Oxford, England 1872
a. This is an excerpt of the script of the film. Fill in the gaps with formal vocabulary and idiomatic expressions of the level of C.P.E. The first letter has been given to you:
MUELLER
Mr. Murray, I understand that you do
not 1. p.............. a university degree.
MURRAY
No, sir, no degree. I am an
autodidact: 2. s.....................
MUELLER
I am 3. a............... of the word. Schooling?
MURRAY
Left at fourteen to 4.e.......... a l................ .
MUELLER
(to Furnivall)
Honestly Freddie, it’s a bit much.
FURNIVALL
A bit much, yes. Of course, we, the august Delegates of
the Oxford University Press, have been 5. a.................. to make this dictionary for
twenty years. And despite great
efforts by an 6. a........ of academics,
myself included, we are precisely
nowhere. Forgive me, that is incorrect.
We are, in fact, going 7. b................. The
language is evolving faster than our
progress. This great tongue of ours,
that reaches out across the world has
drawn its guns, sharpened its bayonets
and declared that it will not be
tamed. And we, with our debates ad
nauseam about the mode, the scope, the
purpose of fixing words have all but 8. th.......... ourselves d........ (phrasal verb) in supplication
before it, bathed in abject defeat. At
this moment, the 9. e................ is dead. Is
that too much? Max? Gentlemen, I am afraid that nothing 10. s......... of a panacea is 11. c.............. for. I
submit that the extraordinary, the
unconventional, Mr. Murray is the
solution and our salvation.
LIDDELL
Your account, though a bit dramatic,
is true, Freddie. But we need
something more than impassioned
advocacy.
MULLER
Qualifications 12. c...... to m...... . Perhaps a
Bachelor's Degree. MURRAY
Qualifications, yes. Well, I am fluent
in Latin and Greek, of course. Beyond those, I have an intimate
knowledge of the Romance tongues,
Italian, French, Spanish, Catalan and
to a 13. l......... degree Portuguese, Vaudois,
Provencal and other dialects. In the
Teutonic branch, I am familiar with
German, Dutch, Danish and Flemish. I have specialized in Anglo-Saxon and
Moeso-Gothic and have prepared some
works for publication upon these
languages. I know a little of the
Celtic and am at present 14. e.............. with
the Slavonic and I have a useful
knowledge of Russian. In the Persian,
Achaemenid Cuneiform and Sanskrit
branches, I know for the purposes of
Comparative Philology. I have
sufficient knowledge of Hebrew and
Syriac to read at first 15. s......... the Old
Testament and Peshito: to a lesser
degree I know Aramaic Arabic, Coptic
and Phoenician to the point where it
was left by Genesius... Forgive me ... rattling on like this.
I’m sure you have questions.
JOWETT
Mr. Murray, a word comes to mind -
clever. Can you define it and tell us
its history?
MURRAY
I’ll make a fist of it, on the hoof,
as it were. Clever: adjective.
Meaning - adroit, nimble, dextrous.
Probably from the Low German, Klover.
Or perhaps the Middle Dutch, Klever,
meaning sprightly, smart.
(FAVORABLE MURMURS. Approving looks.)
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New idioms:
make a good fist of:
To do (something) well
Despite her inexperience, she made a remarkably good fist of chairing the meeting.
b. Complete the following statements based on the film with expressions we learnt in the first half of the year:
1. Doctor Minor is found not guilty of murder o... t... g....... of insanity. (=on account of his...)
2. Catchwords are thought to be k... (=crucial) to the dictionary the academics are compiling.
3. When Professor Murray meets Dr Minor in the asylum he says: " I am proud to m....... your a..........................." (=a pleasure to meet you).
4. Dr Minor is delusional and believes that there people waiting between the boards of the floor under his bed b........... their t.......... (=waiting).
5. One of the augustus Oxford academics is finally accused of l.................. through his t........... (=telling blatant lies) when trying to protect Professor Murray and make him stay on the project.
6. Many critics have found Sean Penn's rendering of a madman c.................... (=moving, captivating, engrossing, gripping)
Homework project for August 6th: Writing Class
REVIEW TASK 3: TESTBUILDER pg 91
b. Complete the following statements based on the film with expressions we learnt in the first half of the year:
1. Doctor Minor is found not guilty of murder o... t... g....... of insanity. (=on account of his...)
2. Catchwords are thought to be k... (=crucial) to the dictionary the academics are compiling.
3. When Professor Murray meets Dr Minor in the asylum he says: " I am proud to m....... your a..........................." (=a pleasure to meet you).
4. Dr Minor is delusional and believes that there people waiting between the boards of the floor under his bed b........... their t.......... (=waiting).
5. One of the augustus Oxford academics is finally accused of l.................. through his t........... (=telling blatant lies) when trying to protect Professor Murray and make him stay on the project.
6. Many critics have found Sean Penn's rendering of a madman c.................... (=moving, captivating, engrossing, gripping)
Homework project for August 6th: Writing Class
REVIEW TASK 3: TESTBUILDER pg 91
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