Gossip (verb)

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Gossip (noun)

Exercise 9. Read and translate the sentences. Pay special attention to active words.

VOCABULARY NOTES OF UNIT 1

1. Don't tell him anything private - he's a terrible gossip. 2. I don't believe Liz had an affair with him. That's just malicious gossip(злословие). 3. I got back from my vacation eager(жаждущий) to hear all the latest gossip. 4. I heard an interesting piece of gossip about Beth Ann. 5. Mrs Busby was always ready to exchange local gossip with the customers who came into her shop. 6. Polly follows all the gossip about the royal family. 7. Recently her name has showed up a lot in gossip columns. 8. The conversation(разговор, бесіда) began to drift towards gossip about their colleagues. 9. The public never seems to tire(терять интерес к (чему-л.)) of Hollywood gossip. 10. The town gossips had been spreading rumours about Bruce for months.11. A lie is as good as the truth to a gossip.12. Eliza Grierson was known as a gossip of Olympian standards. 13. He loved to use gossip, half-truths, and lies to separate friends and to destroy relationships.

1. Cocteau's jazz club was the spot where artists gossiped and drank. 2. I wasn't doing anything important - just gossiping with a neighbour. 3. It's best not to tell Frank anything. You know how he gossips. 4. This is where the locals gather to gossip and talk politics. 5. Those two old ladies sit there every day, gossiping about everyone in town. 6. But she might walk slowly, gossiping on the way, or even stop off(зайти) at some other house to drink tea. 7. From what she had told me, Gail hung around with her girlfriends, gossiping and looking at boys. 8. He didn't want to sit gossiping in the kitchen with that old slob(грубиян) of a cousin.9. If people gossiped about her Fleather would never hear it.10. If you've been gossiping about someone, go to those you gossiped to and try to restore(возрождать) the person's reputation. 11. Women did their shopping, gossiped, and then went home to prepare the Sunday meals for their families.