Ex. 10. Can you insert the correct prepositions? Don't forget to translate. Use a dictionary if necessary.

Date: 2015-10-07; view: 540.

1. At the moment she is totally preoccupied ... her exams.

2. Mike doesn't smoke cigarettes, but he is not averse ... having the occasional cigar.

3. It is quite normal for adolescents to have a crush ... pop stars.

4. I would like to avail myself ... this opportunity to express my surprise at the fact.

5. It is very important that official Moscow has not succumbed ... the historical emotions.

6. We tried and tried, but it was all ... no avail.

7. Mr O'Tannenbaum wouldn't stop short ... stealing.

8. The distribution of votes in the IMF Board of Directors is known to be contingent ... a country's contribution to the charter capital.

9. When the budget is ... odds with reality, either the budget or reality has to be changed.

10. After the accident the police discovered that the car's brakes had been tampered ... .

11. The committee proposed some amendments ... the rules.

12. The future prospects of a student hinge ... his performance in these examinations.

13. Chicago's fate hangs ... the future of the Stock Market in New York.

14. ... no consideration must you leave the patient unattended.

15. Mrs Sippy was highly commended ... her organizational skills.

16. The salary will be commensurate ... your experience.

17. Mr O'Clock was held ... police custody for six weeks.

18. This sportsman won ... default, because his opponent refused to play.

19. He defaulted ... his payment for support of the child.

20. She was destitute ... human feeling.

21. Baseball has the advantage … cricket of being sooner ended. (G.B. Shaw)

22. I envy people who drink – at least they know what to blame everything … .

23. There is no pleasure … having nothing to do; the fun is … having lots to do and not doing it.

24. Blessed is he who, having nothing to say, abstains … giving evidence of the fact. (George Eliot)

25. When I gave lectures … Dostoyevsky, I tried to find the reason … this fascination … evil in Russian literature.

26. Mountains loomed dark … the distance against a pale sky.

27. The film is completely void … sense so far as I can see.

28. Does the idea of working abroad appeal … you?

29. I was eventually prevailed … to accept the appointment.

30. Anyone wishing to dissent … the motion should now raise their hand.

31. I'm rather partial … cheese.

32. I also have a partiality … sausage.

33. I'm cheesed off … my job.