1. Herstwood’s affairs were in bad shape and it seemed
that nothing could avert a disaster. 2. He was afraid ofbecoming
the laughing-stock of the town. 3. The man you are calling/
you call a promising student is to my mind a mature artist
and the sooner we exhibit/display his picture in a/the show
the better. 4. Carlton became a great scholar at a great sacrifice
to his health. 5. Someone dropped a tube ofoils on the
floor and I stepped/trod on it. Now I’ll have to send the carpet
to the cleaner’s. 6. Don’t be silly. If you had put the note in
a conspicuous place, I would have noticed it. 7. Jonh blushed
to the top ofhis ears(to the roots ofhis hair) when his
mother caught him lying/caught him in a lie/exposed his lie.
8. The statue Pygmalion had executed was so beautiful that he
fell in love with it. 9. After the close ofthe 1882 exhibition
(the exhibition of1882) Kuingy who was already a mature
artist (Kuingy, already a mature artist) made the startling/
stunning announcement that he would no longer exhibit his
pictures in shows (would not exhibit his pictures in shows
any longer/any more). 10. Constable was awarded a gold
medal for his picture/painting «The Hay Wain» which was
exhibited/displayed in Paris in 1824. 11. To the utter astonishment/
To the great surprise ofthe owner (To the owner’s utter
astonishment/amazement) the monkey’s daub (scrawl) was
accepted for the show. 12. The jury/The members ofthe jury
came to the conclusion that the young painter’s/artist’s pictures/
paintings were executed with great skill and awarded
him the first prize. 13. Soames and Fleur arranged/agreed to
go to the modern art exhibition together. Soames was the first
to come/Soames came first/ Eyeing (Looking at) the expressionists’
works with curiosity he kept wondering why they
It ad been accepted for the show and put in the most conspicuous
places. «Juno», executed by a «promising young sculptor»
Paul Post looked like a lopsided pump with two handles.
A real laughing-stock!