Программа дисциплины л л е е к к с с и и к к о о л л о о

gossip of the town. 4. The night watch rushed to his help. 5. Then followed an 
interminable wait. 6. His long hunt for the book resulted in a failure. 7. The station is a 
half-an-hour walk from our house. 8. Christine had the run of Mrs. Herbert’s kitchen. 9. 
With his heavy bag and torn shoes he looked like a tramp. 10. He was certainly on the 
move. 
Ex. 4 
Comment on relations within the conversion pairs. Use the verbs in your own sentences: 
dog – to dog, finger – to finger, dress– to dress, pocket– to pocket, back– to back, monkey 
– to monkey 

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Ex. 5 
Translate and explain the following cases of conversion: to pirate, to worm, to up, to 
engineer, to oh-oh, to thou.
Composition 
Ex.1 
Read the following sentences. Explain the meaning of the adjectives in bold type in 
English. 
1. He was wearing a brand-new overcoat and hat. 2. His hair was a bit reddish before he 
went piebald. 3. It was a snowy pitch-black night. 4. The colour deepened in her rain-
wet cheeks. 5. She never said she was homesick. 6. He ignored the red light as if he were 
colour-blind. 7. Don’t be so blood-thirsty, father! 8. He acted with pride, which one 
could not expect from such a lackey-minded person. 9. She is a tall woman with black 
hair and eyes and an ivory-white face. 10. The woman stared at her papers with sleep-
filmed eyes. 11. He held his hands for a moment against his deep-lined cheeks. 
Ex. 2 
Comment on the meanings of the following compound nouns. Translate them into 
Russian. 
thumb-nail, nerve-knot, danger-point, daylight, cream-puff, corner-room, breast-pocket, 
side-door, egg-plant, jelly-fish, box-car, air-brake, inkstain, love-quarrel, girl-page, 
restaurant-car, money-box, hand-shake, stop-light, sun-light 
Ex. 3 
Arrange the following compounds into three groups according to their motivation: fully 
or partially-motivated and unmotivated: light-hearted, butterfly, cabman, blackberry, 
wolf-dog, dragon-fly, looking-glass, bluestocking, necklace, earthquake.