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VOCABULARY EXERCISES
1. Study the essential vocabulary and translate the illustrative examples into 
Russian
2. Translate the following sentences into Russian:
(A)
1. He had never seen such an expression on her face. And since it 
is always the unusual which alarms, he was alarmed. 2. Luckily a 
passer-by heard the burglar-alarm ringing in the jewellery store. 3. The 
world’s forests are shrinking at an alarming rate. 4. She set the alarm 
to go off at five. 5. She must be very nervous, she fusses about all the 
time. 6. “I really don’t see what you’re making such a fuss about,” said 
Larry coldly. 7. Why fuss so much about this trip? The things are 
already packed, the accounts paid. 8. She doesn’t see her grandchildren 
very often so she tends to make a real fuss of them when she does. 
9. George Smith had put on weight and got heavier in his movements, 
began to go grey and lose his temper now and then. 10. The want of 
sympathy on the part of the world made George sell his banjo at a 
great loss. 11. Tom seemed lost in thought. 12. There are losses that 
cannot be made up for. 13. No great loss without a small gain (pro-
verb).

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(B)
1. Susan was afraid of becoming addicted to tranquillizers. 
2. Drug addiction is a plague of the 20th century. 3. The problem 
with video games is that they are addictive. 4. We don’t know the 
extent of his involvement in the affair. 5. The accident involved 
two cars and a lorry. 6. She didn’t feel like getting involved in a 
long argument on the phone so she hung up. 7. Travel tends to 
sophisticate a person. 8. Some pieces of modern music can be ap-
preciated only by a very sophisticated audience. 9. She was a coun-
try girl, shy and unsophisticated, so different from her rich cousin 
in New York. 10. The experiment involved sophisticated technolo-
gies. 11. His most valued possession — his daughter — was of me-
dium height and colour, with short, dark-chestnut hair. 12. You 
should have learned to value other people’s time. 13. I will say it 
to John, his services to us are invaluable. 14. Though he prided 
himself on trusting no one, he always accepted at face value any 
friendly gesture that was offered to him. 15. The expedition was in 
urgent need of supplies. 16. “He knows his stuff”, said Monsier 
Poirot with evident approval. 17. He stuffed his ears with cotton 
wool not to be distracted by the noise.