Word-combinations
1. работать по ночам лифтером
2. кожаный бумажник
3. отдаленно напоминать что-либо
4. кривобокая ваза
5. присудить приз
6. сомнительная покупка
7. разглагольствовать о
8. дрожащие руки
9. быть в хорошей форме
10. глубокие морщины
11. предотвратить несчастье
12. цветные карандаши
13. посмотреть оценивающе
14. хриплый голос
15. коробка акварельных красок
16. заняться чем-либо
17. стать посмешищем
18. стонать от боли
19. создать картину
20. опытный врач
21. сделать ошеломляющее заявление
22. захолустный город
23. тюбик масляных красок
24. грубая работа
25. крупнейшая выставка года если не по величине, то по значению
26. потрясающий фильм
27. принять на выставку
28. невнятная речь
29. переливы красок
30. энергичная походка
31. зрелый художник
32. наградить медалью
33. покраснеть до корней волос
34. проскользнуть незамеченным
35. ценой здоровья
36. заветная мечта
37. предостерегать против чего-либо
38. незаметное место
39. быть в плачевном состоянии
40. мазня, клякса
41. выставить картину
42. многообещающий студент
43. закрытие выставки
44. заняться живописью
45. неутолимое любопытство
Exercise 3. Insert the necessary missed letters.
Vari_ty, scr_wl, to fo_st, cr_yon, g_rgle, to sn_ak, ra_c_us, _nomal_, v_l_t, g_wn,
pal_ied, _nv_lope, tu_tion, can_as, mant_lpie_e, to s_uint, freq_ent, c_uple, me_se_ger,
in_rtic_late, pur_ha_e, bo_l, _nc_nsp_c_ous, to cl_ak, to e_ecute, to li_u_date, to dr_w,
sm_ ars, _nsat_able, ab_up_nes_, _nterpr_se.
Expressions with colours
Exercise 4. Translate into Russian:
out of the blue ___________________________________________________
a black sheep ____________________________________________________
a Black Maria ___________________________________________________
in black and white ________________________________________________
in the red _______________________________________________________
red tape ________________________________________________________
green with envy __________________________________________________
to catch someone red-handed ________________________________________
once in a blue moon _______________________________________________
to have green fingers _______________________________________________
to see red ________________________________________________________
a blackleg ________________________________________________________
a green belt _______________________________________________________
a white lie ________________________________________________________
a red-letter day ____________________________________________________
a red herring ______________________________________________________
a white-collar job ___________________________________________________
to give the green light to _____________________________________________
rose-coloured spectacles _____________________________________________
a white elephant ___________________________________________________
Exercise 5. Translate into Russian:
To give smb the red carpet treatment _____________________________________________
To feel completely browned off __________________________________________________
To paint the town red _________________________________________________________
To be green _________________________________________________________________
To be blue in the face __________________________________________________________
To go purple with rage _________________________________________________________
To be black and blue ___________________________________________________________
To go as red as beetroot _________________________________________________________
A black look __________________________________________________________________
A red light district _____________________________________________________________
To be as black as smb is painted __________________________________________________
To be yellow _________________________________________________________________
To feel blue __________________________________________________________________
To be blue with cold __________________________________________________________
To be as white as a sheet _______________________________________________________
A black comedy _____________________________________________________________
a ghastly shade of green _______________________________________________________
Exercise 6. Read the definition and give the word-combination with colours. (part 1)
1. if you see or view something through these, you think it is better than it really is; 2. official rules that seem unnecessary and prevent things from being done quickly and easily; 3. wishing very much that you had something that someone else has; 4. a day that you will always remember because something special happened that made you very happy; 5.very rarely; 6. someone who continues to work when other workers are on strike - used to show disapproval; 7. something that is completely useless, although it may have cost a lot of money; 8. an area of land around a city where building is not allowed, in order to protect fields and woods; 9. someone who is regarded by other members of their family or group as a failure or embarrassment; 10. a lie that you tell someone in order to protect them or avoid hurting their feelings; 11. a fact or idea that is not important but is introduced to take your attention away from the points that are important; 12. to allow a project, plan etc to begin; 13. in written form, and therefore definite; 14. to be good at making plants grow; 15. to catch someone at the moment when they are doing something wrong; 16. very unexpected; 17. these kind of workers have jobs in offices, banks etc rather than jobs working in factories, building things etc; 18. to owe more money than you have; 19. a vehicle used by the police to carry prisoners; 20. to become very angry.
