15. I was eager to see him in the morning, but there was no sign of him.

16. The garden had run wild.

17. Herbert stays cool in such situations.

18. His authority and prestige in the school stood high.

19. My school teacher will drop dead when he sees me!

20. The door stood open, inviting her to come

21. The phone went dead and Pandora was lost to me.

16. 68. Comment on the double predicate in the following sentences and translate them into Russian.

1. Andy usually drinks his coffee black.

2. Brian, the manager, played it cool.

3. The leaves fell thick under the trees.

4. Jessica kissed them good-night and left.

5. He drank the bottle dry.

6. The sun shone out bright and warm.

7. Her answer came quick and sharp.

8. His father had died a poor man and after that the family split up.

9. The sunlight sifted golden and heavy through the pines.

10. She sliced the bread thick.

11. I went back to sleep but the dog licked me awake at 9.30, so I took it for a walk.

12. The strawberries arrived fresh and delicious.

69. Select the correct word and give your reasons.

1. I couldn't hear the actors (good, well) from the last row.

2. Ali won the race (easy, easily).

3. The flowers looked (fresh, freshly) to me.

4. We thought that «Streetcar» was a (real, really) good play.

5. I can't read (good, well) with these glasses.

6. Gladioli will smell (sweet, sweetly) in the living-room.

7. The damp air (sure, surely) feels (good, well) after that long dry spell.

8. The prospect of yet another week of hard work makes him feel (bad, badly).

9. He rides his mount (good, well).

10. The Secretary of State stood (firm, firmly) in his decision.

11. Some actors speak their lines far too (loud, loudly).

12. Some actresses speak (soft, softly), but the gallery-goers hear them (clear, clearly) nevertheless.

13. The orchestra sounded (cacophonqus, cacophonously) at the rehearsal.

14. Most (gentle, gently) he stroked the cat's fur.

15. The verdict of guilty made the prisoner feel (angrily, angry) toward the jury.

16. The crowd approved (hearty, heartily) of the busker's music.

17. The jet plane flew by too (quick, quickly) for me to see it but it (sure, surely) sounded (real, really) (noisy, noisily).

18. The dazed victim of the accident gazed (helpless, helplessly) across the road.

19. She clasped the infant (tight, tightly) in her arms.

20. Mother and daughter are very (close, closely) to each other.

70. Check-your articles.

1.

— Hungry man is angry man. — Yes, way to man's heart is through his stomach.

2.

Ravens had gone from Tower: Kingdom would fall.

3.

She asked Mum for advice and she got it; she asked her mum for cash and she didn't get it.

4.

Childhood hatred, like childhood love, can last lifetime.

5.

— It was absolute pleasure having you in my class! — Pleasure was mine.

6.

— Let's have early supper tonight. — Oh, no! I'm weight- watcher.

7.

Queen smiled. She had told black lie.

8.

"My love to you is like Sunday morning, my love to you is like stormy weather."

9.

— I met R. Murphy. — Do you mean R. Murphy who wrote all those grammar books? — Exactly.