EXERCISE 1. Translate the following sentences and point out homonyms

Translate the following sentences and point out homonyms.

1. She complained to Thomas that Eddie tried her more than she could bear.

2. They put at the last minute a white rug by the bed, for the girl’s bare feet.

3. Beside the criss-cross diagonal iron bridge, three poplars stood up like frozen brooms.

4. He played golf, tennis, bridge, ran the Boy Scouts and sat on several committees.

5. Go right ahead. But leave me my fair share or else all is over between us.

6. The tips of Anna’s long fair hair brushed on the page.

7. If that was the only untruth, the accused would not now be in the dock.

8. We had only talked to one another a few times, when we happened to be eating dinners at the Inn on the same night.

9. Look here, would it be a bore for you if we had tea somewhere?

10. The picture of those early nights, which remained in my memory bore no reference to the dinners and shows much as I gloated in them.

11. Her eyes had the wild stare seen only in animals which turn at bay, and nervously exhausted women.

12. She was a dark bay, with long tail and mane.

13. Vasco da Gama, on one of his voyages, put in at the island between the North Arm and the leg, at a point which was now called Vasco da Gama’s Bay.

14. In my opinion it will be a very long tennis match. Many well-known players will participate in it.

15. Nick struck a match and I stuck my key to the door lock without efforts.

16. Remember this is the last shot you’ve got, if you don’t mind me speaking frankly.

17. He felt pretty flat in London and always shot home again.