Verb
She gave him a camera for Christmas.
Are you giving this to me or only lending it?
She has given money to many worthy causes.
They’re asking people to give money for a new hospital.
Please give to our charity.
We already gave at the office.
It is better to give than to receive.
He gave me the letter.
He gave her his coat to hold.
He gave me a head start.
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In an attempt to display strength, producers initially failed to show a willingness to give any ground.
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This coffee-table book, published in tandem with an exhibition at Palazzo Reale, focuses on his collaborations with some of his most frequent subjects, from Jasper Johns and Carson McCullers to the Beatles and Truman Capote, exposing the give and take required to make history.
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But due to its purely cotton makeup, the fabric has next to no give, which may not be ideal for all shoppers.
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For Mozie, the give and take fuels his creativity.
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His insecurities and massive ego give way to addiction when the band goes on their first tour.
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The lightweight shell is made with a waterproof nylon and spandex blend that gives the fit a little bit of give for extra comfort.
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The give and take of reciprocity will ebb and flow in a healthy bond, as will interdependence (being emotionally in sync and mutually supportive).
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There is also a tendency to reduce the rise of the religious right as a political force to an ongoing, perfectly static culture war that takes place across policy positions on specific issues within the natural give and take of a democracy.
—Katherine Stewart, The New Republic, 23 Jan. 2023
But party reporting is a conversation, a verbal give and take — unlike, say, a feature interview of a lead actor.
—Sarah Bahr, New York Times, 9 Dec. 2022
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the branch of biology that deals with fungi
What is mycology?
100
The final stage of mitosis or meiosis during which the chromosomes of daughter cells are grouped in new nuclei.
What is telophase?
100
Occurring or continuing after one’s death
What is posthumous?
100
A person who is 70 years old or between the ages of 70 and 80
What is septuagenarian?
100
Using exactly the same words; corresponding word for word: a verbatim report of the conversation
What is verbatim?
200
A fungal infection in or on a part of the body
What is mycosis?
200
The medical study of the mouth and its diseases
What is stomatology?
200
Highly moral, especially in showing kindness or forgiveness, as in overlooking insults or not seeking revenge
What is magnanimous?
200
A person 90 years old or between 90 and 100 years old
What is nonagenarian?
200
Germinating or producing seeds that germinate before becoming detached from the parent plant, as in the mangrove
What is viviparous?
300
What is A bittersweet longing for things, persons, or situations of the past?
nostalgia
300
A percussion instrument consisting of a mounted row of wooden bars that are graduated in length to sound a chromatic scale, played with two small mallets
What is xylophone?
300
a. The calling down of a curse.
b. A curse.
What is malediction?
300
To destroy or kill a large part of (a group of people or organisms)
What is decimate?
300
Emitting visible light as a result of being heated
What is incandescent?
400
A disease of muscle or muscle tissue
What is myopathy?
400
Formation of a fibrinous clot formed in a blood vessel or chamber of the heart
What is thrombosis?
400
Having total knowledge; knowing everything
What is omniscient?
400
A clause in a document imposing a qualification, condition, or restriction
What is proviso?
400
A malignant tumor arising from bone or from soft tissues such as muscle, cartilage, fat, or blood or lymph vessels
What is sarcoma?
500
A condition of deep stupor or unconsciousness produced by a drug or other chemical substance
What is narcosis?
500
the art of writing, tracing, drawing, etc., with a style
What is stylography?
500
An expression of good wishes or blessing
What is benediction?
500
Any of various cephalopod mollusks having eight arms and two tentacles, and including the squids and cuttlefishes
What is decapod?
500
Abusively detractive language or utterance; calumny
What is obloquy?
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a
verge -
remote
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shuddering
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horrifying
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brutal
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a
spot -
bewildered
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shaken
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exorcism
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spectre
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thoroughly
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virtually
identical -
remarkable
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mere
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precise
II. Give definitions to the following verbs from the text:
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to
jam on the brakes -
to
come across -
to
tremble -
to
fade away -
to
swear -
to
report something to -
to
have somebody on -
to
consult somebody -
to rob
somebody -
to
rape somebody -
to
obtain (permission) -
to
carry out
III. Find words in the text to the following definitions:
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the front glass of the car
which the driver looks through -
to move or turn skillfully
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something that you imagine
to be real, but doesn’t exist -
in the end, finally
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unknown forces or spirit
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someone who drives a car
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without success in spite of
your efforts -
an example of a particular
kind of situation -
in a fast and uncontrolled
way -
disapproval
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an official process, in the
form of a series of meetings, intended to find out
why
something happened
12.
somebody who attacks travelers on the road and take their money
13.
apparently, evidently
IV. Use the words from exercises I, II and III in the sentences of your own.
Writing
Write
a paragraph of about 100-120 words giving your personal opinion about
such supernatural phenomena.
Talking
point
Make up
a dialogue between either Mr.
Wright and one of the motorists who saw the phantom of the female
bleeding body by the roadside or Mr. Wright and Dr. Arthur Beddowes.
Use active vocabulary from the text.
UNIT
V
Ambroce bierce
Pronunciation
I. Note the pronunciation of the following words:
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to
wound – wounded -
socially-prominent
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a
sharp tongue -
a
nickname -
a
magazine editor -
severe
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asthma
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a
rebel -
a
battlefield -
headquarters
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to
fascinate
II. Watch the pronunciation and spelling of the following proper names:
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Ambroce
Bierce -
Mary
Allen Day -
William
Randolph Hearst -
Carrie
Christiansn -
Lord
Kichener -
San
Francisco -
London
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Civil
War -
Mexico
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Washington,
DC -
Loredo,
Texas -
Europe
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Pancho
Villa -
Venustiano
Carranzo
Warm-up
Work in
groups, discuss the following questions:
Imagine
that you are a famous writer. You think that after you die no one
will remember you or your writings. What can you do about it?
