where other doctors had failed. 25. He had never known fear and could not recall a time when his nerves had failed him. 26. He

held out his hand, and for a moment speech failed him. Then he rose to the occasion. "Pleased to meet you," said Mr. Burt. 27. He

tried jokes, but John failed to manage even a routine smile. 28. Do you think I'm a failure as a writer? — Failure's a thing you

measure at the end of a life. You haven't failed yet — not till you give writing up or die.

3. Paraphrase the following sentences using your active vocabulary:

A. 1. The words were hardly out of her mouth when she wished she had not told Ann her secret. 2. It is equally wrong to trust all

and none. 3. His assurance of success was infectious. 4. You seem to be very sure of his ability. 5. Now she seemed to linger at table,

evidently inclined to have a heart-to-heart talk. 6 . 1 wonder if there is anything that can make him a bit less sure of himself. 7. You

are making a mistake: you're taking me for somebody else. 8. Everybody was made uncomfortable by the turn of the talk. 9. Her

things are always thrown about in a mess. 10. She put the coin in the slot and took up the receiver. 11. Since I have taken the case up,

I mean to give up everything in order to see it through. 12. For the time being let's stop the argument. 13. "After a certain age," said

aunt Ann, "one gets a liking for falling asleep at improper moments." 14. The boy just won't obey his mother. 15. Who will look after

the children when you're away? 16. And again she was unable to tell whether he would have objected or not. 17. Don't forget that you

must be back before twelve. 18. He seemed about to deny everything but thought better of it. 19. But here was a man who sincerely

did not care what people thought of him.

B, 1. How long has he been working as a lawyer? 2. The plan seems good to me, let's think how best to carry it out. 3. It was a

habit with Father to have the magazines bound as volumes. 4. Strange to say it was Johnny who settled everything. 5. You do say

ridiculous things sometimes. 6. There are some mighty suspicious things going on here. 7. She said she had nothing to do with it. 8.

The mother's worry over her daughter's poor health kept her awake all night. 9. "The matter affects the interest of a friend for whom

I'm acting," said the lawyer. 10. Why do you interest yourself in other people's affairs? 11. Nothing was said about the matter. 12. He

has a very worried look today. 13. The boy seemed to be more interested in food than in the conversation. 14. Her heart went out to

him in understanding. 15.1 smiled at her to show my affectionate understanding. 16. He had kindly understanding eyes and the

manner of one who had done a little suffering of his own accord. 17. He was sure that he would be successful this time. 18. Robert

felt that the guilt was partly his own, that he had let him down as a human being. 19. I cannot see the humour in it. 20. I don't believe

you know what lack of success is.

4. Explain or comment on the following sentences:

A. 1. He had a suspicion that Stella did not take her father into her confidence. 2. You could not have imagined a more trustwor -

thy person, he enjoyed everyone's confidence. 3.1 hesitated before making the decision: the offer did not inspire confidence. 4. It

might give him confidence in himself to let him try. 5. She could always draw confindences from a heart of stone. 6. Did he know

enough of real life to speak with confidence on anything? 7. I'm a lawyer. A client's communications are confidential. 8. She rose and

silently started for the exit door. 9. When he returned to London,-he started a little restaurant in Soho. 10. The untidy room of the

first-floor in Baker Street had been the starting-point of many remarkable adventures. 11. You must have confused me with someone

else. 12. He was never embarrassed, always ready with some glib explanation. 13. He was left in a state of confusion and despair. 14.

Some Englishmen drop their h's. 15. He was not a man who let a thing drop when he had set his mind on it. 16. Once more he

seemed to drop a curtain between himself and the others in the room. 17. He seems to have dropped most of his friends. 18. Drop me

a line when you are away. 19. The last thing I heard as I was dropping off to sleep was Mr. Lendow's voice saying good-night to

Carol. 20. Will you mind my luggage while I go and find out? 21. So I decided to mind my own business and to say nothing about

what I had seen. 22. The children mind her like trained seals. 23. "Mind how you go or you'll knock your head," Lucas warned him.

24. They did not seem to mind each other's presence in the least. 25. And then, being a fair-minded man, he looked at the other side

of the question. 26. I tried to concentrate, but my mind wouldn't work properly. 27. "I have a logical mind," she returned, "which you

have not and never will." 28. His eyes, when they looked at you directly, gave you the feeling that they were seeing right through

your mind. 29. His name had conveyed nothing to me; perhaps it was kept in mind only by journalists. 30. Keep in mind the purpose

of your speech and speak to the point. 31.1 tried to get my mind on my drawing, and did a few lines; but it was no use. 32. It just

didn't come to my mind. 33. If Melody could not make up her own mind — well, it must be made up for her. 34.1 wasn't in two

minds and acted quickly. 35. I've got a good mind to quit.

B. 1. The new doctor had only a small practice. 2. It is the practice of this surgeon to give local anaesthetics whenever possible. 3.

The odds are against this football team. 4. But oddly enough, though so much alike, they detest each other. 5. There weje several

things about it all that struck me as queer. 6. Everybody was filled with concern when news came that Father was seriously ill. 7.

Laura and Linda exchanged concerned glances. 8. I knew those concerned and was eager to learn the whole story. 9. I know him well

enough to be sure that he is not concerned in the affair. 10. As practising physicians we're naturally concerned with the profes sional

standards you maintain here. 11. Andrew dropped his eyes, sympathizing, yet hardly knowing what to say. 12. Dottie remained silent,

merely watching him sympathetically. 13. Angela was oppressed by a sense of injustice, but her mother was unsympathetic. 14. His

mission was ending and he felt that he had failed. 15. My eyesight has been failing me for some time. 16. During the anec dotes he

never failed to laugh at exactly the right point. 17. The pilot could not fail to see us there on the open beach. 18. I'll expect to see you

both. Without fail. 19. He was a failure in whatever he did. 20. How do you explain his failure to come?

5. Choose the right word:

confuse — embarrass (or their derivatives)

1. Keep still for a minute, you're only ... me. Let me think. 2. I was ashamed; I was hot with ... . 3. She watched Roy so closely

that he felt ... . 4. "I don't like solicitors. They ... me," said Elsie.

5. My eyes, resting on him curiously, caused him no ... . 6. Most people who stutter are very ... about it. 7. I had better explain. I can

understand how ... you are. 8. Her eyes reflected the ... of her mind.

odd — queer

1. It was certainly an ... pair and everyone stared at them.

2. There was something ... about the way his temperature ran below normal. 3. Something woke me up. Some sound. There are so