Vocabulary Practice

I. Find a synonym from the text to the underlined words and word combinations:

1) from time to time

2) to stress, to underline

3) freedom

4) sympathy

5) the highest point

6) dramatist

7) device and assistance

8) to enroll in the army

9) to provide smb. with smth.

10) American literature

11) to have to face

12) to bear bravely

13) to support the traditional reputation

14) to be appointed

 

 

II. Translate into English:

 

1) прорваться сквозь границы языка

2) сохраняться

3) быть тяжело раненым

4) реализовать свое стремление

5) эмигрант

6) извлечь выгоду

7) наделять кого-либо чем-либо, приписывать кому-либо что-либо

8) трогательный очерк

9) передать (опыт)

10) улов

11) оставить один скелет

12) совершить самоубийство

13) тяжелая жизнь

14) вымучивать

15) следовательно

16) ученый

17) расколоться от напряжения

18) ясновидение

19) вследствие чего-либо

20) отчужденный

21) самоуверенный, нахальный

22) ослаблять

23) расстаться

24) не доверять

25) набросать

26) осмысленное изложение

27) главный герой

28) пойти незамеченным

29) сложные обстоятельства

30) воплощение

III. Fill in the blanks with prepositions where necessary:

 

1. It was the car accident that influenced … his life so greatly.
2. After graduation … university he decided to enlist … the army, though he was already appointed … the post of the chief accountant.
3. The main purpose of their work was to contribute … the development of the world science.
4. Despite the fact that a lot of people own a car nowadays, bicycles are still … daily use.
5. Believe me, you’ll never regret if you get to know him better, you can only profit … this acquaintance.
6. … all probability he won’t touch … the matter that interests you.
7. The professor started his speech with enumerating the problems and went … with describing the ways of solving them.
8. In 1954 Hemingway was awarded … the Nobel Prize for Literature.
9. He didn’t change his mind and insisted on dismissing the worker though later he often suffered … fits of remorse.
10. It’s difficult for a teacher to understand at once what the students are capable … . Therefore after the first lesson the teacher’s assessment … the group may be wrong.