Unit quiz: Collocation, idiom and false friends: the verb a noun insists on, the preposition that fixes the case, work, money, weather and health, and the words that betray you

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Question 1

Complete the sentence so that it reads as idiomatic Russian: «На совещании мы ___ решение продлить договор».принялисделали

Question 2

Choose the form: «Согласно ___ оплата производится в течение десяти банковских дней».договорадоговору

Question 3

A colleague asks how you are managing financially this month. Which idiom means that you are short of money?«Сижу на мели.»«Бью баклуши.»

Question 4

You are writing to a supplier about a two-month delay. Which version of the closing paragraph belongs in the letter?«Как говорится, тише едешь, дальше будешь.»«Поставка задержана на два месяца. Прошу сообщить новые сроки в течение трёх дней.»

Question 5

A clerk corrects your заявление from «Прошу представить мне отпуск» to «Прошу предоставить мне отпуск». What separates the two verbs?Предоставить means to grant or provide and collocates with отпуск, документы, слово and отсрочка; представить means to present, introduce or imagine and collocates with отчёт, проект, гостя and себе.Nothing separates them; the two verbs are interchangeable in official style and the clerk is enforcing a preference.

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