INCIDENT ON A LAKE

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IN A STRANGE LAND.. 3

INCIDENT ON A LAKE. 4

THE LITTLE GOVERNESS. 5

THE STEAL. 6

MANHOOD.. 8

THE THREE FAT WOMEN OF ANTIBES. 9

QUITTERS, INC. 10

ON WRITING.. 12

THE GREAT AUTOMATIC GRAMMATIZATOR. 14

TOMORROW AND TOMORROW AND SO FORTH.. 16

LOUISE. 18

THE BOARDING HOUSE. 19

THE SEASON OF DIVORCE. 20

Lipetsk State Pedagogical University, Faculty of foreign languages, English department.

Badulina Catherine, group E-22

Lipetsk, 2013

IN A STRANGE LAND

by Somerset Maugham

General Vocabulary:

Attach blame to smb – винить к.-л.

Humdrum - рутина

It is/was not for nothing that … - недаром

Make allowances (for smb/smth) – делать поправку на к.-л./ч.-л.

Make the best of smth – использовать ч.-л. наилучшим образом

Precise - точный

Rack one’s brains – ломать голову

Solitary - одинокий

General Vocabulary:

Carry on smth/doing smth – продолжить делать ч.-л.

Draw oneself up - выпрямиться

Light up – оживиться

Idioms:

Kith and kin – родные и близкие

Know one’s place – знать свое место

Prepositional Phrases:

Be in service – быть в услужении

Congratulate smb on smth – поздравлять к.-л. с ч.-л.

In confusion – в смятении

In vain - впустую

Keep smb at a distance – держать к.-л. на почтительном расстоянии

On an advertisement – по объявлению

On the outskirts of smth – на окраине

Run against smb – натолкнуться на к.-л.

Andalusia - the southernmost region of Spain, bordering on the Atlantic and the Mediterranean; capital, Seville. The region was under Moorish rule from 711 to 1492.

the South Seas - the southern Pacific Ocean.

Java- a large island in the Malay Archipelago, forming part of Indonesia.

Asia Minor - the western peninsula of Asia, which now constitutes the bulk of modern Turkey.

Flandres - a region in the south-western part of the Low Countries, now divided between Belgium (where it forms the provinces of East and West Flanders), France, and the Netherlands. It was a powerful medieval principality and the scene of prolonged fighting during the First World War.

Kent - a county on the SE coast of England; county town, Maidstone.

INCIDENT ON A LAKE

by John Collier

General Vocabulary:

Deprive smb of smth – лишать к.-л. ч.-л.

Incredible – невероятный

Keep an eye on – присматривать за к.-л.

Mature - взрослый

Provide - поставлять

Treat - поощрение

Unscrupulous - беззастенчивый

Vulgar - вульгарный

Phrasal Verbs:

Check up (on smth) – проверять ч.-л.

Come along – следовать за к.-л.

Come up to smth – приблизиться к ч.-л.

Drop in – заглянуть к к.-л.

Point smth out – обратить внимание на ч.-л.

Prepositional Phrases:

At liberty - вправе

For one’s part – что касается к.-л.

In a rapture – в восторге

On trust – на доверительной основе

Resemblance to smth/smb – сходство с ч.-л./к.-л.

Miami – a city and port on the coast of SE Florida. Its subtropical climate and miles of beaches make this and the resort island of Miami Beach a year-round holiday resort.

Yucatan – a state of SE Mexico, at the northern tip of the Yucatán Peninsula; capital, Mérida.

Bali – a mountainous island of Indonesia, to the east of Java; chief city, Denpasar.

Buenos Aires – the capital city and chief port of Argentina, on the River Plate.

the Amazon – a river in South America, flowing over 6,683 km through Peru, Colombia, and Brazil into the Atlantic Ocean. It drains two fifths of the continent and in terms of water flow it is the largest river in the world.

the Andes – a major mountain system running the length of the Pacific coast of South America. Its highest peak is Aconcagua, which rises to a height of 6,960 m

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