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2. Which of the synonyms in the two groups given below do you prefer if you wish to stress the highest degree of the feeling?
1. Surprised, astonished, amazed; 2. Delight, pleasure, rapture.
3. Choose the answer (A-D) which best completes each sentence below.
1. He had never lost his vivid youthful … .
A fantasy
B fancy
C imagination
D perception
2. The way she behaved … many people.
A astounded
B flabbergasted
C amazed
D astonished
3. Sometimes it seemed to him that she had a taste for … .
A sadness
B melancholy
C dejection
D gloom
PHRASEOLOGY
1. Paraphrase the phraseological expressions italicized.
1. "Oh, do not so, good my lady!" replied Janet... "Do not cross Varney's path, for... few have thriven who have thwarted his courses." (Scott) 2. Instead of antagonizing the unions, which had been their previous policy, the socialists proceeded to conciliate the unions... And this policy... has reaped fruits far beyond their fondest expectations. (J. London) 3. ... nothing these two highly educated people say can confound him. He holds his own in both worlds — the physical and the intellectual. (P. S. Foner) 4. ... she realized the hopelessness of her endeavours, the medical scheme took new hold of her, and seemed to her the only method to escape.
(M. Twain) 5. I even held my breath, as one does with toothache. I didn't think about the Viets who would soon be searching the ruins of the tower. (G. Greene) 6. "Ever had any trouble in the office?"--"No, sir, you can make enquiry." (Galsworthy)
7. Your confidence in me ought to be returned with full confidence on my part. (Dickens) 8. ... she observed with surprise, that famous statesmen and soldiers did not talk like gods, ... but said rather commonplace things for the most part...
(M. Twain) 9. And as time presses... the sooner I see him the better. (Collins)
10. Richard said... he would leave her, being pressed for time. (Dickens) 11. The romance, and beauty, and high vigour of the books were coming true. (J. London) 12. He was, in truth, a rare phenomenon; so perfect, in one point of view; so shallow... in every other. (Hawthorne) 13. Before I read it I began to wonder whether at the end I should lie or tell the truth to Phuong. (G. Greene)