Devil in the Words. Книга для практики английского языка

 – he answered, and turning on the electric kettle, he went to the bedside table where the coffee was.

Taking his mug, he put aВ few spoons ofВ sugar and aВ spoonful ofВ coffee into it, and mixed it all thoroughly. When you thoroughly mix sugar and coffee before adding water, the coffee turns out foamy.

The water inВ the kettle boiled and the kettle turnedВ off.

Peter poured boiling water into aВ mug and stirred everything thoroughly, after which he went toВ the refrigerator and took out milk from there.

– Are you even going to look for a job? – asked the mother. – You yourself aren’t tired of sitting on my neck. – You are soon thirty years old, and you are sitting at home and doing nothing.

– I do. – Peter responded.

– And what are you doing? Do you sit at the computer all day? – the mother grinned.

Peter wanted toВ answer that he was working on aВ book, but he immediately realized that this would cause nothing but ridicule ofВ him. When someone talks about being aВ writer, it usually causes nothing but laughter.

Peter remained silent. He added milk toВ the coffee, stirred it, and put the bottle back inВ the refrigerator. Without saying anything, he left the kitchen and returned toВ the computer.

The image ofВ aВ social network was frozen on the monitor. Peter scrolled his page with his mouse. Just one post, not aВ single friend, and not aВ single message.

Having taken aВ sip ofВ coffee, Peter pushed the mug toВ the side, pulled the keyboard closer toВ him, and typed В«GraphomaniacВ» into the search engine.

– Well, I’m not a graphomaniac, I don’t seem to write that much. – he thought. At the same moment, the bridge of his nose twitched. It was like a nervous tic. – What kind of attack is this, I’ll never concentrate.

He took the coffee mug and took anotherВ sip.

– Okay, I’ll start from the beginning. I want to write a book. What do I need for this? – Peter stared at the monitor and thought. – It’s probably worth looking at what it takes to write a book. – Well, aren’t I brilliant?

He entered the phrase into the search: – What does it take to write a book? – In response, he received several million links to sites where recommendations were given to novice authors.