IV. Explain and expand on the following.

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III, Paraphrase the following sentences. Reproduce the situation in which they occur in the text.

1) The war had just finished and the passenger traffic in the oceangoing liners was heavy.

2) I felt pretty sure that a closer inspection of that British passport would have betrayed the fact that Mr Kelada was born under a bluer sky than is generally seen in England.

3) In your own house you might have kicked him downstairs and slammed the door in his face without the suspicion dawning on him that he was not a welcome visitor.

4) He was a good mixer.

5) He would not drop a subject, however unimportant, till he had brought you round to his way of thinking.

1) When I was told the name of my companion my heart sank.

2) "Areyou English?"I asked, perhaps, tactlessly, "Rather. Bri­tish to the backbone, that's what I am".

3) Mr Kelada flashed an oriental smile at me.

k) I do not wish to put on airs, but I cannot help feeling that it is seemly in a total stranger to put "mister" before my name when he addresses me.

5) "I'd be interested to know how much you think it cost".

"Oh, in the trade somewhere round fifteen thousand dollars. But if it was bought on Fifth Avenue I shouldn't be surprised to hear that anything up to thirty thousand was paid for it".

V. Translate the following into Russian:

1) Bit of luck, I call it.

2) Mr Kelada was chatty.

3) It never occurred to him that he was not wanted.

4) He was certainly the best hated man in the ship.

5) "You can't bet on a certainly", said Mrs Ramsay. "Can't I? If I get a chance of easy money like that I should be all sorts of a fool not to take it I"

6) Her eyes held a desperate appeal.

7) I did not entirely dislike Mr Kelada.