Ex.3. THINK of all possible ways to convey in Russian the ideas expressed by the infinitives in bold type

I. 1. We arrived home from our holidays only to discover that we had been burgled. 2. I climbed out of bed to look at myself in the oval mirror over my dresser. 3. He came out of the house he lived in to run into an old friend of his. 4. She took Mondays off, to spend more time with the kids, but she was not good at managing the routine at home. 5. He thought that he'd better call the office, to warn them he would be late. 6. Just one minor problem was solved only to put forward new, and bigger problematic tasks. 7. He pushed the END button to terminate the call. 8. Then what do you want from me? You come to ask my advice in order not to take it? 9. They fled during the night, never to be heard from again. 10. The deep remembrance of the sense that day by day what I had learned, and thought, and delighted in, and raised my fancy by, would pass away from me, little by little, never to be brought back any more.

II. 1. Miserable and disconsolate, he wandered about among the many tents, only to find that one place was as cold as another. 2. I pinned the rose on my breast just to see how it would look. 3. I left Salem House the following afternoon; I little thought then that I left it never to return. 4. The pain in his stomach has come to stay. 5. Harry Bellamy came down from his Northern city to spend four days at his relatives’. 6. They stopped for a moment to smile to each other. 7. Torpenhow sat down to work out an account of the battle. 8. He lapsed, like Miss Grits, into brief shells of death-like unconsciousness, often awaking to find that a street or desert or factory had come into being about him while he slept. 9. Simon turned to his companions appealingly, and they left the room to find lunch elsewhere. 10. He sat in the darkness, too scared to move.

Ex.4. COMBINE the sentences by using too or enough and the infinitive with to, as in the models (give variants where possible):

Models: a) Mr. Simpsons is very old. He cannot work now.

à Mr. Simpsons is too old to work now.

b) He is rather old. He could be your father

à He is old enough to be your father.

c) Your son behaved as a gentleman. He offered his seat to me.

à Your son was gentleman enough (as) to offer me his seat.

I. 1. Ashley Nicole was twenty-five months old when her father was buried. She was young then and cannot remember him. 2. The divorce settlement provided her with some money. The money allowed her to live on without a job. 3. He was a real man. He did not hesitate to render me his help with the broken box. 4. He was weak and sore and groggy. He couldn’t sit up. 5. You are not foolish. You don’t believe everything you read in the newspapers. 6. She was not very quick. She did not get out of the way of the bus. 7. “You lawyers take care of your own,” he said loudly. Everyone heard him. 8. “Do you speak English so well? Can you talk to an American without help?” 9. He called Parrish and Judge Trussel. They were rather busy and could not talk to him. 10. She treated us very hospitably as became a hostess. The minute we appeared on her yacht, she called the bartender to give us drinks and offered lunch.

II. 1. The barefoot boys playing soccer in the street were involved in their game. They did not look up. 2. As much as she loved Rio, it would be the last place she would be seen. She was extremely smart and didn’t allow herself to go to Rio. 3. “Are you near? Can you see what they are doing?” 4. He said he practically saw the car wreck, and I started asking questions. But it was still painful. So he didn’t talk. 5. I know she doesn't think I am not educated. But I still can’t be your secretary. 6. “Isn’t he a real artist? He cannot mistake rubbish for a masterpiece.” 7. She looks small and fragile. She can be a fairy. 8. He is wise. He knows he must not disobey orders. 9. The king was a very wise man. He quickly confirmed to himself his suspicions. 10. Harry is only ten. These books are quite complicated for him (The book is quite simple for him).