I. match the idioms in the left column with their russian equivalents in the right column. 1. to build one's castle upon the sand а. выступать (перед аудиторией) 2. to build castles in the air в. указать кому-либо надверь 3. room at the top с. припереть кого-либо к стенке 4. to do something under the table d. создавать что-либо непрочное 5. to be in the chair е. ковёр-самолёт 6. to take the floor f. захлопнуть дверь перед носом 7. a window on the world g. председательствовать 8. to camp on somebody's doorstep н. верхняя ступенька социальной лестницы 9. to shut the door in somebody's face i. ломиться в открытую дверь 10. to show somebody the door j. строить воздушные замки 11. to force an open door к. окно в мир 12. to call somebody on the carpet l. у стен есть уши 13. a magic carpet m. дать кому-либо нагоняй 14. walls have ears n. делать что-либо секретно 15. to drive somebody to the о. обивать пороги wall

1. to build one's castle upon the sand   - d. создавать что-либо непрочное

2. to build castles in the air   - j. строить воздушные замки

3. room at the top - н. верхняя ступенька социальной лестницы  

4. to do something under the table - n. делать что-либо секретно

5. to be in the chair -   g. председательствовать

6. to take the floor   - а. выступать (перед аудиторией)

7. a window on the world   - к. окно в мир

8. to camp on somebody's doorstep   - о. обивать пороги

9. to shut the door in somebody's face - f. захлопнуть дверь перед носом

10. to show somebody the door   - в. указать кому-либо на дверь

11. to force an open door - i. ломиться в открытую дверь

12. to call somebody on the carpet - m. дать кому-либо нагоняй

13. a magic carpet - е. ковёр-самолёт

14. walls have ears   - l. у стен есть уши

15. to drive somebody to the wall   - с. припереть кого-либо к стенке  

Once upon a clip, in a land far far off lived a really hapless twosome in a hovel non far from the border of the sea. Their lone agencies of nutrient was the fish that the old adult male caught in the sea. One forenoon, as was his usual modus operandi, the fisherman took his fishing cyberspace down to the sea. But on this twenty-four hours something unusual happened, on this twenty-four hours the fisherman caught the Golden Fish. The Aureate Fish begged for the fisherman to save his life, and offered in return to allow the fisherman any want he would wish. But the kind-hearted fisherman asked for nil, and returned the Golden Fish to the sea. However, the fisherman ‘s married woman was non so kindhearted, she became ireful when he related the narrative to her, and sent him back to the sea to catch the Golden Fish and to wish for a loaf of staff of life. The fisherman did as he was told, he caught the fish and wished for a loaf of staff of life. When he returned place he found a fresh adust loaf of staff of life on the tabular array.

The fisherman ‘s married woman so decided that she wanted more than merely a loaf of staff of life. The following

forenoon she sent her hubby to inquire for a new. He returned place to happen his married woman with a new washtub, but she still was n’t satisfied.

The undermentioned twenty-four hours the hubby was sent to the sea to happen the charming fish and to wish for a new house. This want was, like the 1s before it, granted to the fisherman. But the fisherman was sent back once more the following twenty-four hours to wish that his married woman would go governor. This clip he returned place to happen his married woman dressed in wealths and telling about retainers. But the adult female was still unhappy, and demanded to go Queen of all the land.

Finally, even being Queen of all the land did non fulfill the married woman, and so she sent her hubby one time last clip to the sea to catch the Golden Fish and to wish that she would be swayer of the sea and of all animals who live in it. The fisherman caught the fish, and made the want. However, when he returned home his married woman was dressed in her old shred, standing by her old broken washtub, inside the old hovel, with non even a loaf of staff of life to eat.

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