Chekhov Anton. Swan Song

Translation and Introduction by Marian Fell.
Webster’s Thesaurus Edition for PSAT, SAT, GRE, LSAT, GMAT, and AP English Test Preparation.
Полный неадаптированный текст статьи о Чехове и перевода пьесы, изданный специально для подготовки к экзамену по английскому языку на допуск для учебы в колледже или в вузе в англоязычной стране. В конце каждой страницы приводятся синонимы и антонимы для отдельных слов, причем слова выбраны трудные и часто встречающиеся. Например, для первой страницы пьесы:[The scene is laid on the stage of a country theatre, at night, after the play. To
the right a row of rough, unpainted doors leading into the dressing-rooms.
To the left and in the background the stage is encumbered with all sorts of
rubbish. In the middle of the stage is an overturned stool.]
SVIETLOVIDOFF.
[With a candle in his hand, comes out of a dressing-room and laughs] Well,
well, this is funny! Here's a good joke! I fell asleep in my dressing-room when
the play was over, and there I was calmly snoring after everybody else had
left the theatre. Ah! I'm a foolish old man, a poor old dodderer! I have been
drinking again, and so I fell asleep in there, sitting up. That was clever! Good
for you, old boy! [Calls] Yegorka! Petrushka! Where the devil are you?
Petrushka! The scoundrels must be asleep, and an earthquake wouldn't wake
them now! Yegorka! [Picks up the stool, sits down, and puts the candle on
the floor] Not a sound! Only echos answer me. I gave Yegorka and Petrushka
each a tip to-day, and now they have disappeared without leaving a trace
behind them. The rascals have gone off and have probably locked up the
theatre. [Turns his head about] I'm drunk! Ugh! The play to-night was for my
benefit, and it is disgusting to think how much beer and wine I have poured
down my throat in honour of the occasion. Gracious! My body is burning all
over, and I feel as if I had twenty tongues in my mouth. It is horrid ! Idiotic!- даны синонимы и антонимы для слов:earthquake: (n) tremor, shock, quake,
temblor, cataclysm, upheaval,
seaquake, avalanche; (adj)
thunderstorm, volcano, seismic.
encumbered: (adj) burdened,
burdensome, weighed down, heavy,
deep, clayey, cloggy. ANTONYM:
(adj) unencumbered.
gracious: (adj) genial, benign, good,
courteous, compassionate, kind,
accommodating, civil; (adj, n)
benevolent, congenial, gentle.
ANTONYMS: (adj) ungracious,
boorish, discourteous, reserved, rude,
abrupt, critical, unkind, hardhearted,
harsh, poor.
idiotic: (adj) absurd, foolish, fatuous,
imbecile, crazy, stupid, ridiculous,
mindless, silly, unwise, daft.
ANTONYMS: (adj) wise, genius,
clever.
laughs: (n) diversion, comedy,
amusement, sport, recreation,
merriment, entertainment, levity.
overturned: (adj) upturned, upside
down, inverted, reversed, wrong way
up, confused, broken, wrong side up,
topsy-turvy, disturbed, disquieted.
poured: (adj) concrete.
sits: (n) sat.
snoring: (n) stertor, respiration; (adj)
stertorous, asleep.
stool: (n) seat, bench, footstool, feces,
dejection, faeces, ordure, fecal matter,
droppings, bowel movement, form.
unpainted: (adj) undyed.В конце книги более полный (более подробный) англо-английский словарь.
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