6. Lawrence

1. Pronounce and translate the words given below:

bulletin, cassoulet, dais, turpentine, turquoise-and-azure, (in) lieu (of), to invalid, pilchard, a down-and-out, aftermath, equinox, eurhythmics, guerrilla, churlish, repugnance.

2. Give the English for:

велична хода, епідемія грипу, піхота, вельветовий піджак, левова паща (бот.), жоржина, безтурботні дні, безпритульна дитина, капот, секретні операції, свавілля, безперервно палити.

2. Explain and paraphrase the following:

1. “Balloon’s gone up, then.” (p. 111)

2. War. It was a strange word. (p. 112)

3. He found it hard going. (p. 114)

4. She thought they were perfect. (p. 115)

5. It was an eye-opener. (p. 116)

6. The peaceful pattern of life at Carn Cottage was shattered. (p. 119)

7. She knew that, with the Sterns, she and the two boys had found a good billet. (p. 120)

8. They were suspect and blacklisted. (p. 121)

9. Her clothes were unfashionable and yet dateless. (p. 123)

10. So far, there had been no more than the odd air-raid warning, to be followed, almost at once, by the all-clear. (p. 124)

11. Suddenly, it became personal, and terror breathed down the back of her own neck. (p. 125)

4. Point out the grammatical and lexical peculiarities of the characters’ speech. Note examples of:

1. informal, colloquial words and phrases;

2. foreign words and barbarisms;

3. vulgarisms.

Dwell on their importance as a means of speech characterization.

5. Discuss the chapter you have read according to the following points:

1. The beginning of the War.

2. Lawrence Stern and his studio.

3. Sophie’s background.

4. Miss Pawson and Miss Preedy. The incident with the Display at the Town Hall.

5. Penelope’s first bit of War Work.

6. The Potters.

7. Peter and Elizabeth Clifford.

8. The Friedmanns.

7. Antonia

1. Pronounce and translate the words given below:

hawthorn, pixie, guernsey, canapé, quiche, equanimity, facetiousness, livid, cauliflower, Brussels sprouts, to peruse, flibbertigibbet, shepherd’s pie, maudlin, worsted.

2. Define who these words belong to and what situation they refer to? Comment on the idea of the quotation.

1. “I thought Autogarden always sent their men to work in those green vans.”

2. “He doesn’t look like a fly-by-night.”

3. “Some people have names that are exactly right for their professions”

4. “Go to Boothby’s. Watch the Lawrence Stern come under the hammer.”

5. “Oh, don’t look so po-faced, Olivia, it’s nothing to be ashamed of.”

6. “What started you on this wild-goose chase?”

7. “A French designer, queer as a coot.”

8. “I am not being stuffy at all.”

9. “The sort of circles she moves in, she can keep that long nose of hers very close to the ground.”

10. “I think it’s a sort of jet lag.”

11. “I’m a bit long in the tooth for sand-castles on the beach.”

12. “We are up to the eyes in the office, and I’m not due for leave until July at the earliest.”

13. “I feel all alert and chatty.”

14. “A little bit the Lady Of The Manor, perhaps, but what of it? She does no harm. She’s happy.”

3. Define the stylistic figures used in the following instances from the text:

1. The dawn came stealthily, reluctantly. (p. 126)

2. Cornwall, as it had been, still filled her mind, like a brilliant dream, but even as she lay there, the dream folded its wings and slipped away, back into the past, where, perhaps, it belonged. (p. 126)

3. Not even middle-aged, but elderly. An elderly woman with a stupid little heart flutter that had landed her in hospital. (p. 126)

4. Mrs. Plakcett came on Monday mornings, cycling from Pudley, steady as a rock on her sit-up-and-beg bicycle. (p. 126)

5. And Mrs. Keeling had been a tower of strength. (p. 129)

6. “I mean, what could Charles de Gaulle have been but the saviour of France?” (p. 131)

7. “With a fancy American in tow.” (p. 135)

8. “Which means that you want to get your greedy little paws on it.” (p. 136)

9. “I’ll go down on Friday evening and tackle the Herculean task.” (p. 138)

10. “I hadn’t realized it was such a squirrel hoard. You are a naughty little thing.” (p. 140)

11. Robins were delightfully gregarious. (p. 142)

12. She did this sometimes, delivered a glancing blow, right beneath the belt. (p. 151)

13. Poor man, he had taken on himself a gargantuan task. (p. 151)

14. Through the open window a breeze stirred, cold and damp, but smelling earthily sweet, as though her garden, with spring nearly upon them, was stirring, woken from the long winter sleep. (p. 156)

4. Reproduce the main points of the conversation between:

1. Penelope and Danus Muirfield;

2. Olivia and Noel;

3. Nancy and her husband;

4. Penelope and Antonia.

Speak of the telephone calls Penelope received from her children.