Reading
Read the
text below and answer the following questions:
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Why
was Ambroce Bierce called ‘Bitter Bierce’? -
Bierce’s
stories were well liked but he as a person was not. Why not? -
What
did Bierce write to a friend in San Francisco? -
How
was Bierce’s wish fulfilled?
One of the most successful
American short story writers at the return of the century was Ambroce
Bierce. In December 1913 he disappeared, never to be seen or heard
from again. Because of things he said shortly before he vanished it
is possible that he planned the final days of his life that way. He
was afraid that one he died both he and his writings would be
forgotten. He did not want that to happen.
In 1861, at the age of
nineteen, Bierce found his purpose in life: the military. The Civil
War between the northern and southern states broke out at that time,
and shortly afterwards Bierce joined the northern army. He loved
military life and fought in many important battles. He was wounded
twice, once quite seriously in the head. Bierce was never the same
after this head injury; he became bitter, suspicious of people and
concerned about death.
When peace came in 1865 Bierce
travelled west to San Francisco. There he met and married a
socially-prominent young woman, Mary Allen Day, and became the father
of two sons and a daughter. However, in 1871, because his marriage
was no longer happy, he left San Francisco and went to England,
settling down in London to become a writer. Two years later a
collection of his stories was published. Because of his sharp tongue
and the pessimistic nature of his stories, he earned the nickname of
‘Bitter Bierce’.
When Bierce returned to San
Francisco in 1876 he was already a celebrity because of his success
in England. He became a magazine editor and was soon recognized as
the literary leader of the city. Unfortunately, it was also at this
time he developed a severe case of asthma, which stayed with him for
the rest of his life.
One of the
leading newspapermen in San Francisco at that time was William
Randolph Hearst. Hearst asked Bierce to write a column for his paper,
The
Examiner.
Bierce accepted the position and wrote about everybody and
everything, expressing his observations in his usual sarcastic
manner. Because of his sarcasm he had very few friends but many
enemies.
Ten years after going to work
for Hearst, Ambroce Bierce was transferred to Washington, DC. He
liked the capital city because, he said, the climate was good for his
asthma. He remained there until 1909, at which time he retired from
newspaper work to edit the stories and articles he had written over
the years. His secretary, Carrie Christiansen, worked closely with
him on this project. When they finished in 1912, Bierce was seventy
years old. What was he going to do?
In the years following the
civil War, Bierce read all he could find on military matters. Because
of his war experience and extensive reading, he became a military
expert. He felt sure that he could secure a position as adviser to
military leaders in some part of the world. That, he decided, was
what he would do with the rest of his life.
Then a revolution broke out in
Mexico. Pancho Villa and Venustiano Carranza were the leader of the
rebels fighting the official forces. One summer’s day in 1913
Bierce told his secretary his plan: he was going to tour the Civil
War battlefield; then he would go to Mexico. He carried out the first
part of his plan as proposed.
From the moment he left
Washington, DC Bierce wrote to his secretary almost daily. He also
wrote, though less frequently, to his daughter Hellen. To one of his
friends in San Francisco he said he wished to end his career in a
more glorious way than just dying in bed. ‘I’ve decided to go to
Mexico to find a soldier’s grave,’ he wrote.
Bierce’s last letter to his
secretary, dated from 16 December, 1913, was from Laredo, Texas. ‘I
go to Mexico with a definite purpose which I cannot yet disclose,/ he
said. He sent that letter from Laredo; the next day, as far as anyone
knows, he entered Mexico.
Some people believe that
Bierce never actually crossed the border, however, but went to some
isolated place in the United States where he could end his days
peacefully and alone, possibly a place in the mountains that would be
good for his asthma. Other believe he went to Europe as an adviser to
the British military leader, Lord Kitchener, during World War I.
Several months passed and when
no one heard from Bierce his daughter asked the US State Department
to locate her father. A search was made but the only result was an
unconfirmed report that Bierce had actually reached Pancho Villa’s
headquarters. Except for two or three similar rumours, Bierce was
never heard from again. Nevertheless, his wish to be remembered was
fulfilled because twenty years later rumours about him were still
going around. Even today the subject of what happened to Ambroce
Bierce fascinates people.
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2. Read the words and find their definitions.
1) to support a) someone who reads a lot
2) to ignore b) to demonstrate disagreement
3) to quarrel c) not to pay attention to
4) to avoid d) to save somebody
5) a fusser e) to keep away from something or somebody
6) a bookworm f) someone who worries a lot about everything
7) to rescue g) to help, to assist
3. Choose the right variant of the main verb: Active or Passive Voice.
1) Somebody (ask) me on the phone every evening.
a) asks b) asked c) is asked
2) I (lose) my exercise-book last week.
a) was lost b) lost c) lose
3) We (advise) not to go out alone by the policeman yesterday.
a) advise b) were advised c) advised
4) Who (use) my new car at the moment?
a) uses b) is being used c) is using
5) The children (take) to the museums next week.
a) will be taken b) were taken c) will take
6) The theatre (close) last summer.
a) closed b) was closed c) were closed