To be fond of smth / smb / doing smth

UNIT 2

BETTY SMITH

Exercise 1. Fill in the gaps with the words from the text.

Betty Smith

I am Betty ____. My ____ name is Elizabeth ____ Smith. I am twenty- ____. I am a ____ graduate. I am a ____, ____ a beginner, you know. I have a ____ ____ friends. ____ of them are my former ____. My best ____ are ____ girl-friends. They are very kind, ____ and ____.

My ____, Henry Sandford, is ____ to my ____ sister Helen. I am a member ____ her ____. My brother-in-law is a ____. He has a ____, but he has no ____. My sister is a ____. They have ____ ____ child, Benny. Benny is my ____, he is ____. ____ he is naughty. He is ____ of birds and ____. We have ____ mice, a ____ and a ____ in the ____. Now Benny is ____ to have a ____. ____ his ____ is ____ it, we have ____ peace because ____ all Benny’s animals and ____.

Exercise 2. Give the antonyms to the following words using words and expressions from the text.

1. partly; 2. an experienced person; 3. to be single; 4. sad; 5. to dislike; 6. younger; 7. war; 8. well-behaved; 9. a school-leaver; 10. a boy-friend; 11. to agree; 12. present; 13. to be reluctant to do smth; 14. a businesswoman; 15. an enemy; 16. a school-mate; 17. ill-bred; 18. the worst.

Exercise 3. Translate into English using Vocabulary Notes and words from the text.

1. Луиза; 16. врач;

2. друг; 17. хорошо воспитанный;

3. полное имя; 18. капризный;

4. мир; 19. выпускник колледжа;

5. домохозяйка; 20. веселый;

6. свекровь; 21. ежик;

7. новичок; 22. животные;

8. попугай; 23. быть против;

9. бывший; 24. кролик;

10.однокурсник; 25. добрый;

11. писатель; 26. зять;

12. белые мыши; 27. одноклассник;

13. птицы; 28. старший;

14. племянник; 29. младший;

15. ласточка; 30. очень хотеть.

Exercise 4. Write out the definitions of the following words in order to comment on the difference in their meaning:

Friend − (syn): acquaintance, companion, comrade, confidant, crony, intimate, pal;

Friend − (ant): antagonist, opponent, enemy;

Exercise 5. Read the definitions and tell who the following people are:

1. your mother’s father - ____; 2. your parents’ parents - ____; 3. your children’s children - ____; 4. your mother and father - ____; 5. your father’s second wife - ____; 6. your husband’s daughter by a previous marriage - ____; 7. your father’s brother - ____; 8. the son of your mother’s latest husband - ____; 9. your mother’s sister - ____; 10. your sister’s son - ____; 11. your sister’s daughter - ____; 12. your aunt’s son - ____; 13. your aunt’s daughter - ____; 14. your husband’s mother, father, sister, brother (collectively) - ____; 15. your husband’s mother - ____; 16. your husband’s daughter - ____; 17. your daughter’s husband - ____; 18. your son’s wife - ____; 19. your wife’s brother - ____; 20. the girl you are engaged to - ____; 21. the man you are engaged to - ____; 22. the man you are married to - ____; 23. the date on which you were born - ____.

Exercise 6. Explain the meaning of the following Russian words denoting different types of family relationship, find equivalents for these words in English.

1. зять; 2. золовка; 3. шурин; 4. деверь; 5. невестка; 6. свояк; 7. свояченица; 8. сват; 9. сноха; 10. падчерица; 11. пасынок; 12. отчим; 13. мачеха; 14. сводный брат / сестра.

Exercise 7. Make the names of domestic animals and birds.

1. t,p,a,r,o,r. 2. o,g,a,t. 3. r,a,s,w,o,r,p. 4. i,e,n,w,s. 5. o,y,k,d,e,n. 6. a,e,e,t,p,l,h,n. 7. w,w,l,l,o,a,s. 8. g,e,t,i,r. 9. b,t,a,b,i,r. 10. g,o,p,n,i,e. 11. s,h,e,r,o. 12. l,e,g,e,a. 13. s,m,u,o,e. 14. v,l,o,e,s,w. 15. g,g,h,h,e,e,d,o.

Exercise 8. Read the definitions and tell the names of domestic animals and birds.

