pull out (16) inclined (20) arrange (16) at one’s expense (21) hint (17) ferocious (21) to be up to (18)
on purpose (20) quarrelsome (20)
After you read:
A. Checking your understanding:
1. Translate the part of the chapter 2, pp. 20 - 21: «Montmorency hailed this compromise... then I began to think that may be they’d let him remain on earth a bit longer, after all»
2. Make up 7-10 questions to cover the contents of the chapter.
3. Make up a list of the chief events in the order of their occurrence in the chapter.
B. Working with language:
1. Write out from the text the sentences or clauses which include the following word combinations.
2. Choose a word from the recommended vocabulary list to match the following definitions:
- a person quickly made to argue, easily annoyed , with the result that they have a lot of arguments
- to say something in a very indirect way, especially something good or encouraging
- to take something suddenly and unexpectedly from a place where it is hidden or cannot be seen
- to do something fairly often or be fairly likely to do something, especially because you have a particular kind of character
- to plan and make preparations for something
3. Use some of the words and word combinations from the Recommended Vocabulary List in a situation of your own.
4. Give all possible synonyms to the word «wet»
C. Speaking:
Retell the story in detail, using the words and word combinations from the Recommended Vocabulary List.