Владимир Аракин - Практический курс английского языка 3 курс [calibre 2.43.0]

"Oh! That'll do fine. Which way?"

"Down the lane, through the second gate, on the right, an' the pool's by the big apple tree that stands by itself. There's trout there, if

you can tickle them!"

"They're more likely to tickle u s ! "

Mrs. Narracombe smiled. "There'll be the tea ready when you come back."

The pool formed by the damming of a rock, had a sandy bottom; and the big apple tree, lowest in the orchard, grew so close that its

boughs almost overhung the water; it was in leaf and all but in flower — its crimson buds just bursting. There was no room for more

than one at a time in that narrow bath, and Ashurst waited his turn, rubbing his knee and gazing at the wild meadow, all rocks and

thorn trees and field flowers, with a grove of beeches beyond, raised up on a flat mound. Every bough was swinging in the wind, every

spring bird calling, and a slanting sunlight dappled the grass. He thought of Theocritus,10 and the river Cherwell," of the moon, and the

maiden 12 with dewy eyes,13 of so many things that he seemed to think of nothing; and he felt absurdly happy.

EXPLANATORY NOTES

1. to make Chagford: to reach Chagford — a town in Devonshire.

2.Ashurst's football knee: the knee that Ashurst hurt in playing football.

3.thin as rails: It is a stable set-expression, somewhat hackneyed and trite. The list of such similes in English is fairly long. They

do not create fresh and vivid images, but are frequently used by the writers as they are easily understood and grasped by the

reader.

4.round-the-corner: absent-minded.

5.was talking through his hat: was talking nonsense.

6.took up the catechism: continued questioning smb. closely.

7.Scotch fir: common North European pine.

8.we've gone down (at Oxford and Cambridge): we've left the University.

9.strame, sittin', an': dialectical forms in Devonshire and Wales.

10. Theocritus [9i:'t)knt3s]: 270 B. C. Greek pastoral poet.

11. the river Cherwell ['tjawal]: a river in Oxfordshire.

12. maiden (chiefly liter.): a girl, a young unmarried woman.

13. He thought of Theocritus, and the river Cherwell, of the moon, and the maiden with dewy eyes: This is an enumeration, the members of

which belong to different spheres. This stylistic device is used by the writer to reveal the character's feelings and meditations.

ESSENTIAL VOCABULARY

Vocabulary Notes

1. trackn 1) a mark left by someone or smth. that has passed, as the tracks of an animal (a car); to leave tracks, to follow the

tracks of; tracks in the snow (in the sand); to be on the track of smb.to be in pursuit of smb., e. g. The police were on the track of the

thief, to cover up one's tracksto conceal one's movements, e. g. The man was sure he had covered up his tracks. 2) a path, a narrow

rough road, as a track through a forest (a field); a narrow, hardly visible track; the beaten trackthe usual way of doing things, e. g.

Andrew was not a person to follow the beaten track, to keep (lose) track ofto keep in (lose) touch with, e. g. You should keep track of

current events. 3) a set of rails on which trains or trams run, as a single (double) track.

2. outline n 1) lines showing shapes or boundary, as an outline map (of Africa, Europe, etc.); the outline (outlines) of a building

(trees, mountains), e. g. Lanny could hardly make out the outlines of the big house in the dark. 2) a general statement of the chief

points of smth., as an outline of a composition (a lecture, a book); in outlinedone roughly, told briefly, e. g. Bosinney showed Soames

the design of the house in outline. I can tell you the article in outline.

outline vt to give the main points of, as to outline a certain historical period (events, etc.); to be outlined against smth.to stand out against smth., e. g. She was outlined against the sky.

3. rough adj 1) (of surfaces) uneven, irregular, coarse, as rough paper, a rough road, rough hair; 2) moving or acting violently, not

calm, mild, or gentle, as a rough sea, a rough crossing, a rough day, a rough child, rough luck; 3) unskilled; incomplete, not perfect,

as a rough sketch, a rough translation; a rough diamondan uncut diamond; fig. a good-hearted but uncultured fellow; 4) (of conduct or

speech) rude; uncivil, as rough reply, rough words; a rough tonguerude angry speech; 5) (of sounds) harsh, discordant, as a rough

voice; syn. coarse, rude, harsh.

