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16. See the guidelines for writing a summary in part II and give a summary 
of the text
VOCABULARY EXERCISES
1. Study the essential vocabulary and translate the following sentences into 
Russian
A
1. We want the best man for the job; money is no object. 2. The 
sole object of their expedition was to find and film the rare creatures. 
3. I’ve no objection to anybody coming into my lesson. 4. “Objection 
overruled”, said the judge. 5. My father is a very calm person, but my 
mother is just the opposite. 6. Most of the local residents opposed the 
closing of their hospital. 7. We hold almost diametrically opposing 
points of view. 8. He stood his ground against all opposition. 9. We have 
good grounds for thinking that she’s dishonest. 10. We went for a walk 
around the hospital grounds. 11. Don’t mention his health, it’s forbid-
den ground. 12. She didn’t overlook a thing in planning the party. 
13. June went there sometimes to cheer the old things up. 14. That was 
an unkind thing to say. 15. She’s got a thing about fast cars. 16. I’ll phone 
him first thing in the morning. 17. The thing is, my parents like me to 
be home by 20 o’clock. 18. Things have been going very well for us 
recently. 19. A week’s rest would be the very thing. 20. That was a ter-
rible thing to do. 21. Let’s call the whole thing off.
B
1. When she began the job she showed initiative and was pro-
moted to manager after a year. 2. Initially he opposed the plan but 
later changed his mind. 3. She worked her initials in red. 4. The young 
man after initial shyness turned into a considerable social success. 
5. I shouldn’t always have to tell you what to do, use your initiative 

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for once! 6. You attend to your affairs and I’ll attend to mine. 7. He 
drew attention to the rising unemployment among miners. 8. She left 
her luggage unattended. 9. Are you sure you’d like the publicity which 
would attend a career in television? 10. The nurse tried to reassure 
the frightened child. 11. She looked at me reassuringly. 12. He spoke 
in his usual assured tones. 13. We would like to assure our customers 
of the best possible service. 14. We yielded to their arguments. 15. The 
lock was old and yielded when we pushed the door.