Memorize the following word combinations from the text. Use them in the situations from the story.

to give (do) a confidence

to take a liberty with smb

to be at one’s fullest

to be foreign to (smb., smth.)

to develop into a great man

to perceive

to be out of place

to be not quite so simple as it sounds

a morbid horror (of)

an odious creature

2. a) Make up collocations with verb to conceal using the spidergram.

b) Which of them are used in “The Supreme Illusion”?

3. Insert prepositions

1. I had not seen him … nearly twenty years, but I recognized … that soft and melancholy Jewish face, … the soft moustache and the soft beard, the wistful features … the boy … fifteen.

2. There is a certain pleasure … feeling that you have been … school … a relative … so tremendous a European celebrity.

3. He was one … the darlings of success and … an absurdly luxurious civilization.

4. He seemed singularly … …place … the vast foyer of the Hotel Terminus.

5. … the success … my first play I wrote the second specially … her, and I imposed her … the management.

6. I hate the idea … her acting …public.

7. His valet served us …tea … a large private drawing-room … the sixth floor.

8. It was impossible … Octave to use the lift, as he was convinced that he would die … it.

4. a) Make up expressions with the noun living (the way that you earn money or the money that you earn)

b) Consult your dictionary to learn the meanings of the word combinations:

living – fossil

living – room

living – wage

living – will

5. a) Study the difference between the synonymous words:

agreeable, pleasant, pleasing

amazement, astonishment, surprise, wonder

to conceal, to hide, to disguise

courage, pluck

to consent, to agree

huge, enormous, tremendous

to speak, to murmur, to mutter

to cry, to scream, to shout

hard – tough

liberty – freedom

odious – hateful, detestable

horror – fear

valet – servant

b) Which of them can you find in the story under discussion?

6. a) Study the meaning of the word “season”

1) time of the year – one of the four periods of the year,

2) usual time for smth – a period of the year when a particular thing happens,

3) holiday – the time of the year when most people take their holidays,

4) fashion – the time in each year when new styles of clothes, hair are produced and become fashionable,

5) films, plays, etc. – a series of films, plays, TV programmes etc. that are shown during a particular period of time,

6) Vegetables and fruit are available and ready to eat – in season

b) What meaning of the word season is implied by A. Bennett in the sentence?

… the season was at its fullest half London being as usual in Paris...

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