Devil in the Words. Книга для практики английского языка

The number four thousand was displayed on the monitor.

– Four thousand words! – Peter was amazed. – And it reads so easily and quickly, as if there were only two!

He drank the rest ofВ his iced coffee and created aВ separate folder for the future book, inside which he placed an office program file.

– Well, we need to come up with a name. – he thought. «But first you need to figure out what the book will be about.» Let’s say this book is about a writer who writes a book. You need to write down all the names that might fit.

Peter took the notebook that he had recently taken from the table and began toВ write down possible titles for the future book inВ aВ column:

В«Peter and the Notebook.В»

В«Writer ofВ the new century.В»

В«Young WriterВ»

В«Only aВ writer.В»

В«The genius ofВ the pen.В»

В«The devil is inВ words.В»

В«Master ofВ WordsВ»

В«Genius ofВ words.В»

Having written several titles he liked, he began toВ choose the one that, as it seemed toВ him, could best suit the work he was going toВ write.

After thinking for aВ few minutes, he settled on the title: В«THE DEVIL INВ THE WORDS.В» He found it quite interesting and somewhat mystical. Now all that remained was toВ decide on the genre ofВ the work and come up with aВ plot forВ it.

The bridge ofВ the nose twitched again. Peter began toВ rub it with his fingers, as this tic greatly distracted him and did not allow him toВ concentrate.

– Go ahead already! – he blurted out.

The sister entered the room again.

– I need to do English. Help me translate the words.

– Come on, just quickly.

She put her English textbook on the table and pointed her finger at the words circled inВ pencil.

– Here are these, translate them.

Peter opened aВ translator inВ his browser and began toВ type English words into it one byВ one, the translation ofВ which immediately appeared inВ the next column. The sister wrote down the translation, and then the sound ofВ the word.

Peter fiddled with translating the words for about fifteen minutes, and completely lost the essence ofВ what he was thinking about before.

– Thank you. – said the sister when she wrote down the translation of all the words.

– You’re welcome. – Peter called out.

Christina left the room and closed the door.

Peter returned toВ his book.

– Write a plot, or try to write how it goes. – he thought.