Явища паронімія та антонімії в сучасній англійській мові

     5. a) «He was wearing a navy blue suit, a blue shirt and a white starched collar»  (M. Wilson)

     b) «We went into a motel court and bought a comfortable little suite for about four dollars» ( J. Kerouac)

     6. a) «There was nothing remarkable in the expression of her face except its utter immobility» (J. Galsworthy)

     b) «People always accepted an accomplished fact in time!» (Id.)

     c) “I expect you’re right”, he said slowly: “but I want to think it over” (Id.) 

      

  Додаток № 2

                                                  Антонімічні пари

Defence - offence

      Best defence is offence.

Today – yesterday

      The superstition of today is the science of yesterday.                                                 

Good - bad

      What’s  good about not being bad?

Alike – different

      It was unbelievable two people could look so  much alike and be so completely and utterly different.

Difficult – easy

      They were not difficult and for a girl of Roberta’s natural grace and zest, easy.

Alike – different

      How is it that two people, just a brother and sister, can be so alike and so different?                            

Despair – hope

      Sometimes І hope, my dear, and sometimes i don’t quite despair, but nearly.

Dimish – increase

      The softness of Dinny’s feelings dimished the watchfulness increased.

Drunk – sober

      “You are very drunk,” Gwen said. “Sober as a judge,” he said.

Early – late

      At first it was too early for the boy to be received into the proper refuge and at last it was too late.                  

Evil – good

      And so the factory came to be regarded as a good thing, not an evil.

                                                                            
 

Failure – success

      Naturally i went to evert a conflict in with success would damage me and failure disable me.

Fast – loose

      Surely Fleur would see in the long run that he couldn’t play fast and loose.

Fear – hope

      A strange conflict of hopes and fears raged within Dinny.

Above – below

      One is too far below me ( i mean in her own opinion ), and the other is too high above me.

Absence – presence

      To him the presence or absence of his wife’s sister was a matter of indifference.

Absolute – relative

      His vitality was absolute, not relative.

Accept – decline

      I cannot accept this offer, Lord Caversham, i have made up my mind to decline it.

Act – word

      A brawl or boil is a rude quarrel by word or act or both.

Active – passive

      This was no passive belief, but an active weapon which they flashed more convenient places of business.

Dead – alive

      “Speak” he cried, “and tell us whether you are alive or dead…”

Answer – ask

      It is always worth while asking a question, though it is not always worth answering one.

                                                                            

Attack – defence

      Dyke had stood between cab and fender through out all the duel, exposed, reckless, thinking only of attack and not of defence. 

Back – forward

      He distinguished the choice open to him of forward or back, and he selected forward.

Beast – man

      But man or beast, it will be wise to stay here a minute and let get by and out of the way.

Begin – end

      Romance should never begin with sentiment. It should begin with science and end with a settlement. 

Clever – foolish

      You don’t mean to say that this charming, clever young lady has been so foolish as to accept you?

Begin – finish

      Office affairs are easy to begin and difficult to finish, particularly in a small town.                                                                                

Cold – hot

      First you are hot, then you are cold, and the best you have got is the fact you are old .