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20. charge 44. traducer 65. clamour 87. climax
21. admonition
22. tar

4.Reproduce the situations in which the following is used.
- to run for; - to meet one's eye;
- on an independent ticket; - to get the better of
- to bear a good name; someone;
- to lower oneself to smb’s - to resort to smth;
level; - in passing;
- to run against smb; - to maintain silence;
- to enter a public canvass; - to set about doing smth;
- to be committed; - on the verge of
- to clear the matter up; disctraction;
- the agony of lacerated - on top of smth;
conscience; - to be coupled with;
- to know (tell) one thing from - to give up smth/doing
another; smth;
- to ride smb on the rail; - a due and fitting climax
- for one's own good; - to haul down one's colors;
- to be equal to the
requirements

5.Answer the following questions.
1. What advantages did Mark Twain have over the other candidates?
2. Did he consider his running for the post of Governor an expedient
action?
3. Why did the writer decide to go on with the fight?
4. What did the author of the first article demand? Why?
5. Why did the writer keep silence?
6. What did the Gazette want Mark Twain to do?
7. Why did the writer get to picking up papers apprehensively?
8. What was the article “A Sweet Candidate” devoted to?
9. What did the leading Republican and Democratic press convict the
writer of?
10. What was the last stroke that make Mark Twain surrender?

6.Speak on:
a) Mark Twain's doubt’s as to his running for Governor;
b) Mark Twain’s advantages over the other candidates;