Задание: complete the sentences. Use the pair or couple. 1) Alice bought a ... of...

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Задание: complete the sentences. Use the pair or couple.
1) Alice bought a ... of fashionable boots for winter. 2) Jason always keeps a ... of periodicals on his desk to read them during the break. 3) My breakfast usually consists of a cup of coffee and a ... of sandwiches. 4) My advice is to keep another ... of glasses at hand.5) I have a ... of very good friends whom I love dearly. 6) She will arrive in a ... of days. We are preparing a room for her. 7) This ... of trousers will go very well with your new jacket. 8) These socks are different, they are not a ... .9) What a wonderful ... of eyes she has! 10) everyone knows that Andrew and Margo are a loving ... .


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1) Alice bought a pair of fashionable boots for winter. 2) Jason always keeps a couple of periodicals on his desk to read them during the break. 3) My breakfast usually consists of a cup of coffee and a couple of sandwiches. 4) My advice is to keep another pair of glasses at hand.5) I have a pair of very good friends whom I love dearly. 6) She will arrive in a couple of days. We are preparing a room for her. 7) This pair of trousers will go very well with your new jacket. 8) These socks are different, they are not a pair. 9) What a wonderful pair of eyes she has! 10) everyone knows that Andrew and Margo are a loving couple.


A couple в отношении людей обычно означает супружескую или романтическую связь. A couple также используется в разговорной речи в значение "два" предмета или человека, безо всякой связи (me and a couple of guys, a couple of drinks)
A pair в отношении людей может означать пару людей, которых связывает общее занятие - like a pair of burglars; a pair of hunters.
В отношении предметов a pair указывает, что какие-то два предмета существуют, как один комплект: a pair of shoes, a pair of gloves.
В английском языке некоторые вещи, хотя и представляют собой одно целое, могут называться a pair of: a pair of scissors, a pair of jeans, a pair of glasses (not "couple").












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