Match the words up with their meaning and give the Russian translation

to convey	to begin to dislike someone, often without having a good reason
exalted	able to judge people and situations very well and make good decisions
to sprawl	not detailed or exact notion
hog	friendly
quality time	expressing happiness, admiration, praise in an extremely enthusiastic way
fête [feit]	not relaxed and natural
a rough idea	extremely happy and proud
amicable	to stretch over or across smth in a relaxed or careless way
bypass	time that you spend with someone, usually your child, doing enjoyable things together
stilted	to take or use a lot of smth in a way that prevents other people from having it
effusive [s]	to honour or entertain smb at a public celebration
shrewd	to communicate ideas or feelings indirectly
take against	to avoid dealing with someone or something

 

wary	to make special conditions for something so that you do not have to follow the usual rules
to strike up a conversation	a feeling of being extremely confused
canine chaperone ['keinain]	a question intended to get information about someone or something
pissed off	a game in which people can take turns playing, taking their turn after the one who has lost gives up their place
rowing	doing smth one after another in an order that has been agreed or officially decided
skittles	a quality of remaining calm and not letting other people see what you are really feeling
bewilderment	to start a conversation with someone in an informal way
hedged about with	careful or nervous about someone or something because you think they might cause a problem
comportment	a person looking after a dog
winner stays on	the activity of moving a boat using oars
enquiry	a game in which you roll a wooden ball at nine objects shaped like bottles
turn-taking	particular behaviour
stiff-upper-lipped	extremely annoyed

 

manly	to be extremely angry
elation	a person, team, or group that seems least likely to win a game or a competition
fair-play	to feel embarrassed or ashamed about something
personality	morally good or correct
loutishness [au]	start to be called
seethe with	angry public criticism of smth
righteous ['rait∫əs]	to say or believe that someone has a particular quality
cringe with	a feeling of great happiness and excitement
credit with	shout to encourage one’s team
outrage	not to take smth into consideration
uproar	behaviour that is fair and honest
cheer for	character
come to be known	rude, unpleasant behaviour
fervour	a strong feeling of anger and shock at something that you feel is wrong or unfair
leave all this aside	typical of the way a man is traditionally expected to behave, especially by being strong and brave
underdog	very strong feeling or enthusiasm

 

Exercises

A. Fill in the blanks with the suitable words and expressions.

Bypass, stilted, to hog, quality time, a rough idea, to convey, exalted, to sprawl, amicable, effusive

 

1. Did you ______________ my message to her?
2. Her ____________ personality found an outlet in role-playing games.
3. The cat _________ on the sofa, ___________ ing the whole pillow.
4. I am not going out this Friday. I need to spend some ____________ with my wife.
5. So far I only have a ______________ of what we are going to do.
6. James is pretty ______________. People like him.
7. Listen, can we _____________ the whole process and tell him the result right away?
8. When we found out his mother died, the conversation became ___________ .
9. His ____________ thanks lasted until Nick told him to shut up.

 

B. Answer the questions using the following words and expressions:

Bewilderment, canine chaperone, pissed off, hedged about with, wary, to strike up a conversation, comportment, winner stays on

 

1.  Are you always willing to talk to perfect strangers?
2. Is it easy for you to start talking to somebody at a bus-stop?
3. Do you think people enjoy walking their dogs?
4. What makes you really angry?
5. When was last time you could not comprehend the situation you found yourself in?
6. Do you think your house should be your fortress?
7. What are some of the rules of proper behavior at work?
8. How do people usually play one-on-one games when there are several people waiting their turn?

 

C.  Translate using the following words and expressions:

Cringe with, stiff-upper-lipped, seethe with, righteous, outrage, leave all this aside, cheer for

 

1. От отца он перенял надменное отношение ко всему.
2. Она просто кипела от возмущения.
3. Его праведный тон весьма контрастировал с его одеждой.
4. Я аж съежился от неловкости.
5. Ты за какую команду болеешь?
6. Это безобразие!
7. Но даже оставив все это в стороне, все равно неотвеченным остается вопрос издания следующей книги.

 

D. Answer the questions using suitable words and expressions:

 

• Do you like sitting at a campfire and swapping manly stories?
• What do even your enemies credit you with?
• What was the latest public uproar about?
• Do you sometimes cheer for the underdog?
• Do you think that what came to be known as “democracy” is the best way to govern people?

 

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