1. a large strong animal that people ride and use for pulling heavy things- ____; 2. a large female animal that is kept on farms and used to produce milk or meat - ____; 3. a common animal with four legs, fur, and a tail - ____; 4. a small animal with four legs that people often keep as a pet - ____; 5. an animal that has horns on top of its head and long hair under its chin, and can climb steep hills and rocks - ____; 6. a farm animal with short legs, a fat body, and a curved tail - ____; 7. not polite – a stupid, annoying person (synonym fool) - ____; 8. a small animal with long ears and soft fur, that lives in a hole in the ground - ____; 9. an adult female chicken - ____; 10. an adult male chicken - ____; 11. a bird that is like a duck but is larger and makes loud noises - ____; 12. a very common water bird with short legs and a wide beak, used for its meat, eggs, and soft feathers - ____; 13. a bird that looks like a large chicken and is often eaten at Christmas and at Thanksgiving - ____;

Exercise 9. Translate the names of some common wild birds and match them with their definitions.

hawk; magpie; cuckoo; skylark; starling; nightingale; heron; crane; owl; crow; ostrich; seagull; tit; falcon; peacock; woodpecker; stork;

1. a grey European bird that puts its eggs in other birds' nests and that makes a sound that sounds like its name;

2. a large shiny black bird with a loud cry;

3. a bird that kills and eats other animals and can be trained to hunt;

4. a large common black and white sea bird that lives near the sea;

5. a large bird that hunts and eats small birds and animals;

6. a large bird with very long legs and a long beak, that lives near water;

7. a bird with black and white feathers and a long tail;

8. a small bird that sings very beautifully, especially at night;

9. a large African bird with long legs, that runs very quickly but cannot fly;

10. a bird with large eyes that hunts at night;

11. a large bird, the male of which has long blue and green tail feathers that it can lift up and spread out;

12. a small bird that sings while flying high in the sky;

13. a tall white bird with long legs and a long beak;

14. a tall water bird with very long legs;

15. a bird with a long beak that it uses to make holes in trees;

16. a type of small European bird;

17. a common bird with shiny black feathers that lives especially in cities;

Exercise 10. Give the English equivalents to the following Conversational Phrases.

1. Как мило с вашей стороны. 7. Никоим образом.

2. Хотелось бы сказать да, но… 8. Далеко не так.

3. Конечно. 9. Да, конечно.

4. Думаю, вы ошибаетесь. 10. Конечно (обязательно).

5. С радостью. 11. Боюсь, я не согласен.

6. Совсем наоборот. 12. Было бы замечательно.

Exercise 11. Answer to the statements using expressions of agreement or disagreement.

1. It’s a beautiful day today. 2. It’s Friday today. 3. Ann doesn’t look well. 4. We are very busy at the moment. 5. Most people spend too much time watching TV. 6. The museum is closed today. 7. You told me a lie! 8. Nick is a very clever boy. 9. This book is too difficult for children. 10. We have a lot of time. 11. I’ve got a little present for you. 12. Our time-table is wonderful. 13. It’s great to have a dog. 14. It’s terrible to live in the centre of a big city. 15. Having a car makes a person lazy. 16. A friend in need is a friend indeed. 17. Instant coffee is very convenient. 18. Your English is perfect. 19. This supermarket is very expensive. 20. The windows need cleaning.

Exercise 12. Agree or disagree with the following statements using conversational phrases.

1. Betty Smith is under age yet. 2. Helen Sandford is a writer. 3. Benny is often naughty. 4. Old Mrs.Sandford is not well. 5. Henry Sandford isn’t married. 6. Betty is fond of hedgehogs. 7. Benny is still in his teens. 8. Let’s go to the Zoo! 9. They have a cat, a dog and a turkey in the house. 10. Betty doesn’t have very many friends. 11. The Sandfords’ house is rather quiet. 12. Betty’s full name is Elizabeth. 13. They have white mice, don’t they? 14. Benny is old Mrs.Sandford’s granddaughter. 15. Betty’s companions are very ill-bred. 16. A lion is a domestic animal. 17. Great-grandchildren are your grandchildren’s children.

Exercise 13. Read the definitions of the words from the text “Betty Smith” and tell the words.

1. a small brown European animal whose body is round and covered with sharp needle-like spines;

2. a girl or woman who has the same parents as you;

3. what someone is called;

4. a ____ child does not obey adults and behaves badly;

5. a tropical bird with a curved beak and brightly coloured feathers that can be taught to copy human speech;

6. someone who writes books, stories etc, especially as a job;

7. very keen and excited about something that is going to happen or about something you want to do;

8. happening or existing before, but not now;

9. very pleasant and enjoyable;

10. someone who has just started to do or learn something;

11. a married woman who works at home doing the cooking, cleaning etc, but does not have a job outside the house;

12. a small animal with long ears and soft fur, that lives in a hole in the ground;

13. someone you spend a lot of time with, especially a friend;

14. someone who has completed a university degree;

15. someone who is ____ is polite, and behaves as if they come from a family of high social class;

16. the husband of your sister;

17. to like something, especially something you have liked for a long time;

18. a small furry animal with a pointed nose and a long tail that lives in people's houses or in fields;

19. the son of your brother or sister;

20. used to say that someone opposes or disagrees with something;

21. someone who goes or went to the same school as you;

22. a very quiet and pleasant situation in which you are not interrupted;

23. (especially American English) a woman or girl's female friend;

24. having the colour of milk, salt, or snow;

25. a living creature such as a dog or cat, that is not an insect, plant, bird, fish, or person.

