YULIA MAIDANIUK AM-43

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1.There are always three main characters—the husband, the wife, and the dirty dog.
2. Mr. Bixby was a dentist who made an average income. Mrs. Bixby was a big vigorous woman with a wet
mouth.
3. Mrs. Bixby travels to Baltimore to visit her old aunt. Mr. Bixby accepted this arrangement good-naturedly. It
was acceptable to both of them.
4. The Colonel was exceedingly wealthy. He lived in a charming house on the outskirts of the town. No wife or
family encumbered him, only a few discreet and loyal servants, and in Mrs. Bixby’s absence he consoled
himself by riding his horses and hunting the fox. The man had a way of making her feel that she was
altogether a rather remarkable woman, a person of subtle and exotic talents, fascinating beyond measure;
5. Yes, she had always looked forward to these visits and was in a great mood
6. Wilkins gave her a large flattish cardboard box.
7. No, she carried the box into the privacy of the Ladies’ Room and then opened it. It was a beautiful coat.
8. She just couldn’t take her eyes off it. The great black coat seemed to slide onto her almost of its own
accord, like a second skin. It was the queerest feeling! She looked dazzling, radiant, rich, brilliant, voluptuous,
all at the same time. And the sense of power that it gave her! In this coat she could walk into any place she
wanted and people would come scurrying around her like rabbits. The whole thing was just too wonderful for
words!
It was dreadful shock.
9. She tried to think of where she could get this wonderful coat, who could give it to her?
10. No, she was wearing her old red coat again now and carrying the cardboard box in her arms.
11. She decided to take a taxi and stop at a pawn shop on her way.
12. She said that she lost her purse had nothing, only this coat. She needed some money.
13. “I’ll loan you fifty dollars” he said.
14. The fact that the man offered to write a description for the coat and she refused.
15. Mrs. Bixby said about those dreadful trains.
16. Pulteney woman
17.She said she found it just now on the seat of my taxi. “It’s got a number on it, and I thought it might be a
lottery ticket or something, so I kept it.”
18. Mr. Bixby
19. Yes, she was ready, but Mr. Bixby said that she could be deceived. Her husband decided to pick it up on
the way home.
20. It was her husband. Because she didn't want the owner of the pawn shop to recognize the old customer
21. Yes, she was more attentive.
22. Yes. She said “If it happens to be something nice, something you think I might like, will you telephone me
as soon as you get to the office?”
23.She wanted to hear from him what exactly he found in a pawnshop but he said that it’s
something breathtaking and that she is a lucky one and she was going mad when found out what it
is.She tried to guess what it is either necklace or a diamond ring. He gave her a clue that it’s
something that she could wear during the winter but he didn’t say what exactly because wanted to
keep it secretly and made a surprise for her at the end of the day.
24.No, that’s why she went to his office in order to take her present
25.No, he didn’t want her to come to his office because he was too busy and she would disorganise
his entire morning schedule
26.He told her to calm down and not worry bacause she was very lucky. He was wearing his white
dentist’s coat and opened the door himself while was saying this
27.Mrs Pulteney helped him with the instruments in his surgery
28.Yes, it’s a very important detail which can give a reader a clue to the denouement of the story
29.No, she wasn’t because Mr Bixby told her to go for her lunch
30.He announced it when stood in front of the closet and was pointing with his finger and said it’s
there and forced het to shut ter eyes
31.Yes, he wanted to be it a surprise for her
32.He She was increadible eagerly to take this surprise and finally took her coad back
33.He produced a ridiculous little fur neckpiece from the closet when she opened her eyes
34.He said that this is mink, real mink
35.She was really shocked and wanted to scream in frustration
36.He expected from her to be on the 9th cloud
37.He appreciated their finding very high-the highest quality and worth 2-3 hundred dollars
38.Because people might think that they are millionaires and started to charge them double
39.Nothing, because that little fur neckpice was like a Christmas gift and he said that 50 dollars is
too much now then to spend on his wife
40.He didn’t see her off himself because old Gorman was waiting for him with a broken clasp on
his denture
41.She felt down in the dumps
42.No he said that he was at half past 8 or even at 9
43.She happened to meet Mrs Pultney and the greatest surprise was that she was wearing her coat
44.She was going to her lunch and he was very happy because of the new coat from Mr Bixby
45.Maybe, if Mr Bixby take it from Mrs Pulteney and give it as a present to her
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1.T
2.T
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5.F
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7.T
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11.T
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III
1.d.enormous
2.b.raised
3.c.breath
4.b.completely
5.d.pulled up
6.b.ticket
7.a.labels
8.d.facinating
9.b.to undo
10.b.flashing
11.c.ignored
12.d.proud
13.d.walk
14.c.piece
15.a.along
16.b.dying
17.d.huge
18.c.bony
19.d.buckles
20.c.convenient
IV
1.o-trappings
2.j-a rectangle
3.a-to pawn
4.i-to strut
5.b-lucrative
6.l-to encumber
7.c-deter
8.n-dazzling
9.m-to console
10.d-premature
11.e-cunning
12.f-countenance
13.g-to lurk
14.h-vigorous
15.k-sly