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Question
Make a meaningful sentence of your own using the following phrase.
"to look into”
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1. This play has been translated into English from the Russian original. Are there any expressions or ways of speaking that strike you as more Russian than English? For example, would an adult man be addressed by an older man as my darling or my treasure in an English play?
Read through the play carefully, and find expressions that you think are not used in contemporary English, and contrast these with idiomatic modern English expressions that also occur in the play.
3. Look up the following phrases in a dictionary to find out their meaning, and then use each in a sentence of your own.
(i) You may take it that
(ii) He seems to be coming round
(iii) My foot’s gone to sleep
Find out the meaning of the following phrase. Use them in your own sentence.
a black eye
Find out the meaning of the following phrase. Use them in your own sentence.
knock someone down
Insert the appropriate word/phrase given below, in the sentence that follow.
After the death of my pet dog, my ______ when dad got me a new pup.
Use the following idiom/phrase in sentences of your own.
sign off
Fill the gap in choosing the appropriate idioms.
The wealthy landlord made a will __________ before he could die.
Fill in the blank a word or a phrase given in the brackets in their appropriate form.
I had seen asparagus in the shops, my mouth often____________ at the sight of them.
Read the text again. You will find that the text contains many phrases. Match the phrases in ‘A’ and their meanings in ‘B’. After matching their meanings, make sentences of your own.
| ‘A’ Phrases | ‘B’ Meanings |
| 1. run of terrible bad luck | a. hit on a topic |
| 2. draws heavily on | b. without being affected by a particular factor |
| 3. struck a chord | c. endure in difficult circumstances |
| 4. in spite of | d. a period of time when bad things happen |
| 5. holding on | e. makes use of |
Name the five sensory organs and provide phrases/idioms/proverbs related to them. (One is given for you.)
- to turn a deaf ear ____________
- ____________________________
- ____________________________
- ____________________________
- ____________________________
