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Курс лекций по стилистике современного английского языка и вопросы к лекциям в приложении приведены материалы для практических занятий
SUPPLEMENTS 1. STYLISTICALLY COLOURED AND NEUTRAL VERBS
Official Style Verbs
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Informal and Neutral Style Verbs
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accumulate
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build up
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assist
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help out
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commence
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start
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compensate
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make up for
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create
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come up with
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desire
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want
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determine
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find out
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dine
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eat out
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eliminate
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delete
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endeavor
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try
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establish
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found
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familiarize
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to make something known
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finalize
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finish
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fluctuate
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go up and down
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increase
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rise
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investigate
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look into
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maximize
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increase
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operationalize
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start up
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optionalize
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allow choice
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permit
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allow
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proceed
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go on
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pursue
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follow
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raise
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bring up
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reduce
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cut down
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reject
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turn down
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request
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ask
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terminate
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finish
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tolerate
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put up with
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utilize
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use
| 2. PARAPHRASE THE TEXT
Paraphrase the following informal text, using neutral style expressions
I came to New York State to work on my grant. With all the meeting and presentations I really worked my butt off. Then I had a wild hair up my butt – to go to California from cold New York! And I did it! I met hot wild chicks there who took me to a fru-fru place – Glen Ivy Hot Springs Spa. It was fantastic! Glen Ivy rocked and boomed! We drank like a fish, and we laughed our heads off. I also met a blonde-haired handsome younger man, and we took long strolls by the ocean beach.
to work one’s butt off
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– to work very hard
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wild hair up one’s butt
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– an obsession or fixation of some sort
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hot wild chicks
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– nice girls
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fru fru
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– fancy, very elaborate
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to rock
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– to be great
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to boom
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– to be fantastic
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to drink like a fish
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– to drink heavily, especially alcoholic drinks
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to laugh one’s head off
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– to laugh very hard and loudly, as if one's head might come off
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to take a stroll
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– to walk leisurely
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