1. Could you lend me your Webster? - Will a Hornby do?/Will
a Hornby suit you?
2. You are a real Lovelace! - And you are a Don Juan.
3. I know nothing about painting. I can’t tell a Cezanne from
a Picasso.
4. Is it Lillian? How changed she is! It is surely not the Lillian
I knew when she was a little girl.
5. Can I book a ticket to Birmingham?/Can I pay for a call to
Birmingham? - Yes, but we’ve got two Birminghams in the computer.
Do you need the Birmingham which is in the USA or the
Birmingham in England? - The Birmingham which is in
England.
6 . I bought a new TV set yesterday. - Is it a Sony? - No, it’s
a Philips.
7. We have received a fax from a Romanov.
8. With all those magic tricks of his your son may become
another/a new David Copperfield.
9. I see you’ve got a Honda, haven’t you? - No, it’s my wife’s
new car.
10. A new McDonalds is opening/opens in Moscow tomorrow.
11. Have you got a copy of America to read? Unfortunately
not. But I’ve got Cosmopolitan.
13. I would never have thought that the Morozovs had such
a gorgeous library.
14. To my delight I saw a Dahl in the bookshop and bought it.
15. Stop behaving like that. You are not a Scarlett and I’m not
a Rhett.
16. Why, you are a real James Bond.
17. The police say you keep a Kalashnikov in your house.
18. The girl wants Father Frost to bring her a Barbie for the
New Year.
19. Lord Sandwich invented the sandwich.
20. I’ll have a Martini. - And I’d like a soda, please.
21. The scared/frightened Marina answered the phone call.
22. Now we have a complete “Britannica” and we are very
glad about it.
23. Is Nurse at home? - She is out doing the shopping./She
has gone to the shops/gone shopping.
24. What a lovely shop! - Yes it’s a Valentino.