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VIII. Переведите на русский язык, обращая особое внимание на перевод атрибутивных групп с of. 1. Perhaps he learned to appreciate what a jewel of a wife he has? 2. Up there, that son-of-a-bitch of a captain is probably crying into his sombrero. 3. Meanwhile, he wished the old cluck of a chairman, Zanetta, would get the hell off his feet so that he, Freemantle, could take over. 4. And then I saw a fellow come in I knew. Big bully of a chap. 5. We had a hell of a fight. 6. I can't tell you how moving it was to see that great bulk of a man uplifted by an emotion so pure and so beautiful. 7. I made a hell of an effort and slipped away. 8. Her mask of a face scowled. 9. She was contemplating an important change in her life and had no interest to spare for these animals oi tourists! 96 IX. Переделайте следующие предложения так, чтобы употребить атрибутивную группу с of. 1. The driver, a poor bastard, could freeze out there. 2. What was there to fear in this ruined world but hunger and cold and the loss of home? (wreck) 3. He thought it a very funny joke. (hell) 4. I rather liked that Swede, that old pirate. 5. Pacific right there and rolling in huge white thunderous rollers not forty yards away, under her garden which was like a grassy platform. 6. There was an awful row. (devil) 7. Chris! I've found a worderful chap. (gem) X. Найдите постпозитивные определения в следующих предложениях. Укажите причину помещения их в постпозиции. 1. The distance between the two boats was slowly increasing. 2. I don't like your idea of going there alone. 3. That mutton last week-end was very tough. 4. It is the most difficult task imaginable. 5. That's the right thing to do. 6. He w as the first to join the party. 7. The students there are a j'olly crowd. 8. Suzanne was not a woman to give way to despair. 9. Then he got a telegram from Sweden to say his father was dying and he must come back at once. 10. It was not till two days later that I got a reply to say that they were starting at once. 11. We'll occupy the room above. 12. That's the only suite available. 13. I found a message from Joseph Elliott's manservant, to tell me that Elliott was ill in bed. 14. John Down called for a halt to the bombings, in an address last week to the Episcopal Peace Fellowship. 15. People here do not shake hands as much as we do in Europe. 16. A brief word may be said regarding the material used. 17. "All the anti-Market activities will be intensified in the days ahead," the statement said. 18. It is evident that the parties concerned do not resort to the use of force as long as the provisions of the disengagement agreement are valid. 19. Though the newspaper has been appearing since 1931, this is the first anniversary to be celebrated in legality. 20. Riley was the first to wake, and he wakened me. 21. Yes, the Grahams were a clan to be reckoned with. 22. Both sides strongly denounced the efforts to divide the African states from the community of socialist countries. 23. The strengthening of detente was among the important matters stressed. 24. We had special problems to deal with. 25. I became the first woman to work in that mine. 26. The only thing political about the office 1/2 4—826 97 was John De Witt Jackson's ambitions. 27. There are two things to remember in any court of justice. 28. They again opposed real efforts to bring peace in Mid-east. 29. This broke the strike, and at the end of ten days the two railroad unions involved had to call it off. 30. I've just had a cable from Tim to say he's postponed his sailing. 31. They affirmed their stand for abolition of the racist regime in South Africa. 32. This country was the latest to renew diplomatic relations with Cuba. 33. He was the only man alive. 34. Scientists are considering the problem of how to use energy released by earthquakes. 35. If I believe in one thing in this world it is tolerance, and above all in things artistic. 36. Why, even since the Post-Impressionists there had been one or two painters not to be sneezed at. XI. Перестройте следующие предложения таким образом, чтобы сказуемое заняло свое обычное место — после подлежащего. (См. образец.) Переведите их на русский язык. 40
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