Arakin 4 kurs new 001 176. indd

The West Country
is the southwest of England.
SPEECH PATTERNS
1. He was just going to pitch the postcard in the fire when suddenly 
he 
decided not to.
David was just about to order a plane ticket when suddenly he 
decided not to.
The little boy seemed ready to jump into the icy cold water but 
then he decided not to.
2. It isn’t a pleasant experience, 
I can tell you.
It isn’t easy to get tickets to the Bolshoi, I can tell you.
That’s not the first time he has acted this way, I can tell you.
3.
How was it that
he had never noticed the most significant fact 
about the postcards...?
How was it that he was home all day, but didn’t answer any of 
our phone calls?
How is it that we can put a man in space, but we can’t cure the 
common cold?

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PHRASES AND COLLOCATIONS
1. to get/come to grips with
9. to have one’s feet (firm) 
smb/smth (informal) 
on the ground
2. to take up (time and 
10. to have things one’s own
energy) 
way
3. to linger in the mind 
11. to get into a groove/rut
4. a borderline case 
(informal)
5. to plump for smth 
12. to look round for ideas 
(informal) 
13. 
an 
odd 
coincidence
6. to ponder over smth
14. to feel reassured
7. to feel a stirring of
15. to send smb to Coventry
curiosity/hatred/interest 
(informal)
8. to size up smb/smth
16. in the flesh
(informal) 
17. to have/bear a grudge 
against 
smb
ESSENTIAL VOCABULARY
1. 
object
n
1) (C) a material thing:
 What is that dark object over there?
2) (C) slightly 
fml. 
Something or someone which causes particular feel-
ings or actions, as an object of pity/admiration /embarrassment/ ridicule: 
She became an object of ridicule among the other pupils. The disaster was 
an object lesson in how not to run a school. 
3) (C) purpose or reason for 
doing something: 
The object of her visit was not clear.
object
vi 
to say that you are against something because it is unfair 
or morally wrong: 
They want to sell the car, and naturally he objects. I 
object to the whole thing on principle.