1. that for which one is responsible
2. to be unlike
3. separate into parts
4. an effect, consequence or result of power
5. a piece of furniture at which one reads and writes
6. a careful test of or inquiry into a person’s knowledge
7. pick out the most suitable
8. power to do things; cleverness
9. an official document showing that a person has finished a course of study
10. a payment made or asked for services given by a professional man or by public bodies
11. a student at a university who has not yet taken a degree
12. money from a government
13. something lent to another, especially a sum of money
III. Match the name of an educational institution in the left column with its definition in the right column.
1. school a. an institution relating to or dealing with several arts and
sciences
2. primary school b. a school where students live, are fed and looked after
3. secondary school c. one carried on as a business, without government aid
4. grammar school d. a school for children of all abilities
5. comprehensive e. a secondary school receiving financial help from the state
6. private school f. elementary (earliest) school
7. boarding school g. an institution where the highest type of education is given
and research carried out
8. college h. an institution for teaching and learning
9. university i. an educational institution which gives degrees to its stu-
dents; a part of the university
10. polytechnic j. the school for boys and girls who have left a primary
school
IV. Find in the text words and phrases with the opposite meaning.
1. optional 2. you have to pay for schools 3. to be similar 4. to fail an exam
5. selective schools 6. to be expelled from 7. state schools
V. Match the English idioms in the left column with their Russian equivalents in the right column. Use them in a proper context.
1. to bury one’s talent как дважды два четыре
2. to have one’s hands full как рыба в воде
3. two and two make four зарыть талант в землю
4. like a duck to water иметь хлопот полон рот
5. to come easy мозги как решето
6. by trial and error мудрая как сова
7. a memory like a sieve методом проб и ошибок
8. as wise as an owl (a wise легко даваться
old owl)
9. on the tip of one’s tongue набор слов
10. to make up for lost time начать с азов
11. to chew someone out на кончике языка
12. to start from scratch наверстать упущенное
13. not to have a clue намылить голову
14. gibberish не иметь понятия
15. to leave a lot to be desired получить по шее
16. not to lift (stir) a finger оставлять желать много лучшего
17. to get it in the neck придерживаться темы
18. to dot the i’s and cross the t’s палец о палец не ударить
19. to stick to the point приходить в голову
20. to cross one’s mind поставить точки над и
21. to work like a horse раскинуть мозгами
22. to work round the clock ты что, язык проглотил?
23. a willing horse с блеском
24. with flying colours тянуть время
25. to rack (cudgel) one’s brains работать, как вол
26. Have you lost your tongue? работать круглые сутки
27. to play for time учинить разнос
28. to raise hell ходить вокруг да около
29. to beat about the bush рабочая лошадка