• Gerrard lives alone in a lonely cottage. An intruder, who is a criminal, enters his cottage. He intends to murder Gerrard and take on his identity. Does he succeed?

• The following words and phrases occur in the play. Do you know their meanings? Match them with the meanings given, to find out.

cultured

an informal expression for a fashionable vehicle

count on

unnecessary and usually harmful

engaged

exaggerated

melodramatic

sophisticated; well mannered

to be smart

here, a tone of voice

inflection

avoid

wise guy

an unexpected opportunity for success

a dandy bus

trap

tradespeople

a Christian religious teacher who teaches on Sundays in Church

gratuitous

(American English) a person who pretends to know a lot

dodge

depend on; rely on

lucky break

(American English) an informal way of saying that one is being too clever

Sunday-school teacher

occupied; busy

frame

merchants

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Solution

• No, the intruder does not succeed in fulfilling his plans because he is outsmarted by Gerrard's wit.

cultured

sophisticated; well mannered

count on

depend on; rely on

engaged

occupied; busy

melodramatic

exaggerated

to be smart

(American English) an informal way of saying that one is being too clever

inflection

here, a tone of voice

wise guy

(American English) a person who pretends to know a lot

a dandy bus

an informal expression for a fashionable vehicle

tradespeople

merchants

gratuitous

unnecessary and usually harmful

dodge

avoid

lucky break

an unexpected opportunity for success

Sunday-school teacher

a Christian religious teacher who teaches on Sundays in Church

frame

trap

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Irony is when we say one thing but mean another, usually the opposite of what we say. When someone makes a mistake and you say, “Oh! That was clever!” that is irony. You’re saying ‘clever’ to mean ‘not clever’.

Expressions we often use in an ironic fashion are:

• Oh, wasn’t that clever!/Oh that was clever!

• You have been a great help, I must say!

• You’ve got yourself into a lovely mess, haven’t you?

• Oh, very funny!/How funny!

We use a slightly different tone of voice when we use these words ironically.

Read the play carefully and find the words and expressions Gerrard uses in an ironic way. Then say what these expressions really mean. Two examples have been given below. Write down three such expressions along with what they really mean.

What the author says	What he means
Why, this is a surprise, Mr – er –	He pretends that the intruder is a social visitor whom he is welcoming. In this way he hides his fear.
At last a sympathetic audience!	He pretends that the intruder wants to listen to him, whereas actually the intruder wants to find out information for his own use.

(a) We bought their biggest basket, then set off toward town.

(b) One night we came upon them in the windy and deserted square.

(d) I shook my head and turned away.

Here are a few more. Match the phrases to their meanings.

Phrases	Meanings
set up	to start on a journey
break down	to tolerate a situation or a person
set off	to lose control of your feelings and start crying
put up	with to enter
put off	to be faced with or opposed by
put on	to start/ establish a company
come in	to refuse/ reject
come across	to postpone
come up against	to try to get help/advice/ sympathy from someone
turn down	to wear
turn in to	meet or find by chance
turn to	to inform on or deliver up

Now use the phrases given above to complete the following sentences.

1. The landlord was suspicious of the two men staying in his flat so he called the police and _____________them _____________

2. Early in the morning we packed our bags and _____________ for a hike over the mountain.

3. Janvi _____________some photographs of her grandfather in the old trunk.

4. My father _____________ his own business 10 years ago.

5. The Bank _____________ Paul's request for a loan.

6. The Corporation's decision to reduce the leave of the employees _____________ a lot of opposition.

Match the following phrases with their meanings:

Phrases	Meanings
at work	pay off the cost by doing some work in lieu
work out	a day one has been waiting for
to be on fire	to be working
the great day	excited
to be out of money	not at all
not one bit of	not having any money

Match the ‘environment words’ with their meanings.

Words	Meanings
Ecology	A person who advocates preservation and careful management of natural resources.
Habitat	The variety and variability among living organisms and the ecological complexes in which they occur.
Herpetologist	The relationship of living things to one another and their environment, or the study of such relationships.
Extinct	Tropical evergreen trees or shrubs forming dense thickets along tidal shores.
Aquifer	A place where a population lives and its surroundings, both living and non-living.
Naturalist	A zoologist who studies reptiles and amphibians.
Biodiversity	Having no living representative.
Mangrove	An underground geological formation, containing water.
Conservationist	A person who studies plants and animals, especially outdoors.

Place the cards in the right boxes in the given boxes.
(a)

(b)

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cultured	an informal expression for a fashionable vehicle
count on	unnecessary and usually harmful
engaged	exaggerated
melodramatic	sophisticated; well mannered
to be smart	here, a tone of voice
inflection	avoid
wise guy	an unexpected opportunity for success
a dandy bus	trap
tradespeople	a Christian religious teacher who teaches on Sundays in Church
gratuitous	(American English) a person who pretends to know a lot
dodge	depend on; rely on
lucky break	(American English) an informal way of saying that one is being too clever
Sunday-school teacher	occupied; busy
frame	merchants