Ex.3, p.195

A. 1. She is not, I think, a woman of interesting character. 2. The combination of creating vivid and original images with the refinement of language and style characterizes the writer's skill. 3. The characters depicted by the writer are very much alike. 4. His conversation was characteristic of a retired officer. 5. Look at the clouds. They threaten rain. 6. The teacher treated to punish the pupil unless he did his homework properly. 7. Jap sank into a chair, looked at me and tapped his forehead significantly. 8. His voice had risen, but now it sank almost to a whisper. 9. At last he sank into heavy slumber. 10. You are her friend – in the best sense of the word. 11. The drugs had relieved the pain and she was left with a sense of great fatigue. 12. Nora never made scenes. She was sensible enough to know that they would only irritate Roger. 13. The truth was too obvious, and Julia was too sensible to miss it. 14. I think she behaved with great caution. 15. He never cautioned me about that until yesterday. B. 1. My friend and I slipped out of the room. 2. we knew what you intended and we took precautions. 3. I meant to give the book back to you this morning, but in heat of our discussion, it slipped my memory. 4. She sipped her hand into his and gave him her old smile. 5. It must be awful to see year after year slip and live in a place where nothing can happen. 6. His life had been bitter. 7. Gorky's death was a bitter loss to all the people. 8. His failure to pass the examination was a bitter disappointment to him. 9. She was afraid to stir for fear she might wake the child. 10. Poetry, like music, stirred him profoundly. 11. He had no pity, and her tears stirred no emotion, but he didn't want hysterics. 12. “There!” he would say in an injured tone, :Now the nail's gone.” 13. Isn't it a bit too hot for sun-bathing? – Not for me. I like it hot. The sun can't injure me. 14. The doctor thought that the injury was inflicted by a heavy blow from some blunt instrument. 15. She is revengeful to anyone who has injured her. 16. He told Kate that, in practical affairs, revenge an insult was a luxury he could not afford. 17. That was how he could get his revenge upon the people who mocked at him. 18. Ann knew she could revenge them, but she no longer felt angry.