Exercise 3, ð. 51

A. 1.I don’t quite see your point. 2. I’ve made a point of getting

up early every day, and I’m none the worse for it. 3. There

seems no point in prolonging this interview. 4. He’s on the point

of going, you’d better speak to him right now. 5. He pointed to

the statue on which lay patches of snow. 6. He couldn’t live without

his work, it would make life pointless. 7. Don’t waste time

dreaming about impossible things. 8. She wouldn’t even dream

of doing such a thing. 9- He is a dreamer and lives in a world of

fantasy. 10. What dreams did you have last night? 11. Don’t get

mixed up in the affair. 12. We can sometimes mix business with

pleasure. 13. He is a bad mixer. 14. Of course, I’ve mixed up the

two songs. 15. It was odd, what a mixture of motives I had. 16. As

for him I think he is above suspicion. 17. Every eye was turned

upon Bosinney; all waited with a strange suspicious look for his

answer. 18. Still suspicion and distrust was in the air, and there

was much talk. 19. I am conscious of having done wrong (I am

conscious that I have done wrong). 20. The blow caused him to

lose consciousness. 21. He is too self-conscious. 22. Emil was

conscious of a new emptiness in his life.

B. 1. Don’t interfere in this, Frank, that is entirely my affair.

2. There’s something interfering with the telephone connection.

3. Maxim always tries to interfere in my activity. 4. Her constant

nagging irritated Robert. 5. He is my constant friend. 6. I resisted

an impulse to move back. 7. The resistance against the occupying

forces was getting stronger. 8. On reflection I found it necessary

to warn her. 9. The pavements were damp and they reflected

yellow light. 10. He roused himself unwillingly from his

reflections upon the past experiences and rose to his feet.

11. Rudolf couldn’t resist the temptation and didn’t feel mean

 

about it afterwards. 12. She is a woman long accustomed to

admiration. 13. “Doesn’t she look glorious?” said a young man at

the ball-room door, admiring the girl’s beauty.