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ночам лифтером, чтобы заработать деньги на учебу в колледже. 12. Он смотрел на него оценивающим взглядом. 13. Давайте

попробуем нарисовать вот ту вазу на камине. 14. Рисунок на столе отдаленно напоминал вазу. 15. Ну, как вам это нравится?

16. Вы не могли бы приходить два раза в неделю? 17. Давайте договоримся на понедельник и среду. 18. Он

разглагольствовал о переливах красок в вазе с фруктами. 19. Лечение шло успешно. 20. Совершенно новый мир предстал

перед его зачарованным взором. 21. Он ошеломил всех своим заявлением. 22. Крупнейшая выставка года, если не по

величине, то по значению. 23. Заветная мечта каждого зрелого мастера. 24. Картина была повешена так, что она не

привлекала внимания. 25. Против обыкновения он был бодр и весел.

10. Explain what is meant by:

1. Doctor Caswell received the information with his usual professional calm. 2. He had done some constructive thinking since his

last visit. 3. The old gentleman was in pretty good shape for a man of seventy-six. 4. All his purchases of recent years had to be

liquidated at a great sacrifice both to his health and his pocket- book. 5. The doctor had his stethoscope ready in case the abrupt ness

of the suggestion proved too much for the patient's heart.

6. But the old gentleman's answer was a vigorous "Rot!" 7. Collis P. Ellsworth looked at him appraisingly. 8. "There it is, young

man," he snapped with a grunt of satisfaction. 9. He would dwell on the rich variety of colour in a bowl of fruit. 10. The treatment

was working perfectly. 11. An entirely new world opened up its charming mysteries. 12. The old man displayed insatiable curiosity

about the galleries and the painters who exhibited in them. 13. The lifetime dream of every mature artist in the United States was a

Lathrop prize. 14. Fortunately, the painting was hung in an inconspicuous place where it could not excite any noticeable comment.

15. Young Swain sneaked into the Gallery one afternoon and blushed to the top of his ears when he saw "Trees Dressed in White", a

loud, raucous splash on the wall. 16. As two giggling students stopped before the strange anomaly Swain fled in terror. 17. Swain and

Kop- pel uttered a series of inarticulate gurgles.

11. Answer the following questions or do the given tasks:

1. How does the story begin? What does the word "Nope" (repeated three times) suggest? Complaining of Old Ellsworth his male

nurse speaks in short abrupt sentences, four of which begin with the pronoun "he". What effect is achieved? 2. What can you say

about the health and spirits of the old man? 3. Do you feel a ring of irony in the sentence "All his purchases of recent years had to be

liquidated at a great sacrifice both to his health and his pocketbook"? What other cases of irony can you point out? 4. What

interjections does Old Ellsworth use in his speech? What trait of his character do they emphasize? 5. What is the «tylistic value of the