Part III Building the Vocabulary

A. Consult the English-English dictionary for the following words and phrases:

collaboration (p. 165)

venture (p. 165)

a guinea-pig (p. 166)

confinement (p. 168)

reprehensible (p. 169)

presumptuous (p. 173)

commision (p. 175)

to evaluate (p. 177)

tantalizing (p. 177)

gruesome (p. 181)

envisage (p. 186)

mischievous (p. 187)

apprehension (p. 187)

to appraise (p. 192)

retarted (p. 195)

chivalrous (p. 199)

assumption (p. 200)

to incomprehend (p. 201)

worthwhile (p. 202)

B. Translate the sentences and interpret the given phrases in English

1. The cows are simply over the moon. (p.163)

2. I think that you won't be cowed by any of the remarks. (p. 164)

3. He forgot all about it and never showed up. (p. 175)

4. Why don't you pop round to my flat now? (p. 179)

5. We could - sort of, pick up where we left off. (p. 179)

6. Roddy, fortunately, was out of earshort. (p. 183)

7. But I still think he should have bitten the bullet and stuck with Mariella. (p. 184)

8. I do believe you've managed to track down a bona fide, old-fashioned, dyed-in-the-wool, head-in-the-clouds socialist. (p. 199)

9. I think you are jumping the gun a bit. (p. 200)

Unit VII (p. P. 203 - 238) Part I First Reading

A. Thinking about the Chapters

Now you have learned more about Phoebe, Roddy and Mr. Mortimer, consider how would you feel and what would you do in such a situation? Do you think Phoebe was right to stay in the house and accept the offer by Mr. Mortimer?

B. Understanding the Plot

1. What were Phoebe's ambitions as a painter? (p. 203)

2. Why did she let Roddy stay in her room? What were her thoughts about this? What did Roddy promise to her?

3. How did it happen that Phoebe found herself in Mortimer's room? (p. p. 204 — 207) What talk took place between them? Why did she refuse? (p. p. 207 — 210)

4. What did Phoebe hear behind a half-closed door of the library and what did she hear entering it? What did Roddy say about her pictures and what did she do after that, never later regretting her decision? (p. p. 210 — 213)

5. How did Phoebe manage to attend the gallery and what was she intending to do there? (p. p. 213 — 214)

6. Who was Findlay Onyx? Remember his letter to Michael on p. 168. Describe him. Why did he want to meet Michael? Describe his flat. How did he get involved into this matter? (p p. 215—220)

7. Who was Mr. Farringdon? (p. p. 220 — 221; p. 223)

8. What did you learn about the crash? (p. p. 223 — 224)

9. What did you learn about the relations between Tabitha and Farringdon? Tabitha and Mr. Onyx? What was Tabitha intending to do? (p. p. 224 - 226)

10. What was the note that Mr. Onyx wanted to read? Where did Michael get it from? What was it? Did it give the clue to anything? (p. p. 226 — 228)

11. Why did Farringdon meet Mr. Onyx? Who was killed by Lawrence? (p. p. 228 — 230)

12. How did Findlay define the role of Michael in this case? (p. p. 233 — 234)

13. Why did Fiona come to Michael and what did he learn and think about her illness? (p. p. 236 — 237)