Clare West Knihy

The bestselling novel by Canadian author Lucy Maud Montgomery. In this Reader you will Information about Lucy Maud Montgomery A section focusing on background and context A glossary of difficult words Comprehension Activities an exit test Tags Tags Friendship Emotions One day, in Canada, an eleven year old girl, Anne, arrives at Green Gables. She is going to live with Marilla and Matthew Cuthbert, who are brother and sister. But Anne does not know that Matthew and Marilla want a boy and not a girl.

Mozaikou šestnástich príbehov žien, ktoré sa narodili v Číne a odišli do bájnej Ameriky za svojím šťastím. Kniha bola bestsellerom a podkladom pre slávny film.

A series of four books that provide extensive guidance and English practice in key areas of the language. This book for lower-intermediate to intermediate students provides extensive guidance and practice in four crucial areas: Grammar, Vocabulary, Situations and Writing. Recycling Intermediate English can be used to supplement any coursebook at this level, in class or for self-study. It provides useful extra practice for the Cambridge Preliminary English Test (PET) and the Skills for Life Entry 3 examination.

This book addresses five key areas of difficulty at the advanced level: grammar, phrasal verbs, vocabulary, word study, and writing. It features concise explanations and extensive practice for each topic, emphasizing recycling to reinforce learning. The user-friendly layout enhances accessibility, while a variety of non-exam-specific exercises keeps engagement high. It includes examples of all CAE and revised CPE task types for Papers 2 and 3, along with a helpful appendix of reference materials. The content is divided into five sections: 1. **Grammar (25 units)** covers major advanced grammatical points with practice and revision exercises. 2. **Phrasal Verbs (15 units)** organizes phrasal verbs by particle and includes a focus on three-part verbs and their use as nouns. 3. **Vocabulary (22 units)** presents and practices vocabulary from key topics relevant to advanced coursework and exams. 4. **Word Study (17 units)** explores linguistic challenges like idioms, false friends, and collocations, with recycling units for consolidation. 5. **Writing (11 units)** provides guidance on various writing tasks and styles, complete with model answers and additional practice exercises. The revised edition updates material based on reader feedback, aligns tasks with CAE and CPE syllabus revisions, and introduces new units on discourse markers, vocabulary related to the internet and UK government, and word study topics like humour and

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Veľmi zjednodušená verzia klasického príbehu je určená mierne pokročilým angličtinárom.

A new edition of one of the most read English novels, which continues to enchant readers worldwide more than two centuries after its creation. "Pride and Prejudice," first published in 1813, transports us to the picturesque English countryside at the end of the 18th century, where the story of the Bennet family unfolds. Mrs. Bennet tirelessly seeks ideal suitors for her five daughters. The tale begins when the wealthy Mr. Bingley moves into the neighborhood, accompanied by his enigmatic friend, the reserved and unsympathetic Mr. Darcy. A peculiar relationship develops between him and the clever, free-spirited Elizabeth, the Bennet family's second daughter, which must overcome numerous misunderstandings, prejudices, and societal barriers before evolving into genuine understanding and love. "Pride and Prejudice" is not merely a love story but also a timeless exploration of human relationships. The author skillfully depicts the tension between reason and emotion, as well as the clash between individual freedom and social conventions, with intelligent humor, subtle wit, and unmatched irony.

For lower-intermediate to intermediate students who wish to improve their istening skills in English.

Ten-year-old Mary comes to live in a lonely house on the Yorkshire moors and discovers an invalid cousin and the mysteries of a locked garden.

This first of Jane Austen's published novels is the story of two starkly different English sisters: Elinor Dashwood, the epitome of prudence & self-control, and her younger, more impetuous sister Marianne, who embodies emotion, openness, & sheer enthusiasm.

Román sa odohráva na anglickom vidieku v druhej polovici 19. storočia... V nijakom inom svojom románe Hardy nevenoval toľko miesta scénam z vidieckeho života a zamestnaniam, ako práve v diele Ďaleko od hlučného davu. Pritom nie sú samoúčelné, lebo Hardy má vždy na pamäti hlavný príbeh a osudyhlavných postáv. Napríklad vzťah medzi pastierom Oakom, farmárkou Bathshebou a Bolwoodom je oveľa živšie vyjadrený prostredníctvom náhodnej príhody, keď Gabriel nechtiac pricvikne ovci kožu, ako keby na to bol použil uvravený dialóg. Ani rozhovory vidiečanov - aj keď doširoka rozvádzané - nikdy neodbočujú ďaleko od hlavnej línie záujmu.

