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New words and expressions:

1. private

This is a private conversation!

Don’t interfere with my private business!

This is my private opinion.

2. conversation

I had a long telephone conversation with my old friend yesterday.

Mary’s suicide is not in the conversation any more.

3. theatre

Last week I went to the theatre.

The Smiths go to the theatre every month.

I bought two theatre tickets.

4. seat

I had a very good seat.

Please take a seat.

She has booked three seats on the plane.

5. play

The play was very interesting.

Tom prefers films to stage plays.

I enjoy Shakespeare’s plays.

6. loudly

They were talking loudly.

He talked loudly, but no one paid him any attention.

He heard someone speak loudly in the next room.

7. angry

I got very angry.

She was angry at what I said.

Sam was angry with his son for lying to him again.

8. angrily

I looked at the man and the woman angrily.

He slammed the door shut angrily.

9. attention

They did not pay any attention.

Let me have your attention.

He attracted the public attention.

10. bear

In the end, I could not bear it.

He can’t bear his wife’s complaining.

The little boy bore the pain bravely.

11. business

It’s none of your business.

Mind your own business.

It was no business of mine.

12. rudely

The young man said rudely.

You should not speak rudely in public.

He treated his wife rudely when he got drunken.

Lesson 02

New words and expressions:

1. until

I sometimes stay in bed until lunchtime.

She worked as a teacher until she was sixty.

I will wait here until five.

2. outside

It was dark outside.

My father went outside for a smoke.

Children were playing outside in the yard.

3. ring

Just then, the telephone rang.

The telephone rang four times, but no one answered it.

The alarm clock rings at seven every morning.

4. aunt

It was my Aunt Lucy.

I’ve seen my aunt for five years.

I spent my childhood with my aunt.

5. repeat

‘I’m having breakfast,’ I repeated.

The experiment was repeated three times.

She does not want to repeat the mistake of her first marriage.

Lesson 03

New words and expressions:

1. send

Please send me a card.

My holidays passed quickly, but I did not send cards to my friends.

I sent him a letter a week ago, but got no reply.

My grandpa sends me a birthday present every year.

2. postcard

Every day I thought about postcards.

I’d love to send my friends postcards when traveling around.

She got a postcard from a friend she had not seen for years.

3. spoil

Postcards always spoil my holidays.

It spoiled my fun.

Mum spoiled the soup with too much salt.

4. museum

I visited museums and sat in public gardens.

We visited the Palace Museum yesterday.

The museum is open to the public.

5. public

I sat in a public garden.

Smoking is not allowed in public places.

She is a public figure.

6. friendly

A friendly waiter taught me a few words of Italian.

Our country has established friendly relations with neighboring countries.

A friendly conversation is conducted between them.

7. waiter

He worked as a waiter in a pub.

Mother did not allow her to marry a waiter.

8. lend

Then he lent me a book.

Could you lend me your computer?

We have run out of gasoline. Could you lend us some?

9. decision

On the last day I made a big decision.

They arrived at the decision about the marketing.

We’re all involved in the decision-making process.

10. whole

I spent the whole day in my room.

It snowed heavily for three whole days.

This has got support of the whole class.

11. single

I did not write a single card.

There was not a single person on the street.

Misfortunes never come single.

Lesson 04

New words and expressions:

1. exciting

He is finding this trip very exciting.

This is an exciting football match.

Many a reader finds the novel very exciting.

2. receive

I have just received a letter from my brother, Tim.

She received a gift from her boy friend.

We received our academic reports last week.

3. firm

He is working for a big firm.

He is a clerk with the firm.

The firm of White Brothers was opened ten years ago.

4. different

He has already visited a great number of different places in Australia.

Her opinion is different from mine.

They’re of different personalities.

5. centre

He has gone to Alice Springs, a small town in the centre of Australia.

You can go to the centre of the city by subway.

He is the centre of the attention.

6. abroad

My brother has never been abroad before.

My mother flies abroad to spend her holiday every year.

Quite a few students want to study abroad.