April the 20thhello. ann and masha! 1 was happy to get your letter yesterdayi'm ok. i'd like to write you about our sportcompetitions which took place in computerlandlast week. you know that i'm fond of sportsthe children from magic land took part in ourgames, too.my favourite game is flyball. i am very goodat it. i can catch flyballs very well. so my teamwon this game easilythen i took part in slow running. if you wantto win this race you should run as slowly as youcan. but i'm not good at it. i can't run slowlyrun very quickly.heila won tree jumping. she can jump fromtree to tree very well. i am good at it, too. butheila is the best.the last game was lemonade drinking. it'sthe most difficult game. i'm bad at it. i can'tdrink so much lemonade as other children canthey can do it very quickly.after the competitions there was a bigconcert. heila sang a very nice song. she sangso beautifully! then heila and i danced together.the music played very quietly and we could talkheila told me about her hobbies. i'll write aboutxthem next week if i have free time.best wishes, your friend chip прочитайте письмо чипа. в чём он хорош, и в чём он плох. , ​

Finish [ ] 1. 1) а) конец, окончание at the finish — в конце to the finish — до конца to be in at the finish — присутствовать на завершающем этапе ( соревнований, переговоров и т. п. ) the finish of the hunting season — конец охотничьего сезона syn: end 1., termination, conclusion б) финиш 2) завершенность, законченность mr. freeman sang with perfect finish. — пение мистера фримана отличалось идеальной законченностью. 3) завершение, завершающая деталь two smaller towers were designed as the finish of the building. — две меньших размеров башни были задуманы как завершение всего здания. 4) отделка, полировка a dull finish — тусклая полировка glazed finish — глазурь glossy finish — блестящая полировка - lack finish syn: polish 5) увеселительное заведение, где заканчиваются ночные гулянки 6) аппретура 2. 1) а) кончать, заканчивать, завершать he finished the speech and sat down. — он закончил речь и сел. we have some nice cheese to finish with. — а на десерт у нас есть хороший сыр. syn: close ii 2., complete 3., conclude, end 2., finalize, terminate ant: begin, initiate 3. б) финишировать he finished third in the race. — он пришел третьим в забеге. в) кончаться, заканчиваться, завершаться the cat's tail finishes in white. — на кончике хвоста у кошки белая шерсть. the road finished in a narrow path. — дорога превратилась в узкую тропинку. 2) отделывать; отполировывать to finish a table with varnish — отполировать стол 3) заканчивать, доводить до конца ( что-л. начатое; тж. finish up ) they hope to finish their new home before winter. — они надеются закончить дом к зиме. haven't you finished that book yet? — вы еще не дочитали эту книгу? we have finished the pie. — мы доели этот пирог. syn: complete 3., end 2., terminate 4) а) разрушать this last bombing should finish off the town. — эта бомбардировка должна быть последней, после нее от города ничего не останется. б) прервать отношения jim decided to finish with him for good. — джим решил навсегда порвать с ним отношения. в) прикончить, убить the old man who owned the jewels was finished off by the thieves. — воры пришили старика - хозяина драгоценностей. syn: dispatch 2. 5) до крайности изнурить the long march has quite finished the troops. — длинный переход обессилил войска. end [ ] 1. 1) конец, край put the platter at the end of the table. — поставь блюдо на край стола. the school is at the south end of town. — школа расположена в южном конце города. world's end — край света syn: extremity, terminus, edge, limit, boundary, border 2) конец, окончание we stayed at the concert to the very end. — мы сидели на концерте до самого конца. - at the end of the day - in the end - end on - put an end to - make an end of - to the bitter end syn: conclusion, ending, termination, close, finish, expiration, cessation, completion, finale, wind-up, culmination, consummation 3) конец, исчезновение; смерть, кончина another world war could mean the end of civilization. — еще одна мировая война могла бы означать конец цивилизации. he met an untimely end. — его настигла безвременная кончина. syn: extinction, extermination, destruction, annihilation, termination, ruin, death, demise 4) остаток, обрезок; обломок; отрывок; часть this end of cloth is enough for a dress. — этого отреза хватит на платье. syn: remnant, leftover, fragment, scrap 5) цель he used unscrupulous means to achieve his end. — он использовал любые средства для достижения своей цели. the end justifies the means. — цель оправдывает средства. - to that end - gain one's ends - accomplish one's ends - achieve one's ends - ends and means - any means to an end syn: aim, goal, purpose, object, objective, result, intention, design 6) результат, итог, развязка, следствие what will be the end of their constant feuding? — какова же будет развязка их непрерывной вражды? happy end — благополучная развязка, счастливый конец syn: outcome, upshot, resul

1. "last fall when i was preparing for entrance exams, i met a lot of students," said arthur. 2. already the sun was setting when i arrived to kislovodsk. (lermontov) 3. it was getting dark. (chekhov) 4. about seven o'clock, i was walking on the boulevard. (lermontov) 5. i was sitting by the window when he heard a knock of their coach.(lermontov) 6. she [kate] is constantly flushed. (turgenev) 7. an hour later pavel petrovich was already lying in bed with a bandaged leg. (turgenev) 8. markelov's guests were still asleep when she came to him a messenger with a letter from his sister. (turgenev) 9. they came out when it was still light and a strong wind was blowing. (chuck's) 10. alekhine moved his chair closer to the table, which was played by two old men. (cats) 11. he (egor semenovich] worked from morning to night, all in a hurry somewhere. (chekhov) 12. from two to five nezhdanov sat in his room. (turgenev) 13. she woke up the very minute when i walked into the room. (dostoevsky)