The Book of Riddles. Лексические задачки. Елизавета Хейнонен

the rumours of my death have been greatly exaggerated слухи о моей смерти сильно преувеличены; still всё ещё; alive and kicking жив и здоров

      “Can you prove it?”

      The doctor smiled.

      “Prove what? That I’m alive?”

      “No. That you’re really the famous doctor Pill.”

      “Sure. Here. I hope this photo will convince you.”

      The doctor took a photo out of his wallet and gave it to the boy.

      Here is that photo:

      prove доказывать; smile улыбаться; Here. Вот, держи (говорят, протягивая какой-либо предмет собеседнику); hope надеяться; convince убедить, убеждать; wallet бумажник

      Johnny looked at the photo and said, “You’re a liar!”

      “But Johnny,” his mother cut in. “How can you talk to the doctor like that?”

      “But don’t you see that he is lying?” Johnny asked. “This photo is a fake! He has never been to Africa, and I can prove it!”

      liar лжец; cut in вмешаться в разговор; How can you talk to the doctor like that? Как ты разговариваешь с доктором!?; don’t you see неужели ты не видишь; lie лгать; fake подделка; clue ключ (к разгадке)

      What made Johnny think that the doctor was lying? If you don’t know, this rebus may give you a clue.

      8. The Essay

      After the summer holidays, the teacher asked her class to write an essay on how and where the children had spent their vacation. Johnny worked on his essay for almost an hour, yet he wasn’t sure how the teacher would take it.

      essay сочинение; after the summer holidays после летних каникул; spend (spent, spent) проводить; vacation каникулы; almost почти; hour час; yet тем не менее; be sure быть уверенным; how the teacher would take it как учительница это воспримет

      And indeed, when the teacher opened his exercise book, she frowned, because she saw something she never expected to see. This is what she saw:

      But the next moment she smiled and said to herself, “This little rascal is really very talented. I hope he liked his stay in—”

      In what country? Where did Johnny spend his summer holidays?

      indeed в самом деле; frown хмуриться, нахмуриться; expect ожидать; the next moment в следующее мгновение; smile улыбаться; said to herself сказала сама себе; rascal негодник, шельмец, плут; talented талантливый; hope надеяться; his stay in его пребывание в

      9. One plus One Makes One

      Arrange these three pictures in the right order.

      arrange здесь: расположить; order порядок ◊ in the right order в правильном порядке

      10. The Ant Throws a Party

      One day, the Ant decided to throw a party. The Grasshopper, the Bee and the Ladybug came, even the Dragonfly showed up.

      ant муравей; throw a party устроить вечеринку; decide решить, принять решение; grasshopper кузнечик; bee пчела; ladybug божья коровка; dragonfly стрекоза; show up появиться

      The host asked the guests to wipe their feet, and they did so without complaining. Only one guest didn’t like it. Guess who.

      host хозяин; guest гость; wipe вытереть, вытирать; and they did so и они так и сделали; complain жаловаться ◊ without complaining без жалоб, безропотно; guess догадаться, угадать

      11. The Masked Ball

      One day, the animals decided to have a masked ball.

      The Wolf soon got tired of dancing. He approached a group of animals, and suggested a game of cards. Several animals agreed to keep him company.

      masked ball бал-маскарад; decide решить, принять решение; soon вскоре; gеt tired of dancing устать танцевать; approach подойти, приблизиться; suggest предлагать; a game of cards партия в карты; several несколько; agree соглашаться; keep him company составить ему компанию

      “But I warn you,” said the Wolf, taking out a deck of cards from his pocket. “If I catch any of you cheating, the swindler is going to get it in his impudent, ginger snout.

      warn предупреждать; deck колода; pocket карман; if если; catch поймать; any of you кого-либо из вас; cheat обманывать, мошенничать ◊ catch cheating поймать за обманом; swindler мошенник; impudent наглый; ginger рыжий, рыжеватый; snout морда (животного) ◊ is going to get it in his snout получит по морде; address адресовать

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