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9. cunning a clever at deceiving people; sly, e. g. Be careful. He is as cunning as a fox.
Syn. sly
cunning n skill in deceiving people, e. g. The boy showed a great deal of canning in 
getting what he wanted. He succeeded in his object by pure cunning. 
READING COMPREHENSION EXERCISES 
1. Consult a dictionary and practise the pronunciation of the following words. Pay attention to the stresses:
a) atmosphere, unforgivable, disgusting, absurd, absolute, altar, conceited, irresolutely, 
automatons, rearrange, Lilliputian, precede, .cautiqus, bury, cushions, tiptoe, inaudibly, dove, 
stealthily, amateur, abbreviation, disagreeable. 
b) lettuce, abyss, scavenger, rummage, grisly, Eden, vigorous, laxative, ingenious, 
serpent, exeunt, tentative, extravagant, dishevel(l)ed, atrocious, standoffish, complacent, 
adorable, motto. 
2. Listen to the recording of the text and mark the stresses and tunes. Repeat the text after the model 
3. Substitute one of the speech patterns (p. 238) for the parts of the sentence: 
M o d e 1 s: a) He became angry when he thought of working and working like a dog.
It made him angry to think of working and working like a dog.

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Практический курс английского языка. 4 курс под ред. В.Д. Аракина
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b) You cannot think of anything else but finding fault.
All you can think of is finding fault. 
1. He was annoyed when people told him that he should be more polite. 2. The girl 
became sad when she heard the mournful news. 3. The mother was happy (she rejoiced) 
when she received many letters from her daughter. 4. He dreamed of nothing else but 
becoming a doctor. 5. There was nothing else they had to demand but that the old woman 
should be treated with all respect due to her. 6. The only thing we objected to was her 
stubbornness. 7. She had better do nothing else but attend to her work. 8. There was 
nothing else she had wanted him to do, but to trust to his judgement.