Exercise 14. Translate into English.

1. Моя маленькая внучка Бетти очень любит животных и птиц. У нее дома есть 5 белых мышей, большой зеленый попугай и три кошки. Сейчас она очень хочет завести собаку, но ее родители и старший брат Генри против. Их квартира похожа на зоопарк и у них нет покоя из-за всех животных и птиц Бетти.

2. − Как ваше полное имя? − Меня зовут Элизабет Хелен Браун. − Сколько вам лет? − Мне 26 лет. У меня высшее образование. − Кто вы по профессии? − Я юрист, только начинающий, знаете ли. − Вы замужем? − Да, я замужем за своим бывшим одноклассником. − У вас есть дети? − У меня двое детей – сын и дочь. Они близнецы. Им три года. Их зовут Мери и Том. Обычно они славные и спокойные, но иногда они капризничают. − Где вы живете? − Мы живем на Зеленой улице, дом 12.

3. − Ты знаешь, что Луиза собирается замуж? − Да, конечно. Но, боюсь, я ничего не знаю о ее будущем муже. − Ее парня зовут Джордж, ему около 30 лет. Он на 5 лет старше Луизы. Он полицейский. Джордж очень добрый и хорошо воспитанный молодой человек. Все будущие родственники Луизы очень любят ее и очень хотят, чтобы она стала их невесткой.

Exercise 15. Find the words in the crosswords.

DOMESTIC ANIMALS AND BIRDS.

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Exercise 17. Choose the correct answer.

Animal World

1. Which is the largest of the ape and monkey families, full-grown?

a) chimpanzee b) orang-outang c) gorilla

2. Which of these is not a mammal?

a) whale b) shark c) dolphin

3. Which of these hasn't got a shell on its back?

a) snail b) tortoise c) turtle d) crab e) octopus

4. Which of these hasn't got horns?

a) rhinoceros b) hippopotamus c) bull d) goat e) deer f) antelope

5. Which of these has spots rather than stripes?

a) zebra b) leopard c) tiger

6. Whose fur might you expect to pay most?

a) fox b) mink c) rabbit

7. Which of these insects doesn't sting?

a) ant b) wasp c) bee d) ladybird

8. Which won't bite you?

a) mosquito b) flea c) butterfly d) fly

9. Which of these birds can fly?

a) penguin b) ostrich c) goose d) emu

10. Which of these birds has the most impressive tail?

a) peacock b) pigeon c) sparrow

11. Which of these has most legs?

a) spider b) scorpion c) centipede d) beetle e) worm f) piranha fish

12. Which of these creatures is not extinct?

a) mammoth b) dinosaur c) pterodactyl d) buffalo e) brontosaurus

13. Which of these is not a fabulous creature?

a) dragon b) unicorn c) chameleon d) mermaid

14. Which of these reptiles is not an amphibian?

a) crocodile b) iguana c) alligator

15. Which of these is not related to the dog?

a) wolf b) jackal c) yak

16. Which of these would win the high jump?

a) frog b) grasshopper or cricket c) giraffe

17. Which of these four is a cross between two of the others?

a) horse b)ass c) donkey d)mule

18. Which of these is not a bird of prey?

a) hawk b) falcon c) vulture d) woodpecker e) eagle

19. Which of these birds has the longest wings?

a) albatross b) seagull c) humming-bird

20. Which bird:

a) starts the day with its cry?

b) is a bit of a petty thief?

c) is the symbol of peace?

d) is supposed to be very wise?

Exercise 18. Translate into Russian / Ukrainian.

Graduate (noun)

1. At one point, he hired a young college graduate to help. 2. He received his degree at eighteen, the youngest graduate in Thiel history. 3. This may not be the high-minded stuff that nudged this soft-spoken Barnard College graduate toward a career in publishing. 4. Many former students including the Department's first graduate, Mr Eric Jones, enjoyed an afternoon of reminiscences and renewed friendships. 5. Patrick Wallace, an accountancy graduate from Dungannon, and Marcus Campbell both booked their debuts on snooker's most famous stage. 6. We are currently seeking a recent graduate to join our software team, located on the University of Warwick Science Park. 7. A recent high-school graduate sat at the reception desk. 8. It was one thing to kiss a girl like Sonya, but Edusha was an intelligent young woman, a high-school graduate. 9. He is an agricultural science graduate from Oxford University and feels competent to assess evidence and act logically. 10. He's a newly minted law school graduate from Long Island. 11. Hiking Sue, a graduate from London's Imperial College in 1979, has degrees in materials science and metallurgy. 12. A vast majority of children graduate from high school without anyone talking with them about their writing in process. 13. If he will forgive me he is rather like a graduate from the Shirley Williams institute for the caring and compassionate politician. 14. Did you know he's a graduate from Columbia University? 15. The girl is a graduate from the Anne Robinson charm school.

