miss somebody (something) from one's mind

1. Charles knew that he would never get that smile out of his mind again. (J. Wain)

2. I wish you'd get Dr. Hasselbacher out of your head. (Gr. Greene)

3. Jane Gallagher. Jesus. I couldn't get her off my mind. (J. Salinger)

' (7) to be getting on (to, for, in) — to draw near

1. " Hello, Max, " he said pleasantly. " You're getting on in years." " Oh, I'm just getting ready for my finals, then I'll bloom again." (M. Wilson)

2. Dr. Galbraith was getting on in years. (A. Cronin)

3. It was getting on to the time for their usual fortnight at the seaside. (W. S. Maugham)

4. It's getting on for one o'clock. It's not fair to your work. (G. Gordon)

(8) to take (catch) somebody unawares — to surprise to be caught unawares — to be taken by surprise

1. When I am caught unawares I usually tell the truth. (I. Mur­doch)

1. The use of his first name took Wormold unawares. (Gr.