5. It was obvious that the work at the Red-headed League was to take Mr. Wilson away from home.
3. Find the following phrases in the text and reproduce situations from the text with them. Give Russian equivalents.
1. to get smb / smth out of the way
2. to apply for a position / vacancy / job
3. to make inquiries about smth / smb
4. Paraphrase the underlined parts of the sentences so as to use the phrases above.
1. Kevin wrote a letter and asked to be considered for a management position.
2. A detective’s job is to ask questions and collect information about people his clients would like to know about.
3. They had to stop to take the fallen tree away from the road.
4. The company has to get rid of competitors to stay in the market.
5. Complete the sentences with the phrases above in the correct form.
1. If the job suits you, why don’t you… it?
2. Not to wait long at the bus terminal… the bus service in advance.
3. Nick wanted… his younger brothers… So he gave them money and they ran to the shop to buy ice cream.
Vocabulary
A
above
absence
accident
accomplice
action
admiration
advance : in advance заранее
adventure
advertisement
advice
affair
agree
amount
anxious
appear
appearance
apply
area
argue
astonished
attempt
as
B
bachelor
backward
behaviour
believe
besides
blazing
blood
board
boredom
bow
boyish
brain
branch
brave
brilliant
burst
C
cab
call
carpenter
case
cellar
certainly
chronicle
clear
clearly
click
client
close
collar
column
common
companion
competition
competitor
complain
complete
conclusion
confidence
congratulate
consider
contain
contrary
corner
cost
couple
crime
criminal
crowd
crowded
cuff