Exercise 15. Insert articles where necessary. (Articles with set expressions.)

       1. I trust you to tell me ____ bare truth, whatever it is. 2. The maid, looking to right and left, spoke in ____ low and hurried voice. 3. On his trip round ____ world with Fleur he had often put his nose out and watched the dancing on ____ deck. 4. He decided that he would not at ____ present explain to her who he was. 5. I saw ____ good deal of him during ____ war.6. He has taken his death very much to ____ heart indeed. 7. What did her education and her accom­plishments amount to? She could keep ____ house. 8. All seemed perfectly at their ease, by. no means in ____ hurry. 9. Somebody important must have been arriving from Europe by ____ air.10. Am I dealing, young people, with ____ case of ____ love at ____ first sight? 11. We've had some tea already on ____ board ____ yacht. 12. Rosa was well aware that she had never taken ____ trouble to get to know Annette. 13. You will go to ____ sea and forget all about me in ____ month.14. He was about to start on ____ long journey, ____ difficult one, by ____ sea, and no soul would know where he was gone. 15. It is ____ pleasure to see you.16. He held ____ very guarded conversation with her on his way home, for fear that she would take ____ additional offence. Argument was out of ____ question. 17. On ____ other hand, if he was beaten he took it With complete good humour. 18. He is beginning to lose ____ heart, they say. 19. She burned like ____ fire from ____ head to ____ foot. 20. I got into conversation with him by ____ chance at ____ concert.21. She's taken quite ____ fancy to you, Ridgeon. 22. ____ furniture was all sent round by ____ water.23. I returned at once, and found Ada sitting at ____ work by ____ fire­ side. 24. He played ____ flute. 25. Somewhere ____ great many men were singing. 26. He was chronically in ____ debt. 27. ____ woman I fixed my eye on was ____ , woman who kept ____ house for me at my cottage. 28. It is ____ pity to worry her if she has ____ talent for ____ uneasiness. 29. He has given ____ permission to go up and see her there. 30. Behind ____ house was ____ large garden, and in summer, ___ pupils almost lived out of ____ doors. 31. ____ rain had stopped, and we went on ____ foot to ____ Ebury Street.32. They started at ____ dawn, and ____ boy I sent with them didn't come back till next day. 33. On being informed, that her departure would be delayed, she had flown into ____ violent passion. 34. All of ____sud­den, his face had become stony. 35. Dear, dear! It seems only ____ other day since I took you down to school at Slough! 36. Mr. Byron Waller could play ____ violin.

Exercise 16. Translate into English.

1. Он всегда говорит очень тихо. 2. На днях я случайно встретила Нину. 3. Если вы ей так ответите, она придет в ярость. 4. По правде говоря, я так и не поняла, почему она обиделась. 5. Она читает, с утра до ночи. 6. Я люблю путешествовать мо­рем. 7. Вы по ошибке принесли не тот журнал. 8. Мы всегда заставали его за работой. 9. Приходите ко мне завтра. - Об этом и речи быть не может, я очень занята. 10. Он даже не потру­дился встретить нас на вокзале. 11. Жаль, что вы не можете пойти с нами в театр. 12. Мы уже можем читать Диккенса и Теккерея в оригинале. 13. Мой брат очень хорошо играет на скрипке. 14. В 1937 г. археологическая экспедиция отправилась в Хо­резм. Экспедицию возглавлял профессор С. Толстов, известный специалист по истории народов Средней Азии. 15. Качалов, изумительный актер, которого оплакивали миллионы любителей театра, умер за месяц до 50-летнего юбилея Художественного театра. 16. Озеро Байкал, сердце Сибири, как его называют, замечательно редкой красотой берегов и удивитель­ным цветом воды. Академик Берг, выдающийся советский гео­граф, называет Байкал чудом природы. 17. Беранже, знаменитый французский поэт, родился в 1780 г. В детстве он жил с дедом, бедным парижским портным. Когда началась революция, его отправили в провинцию к тетке, содержательнице гостиницы.