Trollope's comic masterpiece of plotting and backstabbing opens as the Bishop of Barchester lies on his deathbed. Soon a pitched battle breaks out over who will take power, involving, among others, the zealous reformer Dr Proudie, his fiendish wife and the unctuous schemer Obadiah Slope.

Chief Inspector Morse is drinking a pint of beer. He is thinking about an attractive woman who lives not far away. The woman he is thinking of is hanging, dead, from the ceiling of her kitchen. On the floor lies a chair, almost two metres away from the woman's feet.§Chief Inspector Morse finishes his pint, and orders another. Perhaps he will visit Anne, after all. But he is in no particular hurry.§Meanwhile, Anne is still hanging in her kitchen, waiting for the police to come and cut her down. She is in no hurry, either.

A series of four books that provide extensive guidance and English practice in key areas of the language. Recycling Your English: Fourth Edition provides extensive guidance and practice in five key areas of language: Grammar; Phrasal verbs; Vocabulary; Word study and Writing. This popular book has been revised throughout to take account of recent revisions to the FCE syllabus, and has been expanded to include a new Writing unit on Reviews. It can be used to supplement any coursebook at upper-intermediate level, in class or for self-study, and is suitable for students preparing for the Cambridge FCE or IGCSE in English as a Second Language examinations.

Mladý d'Artagnan touží po jediném - stát se královským mušketýrem. Za svým snem se vypraví do Paříže, kde je přijat za člena královské stráže a má přislíbeno, že pokud se osvědčí, může se stát i mušketýrem. Při potyčce s vojáky kardinála Richelieu se spřátelí s mušketýry Athosem, Porthosem a Aramisem, a také pozná krásnou Constance Bonacieux, služebnou královny Anny. Tehdy však ještě neví nic o tom, že královna bude muset brzy tvrdě soupeřit s kardinálem Richelieu, který se dozví o jejím tajném ctiteli, anglickém vévodovi z Buckinghamu. Podaří se královským mušketýrům zachránit čest královny i přes nástrahy proradného kardinála a jeho vojáků? A splní se d'Artagnanovi jeho sen stát se mušketýrem? Odpovědi na tyto otázky, mnoho zábavy a napětí najdete v komiksovém zpracování známého románu Alexandra Dumase.

Táto edícia - Čítam po anglicky - je určená pre tých, ktorí sa učia po anglicky - mládeži a dospelým. Nájdete v nej klasické diela anglickej a americkej literatúry v zjednodušenej podobe, zodpovedajúcej približne trom stupňom náročnosti. V každej knižke sú kontrolné cvičenia na zopakovanie získanej slovnej zásoby a precvičenie gramatiky. Veľký Gatsby má stupeň náročnosti 1

"Sherlock Holmes is the greatest detective of them all. He sits in his room, and smokes his pipe. He listens, and watches, and thinks. He listens to the steps coming up the stairs; he watches the door opening - and he knows what question the stranger will ask. In these three of his best stories, Holmes has three visitors to the famous flat in Baker Street - visitors who bring their troubles to the only man in the world who can help them." -- Provided by publisher

"Please, Mr. Murdstone! Don't beat me! I've tried to learn my lessons, really I have, sir!" sobs David. Although he is only eight years old, Mr. Murdstone does beat him, and David is so frightened that he bites his cruel stepfather's hand. For that, he is kept locked in his room for five days and nights, and nobody is allowed to speak to him. As David grows up, he learns that life is full, of trouble and misery and cruelty. But, he also finds laughter and kindness, trust and friendship... and love.