1. 11.
2. 12.
3. 13.
4. 14.
5. 15.
6. 16.
7. 17.
8. 18.
9. 19.
10. 20.
Exercise 7. Read the definition and give the word-combination with colours. (part 2)
1. to give special treatment to an important visitor; 2. a look full of feelings of anger or hate; 3. someone who is ___ looks extremely cold; 4. annoyed or bored; 5. young and lacking experience, naïve; 6. to go out to bars, clubs etc to enjoy yourself; 7. having a red face, especially because you are embarrassed; 8. not brave, cowardly; 9. sad and without hope, depressed; 10. to argue, talk etc about something a lot, but without achieving what you want; 11. skin that is _____has bruises (=dark marks) on it as a result of being hit; 12. not to be as bad as people say you are; 13. looking pale, because of illness, strong emotion etc; 14. with a face that is dark red, caused by anger; 15. making jokes about serious subjects, especially death; 16. looking pale and unhealthy because you are ill.
1. 9.
2. 10.
3. 11.
4. 12.
5. 13.
6. 14.
7. 15.
8. 16.
Exercise 8. Translate into Russian.
once in a blue moon 1. Once in a blue moon Eric will offer to help with the dishes, but usually he doesn't do any housework at all. 2. I used to spend a lot of time in London, but now I only go there once in a blue moon.3. We go out to eat once in a blue moon. 4. And Eleanor was damn lucky to have him as an escort once in a blue moon.5. So now he just comes round once in a blue moon.6. That happens only once in a blue moon, when the weather is cold enough and thus the ice thick enough.
out of the blue 1. Do you remember Jane? Well, she phoned me yesterday, completely out of the blue. 2. One evening, Angela phoned me out of the blue and said she was in some kind of trouble. 3. Out of the blue, he asked me to come with him to Europe. 4. She told me, out of the blue, that she was going to live in New York.5. Symptoms of the disease often appear out of the blue.6. And now here was a shiny new fence, built out of the blue while our backs were turned. 7. Even with a mysterious ex-lover who had turned up out of the blue after more than sixteen years' absence. 8. It came to me out of the blue. 9. It was totally out of the blue. 10. Now you turn up out of the blue talking about us like we were a Lionel Ritchie lyric.11. The pair are travelling in their caravan when a sinister family pitches up out of the blue.
a black sheep 1. Are twins to become the moral equivalent of black sheep? 2. Even in this questionable industry, meanwhile, the Connecticut leasing operation is clearly the black sheep. 3. Faith is treated as the odd man out, the misfit, the black sheep. 4. Then I became the black sheep and I found to my horror that everyone thought I was off my bloody head. 5. Amy's always been the black sheep of the family.
black and white 1. old black and white movies 2. The situation is not black and white; we still don't know what to do. 3. But the photograph, of course, is black and white. 4. Everything is seen in black and white. 5. Her black and white study of proud Paul holding Mary is the most surprising. 6. Some kind of news program comes on, in black and white. 7. With moving simplicity their posters reproduce in black and white the faces of missing parents. 8. Once it's down in black and white, you can't forget it
a blackleg 1. Across the road in a secure compound are the buildings that house the mostly out-of-state blacklegs.2. Picketing gave way to marches through factories, when workers would chase blacklegs and occasionally kidnap managers. 3. The blackleg buses disappeared off the streets and other vehicles which had been beginning to return to the roads.
in the red 1. After five quarters in the red, the business will soon be profitable. 2. My son's bank account is usually in the red. 3. Overseas payments could keep the country deep in the red for the next decade.4. The state is already $3 billion in the red this year. 5. The oil gauge is in the red. 6. You will pay interest when you are in the red, plus a charge for cheques and an annual service fee. 7. This is the airline's fourth straight year in the red.
