Arakin 4 kurs new 001 176. indd

14. Finish the sentences:
A
1. Nicholas was not to be one of the party ... 
2. Only that morning he had refused to eat his wholesome bread-
and- milk ... .
3. The sin of taking the frog from the garden and putting it into a 
bowl of wholesome bread-and- milk ... 
4. But the fact that stood out clearest in the whole affair as it pre-
sented itself to the mind of Nicholas was that the older and wiser and 
better people ... 
5. If all the children sinned collectively they were suddenly in-
formed of a circus in ... to which ... 
6. As a matter of fact, however all the crying was done by his 
younger girl-cousin who... 
7. The aunt had many other things to do that afternoon but she 
spent ... 
8. The key turned stiffly in the lock, but it turned. The door opened 
and ... 
B
1. Often and often Nicholas pictured to himself that region that 
was so carefully sealed from ... 
2. First and foremost, there was a piece of framed tapestry that ... 
3. That part of the picture was ... .
4. She had grown suspicious at his long disappearance, and ... 
5. There was an unusual sense of luxury in being able to talk to aunt 
as though one was talking to the Evil One, but Nicholas knew, ... 

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6. Tea that evening was partaken of ... 
7. The tide had been at its highest when the children had arrived 
at Jagborough Cove — a circumstance that the aunt ... 
8. The tightness of Bobby’s boots had ...
9. The aunt maintained the frozen muteness of one who had suf-
fered ... 
15. Explain what is meant by:
the fact that stood out clearest in the whole affair; an unwar-
ranted stretch of imagination; the delights that he had justly for-
feited; a circus of unrivalled merit and uncounted elephants; without 
any of the elation of high spirit that should have characterized it; (did 
not) admit the flawlessness of the reasoning; wriggling his way with 
obvious stealth of purpose; self-imposed sentry duty; having thor-
oughly confirmed and fortified her suspicions; the aunt by assertion; 
there were wonderful things for the eyes to feast on; such luxuries 
were not to be over-indulged in; the children could not have been 
said to have enjoyed themselves; (of) one who has suffered undigni-
fied and unmerited detention.