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Part B

1. This potato is difficult to peel, it is the size of a pea. 2. To do this last task badly
means to spoil all the work done. 3. This mess is impossible to get rid of, even if I
spend the rest of the day clearing it up. 4. To crack a joke means rudely, perhaps
even tactlessly, to tell a joke/to joke. 5. He is hard to be cracked, it is impossible to
wind him around your little’s finger. 6. I should never have thought that a steady
friend is so hard to find. 7. To get into a mess means to get into an unpleasant
situation. 8. This project would not have been possible without your invaluable
contribution to our common business/affair/case. 9. Such a statuette can be
cracked, but it is very difficult to break into pieces. 10. The taste of this dish is
impossible to forget, the more I eat it, the more I like it. 11. You shouldn’t have
cracked a tactless joke about this case. Now he will be so out of spirits. 12. He
might not have scraped enough living because he still hasn’t bought a new car. 13.
You could hardly have broken my mother's favorite vase, now it has a crack, and it
is highly unlikely to raise my mother's spirits! 14. You shouldn’t have peeled so
many new potatoes in vain - we don't eat them. - Yes, probably, there is no
accounting for tastes. 15. You should have cleaned the room, there is a dreadful
mess. 16. Why not work a little bit cheerfully? 17. He may be scraping a living,
because he does not have a steady income. 18. Scrape up courage and tell her that
she will not wind you around her little finger anymore. 19. You must have helped
me to peel off the wallpaper from the walls, as we arranged! What am I to do now?
20. How dare you gossip over my affairs? 21. Stop arguing! The longer we talk
about it, the less time we have left. 22. Let's move on to discuss your contribution
to the development of our business. 23. Before entering, he stopped to scrape the
dirt from the soles of his shoes. 24. Jim decided to stop smoking so as not to spend
the rest of his life in the hospital. 25. To be on the safe side, continue stirring the
stew up, otherwise it may burn. 26. She scraped the paint from the door and began
to paint it. 27. Stop worrying so much! It is necessary to draw confidently, with a
steady hand. 28. Stop and think about how to do this task, otherwise you will ruin
the whole thing. 29. Proceed to write an essay only after considering it for 15
minutes or so. 30. Continue/go on reading. I should never have thought that you
have such an amazing pronunciation.

Part C

1. The more I look at this vase, the more I like it. I should never have thought that
you could create something so refined. You must have spent a lot of time on it. - A
week or so. I worked with such натхнення??, hoped to have created a
masterpiece, but, unfortunately, didn’t manage to release my plans. In my opinion,
it is more like a pan than a vase. In addition, there’s a crack which is the size of a
hair, and in one place the paint is peeling off. It’s a pity to spend so much time and
effort in vain. I shouldn’t have taken up this job. It seemed to me that I was about
to ruin everything. – That won’t do! Why be so upset? To create something
steadily means to improve skills and develop taste. Let's spend the rest of the day
together: take half an apple pie with candied fruit and a thermos with tea and roam
about the winding paths of the old park. I remember walking there in early May. It
would be a splendid opportunity to raise your spirits.

2. You'd better stop gossiping if you don't want to get into a mess. A gossip is hard
to put up with. It is unwise of you to pretend that you do not understand what I am
talking about, and to look at me with an earnest and thoughtful air. I don't know
how to explain to you that you can't wind me around your little finger. I'm
beginning to suspect that I may just as well speak to the wall - you never follow
smart advice! – Wind up your speech. Me – to gossip – it’s impossible!

3. Jessica used to contribute articles in the gossip section of our local newspaper,
although it only allowed her to scrape a living. One day she even dared to write
about our mayor, who put up at a hotel in a nearby town and caused a scandal
there. He claimed to have never lived in such conditions before: the room was in a
mess, the wallpaper peeled off the walls, the situation was tasteless, the mirror was
cracked.

4. He can crack jokes like no other when he is in high spirits.

5. Don't you know that your colleague is scraping a living, so it’s useless to offer
him to buy such valuable things.