Arakin 4 kurs new 001 176. indd

4. Translate the following sentences into English:
1. Чего ему действительно не хватало, так это чувство меры. 2. Что меня 
больше всего удивило в Джейн, так это её самообладание. 3. Ему просто не 
хватало знаний по истории этой страны. 4. Подростки часто считают, что 
наиболее интересные фильмы это те, которые им не разрешено смотреть. 
5. Психологи полагают, что наиболее эффективны те замечания, которые 
вы делаете с глазу на глаз, не на людях. 6. Самыми трогательными сценами 
в фильме были те, в которых снимались дети. 7. Часто самыми ценными 
для нас подарками становятся те, которые подарили дорогие нам люди. 
8. Я и понятия не имел, куда он метит. 9. Он и не подозревал, что ей нужно. 10. Она 
и не догадывалась, чем это всё кончилось.
5a) Consult a dictionary and make up a list of adjectives beginning with “ill-”, 
e.g. “ill-bred”. Give the Russian equivalents.
5b) Translate the following sentences into Russian:
l. He is ill-disposed towards the idea. 2. There is a lot of ill-feeling 
between the two families. 3. John was ill-humoured that day and could 
not conceal it. 4. Your accusation is ill-founded. 5. No wonder there 
is a vacancy, the job is ill-paid. 6. As the piano was ill-tuned the 

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owner had to bring down the price. 7. She seemed ill-suited for the 
job of TV anchorperson. 8. She was ill-advised to buy that old house. 
9. My mother-in-law left the house earlier than she had planned be-
cause she was ill-treated. 10. His attempt was ill-fated.
6. Paraphase the following sentences using the phrases and word combina-
tions:
1. Who won the race? 2. This is the latest information on the situ-
ation. 3. Have you included the latest data into the computer data-
base? 4. Linguistics includes a diverse range of subjects such as 
phonetics and stylistics. 5. His illness started after that awful accident 
he was involved in. 6. Teachers are always complaining that many of 
their pupils have no manners. 7. The suit didn’t fit — it was badly cut. 
8. Once she’d started eating junk food she couldn’t stop. 9. Most 
children are unable to stop watching TV. 10. Modern cosmology 
believes the Universe to have appeared about fifteen billion years ago. 
11. There are all kinds of opinion on the issue.