Готовый перевод IAAS MSU / Зимняя сессия. Английский язык. ИСАА МГУ, 2 курс. 1 группа, 1 поток: Часть вторая. 60 предложений. Voc. List 2, as if/as though, it's time

I wish the house hadn’t fallen into decay. It looks as if it wasn’t lived in, although I know it’s not true. It was time it was redecorated ten years ago.

Some industries of the economy have been in decay since the 1990s. It’s high time the government started to face a few hard facts.

If it hadn't been for the decay of health, he wouldn't have retired when he was 55. His health was in such a bad condition that he looked as if he was a very old man.

It looks as if the words "moral decay" were written on his forehead.

It looked as if he was going to proceed with the discussion of this question, but I had had enough with those "decaying moral values". I thought it was time he changed the subject of the conversation.

He says he has been learning Spanish for a whole year, but he can't distinguish it from Portuguese. It's time he could.

-It looks as if he is colour-blind. - Why do you think so? - It looks as if he doesn't distinguish between colours.

Her beauty has always distinguished her from the rest of the family. But it looks as though her intellect isn't her distinguishing feature.

(colloquial style) It's high time you knew it isn't speech only that distinguishes man from the animals.

I wish he had distinguished himself by courage on the battlefield in the war. I wish he had been awarded an order or a medal.

It's time you knew that Galsworthy was an English writer and that he distinguished himself by writing the novel "The Forsyte Saga".

-He says that the twin boys are hardly distinguishable from each other. In any case, he can't. - I wish he could, because he is their father.

I wish that at the exam he had been able to name at least one distinguished political leader of the beginning of the 20th century.

It looks as though there are two leaders in the class. One of them is distinguished for his intellect, and the other - for his strength.

You sound as if unemployment was the only distinguishing feature of this period.

I wish I had your spirit. I didn't know how to proceed to the next question, though I understood it's high time I did it.

Before we proceed any further I wish everybody calmed down. I wish our peaceful conversation hadn't grown into such a spirited argument.

I wish the evils proceeding from war were easier to cure.

You sound as if all the diseases proceeded from poverty. I wish you would touch upon the diseases proceeding from a passive way of life, overeating and everything like this.

It's high time the library should be put in order. I wish that the proceedings of different scientific societies were disposed on different shelves.

-I wish you would tell me whether the legal proceedings against your relative were stopped. -I wish it had.

I wish you would explain to me the procedure for adopting a child.

Why do you speak as if there was no possibility to follow the standard procedure? It's an absolutely correct procedure, and I wish it had been followed.

The newspapers write it's time the civil procedure was improved.

You sound as if the civil and criminal procedure in this country had been reformed at the beginning of the previous century.

I suppose it's time we got to the procedural questions. I wish we had more time to discuss them.

He followed her with extreme caution as if he was afraid that she could notice him.

We should have proceeded with extreme caution in this business,but you didn't (do that). I wish you had.

I think it's high time the judge gave the defendant a caution.

I wish you had cautioned her against talking to strangers.

Mother has been in low spirits lately, it's high time we thought of something to raise her spirits.

- After the professor he expressed his cautious optimism, the students spirits rose as if he had praised their work .
- I wish he had praised, as they had been trying hard.

I wish my grand child was stronger in spirits. I wish his spirits wouldn't/didn't sink easily about trifles (because of little things).

The old general is still a man of spirit. I wish young people didn't lack either the bravery or the determination of the older generation.

He behaved as if his spirit had been broken. I think that under these circumstances his relatives have the right to determine his future.

He is young in spirit as if he was thirty (years old),though he is seventy. He is always in high spirits. I wish his children had the same cheerful disposition.

He explained his behaviour by a complete lack of money as if a lack of money or something else could excuse such an amoral action.

In this company of high-spirited individuals he felt as if he was/were a man of great age among silly boys. They were obviously lacking in life experience

His guilt wasn’t established / stayed unproved for lack of evidence. The newspapers wrote about it as if it was one of the highlights of the week’s events.

Modern society is lacking in spiritual values. It’s time people understood that it is the attitude towards spiritual values that determines the level of society’s development.

It looks as if he's lacking in tact. I wish we hadn't invited him to the party. He's behaving as if he were a guest of honour here.

- You sound as if you don't understand that money is lacking to complete the building.
- A lack of money? I wish there wasn't!

It's difficult to determine where the noise is coming from. It looks as though some neighbour is having a party.

It's high time you stopped eating junk food. After all, our health is determined by what we eat, in any case, partly.

- It looks as though he's fully determined to run in the elections and to win.
- Are you disposed to believe it?
- I'm at a loss what to think. I wish I could understand what's going on.

His colleagues think he's a man with a determined character. I wish he showed it in family life.

Every nation has a right to self-determination. And you sound as if some nations have earned this right, whereas others haven't.

- Please explain, what exactly determined the disposition of forces in this battle.
- I wish I knew it, Professor.

After his getting divorced he started to show a disposition to alcohol abuse. It looks as though he has become a habitual drinker already.

If he had disposed of his opponent in the argument, he would have been the hero of the day. I wish he had managed to do it.

Every human ought to know how to dispose of one's property. It's time you disposed of your country house and the flat, too.

He looks as of he was a man somewhat disposed to depression. I wish I had a boss of a sunnier disposition.

They have always been kindly disposed towards me. As if I were their close relative. I wish I ever had had a chance to express my gratitude to them.

I'm tired of using disposable cups and plates. Isn't it high time we finally bought a good country house service?

I wonder where my disposable razors are? I wish nobody took my personal belongings without asking.

I wish you had had a good assistant at your disposal. It's time you selected a good secretary.

- It's seems that your husband is in the habit of taking in-house documents home to look it through.
- Yes, I'm afraid that's what he habitually does.

- I wish he hadn't formed a habit of smoking before breakfast. It's difficult to break bad habits.
- You sound as if you didn't smoke before meal yourself.

It seems that the problem of the disposal of rubbish on the territories of enterprises has become a habitual topic for discussion in the city council.

The study highlights the effect of a lack of investment in agriculture of the country. The author of the research writes that it's high time the government faced a few hard facts.

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