■ a dress with embroidery.
To trim is to decorate, especially round the edges. One can trim
■ a jacket with fur;
■ a building with marble;
■ a hat with flowers, ribbons, etc.;
■ a hem with lace;
■ a Christmas tree.
2. The preposition on is used before the names of days and the parts of day when they are used with descriptive attributes.
N.B. You can say both on that day (morning, etc.) and that day (morning, etc.), and on Saturday (Sunday, etc.) night and Saturday (Sunday, etc.) night.
Ex. Ill, p. 131
1. Отцу пришло в голову/Отца осенило, что взять маму на рыбалку будет даже лучше, чем повезти ее кататься на машине/чем прокатить ее на машине: ведь когда едешь на рыбалку, у тебя есть четкая цель, так что удовольствие становится еще больше. 2. Отец попросил не обращать на него внимания и сказал, что он может преотлично остаться дома и пусть нас не смущает тот факт, что у него уже три года как не было настоящего отпуска.
Ex. Va)— b),p. 131
1. Entered, offered, remembered, cleared, cheered, uttered
2. Occurred, referred, barred, starred, preferred, stirred We double the г in stressed last syllables of verbs whei
forming the Past Indefinite, the Past Participle and the Presenl Participle if г follows one vowel letter.
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Ex. VIII a), p. 132
1. to get smb. to do smth.; 2. to get. smth. arranged; 3. to get over a disease; 4. to get up and down; 5. to look away; 6. to occur to smb.; 7. to turn up; 8. a treat; 9. in the end; 10. to be able to afford smth./to do smth./doing smth.; 11. to keep on doing smth.; 12. to keep smb. from doing smth.; 13. to keep smth. back;
14. to have fun, to have a (very) good/nice/great/excel lent time;
15. to care for smth.; 16. for a (little/short) while; 17. to hire a taxi; 18. to get messed up; 19. to make fun of smb.; 20. to make trouble.
Ex.X, p. 133
1. What a treat it is to listen to her singing! 2. After the concert the children were treated to tea and cakes. 3. Turn off the radio, this music is getting on my nerves. 4. I turned the corner and ran into my old friend. 5. Why turn everything upside down to find some trifle? 6. The boy was treated for measles, but it turned out that he had scarlet fever. 7. The girl liked to be treated like an adult/a grown-up. 8. She couldnt keep the boy from pranks. 9. We had a very good time on the beach. It was great fun. 10. It didnt occur to David that he was keeping everybody waiting. 11. Children should be taught to treat animals kindly. 12. Who would have thought that she would become a talented actress? 13. Ah, so thats how you keep your word! 14. "Your friend is so full of fun." — "Oh, is he?/Oh, really? You know/Just fancy, it has never occurred to me before." 15. It occurred many years ago. She must have forgotten all about it./ She must have already forgotten everything. 16. What fun it is to play this game! 17. Roberts schoolmates made fun of his green suit. 18. What a funny hat!
