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В.
Было трудно сказать; такие, каких никогда не видел;
следовать за кем-либо; по всем меркам;
всматриваться; различить; никогда в жизни; размешивать сахар в чае; совершенно не слушать, о ч¸м
говорят; с первого взгляда; в поисках подсказки; знакомый; в середине разговора, немного
огорч¸нно.
Exercise 8
Make up phrases opposite in meaning to the phrases from the text. 
a tall building                  
different fabrics
a steep hillside 
amazing objects
a large courtyard 
pale lines
deep purple 
charming features
throw open 
familiar books
Exercise 9
I. Find in the text sentences with phrases denoting location of things, translate them into Russian and ask
your classmates to translate them back into English.
In front of, in the centre, on the doorstep, in most directions, at the far end, in one comer, to the second
floor, on top of a bookcase, on small pedestals, over the mantelpiece, on one wall, on the shelves.
II. Try to reproduce the context where the following phrases occurred.
Covered with, lost beneath, lined with, pinned up, pasted on, carefully arranged, covered by.
Exercise 10
Put in the missing prepositions.
1.
There was a marble statue of a Greek warrior... the far end of the hall.
2.
The window of the bedroom looked ... the green park.
3.
A long corridor led... the direction of a huge home library.
4.
The garden was separated ... the street... a hedge running in a neat line.
5.
The piano was placed ... the corner of a big dancing hall 
and so there remained enough space
for dances.
6.
Small semi-detached houses are scattered ... the hillside.
7.
All walls in the library were lined ... bookshelves.
8.
The two girls were standing ... the doorstep when they saw somebody in the garden.
9.
The room was in a mess: everything lay ... heaps on the 
floor.
10.
The hostess appeared... the back door so that it was hard to  notice when she entered.
11.
The house gave the impression ... a glass cube under a steel roof.
12.
The walls of the bathroom were tiled ... green and white squares.
13.
The book was lost... a heap of papers on the table.
14.
There were lots of framed photographs... the mantelpiece.
Exercise 11
Paraphrase the italicized part of each sentence choosing the appropriate phrase from the text.
1.
Clara, uninvited, thought she might as well come in, and 
did it.
2.
There were plenty of books in the room; and they lay in
piles on chairs and on the floor.
3.
The man swallowed and nodded.
4.
There were so many pictures on the walls that it was hard to tell whether or how they were
papered.
5.
It was separated from the pavement by a high, ornamented, wrought iron fence.
6.
The door of the Denhams' house was covered with wooden panels.
7.
The floor was covered with squares of marble.
8.
It was such a large, high, long room crammed with furni
ture and mirrors and pictures that
the eye could not at first sight evaluate its size.
9.
She did not feel that she had to hide her astonishment.
10.
Clara, when she looked closely, could just make out a bed, 
almost hidden, beneath a cover.
11.
There was a great quantity of toys, neatly put in order.
12.
Clara felt amazed and charmed.
13.
She didn't follow the conversation, so absorbed was she by the visual aspect of the scene
presented to her.
14.
Over the maible mantelpiece was an enormous oval mirror, embellished with an eagle.
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