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Exercise 8. Get ready to answer the following questions using the words in brackets.

1. Did Belinda mope while Ken was busy working?

(to be involved with; pursuit; to have a date; a feather in the cap; unavailable; to play the field; a roving eye; to go steady; one’s beau; to accept defeat; strong-minded; to be no easy mark)

2. What news did Jack Preston break to Jane?

(to explore; to take a trip; to juggle jobs; up to one’s elbows in smth; to keep smth up; a rumor; to hand in one’s resignation; to pass on smth; to nag smb; in the midst of smth)

3. What accident happened on Main Street? What was the parents’ reaction to it?

(negligible; to blow a tire; to spill out; an egg-sized bump; a casualty; to break one’s arm; menace; to toss smth to smb; a compound fracture; a law against; genuine concern; anxiety; a rash of editorials)

4. Which of the grownups was for driving hot rods?

(to be ready to admit; a car bug; to run into trouble; to put smth straight; to have an accident; common sense; to run up a pole; to blow off steam; to learn through one’s errors; to be behind the times; to pool one’s experience)

5. Were the classmates concerned about the chain reaction set up by the accident?

(to hold court; to be hot under the collar; to hold a meeting; to change a law; the bull session; to forbid smb to do smth; to be out of town; to have a fit; to blow one’s top; you would not see smb for dust; to change the subject; to cheer up)

6. Why did Jane come again to the idea that Peter Shakespeare was certainly peculiar?

(a flimsy excuse; to be suspicious; to sound like; to catch by surprise; to be cut to a pattern; to be different; individuality; compelling; to imply an artificial standard; a baffling conversation; to think of smb; to talk like a professor)

7. Why didn’t Jane invite Peter to the house?

(smb’s scorn; to giggle at smth; to comment on; to face smth; to remain)

8. Why did Jane deserve to become editor in chief? Describe her feelings when she learnt the news.

(to make an announcement; to stare at; open-mouthed; to be credible; to stream through one’s consciousness; to admit; to take charge; a well-rounded conception; a splendid staff; an advertising manager; a joke-editor)

9. Did Jane announce the news to her mother as she had intended? What encouraged her to pour out the story to Mrs. Howard in the long run?

(to be anxious to do; to lift up; a feeling of self-esteem; to look inviting; to grow shy; to be available; to be tongue-tied; casually; to relax; to count on; to live under the strain; hot with excitement; a challenge; to hug smb; eyes full of tears)

10. What was Belinda’s reaction to Ken’s resignation? Why was she so particular about Ken’s reputation at school and in town?

(to kick the door; to fling; to resign from; to stride up and down the room; unconventional; to affect smb; to be nuts; to ruin one’s reputation; to enjoy one’s position in the limelight; an outcast; a renegade)

11. How did Ken explain to the Howards his decision to leave the football team?

(to bring up a subject; a quitter; a poor time to do smth; to skin out on smth; to do without; to teach things; to be vital)

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