Beginner (noun)

1. Beginners need to ski on easier slopes. 2. As a beginner, she needs quite a lot of encouragement. 3. The tennis club welcomes beginners as well as more advanced players. 4. Everyone was a beginner at one time. 5. The instructor will guide the beginner through each stage of the form, pointing out pitfalls along the way. 6. These are often vital for a beginner, because they give meaning to the tasks involved. 7. They range from non-performing beginner groups to an auditioned jazz band that meets an hour before school starts. 8. This possibility is worth suggesting to more experienced pilots, but, of course, is not suitable for a beginner. 9. Comments: A most undemanding and very hardy plant, which can be grown by the absolute beginner with great success. 10. Many of our students are absolute beginners who are looking to expand their artistic interests. 11. Comments: Very easy plant to grow even for the absolute beginner. 12. Courses cater for all levels of diver from the absolute beginner up to those who want to fine tune their technique. 13. The colour is white, to denote an absolute beginner. 14. This applies whether you are an absolute beginner or experienced sailor. 15. As a complete beginner I did not know what to do. 16. By their very nature a complete beginner will find some of the drills rather difficult. 17. The classes are suitable for complete beginners. 18. Villa-Flotilla offers a course which teaches even complete beginners to skipper their own yachts. 19. Level 1 is for complete beginners, while level 5 covers competence some way above Higher Grade. 20. Suitable for beginners but basic computer skills necessary. 21. They are fit for any tank and, not being sensitive even to temperature variations, are suitable plants for beginners. 22. Bovisand Underwater Centre, near Plymouth, runs courses for beginners. 23. The main aim is touring with Sundar tours, adventure canoeing, hostelling and camping holidays plus weekly pool sessions for beginners. 24. Section A is an intensive language course for beginners or less advanced students.

Former (adjective)

1. Their farm has been reduced to half its former size. 2. Canada is a former British colony. 3. He threatened to kill his former wife's boyfriend. 4. Civil war raged for years in the former Yugoslavia. 5. He was an adviser to former President Reagan. 6. Her former husband now lives in Houston. 7. Weinburger was an advisor to former president Ronald Reagan. 8. In the fall of 1990 we moved our baking facility from Forestville to downtown Santa Rosa, into a former tortilla factory. 9. Most of the former inmates sought refuge in his abbey, and many stayed on to help run it. 10. She seems more like her former self.

Mate (noun)

1. Dad's office mates are throwing a party for him. 2. I'm going out with my mates tonight. 3. He's good mates with John. 4. What's the time, mate? 5. How do women choose their mates? 6. He always goes to the pub with his mates on Friday night. 7. Terry's an old mate of mine. 8. What happened to this sock's mate? 9. Would you trade your mate for a million bucks? 10. After a couple of intense, passionate but ultimately destructive relationships, I craved a gentle, understanding mate. 11. Don't share with anyone - not even your best mate or your partner. 12. I mean, you've heard all his New Age stuff about them being soul mates destined for each other. 13. Sometimes these two − survival and acquiring a mate are conflicting goals. 14. The young females tend to fly off and look for mates elsewhere. 15. And we're not just talking about your mum and your best mate. 16. Billy and I were just good friends, really good mates. 17. Everywhere you went, whenever you met a Leeds fan, he/she was sure to be best mates with our old hero. 18. Most of my school mates were black, though I had a few white ones. 19. I tell you though, my best mate thinks we haven't done it quietly enough. 20. I think I've always found it hard to talk to people except for my best mate. 21. On a more personal level, Parsons was very good mates with Johnny Thunders. 22. A spare room with no room mate was available, thank goodness, at the Loch Leven Hotel. 23. His room mate, who was considerably older, was due to preach a sermon at St Paul's Cathedral but fell ill. 24. Oh, Fiona, what do you think of our new flat mate Tony then, not bad looking, eh, Fiona? 25. That's how it is between flat mates. 26. She stated that a wise woman would choose her mate on the basis of his qualities of character. 27. Later, eugenicists stressed the importance of teaching women the criteria by which to choose a mate. 28. Those who choose infertile mates leave no descendants. 29. Physicists do not generally choose their mates from among subsistence farmers. 30. Females often choose mates on the basis of what genes a male might carry.

