CHAPTERS 17, 18

I. Read the chapters and find the following words and word combinations:

1.WORDS TO BE STUDIED: Nightmare 118, ramming 119, marguerites 119, to do morosely 119, a stock cupboard 119, frugality 119, drastically 120, malevolent 120, parsimonious 120, commodities 120, susceptible heart 120, trepidation 120, propitious time 120, probationary troubles 121, tortoise 122, visitations 122, the Trinity 122, a stop- watch 122, dubiously 123, to falter 123, ominous 124, blithely 124, to tick 124, slipshod writing 125, extenuation 125, an indelible pencil 125, unobtrusive bolt 125, glibly 125, recriminations 126, speak haltingly 126, look morose 126, sprats 128, chagrin 128, vehemently 129, forthright vigour 130, peremptory summonses 130, adjudicator 131, to confer 132, rostrum 132, domain 134, predatory 136.

2. WORD COMBINATIONS TO BE FUNCTIONALIZED: to cut down supplies drastically 120, to hand out smth. 120, educational advisors 121, to be a model headmistress 121, to give a comment on smth. 121, to oust smth. from smth. 122, to take one’s toll of smth. or smb. 122, the record book was her bane and her prop 122, one’s head is in a whirl 122, … or some such name 122, to get control of smth. 122, to cling to a straw 124, it calls for smth. 125, to air one’s opinion 125, to look militant 127, to prompt smb. 129, for the past few weeks (days, years) 130, out of the frying pan into the fire 130, to appear as a credit to one’s name 130, to make a disparaging comment (remark) 131-132, to spill the beans to smb. 135, mark my words … 137.

II. Answer the following questions:

1. What was it that the staff were making much ado about?

2. What was the stock-cupboard influence upon Miss Enderby?

3. What was the attitude of the staff to visiting inspectors?

4. What facts do you come to know about Alan Foster?

5. What was Mr. North dissatisfied with?

6. What did Mrs. Flynn claim for? What was she dissatisfied with?

7. What were the relationships between Tom and Anna like? What was it that Anna was happy about?

8. How does the author describe the trip of the school to Town Hall?

9. What impressions did Anna get of the Verse-Speaking Competitions?

10. What do you get to know about Maurice’s fate? What facts cropped up about him?

11. What do you get to know of Miss Enderby?