1. He was glad to see a woman in question come out of the shop.

2. I don't know what to make of the boy's behaviour.

3. They overlooked the enormous risks involved.

4. I hope that the misunderstanding will be soon cleared up.

5. The police have asked the witnesses of the car crash to come forward. Under the circumstances I had better stay away.

6. I am writing to you on behalf of my daughter who is away on business. It's of no consequence to me.

III. Explain the meaning of the following words in English:

intuition, subconscious, hallucination, accomplice, etiquette, upstart, banality, Punch, Christie's outpourings.

IV. Add to your list new words and word combinations on the topic"Crime and its investigation" you'll come across in the given chapters.

V. Explain the following:

1. (p. 125) On looking back, the thing that strikes me most is the piecemeal character of this period. Everyone had a hand in the elucidation of the mystery. It was rather like a jig-saw puzzle to which everyone contributed their own little piece of knowledge of discovery.

2. (p. 126) But Mrs. Ackroyd is totally incapable of pursuing a straightforward course on any subject. She always approaches her object by tortuous means.

3. (p. 136) "... But as a matter of fact, my conscience has been pricking me ever since yesterday afternoon. You accused us all of keeping back something, M. Poirot. I plead guilty. I've had something up my sleeve."

4. (p.137) "... After all, many crimes have been committed for the sake of less than five hundred pounds. It all depends on what sum is sufficient to break a man. A question of the relativity, is it not so?"

QUESTIONS AND TOPICS FOR DISCUSSION

1. What little lecture did H. Poirot give Dr. Sheppard? Get ready to discuss its main points.

2. Doctor Sheppard's contribution to the investigation. What does his theory, in H. Poirot's opinion, leave unaccounted for?

3. Why was H. Poirot inclined to think that R. Paton was innocent?

4. Mrs. Ackroyd's confession. What made her do this? How would you account for Dr. Sheppard's ironic attitude towards Mrs.Ackroyd? How was Ursula Bourne involved in this episode? Which adjectives would you choose to characterize Mrs. Ackroyd in this episode?

5. Who else made a confession to H. Poirot? What was the matter?

6. What experiment did H. Poirot carry out?

Assignment 7

Chapters XVI, XVII (pp. 140-158)

ACTIVE VOCABULARY

I. Get ready to reproduce the episodes in which the given above words and word combinations are used.

II. Give Russian equivalents of the following AN collocations.

III. Write the word combinations with the word "suspicion" and its derivatives out of the given chapters.

QUESTIONS AND TOPICS FOR DISCUSSION

1. Make up fact-finding guestions on Chapter XVI to ask your fellow students.

2. What did H. Poirot suggest after the funeral?

3. What do we learn about Parker's former life? In what way did H. Poirot make Parker tell the truth?

4. What did H. Poirot and Dr. Sheppard pay a visit to Mr.Hammond for?

5. H. Poirot's idea of what kind of man the murderer was.

Assignment 8

Chapters XVIII, XX, XXI (pp. 158-184)

ACTIVE VOCABULARY