Companion (noun)

1. For ten years he had been her constant companion. 2. His dog became his closest companion. 3. This book is a companion to Professor Farrer's first work. 4. The Encyclopedia of Gardening is a companion volume to the Encyclopedia of Plants and Flowers. 5. Ed is a great travelling companion − funny and sensible at the same time. 6. He left the major part of his £60 million fortune to his close friend and companion, Jerry Edwards. 7. McCarthy and three companions were the first to arrive. 8. Mum and Dad didn't seem to approve much of my new companions. 9. Alice had been his friend, companion, listening wall and lover. 10. But I had a friend in Radio 3: so thanks, ghostly and absent companion. 11. Hazel and his companions had been on the jump for nearly two days. 12. However, the August fishing became so appalling that my companion and I decided to try a week in May. 13. Our electronic companions tend to become obsolete as soon as we've become comfortable. 14. Rex, his watch companion, was still in the cockpit attending to the helm. 15. Yet Menard stayed with the work until one day he and a companion were parted in Wisconsin. 16. This was the man whom Anselm chose as his closest companion on the strength of a meeting thirteen years earlier. 17. Along with its companion volume this book can be recommended to newcomers, and to more experienced workers. 18. But wherever they had gone, she had been the perfect companion: enthusiastic, amusing and loving. 19. Parsley is also the perfect herb companion for garlic, which is an important ingredient in this bread. 20. Arthur, who had followed so much of Jack's inner journey, was the perfect companion during those strange days. 21. The two-bedroom rented stone house had been a perfect companion: quiet, comfortable and cozy. 22. Successful use of this approach may require major organization-wide education programs as a companion piece.

Friend (noun)

1. Jerry, this is my friend Lucinda. 2. Is this man a friend of yours? 3. Julia was the wife of his best friend. 4. One of her closest friends died at the weekend. 5. I didn't expect this treatment from my father's oldest friend. 6. She told this to only a few trusted friends. 7. I met Stephano through a friend of a friend. 8. Few people smoke in my circle of friends. 9. Jill is a mutual friend of ours. 10. I've been friends with the Murkets for twenty years. 11. Jenny has always found it easy to make friends at school. 12. He made friends with an old fisherman. 13. I'm not going out with Nathan − we're just good friends. 14. She shot him a quick glance as if unsure whether he was friend or foe. 15. Don't worry, you're among friends. 16. I'm no friend of socialism, as you know. 17. Our friend with the loud voice is back. 18. Friends, we are gathered here today to witness the marriage of John and Beth. 19. Dad, this is my friend Steve. 20. Don't worry, you're among friends here. 21. I'm going out for a drink with a friend of mine tonight. 22. I got a letter from a friend from college. 23. Jerry, I'd like to introduce you to my friend Lucinda. 24. John was a really good friend to me when I had all those problems last year. 25. She's going to Palm Springs with some friends. 26. Who goes there? Friend or foe? 27. And, you know, we all lost a good friend. 28. He flew to Phoenix to be with our friends in their time of suffering. 29. Her parents spent weeks sleeping on a hospital floor, while her sister, Caroline was being cared for by friends. 30. The presence of a bodyguard was a constant reminder of the invisible veil which separated her from her family and friends.

Girlfriend (noun)

1. He's never had a girlfriend. 2. He lives in Chicago with his girlfriend. 3. I didn't have a steady girlfriend. 4. Does Mark have a girlfriend? 5. I met my brother's new girlfriend last night. 6. Katherine is his first girlfriend since breaking up with Maggie. 7. Seth is bringing his new girlfriend to Heidi's party. 8. Wendell hasn't had a steady girlfriend in years. 9. I rushed off to tell my girlfriend at her Catholic convent in Berkshire. 10. I wish I had a girlfriend who'd hug and kiss me when I was going to catch a train. 11. Stumped for ideas and bewildered over all those girlfriends who lacked belief in him, Henderson decides to psychoanalyze his problems. 12. Staley is serving a 15-to 25-year state prison sentence for stalking his ex-girlfriend. 13. The cottage on the left here was bought by some business type who was going to weekend here with his girlfriend. 14. The Press will expect that if you're my new girlfriend. 15. Harry had been suspicious from the moment Jack had introduced him to his new girlfriend.

