Exercise 5, p. 189

1. Creaves had been under arrest for a month but still

refused pointblank(flatly refused) to give evidence. 2. Out

of/Through/From the carriage window John saw her smile

i hrough her tears and wave to him. 3. They said old Tim had

some money put by and that he kept in his house, after all it

wasn’t for nothing that he was so afraid/scared of being

robbed. 4. Andrei flung the letter on the table but a minute

 

later picked it up again and began to read. 5. Don’t try your

tricks on me. It w on’t work/It will get you nowhere/Nothing

will come of it anyway. 6. Jane was beside herself, and it cost

her a lot of effort to keep her temper. 7. More than of anything

else he was afraid of cutting a foolish figure. 8. Rebecca

was well aware/realized perfectly well what threatened her if

she didn’t manage to intercept the letter. 9. Joe was so taken

aback by the unexpected question that he lost his self-control

right away/at once. 10. When old Jolion had left, June

broke down and gave way to her tears. 11. After Mrs. Page had

made him a scene on account of/because of the money,

Andrew firmly decided (was determined) to look for another

job. 12. “What are you driving/getting/hinting at?” said

Norin. “Be careful/Look out/Watch out/Watch your step, you

may go too far.” 13. You make use of him in your own intere

sts) and call it friendship,” - said Peter with indignation/

indignantly.