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3. Choose the best answer (A-D) which best completes each sentence below.
1. He came into the house snow-covered and … .
A trembling
B quivering
C shivering
D shuddering
2. She is always ready to provide … assistance.
A quick
B prompt
C fast
D swift
3. Look at that great honey-coloured moon that hangs in the … air.
A dark
B dim
C obscure
D dusky
4. Nor could I … off a feeling that Aunt Louise was sitting beside me, enjoying it too.
A put
B take
C shake
D get
5. For a moment he felt the old shame … in him.
A arouse
B increase
C elevate
D rise
6. The hamper gave off a … odor of melons.
A red
B dim
C obscure
D faint
7. Halfway up his … stairway he met – or rather came upon, for she rested on the stair – a young woman of a beauty that should balk even the justice of a poet's imagination.
A dark
B dim
C obscure
D faint
8. Her eyes were sparkling …, and colour had come to her cheek.
A quick
B bright
C red
D marvellous
4. Translate the following sentences into English.
1. а) В тьмяному світлі ліхтарів важко було розібрати назву вулиці. б) В декораціях до вистави «Дванадцята ніч» у виконанні Шекспірівського меморіального театру переважали темні тони.
2. а) Швидке виконання наказу вирішило успіх операції. б) Глядачі милувалися прудкими, легкими рухами акробатів.
PHRASEOLOGY
1. Think of one word only which can be used appropriately in all the three sentences.
1)
a) The next book must break new … , provide new insights, provide a new way of looking, or perhaps even a way of re-seeing the familiar.
b) I was trespassing on forbidden … , getting close to revealing more than I should.
c) Gregory and Blount had previously agreed to stand their … , and if any further treachery were intended it was to be frustrated with bullets.
2)
a) She gulped, unable to continue speaking as she fought to … back the tears that were threatening to fall yet again.
b) … up the good work!
c) She sat in a chair with a shawl over her shoulders to … off the draughts.
3)
a) Banks are under pressure from zealous regulators to raise reserves against … loans, and to be cautious about making new loans.
b) Her voice was … , her eyes had become round and dull with astonishment.
c) Every time she met him she felt … .