UNIT 4
Vocabulary
I.
1.1) accordingly
2) loose
3) concentration
4) stimulating
5) fabric
6) if anything
7) reality
8) intuition
9) trifle
10) at the turn of the century
11) mess
12) undermine
2. 1) approve of
2) slow down
3) taken in 4) sucked into
5) set
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apart
6) dozed off
7)call forth
8)stretch into
9) keep up with
10)believe in
3. 1)...provided inspiration for many artists and musicians over the decades.
2)...is credited to his powers of imagination
3)...on the foundations of an agricultural revolution
4)...not to make any complaints in the presence of the nurse.
5)...the outbreak of the Second World War.
4. 1) flaw/came to the conclusion/would get nowhere
2) in a row/dozed off/a mess of
3) outbreak of/ has undermined / has strained
II. 1)With Christmas only a week away
2) With his physical condition improving day by day
3) With our GDP growing steadily
4) With all the shops closed
5) with her eyes closed
6) With the fog lifting during the night
III. 1) like/as
2) as
3) like
4) like/as
5) as/like
6) as
7)like
8)
as
Comprehensive Exercises
1. Cloze
1. 1) caution
2) came to the conclusion
3)never get anywhere
4)undermining
5) not give/care a fig
6) flaw
7) beyond any doubt
8)foundation
9)remarkable/impressive
10) imagination
2. 1) extent
2)inventions 3)bet 4)manages
5)vision
6)eventually
7)achievement
8)poverty
9) utilized 10)breakthrough
II. Translation
1.1) The volunteers sent/assigned by the Red Cross disinfected, with great caution, the