Boyfriend (noun)

1. Have you met Jilly's new boyfriend yet? 2. All she does is talk about her boyfriend. 3. I was talking to this guy at the bar and he starting asking me whether I was married or had a boyfriend. 4. Is he your new boyfriend? 5. Josh was my first boyfriend. 6. Sarah's doing well and has a serious boyfriend, Michael, whom she plans to marry next year. 7. Her low-life boyfriend kicks her out, leaving her homeless but still sweet and pregnant. 8. Jackie Cooper also starred as her perplexed boyfriend. 9. She could have picked herself a better boyfriend. 10. She must have a family, maybe even a boyfriend, all of them frantic, imagining her missing, even drowned. 11. The car was her and boyfriend Robert; s pride and joy. 12. You and your boyfriend have a wonderful time. 13. In any case, life was much too enjoyable to think about steady boyfriends. 14. The first year at university I had a very steady boyfriend who was doing a similar course as me but mechanical engineering. 15. It would have to be with a steady boyfriend. 16. Now I've met another man but he's her ex boyfriend, although they have my feelings for each other. 17. Before they split up, Stroud had already moved her new boyfriend, Mark Evans into the house as a lodger. 18. My new boyfriend, Raul, used to be his boyfriend last year. 19. We aren't going to tell your new boyfriend anything. 20. After a while my mum's new boyfriend moved in, and he eventually became my mum's fiancé. 21. Her new boyfriend was a young businessman and drove a Sprite and Pam thought he was a good catch.

Jolly (adjective)

1. Everybody was in a very relaxed and jolly mood. 2. We had a jolly time with the family. 3. My uncle was a jolly man with a loud laugh. 4. Sue was always jolly and helpful. 5. After Anaximenes came some one jolly, scoffing, and yet profound: the philosopher-poet Xenophanes. 6. And we did have some jolly evenings. 7. Arthur was their best man and there were jolly pictures of the wedding in the papers. 8. But a nice young man who wanted a bit of chivvying from a jolly girl-friend. 9. Peter Webster, forty-seven, is a jaunty, jolly fellow. 10. They all made a jolly family. 11. Why had he turned so jolly all of a sudden?

Well-bred (adjective)

1. And how could he disguise his well-bred manners and speech? 2. His attitude was that of a well-bred man reluctant to discuss some family difference with a prying outsider. 3. However, the reckless, well-bred show of bravado did not exactly endear the utterer to two other boys of like age. 4. I mean, I am a well-bred woman. 5. Sometimes the health problem can be very serious: Winsome was a well-bred Thoroughbred brood mare. 6. Such a nice, polite, well-bred young woman.

Elder (adjective)

1. His elder son Liam became a lawyer. 2. Sarah is the elder of the two. 3. John's elder brother died in a boating accident. 4. Wright's elder sister is also an actor. 5. And the elder Miss Snoot at her window high up in Old Odborough looks over the roofs of the town. 6. Bruch suggests that a significantly large proportion of anorexics are eldest or elder daughters. 7. But his elder brother John thinks that he knew better what the score was than he ever let on. 8. His elder brother, Nails, still at school, played water-polo for the town and stole cars. 9. In contrast, Jane Alexander as the elder sister and Robert Klein as her bulky beau are hitched to plows. 10. Also present were Bracy Clark and his elder brother, Henry. 11. In character he was very different from his dead elder brother. 12. It was initially his elder brother, Sir Richard Damory, who was more prominent. 13. She was, as she always had been, a kind of benign, elder sister. 14. Her elder sister married the Reverend Norris, who received the living at Mansfield. 15. Terry wrote out messages for his girlfriend Madeleine and their daughter Sulome, his elder daughter Gabrielle and for his sister Peggy. 16. In fact, although Constanze was not such an accomplished singer as her two elder sisters, she was by no means musically illiterate. 17. Mum ran when she was young and my two elder sisters, Lorraine and Lisa, could have been good. 18. There was some difficulty about funds until Laxmidas, Mohandas' elder brother and a lawyer, undertook to supply them. 19. His elder brother Edwin was next in succession to the baronetcy, but he was a total invalid. 20. As the first verdict for Lyle Menendez was read, the elder brother looked straight ahead and then shook his head slowly. 21. His two elder brothers and one sister all died as children. 22. But as the elder brother remains silent, his lawyers are preparing a new tack in their fight against murder charges. 23. Twenty years earlier he fled from an elder brother plotting to kill him. 24. Always he had been overshadowed by his elder brother, the famous Black Douglas − and never wished it otherwise. 25. Two of the survivors had several elder sisters working as compositors. 26. Her elder sister had married and moved to her in-laws. 27. Midge had lost an elder brother, killed by a shell on his nineteenth birthday in the Second World War. 28. On top of all this was the constant need to defend his religion against a clever elder brother who was an atheist. 29. Their elder son, Nicky, had disappeared on his motorcycle in a cloud of dust and anger. 30. Nenna was struck by the difference in her elder daughter since she had seen her last.

