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Ex. 2 p.

62

1. dead metaphor /original metaphor


2. nominational / cognitive / imaginative
3. simple/prolonged

 The moon held a finger to her lips and the lake became pale and quiet.

the moon held a finger , the lake became - original, imaginative , simple metaphors

 Beauty is a flower. original cognitive, simple metaphor


 The sun ray on the wall above Pete slowly knifes down, cuts across his chest, becomes a coin on the
floor and vanishes.

The sun ray knifes down, cuts , becomes , vanishes - original, imaginative , prolonged metaphor

 That great kind man had taken Becky under his wing.

to take sb under one’s wing - dead, cognitive, simple metaphor

 Spring will come again with her sweet fresh air creeping in. - original, cognitive, simple metaphors
 Carol was already familiar with the geography of the house. – original, cognitive, simple metaphor
 There, at the very core of London, in the heart of its business, in the midst of a whirl of noise stands
Newgate.

the very core of London, the heart of business - dead, cognitive , simple metaphor

a whirl of noise - original, cognitive, simple

Newgate stands - original, cognitive, simple

 The sight took Bobby's attention. - dead, cognitive, simple


 The ghost of a smile appeared on Soames' face. - original, simple
 Time has a cruel soul. - original, imaginative , simple
 Jeff is a regular Sherlock Holmes. - original, simple (also Antonomasia)
 The stars were dancing in the sky. - original, cognitive, simple
 Mr. Dombey's cup of satisfaction was so full, that he could afford a drop or two of its contents. –
original, cognitive, prolonged
 A storm of indignation broke out.

A storm of indignation - original, cognitive, simple

A storm broke out - original, imaginative, simple

Ex. 7 p. 124

1. Then we'll kill an hour in the lounge. – dead (kill time, an hour), cognitive, simple

2. Hunger breaks stone walls. - original, cognitive , simple

3. When poverty enters the door, love will fly out of the window. -original, imaginative, simple
metaphors
4. His heart was melting with sympathetic tenderness. -original, imaginative, simple

5. In a little district west of Washington Square the streets have run crazy and broken themselves into
small strips called "places." -original, imaginative, prolonged

Ex. 8 p. 124

1. Well, haven't you always advocated a kid-glove policy? (Delicate, careful) Compaund

2. Never such a cat-and-dog life as they've been leading ever since! (eternal quarrel) Compaund

3. She gave him a penny-in-the-slot smile. (emotionless) Phrasal

4. Does he really think that I will follow his hole-in-the-head advice? (useless) Phrasal

5. As I've often told you, I'm a dyed-in-the-grain Liberal with no confidence in the Liberal Party.
(ingrained) Phrasal

6. My Lady Dedlock fell not into the melting, готова расплакаться but rather into
a freezing mood. Unassosiated Simple (nearly crying)

7. Europe's new dead-end generation has lost faith in the future. Compaund (a generation without a
future)

8. Mine has been comparatively but a lotus-eating existence hitherto; to-morrow I begin the battle of
life. Compound  (the idle dreams)

9. My rascals are not milk-and-water rascals, I promise you. (Безликий бесхарактерный) Мошенники


(spineless) Compaund

10. She didn't like his gin-and-water voice.  (hoarse voice) Compaund

11. A green wound is soon healed. свежая, незажившая рана Simple (unhealed wound)

12. The baculine method was a quite common mode of argument in those days.   (beating with a stick)
Unassociated, Simple

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