action expressed by the infinitive.
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I am glad (pleased)
to have got
a ticket for the concert.
I am glad
to have seen you
(Dreiser).
In other cases a clause is used with
to be glad
and
to be sorry.
I am glad you got a ticket for the concert.
“I am glad you think so,” returned Doyce, with his grey eye
looking kind and bright
(Dickens).
Task 1. Analyze the following sentences and translate them into
Russian.
1. I am anxious for her to pass her exam.
2. He stepped aside for me to pass.
3. The text is too difficult for the students to translate.
4. It was unusual for him to go out in the afternoon.
5. He had made arrangements for mules and ponies to be ready for
me on my arrival. I waited for him to go on.
6. The table was small enough for the conversation to be general.
7. He was quite willing for his little daughter to be brought up in
England by her grandmother.
8. The most important thing for us is to start early.
9. She only had to express a wish for him to fulfill it if it was in his
power.
10. She did not say anything, but made way for us to pass.
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.
He was so occupied in his research work that it made difficult for
him to be away from home for several weeks at a time.
12. I sometimes think it is a shame for people to spend so much
money this way.
13. That was for him to find out.
14. He asked for the papers to be brought.
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