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Inferno by Dan Brown

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Task 10

chapters 84 – 94

Check the meaning and pronunciation of the words and words combinations below, give their Russian/Ukrainian equivalents. Use them in the situations from the text!

Ch.84: aksan, adhan (azan), to scurry, to be teeming with, lifeblood, stronghold, scuba-diving, to secularize, to raise an eyebrow (eyebrows), to get the gist, for the record;
Ch.85: to be en route, to track the whereabouts, twisted aspirations, tuxedoed,
Ch.86: to mitigate any punitive backlash, inadvertent involvement, to defy, karmic retribution, a purveyor, petty artifice, large-scale deception, deniability, to have smth. at one’s disposal, dead-drop, intercept, instantaneous standout, to bristle at the memory;
Ch.87: to fish out, tersely, randevous point, the divine and the profane, to keep smb. posted, to look downcast;
Ch.88: to step across the threshold, to dwarf, mere speck, blasphemy, decoy, flinch, minbar, imam, muezzin;
Ch.89: to bow to Mecca, cistern;
Ch.90: conduit, to go airborne, to propogate, to run one’s heels, burka, stampede, sense of foreboding;
Ch.91: boardwalk, plinth, silt, to shake off the barrage of haunting thoughts, to assail;
Ch.92: All set! minesweeper, to feel jumpy, rivulet, blunt fear;
Ch.93: tatter, to flick off, to copy, Do you read me (How do you read me?);
Ch.94: gamble, to play catch up, dispatch;

Give standard British English equivalents to the words below

and use them in the sentences of your own:

to eye –
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to sense –
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to fathom –
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to thwart –
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to flip –
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downtown –
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to prop (up) –
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to update –
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windshield –
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to randevous –
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to pain –
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downtown –
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way-station –
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General discussion

Ch.84,85,87: Dwell upon Istanbul (history, geography, major tourist attractions, etc.)
Ch.84: Give the gist of the article given to Langdon by Dr.Sinskey. Was anyone aware of the exact contents of “the Solublon bag”?
Ch.84, 85,87: Describe St. Sophia.

Ch.85: Who went to find “ the Zobrist’s creation”?
How were they going to enter St. Sophia at the late hour? Why did the provost remain on board?
“The history repeats itself” – who does this quote belong to? Why did Langdon recollect it?
Why has the Blue Mosque got its nickname? Has its architecture affected any other “iconic castle”?
Who was puzzled at the sight of St. Sophia and why?
Ch.86: What was the provost doing and thinking about? In what connection did he recollect the Alibi Company? What’s Alibi’s business? What kind of work was the provost involved into? What has the provost always feared? How close and long has the provost known Sienna? What new information did he learn about Sienna and her current location?
Ch. 87: Who was the guide in St. Sophia? What knew information did the y learn from him? Ch. 88: What was Langdon particularly looking at in St.Sophia? What purpose the enormous size of St.Sophia serve? What is prohibited to be depicted in Islam and why it it? What is mihrab? Why was the guide a bit sad and confused?
Ch. 89: What did Langdon do as he approached the Dandolo’s tomb? What was the tomb like? Why did he undertake such actions?
Ch.90, 91: Describe the Cistern in detail. What were Langdon, Dr. Sinskey and Bruder afraid of and what assumption have they made? What can you tell about the concert held inside the Cistern?
Ch.91: Which symbols did Langdon notice on the wall in the Cistern? What else did he see? What is the meaning of the abovementioned symbols?
Ch.92: What were Langdon and Bruder doing in the Cistern? What was Langdon puzzled by? How does this chapter end?
Ch.93: Did Bruder succeed in finding “the Solublon bag” and its containment? What actions followed Bruder’s discovery? What was Langdon doing in the Cistern? What was Dr. Sinskey doing in the Cistern?
Ch.94: What was Langdon doing as he got out of the Cistern?

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