Exercises

1) And so he goes, “I’ll call you this evening”, and I go, “Fine, then we’ll decide on what movie we want to see”.
2) John said, “Allan has, like, four sisters and one brother”.
3) “How did you like the play”? “It was totally awesome”.
4) That guy in the post office made me wait for, like an hour, while I was sending a registered letter (заказное письмо) and a package to Moscow.
5) Bobchik, how’s Susia?
6) Girlie, how do I get to the park from here?

1) Купить кота в мешке.
2) Яблоко от яблони недалеко падает.
3) Семь раз отмерь, один раз отрежь.

1) A popular American painter is Andy Warhol.
2) Into the classroom came the students, laughing and talking.
3) In our school the principal is Mr. Johnson.

1) Скажите, пожалуйста, где ближайшая станция метро?
2) Господина Томпсона сейчас нет. (Give various explanations in English indicating that «он сейчас занят».)
3) Столько у меня дел! Я собираюсь — завтра еду в Лондон на три недели.
4) Анна рядом — сейчас подойдет.
5) Мне с вами по дороге. Вы не могли бы меня подбросить до вокзала?
6) Сейчас сбегаю за молоком, а потом поужинаем.
7) У меня было туго с деньгами, и я одолжила 300 долларов у подруги.
8) Я знаю, что ей трудно сейчас — столько у нее расходов из-за болезни матери — и вчера одолжила ей 300 долларов.

1) Вчера мы прекрасно отдохнули — пошли в театр, а потом поужинали во французском ресторане.
2) Я еще не знаю, куда поеду отдыхать летом.
3) Ольга так хорошо готовит и у нее дома всегда такие интересные люди! Вчера она нам устроила настоящий праздник, все хорошо отдохнули.
4) Надеюсь, ты сможешь отдохнуть после тяжелой недели во время выходных.
5) Я так устала после ремонта, что мне нужно по-настоящему отдохнуть.
6) Где вы встречаете Новый год?

1) Laura proposed to us that we go out of the town on the Saturday.
2) The whole day Jim was worrying about whether to take a work proposed to him by the firm Westinghouse.
3) Why must I to say to you the same thing every time? I am tired to always say it!
4) Once more he has the problem to get a promotion at his work — his chief is always promoting the other candidate.
5) I am very interesting in what you are telling about the economical situation in the United States. And I was so boring to listen to the speaker before!
6) Mary should take the translation job she was proposed — it is much money for her.
7) She worked all the morning, and in the evening went to her friends to have some food and some drinks.
8) In such a way you will never succeed to persuade him that he is wrong.
9) “Thanks God, he finally understood!” “M-m-m… da… I hope he really did!”
10) Paul is a student of the fourth course. His professor of history is well known for his scientific works.
11) In scientific circles the sociologist Professor Jones is highly respected.
12) He was just working in our department for a few months.

1) Addressed sanctions were imposed on that country.
2) When she was applying to graduate school, Jane asked her professor to write a characteristic for her.
3) Please give him my heartfelt greetings.
4) The long-range perspective for this project is very promising.
5) There were 10,000 people at the anti-war meeting.
6) Arkady Raikin was a famous Russian comic.
7) The delegates discussed the actual problem of international humanitarian assistance to cope with the consequences of the earthquake.
8) Reorganizing this huge company will require a complicated combination to restructure the departments.
9) The course of the British pound has not changed drastically over the last few months.
10) It is not a matter of principle to us whether the delegation leaves on Monday or on Tuesday.
11) The course consisted of lectures on political, economical and social problems of development.

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