Англиискии для вас Новый курс XXI века

Exercise 15. Give Russian equivalents for these word combinations.

1. 
   to withdraw a promise (one’s word), to withdraw from business, to with­draw troops from smb.’s territory;
   
2. 
   to shake one’s head, to shake hands with smb.. to shake smb.’s hand;
   
3. 
   to check in, to check out, checking out time
   

Exercise 16. Give sentences of your own using word combinations given in exercise 15.
Exercise 17. a) Insert articles wherever necessary, b) Give a summary of the column⁸⁴ and discuss it.
A Man with No Juice
Like I’ve always said⁸⁵ it seems my main job in Paris is to book people at... hotels, to make ... reservations for them at... restaurants and to act as ... guide.
... other day I received ... call from ... two Hollywood song-writers Sammy Cahn and Jimmy Van Hansen. “Look. Art, we are coming to Paris for the week­end. Can you help us with ... reservation?”
... only hotel I could name was “George V.” I had made ... reservations at most of... Paris hotels for... Americans who never checked in and their man­agers did not speak to me.
“O’key,” Mr Cahn said. “Get us two bedrooms and ... sitting-room.” “That may be difficult, because ... hotels are full now," I said.
“Well, use some juice, will you?” Mr Cahn asked.
“Juice" is ... Hollywood expression which means “influence."
I did manage to get ... accommodation and on Friday morning I went to ... hotel not to miss the celebrities.⁸⁶ By nine in the evening they had not arrived. When I was leaving ... lounge ... room-clerk did not even look at me.
On Monday ... same cheerful voices phoned me. Their colleague had made ... reservation for them in another hotel and they were happy there. Cahn did not offer... apology and 1 thought it would be rude to remind them⁸⁷ of the Hotel “George V."
At lunch Mr Cahn asked: “Do you have any juice at the ‘Excelsior Hotel’ in Rome?"
“No," I said in ... firm voice. “None at all."
(After Art Buchwald)