Урок 5

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Урок 3.

1. She is a hard nut to crack.

2. Is he a big shot? – No, he isn’t. He is a student.

3. Are you an interpreter? – Yes, I am. And what about you?

4. He is a lawyer; he is always very busy both on weekdays and on his free days; generally speaking, he is a big shot and a man of his word as well.

5. Unfortunately, he is an absolute nothing. / He is an absolute nothing, I’m afraid.

6. Are you free in the evenings? – Yes, I’m. You know I am a student.

7. She is the life and soul of the party: she never loses temper, always sees daylight and plays the fool quite often; although she is a teacher/ she is a teacher though.

8. How often do you make dinner? – Never! My sister usually does it. You know I am a big shot and

she is an absolute nothing! It’s just a joke, of course.

9. We are pensioners. We go to the cinema rather seldom, but we often watch TV in the evening.

10. What are you? – Frankly speaking, I am not a big shot, I am an ordinary nurse, but take my word for it – I am an expert at my job.

1. He is always busy: he is an outstanding teacher and an excellent hard-worker.

2. Is he a sociable person? – Yes, he is very sociable. But unfortunately he is a failure, although he always works hard / he always works hard though.

3. You are a terrible bore, because you never play the fool.

4. He is a terrible newsmonger, an awful panic-monger and a horrible lickspittle. On the whole he is a nasty personality, that’s why I hardly ever mix with him at work.

5. Are they stay-at-homes? – Yes, they are terrible ones: they never go out anywhere.

6. Frankly speaking, I am not a man of courage at all. What about you?

7. She is reserved and sad. And on the whole she is a pessimist.

8. He is an outstanding personality! Such a clear head! Such a dreamer!

9. Pensioners are seldom dreamers.

10. He never works hard at work; he is an ordinary idler and a bore as well. On the whole he is an absolute nothing.

1. Do your children often smile?

2. My grandpa is a terrible panic-monger: he never smiles and talks over his problems rather seldom.

3. His dad is so great! He always smiles and he is never angry with me.

4. Is your husband a scientist? – Yes, he is, that’s why he is at home so seldom: you know he works both on Saturdays and on Sundays.

5. Frankly speaking, your son isn’t a blockhead, he is just a real idler, although, to tell the truth he is bad at math.

6. He is late so often, so he almost always goes to work by taxi. – True! It is in his way!

7. Are you good at languages? – I think so. You see, I speak both English and Russian quite fluently. I

am a journalist and generally speaking I am a sociable person.

8. Her cousin is a stay-at-home. She seldom goes even to see her relatives.

9. Your children always giggle at me, so it’s naturally, that I lose temper, especially in the evenings when I am tired after a hard working day.

10. My husband and I always quarrel and then make it up...That’s our life!

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