e. g. His spirits rose (fell or sank), to raise smb.'s spirits; out of spirits depressed, unhappy, e. g. You seem to be out of spirits today.

10. taste n 1) flavour; quality of any substance as perceived by the taste organs, e. g. The doctor prescribed her some pills with a

bitter taste. I don't care for this bread, it has a very bitter taste. I dislike the taste of olives. 2) liking, e. g. You may choose any flowers

to your taste here. There is no accounting for tastes. Tastes differ. 3) ability to form judgements in questions of beauty and manners,

e. g. The room was furnished in good taste. They say she dresses in poor taste. I was ashamed of you, your jokes were in very bad

taste.

taste vt/i 1) to try by eating or drinking; to recognize after taking into the mouth, e. g. There we found some strange meals and

made up our minds to taste them all. Can you distinguish types of apples by tasting them? I have a bad cold and cannot taste

anything. 2) to have a particular flavour, e. g. This orange tastes bitter. 3) to experience, e. g. There she tasted the joys of privacy.

tasteful adj showing good taste, as a tasteful person, work of art.

tasteless adj 1) having no taste; 2) having or showing poor taste. Usage: When tasteless is used of food it means "having no taste".

When it is used of people, furniture, ornaments, etc., it means "having or showing bad taste", e. g. The potatoes were tasteless without

salt

Word Combinations and Phrases

in early June

the rest of the evening half a dozen,

to put up at some place

half a peck of peas,

to roam the woods (through

half a pork pie, half a tin of

the woods, about a place)

salmon to stir smth. up to add

to get settled

smth. to smth. to empty smth. into

odds and ends

a pot to thicken the gravy with an

to be the size of smth.

earnest and thougtful air to be on

the safe side

READING COMPREHENSION EXERCISES

1. Listen to Text One and mark the stresses; enough time will be given for you to repeat the sentences

2. Put fifteen questions to the text

3. Note down the sentences from the text which contain the word combinations and phrases. Translate them into Russian.

4. Paraphrase the following sentences using the word combinations and phrases (p. 14).

1. At the beginning of May the village is really fairy-like with all its houses smothered in roses. 2. I'd like to stay in this small inn

for a week or so. 3. The whole day we wandered over the country-side and in the evening we had a nice rest. 4. It turned out to be quite

late when at last we made ourselves comfortable. 5. I never saw such a thing as a stew for getting rid of all remnants of food. 6. Choose

the books you need and take the others to the library, please. 7. This is a rare edition: the book is as small as a match-box, but the print

is very clear. 8. We have half a tin of potted pork left, let's put it into the stew. 9. Put some more oatmeal in the porridge and mix it

thoroughly with a spoon. 10. He may have forgotten about our arrangement, let's call him up to make sure.