Exercise 13, p. 89

1. Thus, ofthe ten old Forsytes twenty-one young Forsytes

had been born. 2. The blackberries tasted ofrain. 3. I didn’t

luiy the piano to be sonated out ofmy house ofan evening.

(Я купил этот рояль не затем, чтобы меня каждый вечер

п м живал и из дома, терзая мой слух сонатами.) 4. You are of

The few who will be equal to it. (Вы один из тех немногих,

кто сможет с этим справиться.) 5. I wash my hands ofit.

(Я умываю руки./С меня хватит.) 6. Tom decided that he

could be independent ofBecky. 7. Vegetarians live onvegetables,

fruit and nuts. 8. He planted the apple-trees on/tothe left and the pear-trees on/tothe right f the path. 9. The house was onfire. 10. There are goods forsale in all the shop windows.You are very slow, why don’t you hurry upa bit? Help me on/offwith my coat. 12. The garage was built on

a convenient site. 13. I stumbled onsomething soft. 14. There

 

 

was no objection onthe part ofthe owner ofthe car. 15. On

the one hand I was, ofcourse, glad; onthe other I was a little

frightened. 16. The doctor was onthe point ofleaving. 17. On

reflection I gave up the idea. 18. He was arrested onsuspicion

ofmurder. 19. The ghastly story made my hair stand onend.

(От этой жуткой истории у меня волосы встали дыбом.)

20. Come on! Let’s lock the trunk to be onthe safe side.

21. The question wasn’t even touched on/upon.