Find humorous phrases in the text which are supposed to make you smile.

7. Try to explain etymology of the following words:Nonchalant, Frankly Worried, the Crammer, Old Stager. Translate them.

Explain and expand on the following.

Prize-fighter; frank cheating; Leader; flagrant cheating; nonchalant air; a senior wrangler; Judgement Day; an imminent thunderstorm; condemned cell; trouser leg; undeceptive thoroughness; battered text-book; trim little piece; like a confessional; he said testily; in a cup tie; on the lowermost step; the opiate of oblivion.

Paraphrase the following phrases.

1.Touches of his fighting spirit; 2.To turn in a competent diagnosis; 3.To write steadily and sternly; 4.An aspect of concentration and industry; 5. Requesting my presence; 6. An inadequate account of oneself; 7. God’s brow; 8.Jumping irritatingly; 9.In a desperate farewell embrace; 10.They usually adopt towards them an undeserved sternness; 11.Her hair tidy but not striking; 12.A look of admiring submission; 13. Reeling out the lines of treatment; 14.Like a rugger scrum; 15.If I would ever make a recovery and win through; 16. I struggled my way to the front of the restless crowd.

Give written translation of the following passage.

The oral examination was held<…>he replied without hesitation.