I. Fill out the blanks with the proper form of the given words.

1. If someone accepts you on your own reckoning, do they (a) accept you without considering if you are what you claim to be, or (b) have a clear idea of your real character?

2. If you bask in your fame, do you (a) feel bothered, or (b) enjoy being famous?

3. Does charred mean (a) black and burnt, or (b) cooked perfectly?

4. If someone’ s face turns scarlet, is it because they feel (a) embarrassed or angry, or (b) tired and hungry?

5. If you pop into somewhere, do you (a) go there only for a short time, or (b) stay there for a long time?

II. Translation

1. The flower sellers were doing a busy trade; clusters of men stood waiting, counting out roubles in their hands. It was important to buy flowers for the woman in your life on 8 March. You'd never hear the end of it otherwise.

2. Their husbands, meanwhile, meet up with friends and express their feelings for their wives in the simplest and most sincere way they know: by drinking themselves into a stupor with toasts “to our beloved ladies–where would we be without them?”.