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Agatha Christie

Strange Jest
1. Translate
1) Cover your tracks
2) Give somebody the clue
3) Come to yourself
4) fly off at a tangent
5) not to have a bean
6) be in a fix
7) make your point
8) live up to (principles)
9) hitherto
10) wink at
11) bullion
12) securities

2. Explain
1) Sharpen your wits
2) Serve somebody right
3) Grow upon somebody
4) Hold forth
5) Buckle down
6) Cast smth/smb aside
7) To trespass (on)
8) To pry
9) Someone’s good offices
10) The last word in
11) Ga-ga
12) To allot to smb.
13) Pigeonhole
14) recess

3. Transcribe
finale, triumphant, sleuth, conjurer, linoleum, repertory, gusto, endeavor,
champagne, awe
4. Match the synonyms
a) Break in, rally, rifle, gaze, peruse
read, support, interrupt, stare, search
b) Tied up, apt, savage, callous, fraudulent
dishonest, wild, unkind, suitable, busy
c) Subterfuge, wash-out, grounds, sheaf, jest
land, bundle, surprise, joke, failure, trick
5. Look up the meaning of the words and the nouns which can follow them.
A tinge of (dismay)
A touch of (malice)

6. Mark the statements as True or False


1) Miss Marple is a bad-tempered and fussy spinster.
2) The couple are surprised by Ms. Marple.
3) They meet at a party at Jane Helier’s house.
4) They are searching for a treasure.
5) They have a chart.
6) Uncle Mathew died young.
7) He disliked his relatives.
8) They didn’t expect to be well-off.
9) Their uncle wanted to convert money into bullion and bury it.
10) He drew out large sums from time to time.

7. Answer the questions


1) Who are the main characters? 2) What is the setting of the story? 3) What
do we know about Uncle Mathew? 4) What is the approach of Ms. Marple
to solving mysteries? 5) Whose method (Mr. Poirot’s or Ms. Marple’s) do
you like better? 6) What is the climax of the story? 7) Who is Lionel and
what is his role in the story? 8) Why has Edward changed his attitude to
Uncle Henry? 9) How can you explain the title and the phrase “All my eye
and Betty Martin”? 10) What is there about this text that makes it exciting
for reading?
Exercises
1.Fill in the appropriate particle or preposition
1) He's tied …with his new book. He's working hard, you know.
2) I didn’t want to break … on his telephone conversation.
3) The whole project was a wash… . A lost cause from beginning to end.
4) You’d better buckle … to some revision now.
5) Grandma was holding … as usual, retelling all the old family stories.
6) The novel was very tedious at the beginning, but it has grown … me the
more that I've read of it.
7) When you have children, it becomes all about living … … their
expectations.
8) She tried to cast … her worries and enjoy the party.
9) Please come … yourself and stop acting so strangely.
10) How much money has been allotted … us?

2. Substitute the words in bold with their synonyms from the active
vocabulary
1) It was clear that they must have obtained the information by a trick.
2) He carried bundles of newspapers to the garage.
3) We strolled around the hospital land.
4) That resulted in $69 million in dishonest charges for allergy and coronavirus
testing, $5.9 million of which were claims submitted to Medicare.
5) The words of this report are as suitable today as in 1929.
6) And what a unkind disregard he is showing for your feelings.
7) We read the company's financial statements for the past five years.
8) So I am proud that this country has led the charge and supported
the international action necessary to tackle the problem.
9) I discovered him searching through the filing cabinet.
10) His proposal was no joke- he was completely sincere.

3. Choose the word and put it in the correct form to complete the sentences
Hitherto, winked, prying, gaga, finale, come, offices, wits, endevouring,
trespassing
1) … , the main emphasis has been on the need to resist aggression.
2) That is a frustration for us, when obviously we are … to see whether resolution
is achievable.’
3) The … was the most exciting part of the symphony.
4) We do not want people … into our affairs.
5) They were … on private property.
6) For a second I thought he was being serious, but then he … at me.
7) I began to … to myself and realize the wrong I had done.
8) He keeps forgetting my name. I think he’s going a bit … .
9) I got the job through the good … of a friend.
10) We'll need to sharpen our … if we're going to defeat Jack's team

Which word matches the image?


conjurer, sleuth, securities, sheaf, bullion, pigeonhole

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