Ex. 6. Find the Absolute Participle Constructions in the sentences given below. Translate the sentences.

1. Chronic pancreatitis has various causes, the most common one being chronic alcoholism.

2. Our series of patients being too small, we had to continue our investigation with six additional groups.

3. Analytical chemistry is often described as the area of chemistry responsible for characterizing the composition of matter, both qualitatively (what is present) and quantitatively (how much is present), this description being misleading.

4. The doctors group those thirteen races together by ABO blood group, each type within this group having unique dietary recommendations.

1. Our results having confirmed findings reported by American doctors, we published them in the medical journal.
2. The penicillin tablets having been used, the symptoms disappeared.

Ex. 7. Read, translate and memorize the word combinations:

the respiratory system, to be similar in appearance, to be not identical, to be divided into the lobes, to be separated from each other, to be covered by a protective membrane, to be conical in shape, to be the proper substance of the lungs, to be housed in the chest cavity, to overlap, to be hospitable for friends, to be very important in the body's defense, to provide the second line of defense, to lodge in the lungs,, on the one hand on the other hand.

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