...conclusion
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2. to apply, registrar
...carry on
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3. to persuade, to get married to
...continuously
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4. hard, forecast
...to steal
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5. low, to fry
...thick
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6. to book, colleague
...on and off
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7. witness, declaration
...famous
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8. an awful lot of, preparation
...staff
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4. Translate into English.
Talking about weather
5. Complete the dialogues.
1.
Julia:..........................................................................................................
Mother: I’m afraid it is going to rain. Don’t leave your umbrella at home.
2.
James: Haven’t you heard the weather forecast for today?
Dan: .........................................................................................................
James: Do you think it will get warmer tomorrow?
Dan: .........................................................................................................
3.
Julia: It’s raining cats and dogs. ........................................................................
Max: Oh, it’s ten above zero.
Julia: Are we going to have these showers tomorrow?
Max: .........................................................................................................
Julia: How about last year? Was it the same?
Max: .........................................................................................................
4.
Julia:.....................................................................................................
James: Oh, yes! It’s great!
Julia: Do you think it will snow tomorrow?
James:....................................................................................................
6. Describe the weather.
A. in the Moscow region in mid-summer
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B. in the Crimea in October
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C. in Siberia in mid-winter
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D. in your town in spring
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7. Make up your own dialogues.
Conversational phrases
8. Answer the following questions, each time using two of the phrases listed above.
1. Are you going to travel this summer?
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2. What will the weather be like tomorrow?
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3. Are you going to get married soon?
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4. What are you going to learn to cook?
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5. What do you think about fortune-telling?
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6. Is matrimony beneficial?
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7. Have you ever stolen anything?
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8. Are you going to live here continuously?
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9. Complete the sentences.
1. What concerns my job, I.................................................................................
2. As for my wife, she.......................................................................................