Задание № 11 Перевод сравнительных оборотов с формальным
значением равенства
1. 1 was not a spendthrift
like other men, I never wronged any man of
a shilling, though I am as sharp a fellow at a bargain as any in Europe. (W.
Thackeray, The Fatal Boots)
2. When I heard this, I
made a sudden bound back, and gave such a cry as any man might who was in such a
way. (ibid.)
3. And though, I must
confess, what was proved by subsequent circumstances, that nature has not
endowed me with a large, even, I may say, an average share of bravery, yet a man
is very willing to flatter himself to the contrary; and after a little time I
got to believe that my killing the dog was an action of undaunted courage and
that i was as gallant as any of the one hundred thousand heroes in our army.
(ibid.)
4. The Art Institute in
Chicago opens its Morion Wing this week with "Treasures of Versailles", as
splendid an exhibition as any the United States will see this year. (New York
Herald Tribune)
5. Her health was poor, but
her brain was as keen as anything, (A. Christie, Poirot Loses a
Client)
