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1. But there was nothing now __ for. (to wait) (Wilson) 2. She put on the cape, and turned round __ (to admire) (Cain) 3. He appeared __ (to listen) (Lessing) 4. He appeared __ plenty of money, which was said __ in the Californian goldfields. (to have, to gain) (Conan Doyle) 5. "When I seemed __ a long while, the Master of Salem House unscrewed his flute into the three pieces, put them up as before, and took me away, (to doze) (Dickens) 6. Every feature seemed __ since he saw her last, (to sharpen) (Galsworthy) 7. This fellow seemed __ a famous explorer or something of that sort, (to be) (Priestley) 8. The house appeared __ recently... (to repair) (Hardy) 9. Nobody seemed __ his entry, but there he certainly was. (to perceive) (Hardy) 10. Paula would be the first concentration camp __ by American troops, (to liberate) (Heym) 11. Willoughby was not the man __ the lessons of his predecessor. (to overlook) (Heym) 12. A twelve year old girl, Patience Barlow, was the first __ his attention or __ by him. (to attract, to attract) (Dreiser) 13. One might guess Mr. George __ a trooper once upon a time, (to be) (Dickens) 14. I suppose Mr. Jelleby had been more talkative and lively once; but he seemed __ long before I knew him. (to exhaust). (Dickens) 15. Dave seemed __ Stephanie, waiting for her to make the first move, (to watch) (Saxton) 16. For the last few days she seemed __ to nobody but strange men. (to talk) (Priestley) 17. I lack the will-power __ anything with my life, — my position by hard work, (to do, to better) (Durrell) 18. There's no time _. (to lose) (Clark) 19. And, in a 140 very little while, the Murdstone and Grinby life became so strange to me that I hardly believed in it, while my present life grew so familiar, that I seemed __ it a long time, (to lead) (Dickens) 20. Roger Quaife was a youngish Concervative member who was beginning __ about, (to talk) (Snow) 21. He is said __ a small fortune, (to put away) (Durrell) 22. That Jolyon seems __ in 1710, son of Jolyon and Mary, (to be born) (Galsworthy)

Exercise 2. Insert to before the infinitive where required. Translate into Russian.

1. Do you think I plan __ spend the rest of my life in the same situation? I would rather __ die! (Monsarrat) 2. She could not help but __ feel a little choked for breath. (Dreiser) 3. Why not __ come down to my place? (Wilson) 4. He gave a quick grin that made his lean twisted face __ look more lean and twisted than ever. (Priestley) 5. Ever since I came into this silly house I have been made __ look like a fool. (Shaw) 6. He did nothing from morning till night but __ wander at random. (Maugham) 7. I'm the cook, and I won't have anyone __ come interfering in my kitchen. (Maugham) 8. Abe let the hammer __ drop out of his hands and __ fall on the step. (Caldwell) 9. You'd better __ take me back to Oxford. (Faulkner) 10. They ought. __ have asked my advice. They ought __ have. (Snow) 11. The poor boy was absolutely broken up. It made my heart __ bleed. I couldn't __ let him __ go without a word of comfort. (Maugham) 12. I've got nothing __ do but __ talk, talk. (Greene) 13. I would — die sooner than __ ask him for another penny. (Shaw) 14. Your mother's gone to some friends — they do nothing but __ play bridge. (Galsworthy) 15. I know... there's nobody in the world I would rather __ work with or __ have greater respect for. (Dreiser) 16. Conrad had never known her __ talk so much. (Greene) 17. But Elfride knew Mrs. Jethway __ be her enemy, and __ hate her. (Hardy) 18. Then why not __ try __ save yourself? (Shaw) 19. She opened the iron gateway and bade me __ enter. (Maugham) 20. You'd better __ get some sleep. (Hemingway) 21. English women in our station have duties... but we, strangers in a strange land, have nothing __ do but __ enjoy ourselves. (Maugham) 22. I want __ look at him and hear him __ talk. (Heym) 23. The key of the door below was now heard in the lock, and the door was heard __ open and close. (Dickens) 24. She felt herself __ be tall and slim and fresh. (Murdoch) 25. I felt my blood __ freeze. (Cain) 26. And if you say you gave me no encouragement I cannot but __ contradict you. (Hardy) 27. When she reached the front steps, she heard the taxi __ drive away. She turned around and watched the red tail-light __ disappear in the darkness. (Caldwell) 28. Tommy really does nothing but __ propose to me. (Wilde) 29. I thought that I had better __ try __ speak openly myself. (Snow) 30. Arthur could not but __ glance at Daniel Doyce in the ensuing silence. (Dickens) 31. Why not __ write to her? (Hardy) 32. At first I tried. __. excuse myself, for the present, on the general ground of having occupation __ attend to, which I must not __ neglect. I then said that I had much __ learn myself before I could __ teach others. For these reasons, I thought it best __ be as useful as I couid, and __ render what kind services I could to those about me: and __ try __ let that circle of duty gradually __ expand itself. (Dickens)

