2. Those tremendous claps of thunder awoke me at night. It was raining cats and dogs/pouring the whole night / all night (Long).
3. Look! It has stopped raining. The clouds have lifted. There is a fine rainbow in the sky. Г hope, the weather will be / keep fine.
4. According to the weather forecast there will be occasional rain this week.
Г>. Et T s pouring, put up the umbrella or you wiil get wet through.
Ex. xxiv. p. 229
а) неумный, неразумный, глупый: разрушать, уничтожать; веселый, радостный, живой, любящий аеселуя) компанию, общительный; совершенно, полностью, и пол не. Всецело; поеменватьсч, хихикать, фыркать от смеха; красивый, миловидный, привлекательный; хрупкий, непрочный, неосновательный; начинать, нннци и ропать
Ы senseless, foolish, stupid, ridiculous; spoil, destroy, demolish, wreck; joyful, spirited, happy, cheerf ul. glad; wholly, fully, entirely; giggle. Utter, laugh; attractive, fair, charming, comely, pretty, beautiful, handsome; weak, wobbly, frail, fragile; begin, commence, initiate
c) torn foolishness — idioticalness, extreme stupidity or foolishness (Webster's, p. 1124); occasional — sometimes, but not frequently or regularly (Macmi I tan. p. 977); happening now and then / not of ten (Harrap's p. 345); depression — a feeling of being extremely unhappy (Macmillan. p. 372). miserable feeling (Harrap's p. 133); Lobe plagued — to be annoyed all the time by doing something or by heel ng asked for something (Mscmillau, p. 1075), to be annoyed or bothered (Harrap's p. 380); set-fair day (of lhe weather) to be likeiy to stay fine for some time (Courtney, p. 554), (from sei fair, я position on a barometer dlal)(Cowie, p. 495); keep on steadily — to continue, often in spite of difficulties, regularly (Courtney, p. 31 ti), (Harrap's p. 498); a thing that is beyond me — it is too difficult for nie to understand ordeal with (Macmillan. p. 121)
5. Ann said (that) she would have a bettor contend of the language if she read English books.
6. Thestndenlasaid (that) they would work hai"d at their pronunciation; they wanted to get rid of their mistakes.
7. They asked us when we would join their / our choir.
8. Nelly asked her if she would invite her to her birthday party.
Ex. IV, p. 234
1. Roger said (that) his uncle had been there more than once.
2. Alice asked me if 1 had spent much time there,
3. Den asked me when J had Joined their circle.
4. She said (that) their group hod worked in the lab that day.
>>. Bill said (that) he remembered she had been good at singing.
6. The mot her asked her son why he had spent no much money on sweets.
7. Fanny asked her friend where he / she had gone during his / her vacation,
Ex. VI, p. 234
1. We heard • knew that all the first-year students had enjoyed the concert greatly.
2. Everybody was sure that Peter would pass all the examinations with excellent marks.
3. In his letter the son wrote to his mother that he was taking part in difficult but interesting work.
4. We learned that they had not gone out of town because of nasty / beastly weather.
G, Becky said to her mother (that>slie had invited her friends to the picnic,
6. I was sure T would not tie able to get an excellent mark in Geography.
7. Brother said he did not like Chemistry.