Yusupov Oybek Nematjonovich Ahmedova Nigora Shavkatovna

5. Comment on the structure and function of the standard colloquial words 
and expressions. 
1. “Can we have some money to go to the show this aft, Daddy? (H.)
2. “We Woosters are, all for that good old medievJ hosp. and all that, but when 
it comes to finding chappie collaring your b.ed, the thing becomes a trifle too mouldy 
(P.G.W.) 

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3. “Officers’ dance last night, Sir,” this tech said . .“Congrats.” (J. H.) 
4. I was feeling about as cheerio as was possible under the circs when a muffled 
voice hailed me from the north east... (P. G. W.) 
5. His expenses didn’t go down ... washing cost packet and you’d be surprised 
the amount of linen he needed. (S.M.) 
6. “Hello, kid! Gee, you look cute, all right.” (Dr.) 
VI. Compare the literary and colloquial modes of expression. 
1. “The scheme I would suggest cannot fail of success, but It has what may 
seem to you a drawback, sir, in that it requires a certain financial outlay.” «He 
means,” I translated to Corky, “that lie has got; pippin of an idea but it’s going to cost 
a bit.” (P. G. W.) 
2. “I say old boy, where do you hang out?” Mr. Pickwick' responded that he 
was at present suspended at the Georg' and Vulture. (D.) 
3. “Prithee, give me some ham, piping hot, fragrant with the flavour of cloves, 
brown sugar and tasty sauce Serve it between fresh slices of nourishing brown and 
buttered bread. And draw for your faithful servant a cup of aromatic coffee with 
cream that is rich and pure.” The girl gave him a frigid glance and cried to the 
kitchen. “Pig on rye and java with.” (Ev.) 
4. “Obviously an emissary of Mr. Bunyan had obtained clandestine access to 
her apartment in her absence anc purloined the communications in question.” 
It took Lord Uffenham some moments to work this out but eventually he unravelled it 
and was able to translate it from the butlerese. What the man was trying to say that 
some low blister, bought with Bunyan’s gold, had sneaked into the girl’s flat and 
pinched the bally things. (P. G. W.) 
5. “Here she is,” said Quilp ... “there is the woman ought to have married—
there is the beautiful Sarah-there is the female who has all the charms of her sex and 
none of their weakness. Oh, Sally, Sally.” (D.) 

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6. I need the stimulation of good company. He term this riff-raff. The plain fact 
is, 1 am misunderstood (D. duM.)