Exercise 3. Translate into English, using the to-infinitive or the bare infinitive.

1. Я чувствовал/ что его рассказ правдив. 2. Я почувствовал, что кто-то тронул меня за плечо. 3. «Вы выглядите утомленным, вы бы лучше пошли домой». «Нет, я бы предпочел закончить работу». 4. Почему бы не поговорить с деканом? 5. Ему ничего не оставалось делать, как признать свою вину (to admit one's fault). 6. Она только и делает, что ворчит. 7. Я не могу не согласиться с вами. 7....Степан Аркадьевич тонко (subtly) улыбался. Левин тоже не мог не улыбнуться. (Л. Толстой) 8. Надевайте же коньки, и давайте кататься вместе. (Л. Толстой) 9. Что ж, он прекрасный жених (match)... Зачем не выдти за него?... (Пушкин) 10....Я три дня занимался только тем, что... наслаждался чтением какого-нибудь романа... (Л. Толстой) 11. «Ты опять заснешь, Николенька? — говорит мне maman. — Ты бы лучше шел наверх». (Л. Толстой) 12. Я никогда не видел (to know), чтобы ты сказал неправду. (Л. Толстой) 13. Я не мог не подивиться странному сцеплению (chain) обстоятельств. (Пушкин)

Exercise 4. State the function of the infinitive. Translate into Russian.

1. A man must have something bigger than himself to believe in. (Jones) 2. It was impossible not to invite the Butiers for both afternoon and evening. (Dreiser) 3. The heat and dust were enough to strangle you. (Cain) 4. To cut a long story short, the infant that's just gone out of the room is not your son. (Maugham) 5....the next thing to be done is to move away from this house. (Eliot) 6. All the deep maternity in her awoke, never to sleep again. (Buck) 7. He paused as if to find a way to phrase his next thoughts. (Mailer) 8. Nobody asked you to come out here. I didn't ask you to stay. I told you to go while it was daylight. (Faulkner) 9. It was too hot to go out into the town. (Hemingway) 10. The prospective buyer is someone who is not, to put it mildly, a supporter of female emancipation. To consent to this sale would be to consent to change the character of the newspaper altogether. (Murdoch) 11. He hat! been one of the first to become interested in the development of the street-car system. (Dreiser) 12. The floor of the forest was soft to walk oa.. (Hemingway) 13. He was a man to attract immediate sympathy. (Maugham) 14. He knew he must say anything at all in order to establish communication with her. (Horgan) 15. After all, you're young enough to be my son. (Clark) 16. To begin with, he did not like the way his editor... had spoken to him that morning. (Priestley) 17. To make the real decisions, one's got to have the real power. (Snow) 18. To know all is to forgive all. (Priestley) 19. Other people, men particularly, found it difficult to face Cowperwood's glazed stare. (Dreiser) 20. It must be awful to have a brilliant future behind you. (Snow) 21. She makes a gesture as if to touch him. (Shaw) 22. Indeed, she had nowhere to go. (Murdoch) 23. To speak frankly, 1 am not in favour of long engagements. (Wilde) 24. He found the sky so pallid as to be almost invisible. (Baum) 25. He dropped back, so as to let me get on a level with him. (Collins) 26. When he met Savina at the station, she came to him with a joyous expression of anticipation to find his troubled silence. (Wilson) 27. Rubin did not, in any case, find it easy to be as direct as Roger. (Snow) 28. True insincerity is hard to find. (Priestley) 29. She leaned forward with kindled eyes as if to impress the word on the inspector. (Lindsay) 30. She's a spoiled child not to be trusted. (Galsworthy) 31. It is against all ethical concepts of medical science to pronounce a death verdict to a gravely ill person. (Baum) 32. His age was difficult to guess. (Wilson) 33. They were the last to come. (Maugham) 34. I awoke a little after sunrise to find Evan gone. (Hansford Johnson) 35. Truth to tell, he wanted to say a great deal. (Dreiser) 36. Her large eyes were of a blue so pale as to be almost white. (Murdoch) 37. Her first proceeding... was to unlock a tall press, bring out'several bottles,, and pour some of the contents of each into my mouth. (Dickens) 38. To lie is not my custom. Too much complication and uncomfort. (Baum) 39. I had many weary hours still to wait through. To while away the time, I looked at my letters. (Collins) 40. To begin with, Mrs. Anderson is a pleasanter person to Hye with than Mrs. Dudgeon. (Shaw) 41. With another look round at the furniture, as if to gauge his sister's exact position, Soames went out towards Piccadilly. (Galsworthy) 42. Three or four plans suggested themselves, only to be ruled out by their self-evident absurdity. (Hansford Johnson) 43. But the heat of the afternoon was, to say the least, oppressive. (Salinger)

