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17. Give a summary of the text, dividing it into several logical parts
18. Make up and act out dialogues between:
1. The aunt and Nicholas.
2. The two aunts after the tea.
3. Nicholas and the children after they all went to bed.
19. Suppose Nicholas turned up at the same house twenty years later. Describe 
his reactions to his childhood surrounding
20. Make up and practise short dialogues or stories using the essential vo-
cabulary

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21. Complete the sentences by changing the form of the word in capitals
Students learning English as a second lan-
guage are sometimes given a word by their 
teacher and asked to give an … as to what that 
word means; in other words , to provide a …
The … is that if you know a word, you can 
define it.
…, that might make sense, but in reality it is 
not always … to assume that. There are words and 
phrases that even native speakers use in conversa-
tion without much … which can lead to … when 
you ask a native speaker to define them. Take the 
… “zeitgeist” for example, which has entered Eng-
lish from German. It’s … much easier to use it than 
to define. With a word like ‘zeitgeist’ it may be 
more … to test the student’s understanding in 
ways other than asking them to define.
EXPLAIN
DEFINE
ASSUME
LOGIC
REASON
THINK
CONFUSE
CONCEIVE
DOUBT
SENSE
VOCABULARY EXERCISES
1. Study the essential vocabulary and translate the illustrative examples into 
Russian
1. James who felt very uncomfortable in that low chair, shifted his 
feet uneasily. 2. Laws shift from generation to generation. 3. “That 
was one of the best races of my life”, said an elated runner. 4. The na-
tion’s wealth in the country came to be concentrated in a few families. 
5. The key to the code evaded all his efforts. 6. The latest reports 
confirmed the information he had previously received. 7. I think you 
ought to speak to him before he gets the habit confirmed. 8. We think, 
we may as well give up the flat and store our things, we’ll be gone for 
the summer. 9. He complains that his services have been overlooked 
by his employers. 10. We are well underway with the publication of 
the textbook. 11. “I can give you a lift”. “No, I’m going the other way”. 
12. There is nothing unusual of the letter, nothing out of the way. 
13. I gave him up (abandon) because didn’t want to stand in his way. 
14. Remember if there is any way in which I help you, it will be a 
pleasure. 15. Now they were inclined to meet us half-way. 16. I’ll see 

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to everything. All you have to do is not to get in the way. 17. He was 
walking part of the way home with me. 18. She didn’t say anything 
but made way for us to pass.