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PART ONE
EXERCISE 6
What's the difference between "to come into", "to come on
as", "to come down"?
EXERCISE 7
Answer the questions.
1. Whom else can you tee off, look up to, get after, tell off, slap
down, make up to, try out on, give in to, leave alone?
2. Who else can come on somehow, cool off, come down, blow
up, draw himself or herself up, pass on?
3. What else can be handed down or signed over to anyone?
EXERCISE 8
Retell the text.
EXERCISE 9
Speak of your father.
L E S S O N 2
MY MOTHER
My mother, on the contrary, comes on like a very quiet
and peaceful person. 1 think nothing can stir her up but
for two things: the first is the one mentioned above, the
other one, that really keeps her down, is that she hates
waiting up for her children until late. Then you can easily
tail in for some bawling. She just likes to have my mis-
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behavior out with me. Her anger flares up. Sometimes it's
difficult to hold that out or put up with and get through
to her afterwards when she thinks up some nonsense like
my falling off a roof or a tree and keeps chewing me out.
She often says: "Do you play me for
a fool?" But you
should always allow for any mother's feelings. As for my
brother, he can easily tune out any of her insulting re
marks.
All the same, we are getting on all right. She's the kind
of person you can hit up for help, she cheers you up when
you mope around and she's the woman with whom you
can talk yourself out.
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