Вопрос № 166440 - Английский язык

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O’Henry is a 1_______ American short-story writer. O’Henry was the 2________ used by the author William Sydney Porter. He had to earn his 3________ from the age of fifteen and he educated himself with help of his friends. O’Henry knew people very well, especially the ordinary people of New-York. Most of his short stories are full of warm sympathy to 4_______ American people.

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A: What’s your hobby?
B: I am fond of reading books.
A: And who is your favourite writer?
B: I like to read books of many authors and Arthur Conan Doyle is among them.
A: And what is your favourite story or novel written by Conan Doyle?
B: I like almost all his stories and novels, but prefer to read a collection of detective stories under the title “The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes”.
A: Oh, Sherlock Holmes is known all over the world as the most famous detective of all times.
B: 1_______. All the stories with Sh. Holmes are the most popular…
A: Sorry for interrupting you. 2_______, in one of his stories, Conan Doyle “killed” Holmes.
B: It was then when he was tired of writing detective stories. But public didn’t like it. Conan Doyle had to write another story in which Holmes came back.
A: Did Conan Doyle write only detective stories?
B: Besides detective stories, Doyle also wrote historical novels, war books. 3_______ his fantastic stories “The Lost World”, “The Poisoned Belt”?
A: Not quite, I would like to read them once again.
B: I have one of them, “The Poisoned Belt”, at home. Come to me, and I’ll give it to you.
A: 4_______!

The act of demanding money from somebody in return for not revealing secret of unpleasant information about them is called …

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The house lost _____ roof in the storm.

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Yesterday, it _______ me ages to get home because of the traffic jams.