1. Find in the text the following idiomatic expressions, translate them into Russian,
explain their usage and use them in sentences of your own:
1. to make a clean breast of smth; (when Julia made a clean breast of it) признаться в чемлибо содеянном
2. to tear smb limb from limb; (It would be a comfort to both of them to tear Tom limb from
limb.) разорвать кого-либо на части
3. feet of clay; ( She wasn't going to give her a peep at her feet of clay.) иметь слабости в
характере
4. to and fro; ( Sitting up in her bed she rocked to and fro in an agony.) взад вперёд; тудасюда.
5. the proof of the pudding is in the eating. (After all, the proof of the pudding's in the eating.)
все проверяется на практике
2. Give synonyms for:
lousy (performance) - awful
imminent - impending
ruinous - disastrous
to titter - cackle.
3. Give antonyms to:
abhorrence - admirable
to hurry - calmness
mortifying - convenient.
selfish - unselfish