X. Choose the proper word.

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VIII. Make up sentences of your own according to the model using the suggested pairs of words.

Model: (astonish — delight) Hermione discussed the
gems with an expertise that astonished Freddy
as much as it delighted Mr. Garland.
(annoy — please) The news of Adel's engagement annoyed her parents as much as it pleased her friends.

1. amuse — irritate; 2. amaze — flatter; 3. surprise — anger; 4. please — shock; 5. delight — enfuriate; 6. satisfy — disappoint

IX. Translate the following word combinations into Russian:

a) Idle — idle talk, idle machinery, idle hours, idle threats,
idle workmen, idle fears, idle rage, to be idle, to idle about,
to idle away one's time

b) vicious — a vicious blow, a vicious life, a vicious at­tack, a vicious look, a, vicious headache, a vicious horse,
a vicious circle

c) Fist — to screw up one's hand into a tight fist, to clench one's fist, to make a poor fist of, to bang one's fist

d) Tangible — tangible grounds for suspicion, tangible proof, tangible advantage, in tangible form, tangible aids

(choose — select) 1. The pictures in the mansion have been obviously ... by an expert. 2. Mrs. Thompson, after careful consideration, has ... a first-class boarding school for her younger daughter. 3. Helen ... the first hat she had been of­fered, which she later regretted. 4. He didn't ... to answer the question.

(examine — explore — investigate) 1. Holmes ... the floor
very carefully but found no traces on the dusty floor. 2. This
mountainous area of Asia has not yet been sufficiently....
3. The coroner who... the causes of Johnny's death passed
the verdict of death by accident.

(shortly afterward — shortly after) 1. Hermione's cousin died ... his sister's fatal fall. 2. They never really recovered from the shock of their children's death and ... passed away, leaving Hermione the only indisputable heiress to their for­tune.

(un)exciting — (un)excited. 1. It was ... news. 2. When
the blow came, the girl didn't seem to care much and remained
strangely… 3. The offer is ... enough and he will most likely accept it.