EXERCISE 1. Translate the following sentences paying attention to the bold nouns

Translate the following sentences paying attention to the bold nouns. Point out their different meaning.

1. Charle’s eyes were bright, he was ready to defend Getliffe with spirit.

2. Dennis came in and told to us that Eddie was in excellent spirits.

3. For the first time that day, Howard answered with spirit.

4. He couldn’t believe that his son’s temperament was at this point radically different from his own.

5. Yesterday one student of our group put an interesting point of view which concerned our report on Foreign Literature.

6. “What’s the point?” I asked my best friend again.

7. But I knew I was winning on points.

8. He had a good stare at us and asked us where we came from. He wanted to see our papers.

9. He closed the book, swept some papers in a drawer and shut the drawer with a click.

10. He came to London and got a job on a paper.

11. This insolent girl had a face to shout at me in public.

12. Eddie’s eyes ran over her doubtful face.

13. He was in the face of the excitement.

14. “It will be a terribly difficult case for an ordinary court ” thought the lawyer.

15. As we picked up our gowns and went downstairs into the court, Francis was saying: “But there’s no mystery why Howard did it…”

16. Beautiful fretted windows looked on to the terrace and tennis court in the garden.

17. This morning Lilian and I were late for the first class but luckily our teacher didn’t scream at us.

18. Trained birds may be devided roughly into three classes. There are those that sing, those that talk and, happily, those that do nothing at all…

19. Nicky was the last in the list but the best in the first class owing to his persistent and diligent character.

20. Miss Green organized dancing classes for girls in her imposing manner.