Match the words and phrases with their definitions

1. cut sb (dead) A stronger form is "to cut sb dead" 2. devise (to devise a plan to escape from prison) 3. callous — 4. not to mince one's words — 5. remorse (a twinge of remorse) 6. neck and crop — 7. be sore with sb — 8. show (see) sth to best advantage — 9. still-life — 10. amateur — 11. the last word (in painting) — 12. lop-sided — 13. life-size — 14. caricature — 15. crude (paintings) — 16. disclose (a secret) — 17. medium (pi mediums or media)— 18. be at sea — 19. hold forth — 20. predecessor —

n person who paints pictures, performs music, acts in plays, etc, for the love of it, not for money adj 1. raw, not prepared for use: oil; 2. (fig) not properly worked out, not finished: meth­ods; 3. not having grace, taste or refinement: manners; (of pictures) painted without skill, in harsh colours be confused, muddled deliberately ignore or refuse to recognize a person on meeting him n a sense of guilt; the pricking of conscience in a way that enables sth to be seen, shown or used in the best way п аpicture of a person or thing or an imitation made or done so that the person or thing appears ridiculous speak publicly, talk or preach speak plainly or bluntly in condemnation of sth or sb; not to take pains to keep within the bounds of politeness adj hanging lower on one side than on the other n I. an ancestor; 2. one who has held a position before another vt think out, plan, invent be annoyed, vexed, agrieved the very latest; all that could be desired vt to make known, uncover, bring to light adj 1. hardened by rough work (of the skin); 2. (fig) unfeeling, indifferent to the feelings or suffer­ings of others n 1. representation of non-living things (eg fruit, flowers, etc) in painting; 2. painting of this kind (pi -lifes) n anagency or means, that by which sth is / may be done or expressed bodily, altogether, bag and baggage adj having the same size, proportions, etc, as the object that is represented (of pictures, statues, etc)

A. Training Exercises

I. Translate into Russian the passage beginning with "I will not de­scribe the pictures...", ending with "...now all the world allows" (Ch. XLII).

II. Find synonyms for:

means; to ignore sb; annoyed; indifferent; inexpert; confused; to invent; pricks of conscience; coarse.

III. Suggest words and phrases from your active vocabulary:

1. not to know how to act;

2. to pretend not to have seen;

3. to make known what has been kept secret;

4. bitter regret for wrongdoing;

5. to speak bluntly;

6. to be puzzled;

7. at a loss;

8. to be vexed.

IV. Paraphrase the following sentences:

1. Nodding, for it would have been childish to cut him, I walked on quickly...

2. I expect that Shakespeare devised lago with a gusto which he never knew when... he imagined Desdemona.

3. It may be that in his rogues the writer gratifies instincts deep-rooted in him...

4. His callousness was inhuman, and in my indigna­tion I was not inclined to mince my words.

5. A woman can forgive a man for the harm he does her, but she can never forgive him for the sacrifices he makes on her account.

6. A man's work reveals him.

7. I know very little about painting, and I wander along trails that others have blazed for me.

8. They seemed to me ugly, but they suggested with­out disclosing a secret of momentous significance.

9. He was under an intolerable necessity to convey something that he felt...

10. We are like people living in a country whose lan­guage they know so little that, with all manner of beautiful and profound things to say, they are con­demned to the banalities of the conversation manual.

V. Explain in English the meaning of the following words and expres­sions. Make up sentences to illustrate their usage:

a twinge of remorse; the last word in sth; to disclose a secret; old masters; landscape; to hold forth; amateur; still-life; conversationalist; ill-assorted.

B. Speech Exercises

I. Say what you know about the painters mentioned in Chapters XLII and XLIV. Get ready to speak about the life and work of one of the following artists:

Van Gogh; Cezanne; Monet; El Greco; Velasquez; Char-din; Rembrandt; Brueghel the Elder; Manet; Sisley; Degas.

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