Housewife (noun)

1. A warehouse foreman's wife says: I mind writing housewife on a form. 2. And more than half the women interviewed hate the label housewife because it sounds so patronising. 3. But are housewives happy with their lot? 4. But the addition of paid work to the housewife's activities does not mean that she is no longer a housewife. 5. Is she to give up being a housewife, put the children in a day-care centre and take paid work? 6. She didn't want to take him back, she hated the idea, but she was a middle-aged housewife. 7. She was an Ohio housewife with three kids when she got the idea to write a funny column for the local newspaper. 8. The popular image of Mrs Beeton as a middle-aged housewife given to the confection of extravagant recipes is doubly mistaken. 9. Adam cleared away and washed up, happy to act as housewife while he was still unemployed. 10. It would have been much more fun, don't you think, if they'd dressed as housewives. 11. Watchers assumed they were film-stars or monarchs, but looked in their programmes and found each woman self-labelled as an ordinary housewife. 12. This presents a problem for many women, because as a housewife you are not paid. 13. Conception of oneself as a housewife or not is liable to influence a woman's behaviour in a variety of ways. 14. I do think of myself as a housewife. 15. I muttered like a fractious housewife. 16. Today, dressed like a housewife, she looked more human than usual, less distantly dignified. 17. He waved to her from the gate, where she stood like any housewife seeing off her man. 18. Phoebe began to feel like a housewife. 19. One was a 68-year-old lawyer, the other a 73-year-old housewife. 20. For this reason an assessment was made for all the forty women of their levels of identification with the housewife role. 21. A second possibility is that social ranking of wife or housewife roles varies with different socio-economic contexts. 22. The performance of the housewife role in adulthood is prefaced by a long period of apprenticeship. 23. There are also indications from other sources that women's basic allegiance to the housewife role is not class-dependent. 24. This would be evidence against the present finding that identification with the housewife role is not differentiated by class. 25. This suggests that the personal identification of women with the housewife role weights the balance in favour of a psychological involvement in housework.

Naughty (adjective)

1. You're a very naughty boy! Look what you've done! 2. I felt a bit naughty going off on my own, leaving the children behind. 3. Betsy said a naughty word, Mom. 4. Dennis sat on his bed reading a naughty magazine. 5. I don't believe in hitting children, no matter how naughty they've been. 6. We've been looking for you everywhere, you naughty boy! 7. Abraham and MacGregor begin tasting that delicious sense of playing hooky from life, just like two big, naughty kids. 8. Dad was told how naughty James had been and then shouted at him and sent him to the bedroom. 9. Tale-telling on each other and inciting each other to be naughty are frequent problems faced by parents of young children. 10. To allow the naughty child to be seen as good, the good child also needs to be seen as being naughty. 11. Yes, when I was ten and twelve years old, I was very, very naughty. 12. You want your nice boyfriend to do naughty things - the things this girl does in your fantasies. 13. He was no longer her treasure, but a naughty child, too old to be smacked. 14. Then he complains when she begins to behave like a very naughty child. 15. Oh, what a naughty child I was! 16. This story was recounted as a warning to naughty children. 17. Inside there was a climbing frame, Lego roundabout, swings and a wooden catapult for firing naughty children out of the castle. 18. Yet I don't think I used to be very naughty. 19. If you've been a very naughty girl. 20. I think he's wonderful, and very funny, but he's also very naughty.

To be fond of smth / smb / doing smth

1. I'm not overly fond of cooking. 2. I'd grown fond of the place and it was difficult to leave. 3. My grandfather was very fond of handing out advice to all my friends. 4. But mostly this is a love story, and Andersen is clearly fond of his subjects. 5. He was very fond of her but it strained imagination to see how she could fit into a policeman's life. 6. I became fond of his face. 7. She was much too fond of Heathcliff, and the worst punishment we could invent was to keep her separate from him. 8. All this results in a rare phenomenon: Marks and Spencer is a company people are fond of. 9. Commentators are fond of discovering and praising a guidebook clarity in the novel. 10. First, he knew Lewie was fond of him, and Lewie was the boss. 11. I am fond of him, he has been unfailingly kind to me. 12. Like Dad, he was fond of whisky. 13. She was fond of, she liked, probably she loved, Wharton Horricker. 14. There was a desk I was fond of, it's true. 15. "The only reason I make money is so I can give it away," Quigley is fond of saying. 16. Sue's very fond of hiking and backpacking. 17. Dad was fond of whisky, but normally only drank on an evening when work was done. 18. He travelled extensively, was fond of music, and was a competent pianist. 19. I haven't seen Ed for a while, but I'm very fond of him. 20. Rob was her rapt audience, especially fond of her Hamlet. 21. He is not especially fond of killing animals but, as a countryman, he sees culling deer as a necessity. 22. I was especially fond of the chocolate biscuits decorated with crystallised violets.

