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Ex. 5 
Translate paying attention to homonyms: 
1) After an incident in Croydon involving a prison van and a concrete mixer, 
police are looking for eighteen hardened criminals. 
2) Eth: A professional burglar! Mr. Glum, you told me Ron’s Uncle Charlie was a 
biologist. 
3) Mr. Glum: All I said was, he studies cell structures. 
Ex. 6 
Explain what stylistic device is used in these proverbs and sayings, what it is based upon. 
1) A clean fast is better than a dirty breakfast. 
2) Who feasts till he is sick, must fast till he is well. 
3) Feast today and fast tomorrow. 
4) – Is life worth living? - It depends upon the liver. 
5) – What do you do with the fruit? -We eat what we can, and what we can’t eat we 
can. 
6) Her nose was sharp, but not so sharp as her voice or the suspiciousness, with 
which she faced me. 
7) Nowadays all of us are so hard up, that only pleasant things to pay are 
compliments, it’s the only thing we pay. 
8) O’Henry about a café: It’s atmosphere was thick, it’s napery and soup were thin. 
Synonyms and Antonyms 
Ex. 1 
Translate the following words into English and give as many synonyms to them as you 
can. 
просить, возможно, глупый, веселый, несчастье, начинать, выбирать, путешествие 
Ex. 2 
In what respects do the following synonyms differ? 
1.policeman, bobby, cop 
2.master, owner, head, proprietor, possessor 
3.worker, labourer, toiler, hand 
4.fabricate, construct, frame, invent, forge, manufacture, feign 
5.mansion, house, habitation, residence, abode 
Ex. 3 
Change the following sentences so that they express the contrary meaning by using 
antonyms. State whether they are absolute or derivational antonyms. 
1. All the seats were occupied. 2. The room was lighted by the strong rays of the sun. 3. 
He added three hundred to the sum. 4. I came in while you were asleep. 5. A lamp is a 

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