Ex. 8. Fill in the blanks with prepositions or adverbs.
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Ex. 7. Learn the following phrases; a) recall the sentences in which they are used in the text and b) use them in sentences of your own.
onshipboard; inthe beginning/end; ondeck; run into; onthe list; thank smb forsmth; give up; talk smb intodoing smth; ask smb around (fora talk, a cup of tea, a week-end, etc.); onthe (noon, 8.15) train; go fora walk; withone's own hands; take pictures of;keep fromdoing smth; inblack paint; atthe bottom/top corner; sail for;come over (toa place); sell at(a price of); get a laugh out ofsmth.
1. "Is it possible to get ... touch ... him before I leave?" – "Certainly. I can get him ... the telephone ... you ... no time." 2. We did our best to talk him ... taking ... this job. It's the only one he's really fit ... 3. The telephone exchange warned them that their telephone would be disconnected if they didn't pay ... it ... three days. 4. I like solving crossword puzzles. I don't do it ... prizes. I enjoy puzzling them ..., just for the fun of it. 5. You would have found your name ... the list if you had looked carefully. 6. The students are still ... the impression of the graduation ceremony they attended last month. 7. He insisted ... going ... details of the accident. 8. True, there were a few interesting pictures ... the exhibition, but I wasn't impressed ... anything ... particular. 9. Before you go ... details tell me what it is all ... 10. We first met him ... shipboard, when we were coming back... our first trip ... Europe. 11. When he ran ... me in the street he caught me ... the arm and began to explain something. 12. He arrived ... the noon train and we met him ... the station. 13. We arrived ... their place early in the morning. 14. ... his turn he thanked me for all my help. 15. When ... the third day my friend came ... I took ... the subject ... our approaching vacation.