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I. Translate into Russian the following bits from the same book by J. R. R.
Tolkien.
1. They had been two days in this country when the weather turned wet. The wind began to blow steadily
out of the West and pour the water of the distant seas (...) in fine drenching rain. By nightfall they were all
soaked.
2. But before long the snow was falling fast, filling all the air, and swirling into Frodo's eyes.
While they were halted, the wind died down, and the snow slackened until it almost ceased. (...) But they
had not gone more than a furlong when the storm returned with fresh fury. The wind whistled and the snow
became a blinding blizzard.
3. Nothing happened that night worse than a brief drizzle of rain an hour before dawn. (...) Already the
fog was thinning. (...) In the mid-morning the clouds drew down lower, and it began to rain heavily.
4. The sky was utterly dark, and the stillness of the heavy air foreboded the storm. Suddenly the clouds
were seared by a blinding flash. Branched lighting smote dawn upon the eastward hills.
5. The thunder was rumbling in the distance now. The lightning flickered still, far off among the
mountains in the South. A keen wind was blowing from the North again. The clouds were torn and drifting,
and stars peeped out.
6. The hurrying darkness, now gathering speed, rushed up from the East and swallowed the sky. There
was a dry splitting crack of thunder right overhead. Searing lightning smote down into the hills. Then came
a blast of savage wind.
7. There was another crack of thunder, and then the rain came. In a blinding sheet, mingled with hail, it
drove against the cliff, bitter cold.
II. Using some of the underlined words or expressions describe a rainstorm or a snowstorm you were
caught in once.
Exercise 14
Study the Topical Vocabulaiy and add other analogous words to the following lists. Explain the difference
in their meanings.
rainfall
snowfall
wind
rain
snowstorm
whirlwind
Exercise 15
Match the nouns with adjectives to make common phrases.
> Pattern: heavy rain, heavy snow, etc.
Nouns:
rain
wind
fog
snow
sky
air
Adjectives:
heavy
bitter
biting
chilly
strong
cloudy
fresh
brisk
thick
drizzling
thin
hot
cold
piercing
bright
southerly
clear
swirling
chill
misty
clean
drenching
Exercise 16
Add the missing forms.
1.
north
...?...
northerly
south
southern
...?...
east
...?...
...?...
west
...?...
...?...
2.
north-east
...?...
north-easterly