red tape 1. U.S. companies fear the red tape will scare off customers. 2. All the bureaucratic disclosures and red tape in the country can not offset either. 3. But red tape is not the only or even the main problem.4. Former rally driver Jean Denton is battling to reduce red tape and bureaucratic burdens on small firms and start-ups. 5. It talks about only another layer of government and more red tape and state control, not less.6. Many blame Britain's decline on too much red tape. 7. Richard Pombo, who sponsored the guest worker amendment, said the current program involves too much red tape. 8. There are regulations, laws and red tape. 9. What annoyed me most was the red tape. 10. The new rules should help cut the red tape for farmers.
catch somebody red-handed 1. Earl was caught red-handed taking the money. 2. Night patrols were started in some rural areas, and they sometimes caught burglars or cattle thieves red-handed.
see red 1. The thought of Pierre with Nicole had made her see red. 2. I immediately saw red and wanted to prove him wrong. 3. When Swindon and Leicester meet, they often see red.
red-letter day 1. August 17 was a red-letter day because at last the dorado-catching campaign succeeded. 2. Finally the couple may be celebrating a birthday, a wedding anniversary or some other red-letter day. 3. It could mean the difference between a red-letter day and an empty basket. 4. It is also a red-letter day for Bath's Ben Clarke, who makes his debut. 5. This was a red-letter day indeed.
a red herring 1. According to Mattel, antitrust issues were a red herring. 2. Meg's determination not to see her; her red herring about the mysterious proposal of marriage.
a white lie 1. What's the harm of a white lie if it will make her feel better? 2. Do you get just a little sort of tap for a white lie but minced up for murder? 3. What did it matter, a little white lie like that? 4. Why hadn't she told a white lie and claimed she had a licence?
white-collar 1. a white-collar worker 2. The economic recession has put many white-collar workers in danger of losing their jobs. 3. But white-collar crime seems to be the new image of the law profession. 4. Effective measurement of white-collar performance would require more than just measurement of efficiency. 5. In contrast, white-collar employment soared despite massive use of information technologies in areas such as accounting and finance. 6. It should also be pointed out that white-collar industries have suffered from privatization. 7. Stress and activity are the new white-collar sources of identity. 8. The expansion of white-collar unionism was a particular feature of the most recent phase.
a white elephant 1. When the theatre first opened it was widely regarded as a white elephant. 2. The dam has become something of a white elephant. 3. Cake and white elephant stalls plus a grand prize draw.4. More spaces are needed at less cost not another white elephant office block. 5. Saracen ambassadors bring Charlemagne a white elephant complete with exotic trappings. 6. There's this picturesque white elephant development on the Costa del Sol, apparently going for a song. 7. What do you do with a huge white elephant like that?
green with envy 1.Color Cam Neely blue, and make everybody else green with envy when Jaromir Jagr showcases his enormous talents. 2. His voice had a freshness that would make many tenors under the age of 40 go green with envy. 3. It’s enough to turn your fellow board directors green with envy. 4. Many thanks for a first class mag, even if I do go green with envy at some of the kit!
have green fingers 1. He had green fingers, my grandfather. He could grow anything. 2. The flower show season is upon us, and whether you have a green thumb or not, you should take a look at your garden.3. Tonight these dames were going to have greener fingers than Percy Thrower. 4. You really do have green fingers.
green belt 1. All candidates said they were concerned that Darlington should preserve its green belt. 2. Argues that it is being forced to loosen its green belt restrictions as a result. 3. Critics say it's encroaching on the green belt and would devastate local villages. 4. In terms of the aims set out in 1955, it can be said that green belt policies have been fairly successful. 5. In the meantime proposals have been submitted for private-sector mini New Towns in the green belt around London and beyond.6. The green belt policy commands even wider support today than it did in the 1950s.
give somebody/something the green light 1. The government has given the green light to Sunday trading. 2. But after waiting years for the building permits, Rohr got the green light to build just as the market turned down. 3. Doctors gave him the green light yesterday to start against New Orleans on Sunday night. 4. The president gave him a green light, and in the next three years he re-created his role at the company completely.
rose-coloured spectacles 1. Well, it’s high time for you to stop looking at him through rose-coloured spectacles! 2. Life is not all cakes and ale, take off your rose-coloured spectacles.