4. eyen 1) the part of the body with which we see, e. g. We see with our eyes. It was so interesting that I couldn't take (keep) my

eyes off it. to keep an eye onto watch carefully, e. g. Cook asked me to keep an eye on the meat while she was away, to open a person's

eyes to smth.to bring it to his notice, e. g. His words opened my eyes to their relations, to make eyes at (a person)to look lovingly at; to see eye to eye with a personto see smth. in the same way, agree entirely with, e. g. I regret I don't see eye to eye with you on that

subject, the apple of one's eyething or person dearly loved, e. g. His daughter is the apple of his eye. with an eye towith a view to,

hoping for, e. g. I didn't come here for pleasure but with an eye to business, to close one's eyes toto refuse to see, e. g. You should close your eyes to her misbehaviour, to run one's eyes over (through)to glance at, examine quickly, e. g. He quickly ran his eyes over the

page, to have an eye forto be able to see well or quickly, as to have an eye for beauty; 2) a thing like an eye, as the hole in the end of a needle, an electronic eye.

eye vt to watch carefully, as to eye a person with suspicion.

5. wonder vt/i 1) to be anxious to know, e. g. I wonder who he is (what he wants, why he is late, whether he'll come, if it is correct,

how you can be so tactless as to say that...). Who is he I wonder? What does he want I wonder? 2) to be surprised, e. g. I wonder at

your saying that.

wonder n cause of surprise; a remarkable thing, e. g. Manned flights to space are the wonder of modern science. Her eyes are the

wonder. A wonder lasts but nine days. ( proverb ) She had worked unsparingly at this task. It is no wonder that she overstrained

herself. He refuses to help, and no wonder.

6. limp vi to walk lamely as when one leg or foot is stiff, injured, as to limp on one's right (left) foot, e. g. Ashurst was limping along. The man limped on. The wounded soldier limped off the battle-field.

limp n (usu. sing, with ind. art.) a lame walk, as to walk with a limp; to have a bad limp.

lame adj 1) not able to walk properly, as a lame man (child, horse); to be lame in the right (left) foot; to go lame; a lame ducka

disabled person (a failure); 2) unconvincing; unsatisfactory, as a lame excuse (argument, story, explanation), e. g. His explanation

sounded lame.

7. put vt/i 1) to place, e. g. Put more sugar in your tea. Put the book in its right place, the flowers into water, a mark against his

name. George put an advertisement in a newspaper. 2) to cause to be in a certain position or state, e. g. Jim was put to prison. Put

yourself in my place. Put it out of your mind. Let's put the documents in order. The new manager put an end to the slack discipline.

She knew how to put him at his ease. 3) to express in words, e. g. I don't know how to put it. I wouldn't put it that way. I've put it

badly. To put in black and white. I'd like to put a question to you. 4) to subject, as to put smb. to expense, inconvenience, test.

With postlogues

put asideto save, to move smth. away, e. g. Put aside the book. The man put aside some money for a rainy day.

put awayto set aside, as to put away one's things, books, a letter, put backto replace, to move backwards, e. g. The clock was 5

minutes fast and he put back the hands. Put the dictionary back on the shelf, please.

put downto write down, e. g. Put down my address, put down toto explain the cause, e. g. The flu was put down to damp weather.

put into speak in favour, as to put in a word for a friend, put offto postpone, e. g. Never put off till tomorrow what you can do

today. The meeting was put off till Monday (for two days), put offto escape doing doing smth. by making excuses, e. g. She tried to

put me off with a jest (promises, excuses).

put onto assume or to pretend to have; to increase, e. g. His modesty is all put on. She went on a diet, not to put on weight. We

must put on the pace, otherwise we'll be late.

put outto cause to stop burning; to confuse or annoy, e. g. Put out the candle (the fire, the lamp, the gas). He was very much put

out by the unexpected delay.

put throughto put in communication with smb. by telephone, e. g. Put me through to the manager, please.

put upto raise or to provide food and lodging or to lodge, e. g. The boy put up his hand eager to answer the teacher's question. We

shall put up at an inn for the night. The landlady agreed to put us up if we did not mind to share one room.

put up withto bear, e. g. I can't and won't put up with all this noise.

8. shy adj uncomfortable in the presence of others, as a shy person (boy, girl); a shy smile, e. g. Amelia wasn't shy of showing

George her affection.

shyness n, e. g. She spoke without shyness, shyly adv, e. g. She dropped her eyes shyly.

9. stretch vt/i 1) to extend or draw; to strain to the utmost, e. g. Silk socks stretch, woollen ones shrink. They stretched a wire

across the road. He rose, stretched himself and made for the bathroom,. He stretched out his hand with the letter, to stretch one's legsto

exercise one's legs after a long period of sitting. Let's go for a stroll to stretch our legs. 2) to lie at full length, e. g. He stretched

himself out on the lawn.

stretch n an unbroken period of time; at a stretchwithout stopping, e. g. He drove the car five hours at a stretch.