A.1. Charles had planned to see Arthur Brown in Hall and on
the side pick up the latest rumours. 2. You meet other boats there
and rumours, often groundless about the people living or working
on the river are exchanged. 3. He had mentioned that
George’s behaviour and private life were being much talked
about. 4. He gave people the latest rumours about others’ affairs
in the same way that he gave them drinks. 5. Bess was a person
who habitually spread rumours of an intimate nature and nothing
could make her mend her ways. 6. Bant marvelled how
quickly rumours of an intimate nature traveled/circulated. 7. At
last the town busybodies stopped prattling about her private life.
8. Next day, while he was at its last office bringing to an end its
last tattered affairs, I telephoned Mrs. Skelton. 9. Don’t you see
that she can make anyone do whatever she likes? 10. The paint
on the wall was coming off in thin strips, and a banister leg was
loose. 11. The wallpaper came off in long, broad ribbons.
12. Sitting down and taking off her gloves, Jane took a mirror
out of her bag and looked at herself. 13. It was a most difficult
job to remove all the rust (by firmly pushing something edged
across the surface again and again). 14. The lazy boy was lucky to
squeeze through the examination: he got a very low grade but it
allowed him to pass. 15. John had managed with difficulty to
save enough money to pay for his first year at college. 16. I ran
the risk of getting into some unpleasant situations. 17. “If you
don’t take care, your friend will get you into serious trouble
some day,” said Carrie. 18. My father and I picked all the change
out of our pockets and managed to collect enough to pay for
a breakfast at a diner. 19. Be careful!/Look out!/Watch out! There
is a broken step here. 20. He often visited their home. 21. He said
in a shaky/faltering voice, “I understand, Mrs. Evans.”
22. Caroline repeated the ejaculation, but this time her voice
shook a little. 23. The snow was falling continuously/non-stop
out of a tawny sky. 24. He clutched at her to keep from falling.
25. He is a staunch fighter for peace. 26. “No”, said Mary in a firm
voice, “he never comes here.” 27. He moved forward in the darkness
with faltering steps. 28. I’m a bit of a Don Juan, my dear, you
need someone more serious and dependable. 29 He has got
a character and a regular job, and he’s no fool. 30. “I’m not
going,” was his invariable answer (he always answered) to all her
threats and requests. 31. He kept losing weight.
Â. 1. You’ve bungled the job/you’ve blown it. I wish you had
refused to do it. 2. Why did you leave all the dirty dishes and remnants/
leftovers of food on the table? 3. Nothing to do but clean
up the broken eggs - and such nice eggs they were. 4. “Now
we’ve got to clean everything up”, he said. “All I hope is that it
doesn’t take too long.” 5.I imagined how badly he would do the
job - it was inevitable that he would botch it up/blow it. 6. It is
very difficult for foreigners to pronounce this word properly.
7. He is a person not easily understood or overcome or influenced.
8. He is fond of making jokes, but they are not to my liking.
9. A winded horse, a broken bow and a foe forcibly turned
friend cannot be relied upon. (Íàäñàæåííûé êîíü, íàäëîìëåííûé
ëóê äà çàìèðåííûé äðóã ðàâíî íåíàäåæíû - ïîñëîâèöà).
10. If one pours some liquid into a vessel that has an
opening, however thin, caused by breaking, it will leak out.
11. He made some invaluable scientific discoveries. 12. Mr.
Winfield listened and soon understood that he was expected to
take part in the conversation. 13. M. Sholokhov wrote quite a lot
of world-class fiction. 14. My own earliest boating recollection is
of five of us paying three pence apiece (three pence each) taking
a boat on the lake. 15. This is not the right attitude to begin
some new work with. (This is not the right frame of mind to
begin some new work in.) 16. We found him alone, spent and
depressed. 17. He immediately cheered up when the door swung
open and he saw Saundra on the threshold. 18. Despite all her
troubles she too seemed to be enjoying the occasion. 19. Can
you feel the flavour of pepper in this soup? 20.I don’t think that
I ever ate pumpkin pie as good as hers. 21. His likes and dislikes
did not seem to have changed. 22. The house was handsome, he
admitted, but it wasn’t to his liking/but it wasn’t the sort of
house he could like. 23. “Your understanding of brandy, Doctor,
is much better than your understanding of music,” said Chris.
24. After that, having taken a liking to the water/having taken to
the water, I did a good deal of rafting.