A.1. He suspected that Stella did not share her secrets with
her father/did not tell her father the personal details of her
life (Stella did not confide in her father).2. You could not
have imagined a more trustworthy person, everybody trusted
him/everybody felt that they could trust him. 3. I hesitated
before making the decision: the offer seemed rather suspicious/
there was something fishy about the offer. 4. He might
become more self-assured/more assertive/more sure of himself
if we let him try/if he is allowed to try. 5. Even a person
with a heart of stone would confide in her/would tell her
their secrets: she has a way with her. 6. Did he know enough
of real life to speak with assurance on anything? 7. I’m
a lawyer. I must (I am bound by law) to keep a client’s communications
secret/ I am prohibited by law to disclose
a client’s communications to anyone. 8. She rose and silently
went to/headed for the exit door. 9. When he returned to
London, he opened a little restaurant in Soho. 10. A lot of
remarkable adventures had begun in the untidy room of the
first floor in Baker Street. 11. You must have taken me for
somebody else/mixed me up with somebody else. 12. He was
never confused, always ready with some glib explanation.
13. He was left in a state of perplexity and despair. 14. Some
Englishmen do not pronounce h’s at the beginning of words
if the h’s are followed by vowels. 15. He always got what he
wanted whatever the difficulties when he had set his mind on
it/He never gave up if he had set his mind on a thing. 16. Once
more he seemed to put an invisible wall between himself and
the others in the room. 17. He seemed to have lost contact or
to quarrel with most of his friends. 18. Write me a letter however
short when you are away. 19. The last thing I heard as
I was falling asleep was Mr. Lendow’s voice saying good-night
to Carol. 20. Will you look after my luggage while I go and find
out? 21. So I decided not to interfere in others’ affairs and to
say nothing about what I had seen. 22. The children obey her
like trained seals. 23. “Look out or you’ll knock your head,”
Lucas warned him. 24. They did not seem to object to each
other’s presence in the least. 25. And then, being a man who
was able to understand and judge situations fairly, he looked
at the other side of the question. 26. I tried to concentrate, but
my brain wouldn’t work properly. 27. “I always think logically,”
she returned, “which you have never been able to do and
never will.” 28. His eyes, when they looked at you directly, gave
you the feeling that he knew exactly what you were thinking
about/that he was reading your thoughts (mind). 29. His
name had not rung a bell/had meant nothing to me; perhaps
it was remembered only by journalists. 30. Remember/Don’t
forget the purpose of your speech and speak to the point.
31. I tried to concentrate on my drawing and did a few
lines; but it was no use. 32. It just didn’t occur to me. 33. If
Melody could not make the decision herself - well, it must be
made for her. 34. I didn’t hesitate and acted quickly. 35. I think
I’ll quit.
B.1. The new doctor had few patients. 2. This surgeon gives
local anaesthetics whenever possible. 3. This football team will
very likely Iose./The chances are this football team will lose the
game. 4. But strangely enough/strange as it is (as it may seem),
though so much alike, they detest each other. 5. There were
several things about it all that struck me as fishy. 6. Everybody
was worried/was filled with worry when news came that
Father was seriously ill. 7. Laura and Linda looked at each other
with worry/exchanged worried glances. 8. I knew who the
story was about and was eager to learn it all. 9. I know him well
enough to know that he is not involved/mixed up in the
affair/that he has nothing to do with the affair. 10. As physicians
treating people we’re naturally worried about the professional
standarts you maintain here. 11. Andrew looked down,
leeling pity, yet hardly knowing what to say. 12. Dottie
remained silent, merely watching him with pity/with approval.
13. Angela was oppressed with a sense of injustice, but her
mother didn’t feel for her/didn’t feel the slightest pity for her.
14. His mission had ended and he felt that he hadn’t accomplished
it properly/hadn’t achieved a success. 15. My eyesight
isn’t what it used to be a few years ago/My eyesight has been
troubling me for some time. 16. During the anecdotes he
would always laugh at exactly the right point. 17. The pilot has
definitely/surely seen us there on the open beach. 18. I’ll
expect to see you both. Nothing must keep you from coming.
19. He never achieved a success in anything he did. 20. How do
you explain that he has not come?