Into the world of propriety which composed the rigid code of old New York society returns the Countess Olenska, separated from her European husband and bearing with her an independence and impulsive awareness of life

Winner of the 1933 Femina Vie Heureuse Prize, COLD COMFORT FARM is a wickedly funny portrait of British rural life in the 1930's. Flora Poste, a recently orphaned socialite, moves in with her country relatives, the gloomy Starkadders of Cold Comfort Farm, and becomes enmeshed in a web of violent emotions, despair, and scheming, until Flora manages to set things right. A BBC Radio Presents dramatization featuring stirring music and sound effects.

"These six stories include the most famous of P.G Wodehouse's memorable characters. There are three stories about Bertie and Jeeves, and three about Lord Emsworth, who like Bertie, is often in trouble, battling with his fierce sister Lady Constance, and his even fiercer Scottish gardner, the red-bearded Angus McAllister ..."--Jacket

Word count 10,300 Suitable for younger learners

"Paul Pennyfeather, innocent victim of a drunken orgy, is expelled from Oxford College, which costs him a career in the church. He turns to teaching, frequently the last resort of failures, and at Llanabba Castle meets a friend, Beste-Chetwynde. But Margot, Beste-Chetwynde's mother, introduces him to the questionable delights of high society. Suddenly, and improbably, he is engaged to marry Margot. Just as they are about to say "I do, " Scotland Yard arrives and arrests Peter for his involvement in Margot's white slave-trading ring."--Amazon.

Cime tempestose je jediné dielo autorky, ktorá vo veku dvadsaťosem rokov zomiera na tuberkulózu. V osamelej a divokej brughieri Yorkshire sa odohráva búrlivá a deštruktívna láska. Všetky rozporuplné konflikty medzi obyvateľmi bohatého sídla v doline a tými z farmy na veternom kopci sa sústreďujú na postavu sirotu Heathcliffa. Rozporuplné a jedovaté ľudské vášne vnášajú do lásky utrpenie a krutú pomstu. Model "gotického" románu je prekročený, pretože je premenený na niečo intenzívne a symbolické. Skúmanie protikladných citov a extrémnych emócií neoslabuje presnosť štýlu, ktorý rozbíja všetky parametre poznania ľudí a vnáša do nich taký dych života, že presahujú realitu.

Please, Mr Murdstone! Don't beat me! I've tried to learn my lessons, really I have, sir!' sobs David. Although he is only eight years old, Mr Murdstone does beat him, and David is so frightened that he bites his cruel stepfather's hand. For that, he is kept locked in his room for five days and nights, and nobody is allowed to speak to him. As David grows up, he learns that life is full of trouble and misery and cruelty. But he also finds laughter and kindness, trust and friendship... and love.

Mladý kupec Bassanio premrhal všetok svoj majetok a zo zložitej situácie mu pomôže len sobáš s krásnou Portiou. Ak sa však chce uchádzať o jej ruku, potrebuje peniaze. Jeho priateľ, vážený kupec Antonio sa zaňho zaručí u starého úžerníka Shylocka a hoci potrebné peniaze pre Bassania získa, dostane sa do ťažkostí, lebo pôžičku nedokáže vrtátiť včas. Chamtivý Shylock trvá na dodržaní podmienok dohody a cena, ktorú má Antonio zaplatiť, je naozaj vysoká. Z anglického originálu The Merchant of Venice (The Arden Edition of the Works of William Shakespeare, London 2004) preložil a sprievodné texty napísal Ľubomír Feldek.

Lord Jim je tragický príbeh mladého námorného dôstojníka, ktorého prenasleduje pocit, že stratil svoju česť, keď v zdanlivo beznádejnej situácii opustil potápajúcu sa loď bez ohľadu na ohrozených cestujúcich, a ktorý hľadá vykúpenie z viny v obetavej pomoci domorodcom v zapadnutej malajskejdedine pri obrane proti vpádu belošských kolonizátorov.

Pôsobivý a hlboko emociálny príbeh jednoduchého, ťažko pracujúceho vidieckeho dievčaťa, ľahtikárskych rodičov, pôžitkárskeho zvodcu a milovaného a nespravodlivého manžela.

What really happened to Miss Quested in the Marabar Caves? This tantalising question provides the intense drama of racial tension at the centre of Foster's last and greatest novel.

