Vocabulary

It’s your turn. – Твоя очередь.

dresses of the latest fashion - платья сшитое по последней моде

well-cut – хорошо скроенный tailored costumes – сшитый костюм

"undies" = underwear – нижнее белье frock - платье

to match – подходить по цвету a necklace of pearls – жемчужное ожерелье

to keeps shape – держать форму to take measurements – снимать мерки

to measures – измерять to go for a fitting – ходить на примерку

alterations – переделка, изменение trouser-leg - штанина

to let out – выпускать (расшивать) to take in - ушивать

button – пуговица full evening dress ("tails") - фрак

pyjamas – пижама vest – жилет, нательная фуфайка

waistcoat – жилет scarf - шарф

to have smth. made to measure – шить что-то на заказ

ready-made clothes – готовая одежда to fit – быть впору, подходить по размеру

tweed – твид; tweeds – костюм из твида crease – складка, отутюженная складка брюк

to wear out – изнашивать

for country (town) wear – чтобы носить за городом (в городе)

heel - каблук

to put iron tips on the heels – ставить железные набойки на каблуки

rubber tips – резиновые набойки

Exercise 34. Use the following in the sentences of your own:

1. style, 2. costume, 3. blouse, 4. wear, 5. slipper, 6. pattern, 7. measurement, 8. alteration, 9. button, 10. skin, 11. raincoat, 12. scarf, 13. ready-made, 14. rough, 15. calm.

Exercise 35. Answer the following:

1. What is a costume? 2. What are Lucille's stockings made of? 3. What does she generally wear in the morning (a) winter, (b) in summer? 4. Describe Lucille's dress when she is going out to a theatre or dance. 5. Where does one wear (a) a necklace, (b) earrings, (c) socks, (d) gloves, (e) a cap, (f) a scarf?

Are shoes the same as slippers? What is the difference? 6. When Pedro goes to get a suit, what does the tailor show him? 7. Why does it pay to choose good cloth for a suit? 8. When must a suit be "let out", and when must it be "taken in"? 9. What is the difference in Pedro's clothes (a) when he is going to dinner, (b) when he is going to a dance ? 10. What noise does a lion make ? 11. What does Olaf generally wear? 12. When does he wear (a) a cap, (b) a raincoat, (c) a scarf? 13. What is the opposite of "a suit made to measure"? 14. How could you tell a pair of Olaf's trousers from a pair of Pedro's? 15. Make sentences to illustrate two meanings of tip. 16. What is (a) a man who makes shoes, (b) a man who makes clothes for men, (c) a man who shoots lions, (d) a visitor who is staying in your house, (e) a man who sells ear-rings, necklaces, etc.? 17. Hob uses the word pounds with two mean­ings. Say what they are.

Exercise 36. Explain the following words or phrases and use each in a sentence:

1. a cap to match. 2. I go for a. fitting. 3. the coat is let out or taken in. 4. the fit is perfect. 5. "tails." 6. ready-made. 7. the clothes keep their shape. 8. my trousers haven't so beautiful a crease as Pedro's. 9. They wear for years without getting worn out. 10. I didn't lose my head.