A.1. That’s hardly what really matters at the moment.
2. You’re tired out or you would get my meaning at once. 3. You
haven’t understood the meaning of the story (the most important
thing in the story). 4. His comments are always relevant.
5. Has he made it a rule to always pretend not to notice me?
6. Try and view (see) it as she views (sees) it. 7. But with all her
education, learning was never Kate’s forte (learning was never
something Kate could rightfully boast of), she got on perfectly
well without it. 8. It was no use arguing (Arguing was useless), so
I gave in. 9. We saw that Robert was about to break down (that
Robert was at the end of his tether). 10. At the critical moment
he proved to be unreliable. 11. I’ll show a turn when one is
required. 12. It makes no sense to worry about it now. 13. Goring
stared after him, barely able to resist the urge to catch him (feeling
an almost irresistible desire to catch him). 14. I myself might
have painted the portrait. The sad dark eyes gazed unwaveringly
back at me (gazed back at me all the time), seeming to share
or at least to be conscious of my foolish boyish dreams. 15. It all
seemed unreal as though it were happening to someone else.
16. Even Paul now seemed to her to exist only in her imagination.
17. Space travel used to be just a fantastic imagining, something
never to be realized. 18. She felt both joy and anxiety. 19. At
the unexpected question everything got confused/jumbled in
my head. 20. If anything happens, mind that he isn’t involved in
that (that he has nothing to do with that). 21. Istill was looking
forward to meeting her and hated her guts for having jilted me
so heartlessly (When I thought of seeing her I was torn between
eagerness and apprehension). 22. He had a way with people (He
was very outgoing/very sociable/very communicative) and soon
made friends with everybody. 23. I can’t help thinking that when
I’m not with you you hardly ever remember me. 25. As the door
shut behind him, he looked about him with fierce startled eyes,
like one who fears that there are traps everywhere. 26. She went
on talking, quite unaware that she had said the wrong thing.
27. He knows perfectly well what is going on at the office. 28.
She knows about her shortcomings, and is thinking about them
all the time which makes her awkward and shy.
B .l. I know Bella well enough to know that she wouldn’t put
up with anyone’s trying to prevent her from what she wants to
do (to hinder her liberty of action). 2. If people try to meddle in
your affairs and put obstacles in your way, it’s because you like it.
3. We wanted the best when we tried to intervene (when we put
our oar in), but it was rather a pity. 4. He was tired of his wife’s
ceaseless/unceasing carping/nagging/complaints. 5. I am mad
at her/angry with her for her continual absence (because she’s
absent all the time). 6. He was too tired to bear/stand/endure
the pain without flinching. 7. As soon as Finn suggested this idea
it seemed to all of us extremely enticing. 8. A good advertisement
should not arouse in the public a desire to do just the
opposite (should not arouse resentment in the public). 9. The
urge to go and order a new dress was so strong and overwhelming
that she just couldn’t help it. 10. After she had thought it over
she felt sure that you had done the right thing. 11. But then,
I thought, he might have been perfectly sincere. 12. The sun was
setting red behind the pine trees, the evening sky was mirrored
in the pools. 13. I must think carefully about what answer to
give. 14. After thinking for a moment he realized that she was
right. 15. “That’s fine,” he mumbled, enraptured. 16. And I dare
say I’ll make him an excellent wife as wives go. 17. I am delighted
with your ease in answering such a question.