Exercise 5. Translate into English, using the infinitive.

1. Было приятно гулять в лесу в такой жаркий день. 2. По правде говоря, я читал эту книгу в переводе. 3. Он достаточно хорошо знает английский язык, чтобы перевести эту статью. 4. Первое, что надо сделать, — это выписать новые слова из текста. 5. Бесполезно противоречить вам; вы очень упрямы, чтобы не сказать больше. 6. Никогда не поздно признать свою ошибку. 7. Она уехала на Дальний Восток и больше не вернулась в свой родной город. 8. Мягко выражаясь, он не сказал вам всей правды. 9. Я чувствую себя слишком плохо, чтобы поехать с вами за город. 10. Короче говоря, их вина осталась недоказанной.

Exercise б. Point out the infinitive attributes. Translate into Russian.

1. It's a chance not to be missed. (Murdoch) 2. No one liked to be the first to move. (Lindsay) 3. I have a word to say to my daughter. (Shaw) 4. There was not a moment to lose. (Dreiser) 5. There is no time to be lost. (Wilde) 6. We are going to find a place to phone from, and maybe have some refreshment! (Salinger) 7. Davy was never one to promise and not keep his word. (Llewellyn) 8. So you've got nothing to reproach yourself with. (Wilson) 9. There was so much to do. (Lessing) 10. He was quickwitted, unpompous, the easiest man to do business with. (Snow) 11. He was the first to speak again. (Hardy) 12. I haven't any time to spare. (Dreiser) 13. I promise you there's nothing to fear. (Maugham) 14. I won, but it's no victory to be proud of. (Wilson) 15. We came into Spezia looking for a place to eat. (Hemingway), 16. Haviland was really someone to admire. (Wilson) 17. I told the driver the address to drive to. (Hemingway) 18. There was no taxi to be seen outside the hotel... (Priestley) 19. I have dreadful news to break to her. (Dickens) 20. She had a long way to go. (Hansford Johnson) 21. Strickland isn't the man to make a woman; happy. (Maugham) 22. One should always have something sensational to read in the train. (Wilde) 23. But I haven't much to be] proud of in that respect. (Snow)

Exercise 7. Translate into English, using infinitive attributes,

(A) 1. Он первый прервал молчание. 2. Он ушел из лаборатории последним. 3. У нее есть ребенок, о котором ей надо заботиться. 4. Мне надо вам кое-что сказать. 5. Вот книга, которую хорошо почитать в поезде. 6. Мне надо о многом поговорить с вами. 7. У меня есть друзья, которые могут мне помочь. 8. У меня не было времени прочитать эту статью. 9. Он не такси человек, чтобы забыть о своем обещании. 10. Я знал, что нельзя терять времени. 11. Вот статья, которую вы должны прочитать. 12. У меня есть хорошая новость, которую я должен вам рассказать.

(B) 1. Василий Иванович первый поднялся. (Тургенев) 2. Поверьте мне — я имею право это говорить: я дорого заплатил за это право, (Тургенев) 3....она тотчас почувствовала, что он имеет сообщить ей что-то. (Тургенев) 4.... дадим себе слово признаваться во всем друг другу. (Л. Толстой) 5. Меня Мавра Кузьминишна послала, тут раненых привезли... а им некуда деваться. (Л. Толстой) 6.... я сказал, что мне нужно готовить уроки, и ушел наверх. (Л. Толстой) 7. Первое лицо, встретившее Анну дома, был сын. (Л. Толстой)