Read the pairs of the sentences and decide if the meaning is the same.
1)
a) Martha remembered to meet Mr. Jackson.
b) Martha has already met Mr. Jackson.
2)
a) Richard stopped smoking.
b) Richard doesn’t smoke anymore.
3)
a) I don’t regret telling her what I thought.
b) I didn’t tell her anything, it could
upset her.
4)
a) Martha stopped eating desserts.
b) Martha used to eat desserts.
5)
a) Richard forgot to invite his boss to the party.
b) Richard invited his boss.
6)
a) Richard forgot inviting his neighbour.
b) Richard invited his neighbour.
7)
a) I meant to phone you, but my mobile didn’t
work.
b) I wanted to dial you, but I didn’t manage to.
8)
a) Richard thinks giving parties is fun.
b) Richard thinks it’s fun to give parties.

Every lady has her own idea of a handsome man, and I`m not an exception. Thus my idea differs dramatically from those of other women, who have quite similar images of perfect gentlemen.

For instance, the majority of women wants their ideal man to be tallish and well-build, broad-shouldered, even athletic, tanned. He should also be fair-haired or even blond, with blue deep eyes and long dark eyelashes. Most women want their man not to wear beard, moustache or sideburns. As for the personality, they want their handsome man to be kind-hearted, open-minded, and reliable, the one they can count on, generous and devoted, you know what I mean.

I greatly respect all this ideas, but I can that they are not for me. I can easily claim that I don`t really care about man`s appearance due to the fact that his person is far more important for me. However, I don`t want to disregard the fact that appearance matter greatly.

So, my idea of a handsome man is as following. I want him to be tallish, but a bit overweight, not really sporty and athletic, but quite broad-shouldered. As for his complexion, I want him to be pale with plenty of beauty spots on his face. Well…as for his hair, I`d like it to be chestnut and a bit wavy. I don`t really care about the colour of his eyes, because it`s not really important, but let him be blue-eyed.

His personality, which is far more important for me than appearance, needs more time to be discussed. For example, I really want him to be soft-hearted, passionate, highly intellectual and intelligent, open-minded and inquiring, sociable and generous, may be a bit bossy, but never obstinate and stubborn as well as timid or coward. I can`t stand people who are jealous or mean as well as greedy and hot-tempered, that`s why he mustn`t have such features of character.

Thus, I know it perfectly well that a person can`t be only vice or virtue, but every man combines bad and good points of character. That`s why my idea will always be just an idea of a handsome man.

- Hi, Lilly! Much water has flown under the bridge since we met last! How are you?

- Hi, Dan! I'm fine, thanks!

- Lilly, you look great! You are as brown as a berry! Where have you been?

- Oh, last month I travelled a lot. Three weeks ago I was in Spain and after that I visited Egypt.

- With whom did you traveled?

- I traveled with my Mum and Dad.

- The weather was fine, wasn't it?

- Yes, it was sunny and warm, sometimes even hot. And there were no rain at all.

- How did you spent your time there?

- Almost all time we spent on the beach, we swam in the sea, took a tan. In the evenings we went to the restraunt and cafes.

- Did you like in Egypt?

- Oh, yes. Egypt is very beautiful and its history is amazing. We visited the Pharaonic monuments or the Pyramids. They attract a lot of people, as you know.

- It' my dream to visit Egypt.

- Don't feel bad! I hope that you dream comes true. Would you like to come to me? I've got a lot of pictures of Egypt. I'll show them to you.

- Yes, with great pleasure!