A. 1.Her height is five foot two (five feet and two inches).
2. The arrangement remains unaltered (unchanged)/holds/
holds good. 3. Who’s going to pay the bill/foot the bill? 4. P.O.
means post-office./P.O. is an abbreviation for post-office.
Prop/Lean the ladder against the wall. 6. He left the train on
a morning when the temperature was over a hundred in the
shade. 7. They knew they would defend each other in scrapes.
8. But Muriel, even if all thought her wrong, had taken her decision
and stuck to her opinion (stuck to her guns)/and wouldn’t
change her mind. 9. I dislike the way she treats her sister. 10. For
the first time in her life she felt that she couldn’t stand a woman.
11. Suzanne likes thrills, but she detests being uncomfortable.
12. She had the kind of beauty that lasts for a long time and when
she was pleased or amused her mouth turned up at the ends and
her eyes brightened/lit up in a way that was impossible to forget.
13. His mouth turned up at the ends as befitted a polite man and
froze in that position. 14. I stood up straight, fixing my (tousled)
hair. 15. She stopped abruptly and tapped me lightly on the arm.
16. Nothing should be allowed to stand in the way of justice.
17. She was the kind of young woman who hardly needed protection.
18. So Elizabeth criticized/reproached/scolded herself very
severely and, ofcourse, rather overdid it. 19. Eden believes in using
as much time as it’s necessary to complete what he is doing and in
gathering other people’s opinions. 20. You go back to that school
and find out whether you can continue/resume where you left off.
21. And indeed it looked as though she tried hard/did her best/did
all she could/did everything in her power/made every
effort/took great pains/went out of her way not to be alone
with him. 22. I intended to give up the scientific career and devote
myself to writing novels. 23. He gazed at Mrs. Septimus Small who
looked like/resembled (bore a strong resemblance to) James -
long and thin. 24. He detained her after office hours/after the
working day was over to write at his dictation. 25. What do you
think I am? A complete fool? 26. Michael looked him up and
down/eyed him from head to foot. 27. All women like to have
attention paid to them, to be invited to restaurants, shows etc.,
given a good time... 28. I found that she had been absolutely
sure/certain/had been positive that my wife and I didn’t get
along...
B. 1. The bed was so high that as I sat by its side my face
was on the same level as his/at the same height as his. 2. The
old tramp steamer chugged gently and almost noiselessly over
the calm sea. 3. A man stepped out from behind one of the lorries
and aimed a rifle/raised a rifle and took aim. 4. Timothy’s
eyes left the fly and turned on his visitor./Timothy stopped
looking at the fly and fixed his gaze on/and stared at the visitor.
5. She changed the subject/theme/topic ofthe conversation
to a less dangerous one. 6. Pason looked at him with
a steady gaze. 7. The tables were ofthe same/of equal height.
8. “Do you want me to start shouting/yelling?” she asked
angrily. 9- It’s very funny the way the girls in his office have
fallen in love with him. 10. Anyone has a right to shout and
yell if he does not get the position when he is suited for it.
11. I should like to fit on this dress. - Well, Madame, step into
the room where the customers try on clothes to see if they are
the right size and colour and cut. 12. He tried a half-dozen
keys before he was able to open the lock/before he found the
right one. 13. Sir Reuben had the place furnished as a bedroom.
14. I have put most ofthe broken parts together but
I can’t find a place for this piece. 15. Jane enjoys your taking
her for a ride in your car.