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To be brilliant (good, clever, skilful, poor, slow) at smth or doing smthSome adjectives take an object expressed by a noun or a gerund with the preposition at.
Note: To be good (quick, slow) at doing something expresses a permanent characteristic feature of a person; to be slow (quick) in doing something characterizes a person's action in a given situation.
After the adjectives quick and slow we often find an infinitive instead of the gerund. Dennis was quick to see the joke. He was slow to take the hint. 6. Why did you not call attention to the fact that... to call (smb's) attention to smth - show; point out; cause smb to notice - обратить (чье-л.) внимание на что-л.
to pay attention to - give one's mind to - обращать (свое) внимание на что-л., на кого-л.
to attract (smb's) attention - make people notice one; arouse interest - привлекать чье-л. внимание
7. Jackson was trying to save the machinery from being damaged. to damage vt - make less useful or valuable (applied mostly to things) - повредить
damage n (uncountable) - вред, ущерб, убыток, урон to do (cause) damage to - нанести, причинить ущерб чему-л.
8.... that Jackson should have got damages. // damages n pl (legal) money that is paid in compensation for a loss or injury - убытки, компенсация за убытки to claim damages - взыскивать убытки
9. I testified to the effect that Jackson injured himself by neglect and carelessness. to injure vt - hurt; do or cause harm or damage to - ушибить, ранить; повредить
// injury п - a wound, a hurt; harm, Damage - ушиб, рана; повреждение// 10.... the company was in no way to blame. to be to blame (for smth) - быть виноватым в чем-л.
to blame smb for smth - fix on smb the responsibility for smth - обвинять, порицать, винить кого-л. за что-л.
EXERCISES I. Translate the following sentences from the text: 1. They successfully fought the damage suit that he brought when he came out of hospital. 2. He was making some sort of a basket and toiled on steadily while I talked with him. 3. He looked at me in a slow and pondering way... 4. His mind was rather hazy concerning the suit for damages. 5. The testimony of the foremen and the superintendent had brought about the adverse decision of the court. 6. Jackson's lawyer was a weak and inefficient-looking man. 7. It dawned upon me that of course the company could afford finer legal talent than could a working-man like Jackson. 8. The witnesses... knew which side their bread was buttered on. 9. Jackson had been confused by Colonel Ingram, who was brilliant at cross-examination. 10. He had made Jackson answer damaging questions. 11. He waved his hand towards the crowded shelves of books in his tiny office. 12. The company's policy was to fight to the bitter end all suits for damages. 13. I testified to the effect that Jackson injured himself by neglect and carelessness. 14. He outlined the evidence I was to give.
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