1. Iwould love to go to the south in early June, when everything
is smothered in flowers, and roam (about) the mountains.
2. We decided that in St. Petersburg we would put up at :i hotel
and stay there for a week or so. 3. We got settled quickly, and it
turned out that we had plenty/a lot of time till evening. 4. When
we had got settled at last, we were so tired that none of us wanted
to go anywhere. 5. These odds and ends of paper are hardly
any use. (I don’t think these odds and ends of paper are any use.)
6. I would/should never have thought that one could make
a dress of/out of/from these odds and ends of fabric. 7. My room
is the size of yours/thesame size as yours, but somehow (but
for some reason) it looks smaller. 8. I’ve read only half the article,
but it seems to me that it has little to do with the subject you’re
interested in. 9. The train arrives only in half an hour, let’s roam
(about) the town. 10. Ellen stirred up the salad, tasted it and
decided to add another half a jar of pickled cucumbers. 11. This
tinned/canned/potted meat is good. Empty half a tin/can into
the stew. 12. Add some more flour to the gravy to thicken it.
13. He cracks jokes/makes jokes/jokes with such an earnest
and thoughtful air, that one can’t help laughing/that one can’t
keep from laughing. 14. To be on the safe side we had better not
touch on/upon this matter/question today.