Eager (adjective)

1. I was eager to get back to work as soon as possible. 2. He's a bright kid and eager to learn. 3. She's a very hard worker and very eager to please. 4. A crowd of eager young students were already waiting outside. 5. Mika is a very hard worker and very eager to please. 6. And everyone at Angelique is genuinely eager to please. 7. But, hey, the show is so earnest and eager to please that such things are almost easy to overlook. 8. Everyone who works there is friendly and eager to please. 9. Her name was Mrs Dempster, and she seemed pleasant and eager to please her new master. 10. Like Julia, Nina is eager to please and dissipates her personality in those around her. 11. Mike and Arlene were eager to please, decent, good, friendly people. 12. The Yugoslavs are a friendly people who are eager to please and will always be happy to help you. 13. The students here are eager to learn. 14. But the estate agent had now found a buyer, one who was eager to move in as soon as possible. 15. Friedrich Bremer has waited long for another victim, and is eager to begin. 16. In such letters he sounded very much himself-direct, sincere, kind, and eager to dispel any possible misunderstanding. 17. It was indeed the down-and-out who seemed most eager to hear the new message. 18. People are quick to slap that label on you, and then just as eager to predict your downfall. 19. They were always eager to help or run messages and she enjoyed making tea and cakes for them. 20. Glover was genial, modest, and always eager to improve himself. 21. Bosses were not always eager to befriend trainees. 22. Danny himself has two young children, always eager for exciting stories. 23. They are always eager to learn more about the world in which they live... 24. Cousteau, barely in his twenties, was a happy-go-lucky youngster, always eager and willing and a more than competent seaman. 25. And not such a bad parent − always with time to spare, always eager to please, often funny.

Against (preposition)

1. Every council member voted against the proposal. 2. He advised me against travelling. 3. Mr Howard has declared that he is against all forms of racism. 4. They got married against her parents' wishes. 5. She has been kept in the house against her will. 6. The use of certain drugs is against the law. 7. It's against my principles to borrow money. 8. There ought to be a law against it. 9. Gambotti was injured in last Saturday's game against the Lions. 10. We'll be competing against some of the best companies in Europe. 11. There had been death threats against prison staff. 12. Your lack of experience could count against you. 13. The regulations tend to work against smaller companies. 14. The car skidded and we could hear the crunch of metal against metal. 15. There was a ladder propped up against the wall. 16. The younger policeman was leaning against the bureau with his arms folded. 17. She dived down and swam out strongly against the current. 18. He could see a line of figures silhouetted against the sky. 19. It is important to know what colours look good against your skin. 20. The reforms were introduced against a background of social unrest. 21. The pound has fallen 10% against the dollar. 22. She checked the contents of the box against the list. 23. The cost of the proposed research needs to be balanced against its benefits. 24. He has always emphatically denied the allegations against him. 25. The evidence against you is overwhelming. 26. You see, this is what we're up against − the suppliers just aren't reliable. 27. I don't have anything against babies. I just don't feel very comfortable with them. 28. Eating good food is good insurance against sickness. 29. Everyone was against closing the factory. 30. Only 3% of blacks were registered voters against 97% of the white residents.

Peace (noun)

1. The country is at peace with its neighbours for the first time in years. 2. By the end of the century, France had made peace with Britain. 3. An uneasy peace continued until 1939. 4. I'll leave you now and let you get dressed in peace. 5. I wish she would just leave me in peace. 6. All I want is some peace. 7. She had weekends off, and looked forward to a bit of peace and quiet. 8. So she'd be able to have a few moments of peace and quiet in which to interview the woman. 9. Will he add one more right to the patients charter − that of peace and quiet for sick people in hospital? 10. Having household insurance is supposed to give you peace of mind. 11. Lynn seems to be more at peace with herself these days. 12. All her life she'd been an active member of the peace movement. 13. Can't we just have peace in the family? 14. In 1648 the Peace of Westphalia ended the 30 Years War. 15. It was a dangerous situation that threatened world peace. 16. More than 250,000 people died before a peace agreement was reached. 17. Now go away and let me get on with my work in peace. 18. Residents say that the new development would shatter the peace of their area. 19. I sat and enjoyed a few minutes of peace and quiet. 20. If I must sacrifice a few moments in the interests of subsequent peace and quiet, so be it. 21. She might have guessed that as soon as she tried for a little peace and quiet the whole place would be inundated with callers. 22. Still you could always come back to Malia for a little peace and quiet in the local monastery! 23. Some of these children have never known a time of peace. 24. The United States urged Moscow and the rebels to resume peace talks. 25. There has been peace in the region for six years now.

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