I. Translate into Russian. 1. You told me before he went away that you weren't going to get engaged or married or anything till he came back

1. You told me before he went away that you weren't going to get engaged or married or anything till he came back, so naturally I took it for granted there was some defi­ nite arrangement between you. (D. Cusack)

2. After many arguments he gave in and went to stay with my parents for a week. (J. Walsh)

3. He even carried them (the words) in his pockets, and reviewed them at odd moments on the street, or while waiting in a shop to be served. (J. London)

4. Should he follow it up, tell her what June Forsyte had told him — have it all out — all out? (J. Galsworthy)

VOCABULARY NOTES

(1) to have a mind — to be disposed to; to be inclined to

1. Shuffling! If I'd thought you capable of turning on me like this, I'd never have spoken to you. I've a good mind never to speak to you again. (B. Shaw)

2. Dessie sat up decisively. "Well, anyway, we'll be sensible," she said calmly. "We won't throw it away on trifles like a lot of people would who I could mention, if I had a mind to." (E. Caldwell)

3. I guess you and him can afford to spend ail your time doing nothing but fish, if you have a mind to. (E. Caldwell)

(2) to tell on (upon) — to affect; to influence; to have a marked effect or a definite result (used mostly negatively)

1. So severe a defeat told sadly upon her nerves. (Th. Dreiser)

2. These things told upon his good nature, such as it was. His one hope was that things would change for the better in a money way. (Th. Dreiser)

3. In the course of time it told sadly upon his temper. (Th. Dreiser)

(3) that's neither here nor there — it doesn't affect the discussion; it has nothing to do with this matter; doesn't matter at the moment

1. Between you and me, Freddie, I never had much time for this Manson of yours, but that's neither here nor there. (A. Cronin)

2. I should have had to die for my cloth, as a soldier dies for his. But that's neither here nor there! (J. Galsworthy)

3. As we know, there is often a great difference between the man and the writer. The writer may be bitter, harsh and brutal, while the man may be so meek and mild that he wouldn't say boo to a goose. But that is neither here nor there. (W. S. Maugham)

(4) before one knows where he is (before one can say Jack Robinson) — very quickly; in no time

1. He was very aged — in the Vale you got to be a hundred before you knew where you were. (A. Coppard)

2.... she greeted me jovially, and, almost before I knew where 1 was, had shown me to my quarters. (A, Cronin)

3. The wattle will have its nose bitten by the frost before it knows where it is, and you won't forget it either. (D. Cusack)

(6) to tread (walk) on air (clouds) (to be inthe seventh heaven) — to be exceedingly happy

1. Who is this young woman who goes out stealthily like this, and meets a young man, and comes back feeling as if she had been treading on air? (J. Galsworthy)

2. The execution of this arrangement so thrilled Tollifer that he felt as though he were walking on air. (Th. Dreiser)

3. They motored up, taking Michael Mont, who, being in his seventh heaven, was found by Winifred very amusing. (J. Gals­ worthy)

(6) to be cocksure — to be quite certain, to be self-confident

1. Soames' gorge rose. "You seem very cocksure," he said; "my nephew has by no means made up his mind." (J. Galsworthy)

2. Jim Nelson studied him. "Now come you're so cocksure?" (D. Carter)

3. Had people ever been as nasty, as self-indulgent, as dull, as miserable, as cocksure, as bad at art, as dismally ludicrous or as wrong as they'd been in the Middle Ages? (K. Amis)

(7) not to turn a hair (not to bat an eyelash) — to show no sings of any feeling, worry or anxiety

1. "Ah!" he said. "What do you think of her?" — "Fascinating!"— "I'll tell her that, she won't turn a hair. The earth's most matter- of-fact young woman." (J. Galsworthy)

2. My Dad seems to me a perfect babe; his thinking apparatus hasn't turned a hair. (J. Galsworthy)

3. It was way too short for me, the couch, but I really could've slept standing up without batting an eyelash. (J. Salinger)

(8) at random — without aim or purpose

1.... he then, with a fine air of casualness, stuck a pin into the list at random. (J. Wain)

2. "I think it must be the fat one in the mask," Wormold said at random. (Gr. Greene)

3. I fly at random from point to point. (I. Murdoch)

(9) to kill two birds with one stone — to effect two re­sults with one expenditure of trouble; to gain two objects by one exertion

1. "I perceive," said Jolyon, "that you are trying to kill two birds with one stone." (J. Galsworthy)

2. Hubert and Jean were expected in time for dinner, and she wished to kill all her birds with one stone. (J. Galsworthy)

3. "Aunt May," Dinny murmured, "was saying: why not cure unemployment by a National Slum Clearance effort and kill the two birds with one stone?" (J. Galsworthy)

Exercises

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