SPEECH PATTERNS

1. Older and wiser and better people had told him that there could not possibly bea frog in his bread-and-milk.¹ How can I possibly do it? Do it if you possibly can. The child couldn't possibly have done it alone.

2. She wasa woman of few ideas,with immense power of concentration.

She was a woman of few words.

She has aiwas been a woman of fashion.

He is a man of property.

3. a) ... there was a piece of tapestry that wasevidently meant to be afire-screen.

The door is meant to be used in case of emergency.

He was meant to be an artist.

b) They were meantfor each other.

Are these flowers meant for me?

What I said wasn't meant for your ears.

4. That part of the picture was simple if interesting.

That part of the play was entertaining if long.

The concert was enjoyable if loud.

The dress was unattractive if new.

Phrases and Word Combinations

to be in disgrace to change the subject

to describe with much detail (for) the greater part of the day

(in great detail) (the time; the year; of one's

as a matter of fact time) (more literary)

to picture to oneself (literary) (to look, to come, etc.) in one's

to come up to one's expecta- direction/in the direction of

tion (BE), to meet one's to be inclined to do smth

expectations (AE) to be in a tight corner (spot)

in the first (second, last) place to claim one's attention

to open on to (smth) (of a win- in comparison with

dow, door) to be in search of smb or smth

to be one pace (mile) away in one's haste of (doing) smth

from smb or smth

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¹ The pattern is mostly used in interrogative and negative sentences.

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