Complete the text with the correct form of the adjectives or adverbs in brackets. Add the and as where necessary. My elder sisters, Alisa and Elena, are twins. Alisa is a bit (1) (tall) than Elena, and she wants to be a biologist. When they were a lot (2) (young). my sisters used to spend all of their free time together, but as they got (old), they (3) and started being interested in different things. Elena is. (creative) person in our family; she wants (interested) (4) to become an artist. She isn't (5) in science as Alisa and our parents are. Elena spends (6) Clittle) time watching TV or being around people than Alisa does. She prefers listening to music, painting or writing poetry. (7) (important) thing is that they are always there for me when I need them. Next year, they're moving to England for studies. So, the (8) (much) time I spend with them now, the (9) (good) it is for me because I'm going to miss them.
The horse is the animal of the equine squad equine that is widely used by man to date. There are over 200 different breeds and breed groups of horses.The horses are well developed jaws, teeth ( in stallions 40 teeth in mares 36). They have a single stomach and a short intestine (25 - 39), large cecum. Horses carefully and long chew food, abundantly wetting it with saliva, which during the day can be allocated to 40 HP Especially in the hot season of the year horses drink a lot of water (70 - 80 l), low temperature they can tolerate fairly easy, but dangerous draughts and dampness. The legs of the horses the most vulnerable place, which is most sensitive to poor conditions of detention.
Description This salad is the creation of a French chef, M. Olivier, who in the 1860s opened a fashionable restaurant in Moscow called The Hermitage. The present-day version has veered quite far from the original, but Salad Olivier continues to be a favorite hors d'oeuvre and side dish for entrees. Method Serves 8-10 as an appetizer or 6 as an entree Cut the cooked chicken and potatoes into 1/2-inch cubes. Peel the cucumbers and also cut into 1/2-inch cubes. In a large bowl, combine the meat, potatoes, cucumbers, green peas, and onion. Add the mayonnaise and mix gently, so those ingredients are not mashed.
Refrigerate the salad until serving time (but for no longer than 4 hours).
Variation: Vegetable Salad Olivier Omit the chicken or veal to make a delicious meatless side dish.
Ingredients # 1 whole chicken breast, poached, boned, and skinned, or 1/2 pound lean cooked veal. # 1 pound all-purpose potatoes, boiled in their skins and peeled. # 2 medium Cucumbers in Brine. # 1 cup cooked fresh or frozen peas. # 1 medium onion, finely chopped. # 1 cup Mayonnaise. # 2 hard-boiled eggs, peeled and quartered. # 8 large black Greek olives.
