About a boy

Essential vocabulary/ word combinations and phrases

Exercise 1

To give smb a hard time – серьезно усложнять кому-то жизнь; up and down –
вдоль и поперёк; demented – сумасшедший; to be demented with worry –
сходить с ума от беспокойства; to drive smb demented – сводить кого-либо с
ума; weird – странный, причудливый, таинственный, загадочный; a weird
dream – странный/ загадочный сон; a weird girl – причудливая девочка; a
weird idea – странная идея; rubbish – мусор, хлам, ерунда, глупость; to be
rubbish at smth. – не справиться с чем-то; чего-то не уметь; for hours – часами;
to thump – стучать, бить; to thumb smb in the face – ударить кого-то в лицо; a
load of/ loads of – куча,множество, чушь; to be bound to – быть связанным с
чем-то; to reckon – считать, думать; to leave out – умалчивать, опустить,
пропустить.

Exercise 2

1. Go give smb a hard time – to deliberately make a situation difficult for smb;
general vocabulary, colloquial expression; AmE
2. Up and down – to and fro; to talk up and down — разговаривать
откровенно; BrE, general vocabulary
3. Demented – behaving erratically due to anger, distress, excitement; formal,
literary vocabulary
4. Weird – unusual and different from anything seen before; colloquial;
informal; to dree one's weird — покоряться судьбе
5. Rubbish – not skillful at a particular activity; informal; colloquial; AmE
6. For hours – for a very long period of time; general vocabulary
7. To thump – to hit smb very hard with your fist; colloquial
8. Loads of – a lot of smth; formal
9. To be bound to – to be very likely to do a particular thing; formal; BrE
10. To reckon – to think that smth is a fact , to have a particular opinion of
smth; formal, BrE
11.To leave out – to not include smth in a group, list, activity; general
vocabulary; AmE
Exercise 3

Adj Adv Noun Verb

Demented Dementedly Dementia To dement
Weird Weirdly Weirdness ----------
Rubbish -------- A rubbish To rubbish
He was really dementedly helpful. Dementia is a very terrible disease that changes
your life completely. He demented himself endlessly due to his changes of mood. I
just don't remember acting weirdly. Among them too there are enough people with
different weirdnesses.

Exercise 4

To give a hard time – to harass, to annoy; weird – bizarre, queer, odd; rubbish –
incompetent, ineffectual, hopeless, poor; demented – insane; crazy, mad; to thump
– to beat; to reckon – to consider, to think, to assume, to believe; to leave out – to
omit;

Exercise 5

1. Don’t let George give a hard time for you….

2. The girl paced up and down the room ….
3. I was unable to reckon clearly….
4. His weird sense of humour…
5. Her fashion sense was rather weird
6. I am rubbish at cooking….
7. He could complain about neighbours for hours ….
8. Mark thumped the attacker….
9. You are getting yourself into loads of trouble.
10. There are a load of record shops…
11. They are bound to be late…
12. I reckon/consider that you can’t accuse
13. I consider/believe no
14. What to say and what to leave out
15. It seemed unkind to leave Danny out the list…

Exercise 7

o To sit down at the desk; he sat down at his desk and began to read his
favorite book.
o Be off somewhere; if you are interested in stories with happy endings, then
you would be better off somewhere else.
o The snort of laughter; the snort of laughter was too loud that everyone
noticed it.
o Have anything to do with; she didn't want to have anything to do with him.
o Permanent; Transfers to another permanent job always require the written
consent of the employee
o To patrol; the observers are able to patrol throughout the sector.
o Flesh; people are just flesh and bone.
o Haircut; get yourself a decent haircut
o Shallow people; it is only shallow people who do not judge by appearances.\
o Make judgments; you do not make judgments about things you cannot
imagine
o To be good at smth; he was not good at games, he always lost.
o Nasty; she had a nasty divorce last year.
o Approve; I wholeheartedly approve of your decision.
o Mean; he was a mean person, he hurt animals.
o Have the decency; At least have the decency to answer your phone.
o To feel himself floating away from; he floated away every time when he was
listening to music.
o For some reason; I just feel different for some reason.
o To avoid; he avoided meeting her because she was always teasing him
o To read out the passage; you should read out the passage and define the
main idea.
o Mad; be potty; you're not more mad/ madder than I am; you must be potty
about her.