Here are a few more idiomatic expressions that occur in the text. Try to use them in sentences of your own.
`{:((i) "caught my eye", (iii) "laugh ourselves silly" ),((ii) "he’d had enough ",(iv) "can’t bring myself to" ):}`

1.This play has been translated into English from the Russian original. Are there any expressions or ways of speaking that strike you as more Russian than English? For example, would an adult man be addressed by an older man as my darling or my treasure in an English play? Read through the play carefully, and find expressions that you think are not used in contemporary English, and contrast these with idiomatic modern English expressions that also occur in the play. 3. Look up the following phrases in a dictionary to find out their meaning, and then use each in a sentence of your own. (i) You may take it that (ii) He seems to be coming round (iii) My foot’s gone to sleep

Here are a few sentences from the text which have idiomatic expressions. Can you say what each means? (You might want to consult a dictionary first.) Mr Keeping was trying to play a joke on me with this ridiculous subject, but I’d make sure the joke was on him.