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How dare he speak to you like that? (I wonder at such impudence.) How dare you sneak into my room like this? He daren’t write anything in case it isn’t good (he hasn’t got the courage). Dare yvu ask him? (Arc you brave enough to ask him?) That’s as much as / dare spend on it. As a regular verb dare has a limited number of finite forms and no non-finite fooms. It may have two meanings: 1. To venture, to have the courage or impudence (like the defective dare). In this sense it is used mainly in negative statements. He didn't dare to stop me (he didn't have the courage). She doesn’t dare to answer. Don’t you dare to touch me. 2. To challenge, to defy. 1 dared him to jump (I challenged him to do it). I dare you to лгу this straight to her face. — Попробуй, скажи ей это прямо в лицо. Note the following combinations with the modal verb dare. I dare say — I suppose, no doubt. I dare say you are right. — Очень возможно, что вы правы. I dare say he will come late. — Полагаю (пожалуй), он придет позже. Схемы Прилагаемые схемы отражают основное содержание книги (схемы 1-7), а также дают представление о нашем подходе к толкованию грамматики английского языка вообще. Некоторых дополнительных пояснений требует схема 10 (“Грамматические часы ’). 121
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