The world of magic

Date: 2015-10-07; view: 343.

TEXT DISCUSSION

Illustrate them in the situations of your own.

A double-edged sword (two-edged sword)

Cast (put) a spell on smb.

Enough to try the patience of a saint

X. Get yourself familiar with the following idioms. Read them in context and try to find out what they mean and what equivalent(s) they may have in your language.

IX. Provide definitions for the following phrasal verbs and illustrate them in the sentences of your own.

Kill off, get out, think through

1. Gertie: "And the airs you put on. Condescending isn't the word. It's enough to try the patience of a saint." (W. S. Maugham, ‘The Land of Promise', act II)

1. ...there was no misunderstanding about Frisco's eyes: the demand they made on her. She wanted to withdraw from them, to shake off the spell they put over her. (K. S. Prichard, ‘The Roaring Nineties', ch. 37)

1. The political mass strike is a two-edged sword which, if carelessly used, can become more harmful than beneficial to the workers. It is a weapon which, to effectively utilized, must be firmly grasped and resolutely wielded. (W. Foster, ‘Outline History of the World Trade Union Movement', ch. 21)

2. In any case, Chevrolet's tremendous showing is a mixed blessing. ‘It's a double-edged sword,' commented one Detroit expert. (‘Newsweek')

I. Use topical vocabulary to dwell on:

spell that fills one's head with knowledge; the Time Turner; to cast a spell; to fly on a broom; to grow gills like a fish; magic struggles; a three-headed dog;