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So 'what did you /say?
Comprehension Check
1.
Whom did Jean hear talking in the queue?
2.
Why was Jean's patience beginning to itch?
3.
Why couldn't Jean go through the quick till?
4.
When did Jean begin to rearrange the items in her shopping basket?
5.
Was Jean the last in the queue or not?
6.
What did Jean see in her own shopping basket?
7.
Whom did the cashier suddenly address?
8.
What caught Jean's eye suddenly? Why?
9.
What did Jean remember about the shopping trips with her friend?
10. Why did Jean put the book back in its place?
11. How much did the blonde woman pay?
12. Did Jean see the two women leave the shop or not?
13. How much did Jean pay?
14. Why did Jean think that people behind her were becoming impatient?
15. What did Jean feel after she had left the supermarket?
16.What did Jean think about while she was going towards her car?
17. What did she suddenly decide?
EXERCISES
Exercise 1
I. Find in the text words or phrases similar in meaning to the following.
A cash desk, a purchase, coca-cola, a plastic bag, big size cartons, to calculate, goods, a heap, half-empty.
II. Give your own words or expressions similar in meaning to the ones from the text.
To pinpoint, to fire questions, to rearrange, to give a blank look, to catch one's eye, a snatch of
conversation, to flush, to grit one's teeth together, to beg.
Exercise 2
Below see the list of the words from the text. Think of words opposite in meaning to them.
extraordinary
oriental
appropriate
traditional
triumphant
empty
familiar
to push
individual
indecision
impatient
to buy
Exercise 3
The author herself uses synonymous words and expressions in the text. Say how otherwise the author puts
the following.
to count —
to continue —
to give over money —
small salad cream—
elephantine —
write out a check —
wire basket —
cram in —
Exercise 4
When postpositions are added to verbs, the meanings of the latter can utterly change. Choose the right
one from the two given in brackets. Explain the difference in meanings.
1. (put; put up)
a) The dark woman ... all the stuff into her carrier bag.
b) Jean thought that she had to ... with a loss of time.
2. (turn; turn up)
a) Jean ... her head and saw a queue behind her.
b) Jean remembered the time when he suddenly ... and they went on their shopping trips.
3. (pick; pick up)
a) The customers ... goods from the racks while walking along the aisles.
b) Last summer there were a lot of blueberries in the forest. We often went there to ... them.
4. (make; make out)
a) The gentleman at the till asked the cashier to ... a bill for him.