Exercise 2. Read the sayings, translate them and fill in the gaps with the correct articles where necessary.
1. … Bad news travels fast. 2. … Beauty is only skin-deep. 3. Better die with … honor than live with … shame. 4. … Absence makes the heart grow fonder. 5. … Business before … pleasure.
6. After a storm comes … calm. 7. …Crime does not pay. 8. All is fair in … love and … war.
9. … Diligence is the mother of … good fortune. 10. … Laughter is … best medicine.
11. … Experience is the mother of … wisdom. 12. … Failure teaches … success. 13. … Faith will move mountains. 14. … Familiarity breeds … contempt. 15. … Fear is stronger than … love. 16. … Love is blind. 17. Give … credit where … credit is due. 18. Many hands make … light work. 19. … Goodness is better than … beauty. 20. … Honesty is … best policy.
21. … Necessity is the mother of invention. 22. No news is … good news. 23. … Ignorance of … law excuses no man. 24. Nothing succeeds like … success. 25. … Patience is a virtue.
26. … Practice makes perfect. 27. … Revenge is sweet. 28. … Silence is golden. 29. … Time cures all things. 30. … Variety is the spice of life. 31. … Virtue is its own reward. 32. Ask … advice only of your equal. 33. … True love never grows old. 34. … Trust is the mother
of… deceit.