Bookworms World Stories collect stories written in English from around the world. The stories in this volume are from China, India, Malaysia and Singapore

In these eleven stories, Fitzgerald depicts the Roaring Twenties as he lived them. He masterfully blends accounts of flappers and the smart set with more fantastical visions of America, always imbuing his narratives with his trademark themes of money, class, ambition and love.

When did you last meet a polar bear, or go to a magician for help? These stories offer many different experiences. Some are strange, some are scary, some are sad, some are blackly funny. A few are shocking - when Lin Lin returns home for a funeral, she learns a dark and terrible family secret which may destroy her. Bookworms World Stories collect stories written in English from around the world. These stories are from Australia, Canada, India, Malaysia, Nigeria, Singapore, South Africa, and Trinidad

Vzrušujúce, zábávné a nezabudnuteľné sú Gulliverove príbehy o cestách do podivuhodných krajín trpaslíkov a obrov, ktoré zároveň nastavujú krivé zrkadlo skutočnému životu. V tomto vydaní sú príbehy doplnené fotografiami, ilustráciami a faktografickými poznámkami, ktoré približujú historické pozadie tohto majstrovského satirického diela. Kapitoly: Cesta do Liliputu, Niečo o Lilipute, Cesta do Brobdingnagu, Niečo o Brobdingnagu, Cesta do Laputy, Niečo o Lapute, Cesta do krajiny Hvajninimov, Hvajninimovia a Jahuovia, Swift a Gulliver.

Two young people discover unknown strengths within themselves when one of them is kidnapped and the other tries to save him.

This series collects stories written in English from around the world. The writers in this volume of stories from India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka are Romesh Gunesekera, M. Athar Tahir, Chitra Divakaruni, Anu Kumar, Anne Ranasinghe, Ruskin Bond, Anita Desai, Vijita Fernando, and Amara Bavani Dev.

Each book in the "Bookworms" series offers young readers the chance to enjoy accessible adaptations of the best classic and modern English fiction. Each title is illustrated, provides help with specific vocabulary and is accompanied by exercises suitable for use in the class or at home.

A series of four books that provide extensive guidance and English practice in key areas of the language. Recycling Your English: Fourth Edition provides extensive guidance and practice in five key areas of language: Grammar; Phrasal verbs; Vocabulary; Word study and Writing. This popular book has been revised throughout to take account of recent revisions to the FCE syllabus, and has been expanded to include a new Writing unit on Reviews. It can be used to supplement any coursebook at upper-intermediate level, in class or for self-study, and is suitable for students preparing for the Cambridge FCE or IGCSE in English as a Second Language examinations.

Introduces intermediate-level students to a wide range of authors and encourages them to develop their English by reading for pleasure.

A collection of short stories written in English, and simplified for students. Innocence and experience, loss and longing, humor and sadness run hand in hand through these stories by Irish authors Brian Friel, Edna O'Brien, William Trevor, Lorcan Byrne, Frank O'Connor, Claire Keegan, Eamonn Sweeney, and Somerville & Ross

Originals introduces intermediate-level students to a wide range of authors and encourages them to develop their English by reading for pleasure. The book contains extracts from classic and modern fiction and non-fiction, written in English by authors from many different countries. There are extracts from classic novels and short stories, spy and ghost stories, thrillers, war, fantasy novels, a biography and contemporary fiction. The texts has been carefully selected for the level so that intermediate students, and those preparing for the Cambridge Preliminary English Test (PET), will be able to understand them with the help of the notes and exercises.

This book is intended for young teenage students of English as a foreign language.

A series of four books that provide extensive guidance and English practice in key areas of the language. The first in the popular series of four workbooks by the same author, this book provides revision and practice in four main areas: Situations, Vocabulary, Grammar and Writing. Recycling Elementary English can be used to supplement any elementary coursebook, and offers useful extra practice for the Cambridge Key English Test (KET), and the Skills for Life Entry 2 examination. This edition contains an answer key.

A retelling for students of English of one of Dickens's best-known novels, this is an upper intermediate-level Macmillan Reader. One bleak and windy evening, 8-year-old Pip meets an escaped convict on the marshes. Shortly afterwards, he is summoned to Satis House, the derelict, gloomy home of the strange, reclusive Miss Havisham.