Exercise 5, p. 78

1. Getting angry with you/Getting mad at you (To get

angry with you) is playing (to play) into your hands. 2. I was

set a very difficult task, and I had to perform it. 3. We can buy

this suite offurniture, it is expensive, but reasonably so.

4. The young teacher felt frustrated because not all the pupils

of his class could read expressively. 5. I can’t say that I liked

this performance, in fact I was bored to death. 6. Fortune

played into our hands, and we found what we had been looking

for. 7. She always worries about her son when he goes

away. 8. Mr. Potter made no comment on the speech. 9. I have

a pretty good idea why she visits me every week. 10. I have a

deep and sincere respect for you, but my utter disrespect for

your brother makes our friendship impossible. 11. In fact he

set us a task. 12. You needn’t worry (feel frustrated) about this

news. 13. Her utter disrespect did not make things any easier

for the family (didn’t make the family’s life any easier).