Russian Superstitions. Between People. Love and Marriage. Travelling

Russian Superstitions

Between People

1) It is bad luck to talk or shake ______ in doorways. You should always completely enter the room before you greet someone or begin a _______.

2) If you accidentally step on another person's ______, you should let him or her lightly step on your ______. Apparently, it will help avoid future ______.

3) You mustn’t step over people's ______or other body parts. They say that it will prevent the person from ______. It is better to find a way around the person.

4) If someone ______ while talking, or while someone else is speaking, it means they are telling the ______.

a) foot b) truth

c) sneezes d) conflicts

e) hands f) growing

g) conversation h) legs

Love and Marriage

1) Unmarried people should not sit___________. Otherwise they will not marry.

a) on the table

b) on the park bench

c) at the corner of the table

d) on the leather sofa

2) Lucky in ____, unlucky in _____.

a) computer games b) love c) life d) cards

Travelling

1) After someone has left on a long______, their ______ should not be cleaned up until they have arrived home.

2) It’s bad luck to return home for ______ things. It is better to leave what was forgotten behind. If you must return, you should look in the ______ before leaving again.

3) If it's ______ when you begin a journey, it is ______ luck.

4) If you leave something ______, it means you are coming ______.

5) Before ______ on a long trip, ______ quietly for two minutes.

a) raining b) forgotten

c) room d) good

e) back f) journey

g) leaving h) mirror

i) behind j) sit

Gifts

1) It’s taboo to give _____ objects as gifts. Make the other person pay a _____ amount of money for them and they won’t bring you bad luck.

2) It is bad luck to _____ the money to the _____. You should instead place it on a table.

3) If you give a purse or wallet as a gift put _____money there. Otherwise it will bring _____.

Find the antonyms to the words given below and fill in the gaps:

a)blunt b)huge

c)grab d)people

e)a lot f)wealth

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