4. The newcomer was a short stout man, carefully dressed,... a round good-natured face.
5. His thin face was dark and ended ... a short beard that looked Spanish.
6. Why are you shouting ... the top ... your voice? Can’t you talk ... a whisper?
7. Jane was eleven years old, tall ... her age, and very dark.
8. The girl has a pretty face ... brave brown eyes. She is ... medium height and has a slender figure. Her elder sister Pauline is quite different... her.
Ex. 11. Choose the right word.
A face, countenance, complexion
1. She was a tall lady with dark hair, dark eyes, and a pale and large forehead; her... was grave.
2. The girl was thin and had a sharp, bird-like ...
3. His ... expressed astonishment.
4. The lady praised the old gentleman’s bronzed ...
5. He looked so funny that I found it difficult to keep my ...
6. He must have had bad news, flashed through Arthur’s mind, as he looked anxiously at Montanelli’s haggard...
7. A fair... is typical of all the women of this clan.
В thin, lean, slender
1. Arthur was a ... little creature more like an Italian than an English lad.
2. She is rather... in the face.
3. His domed forehead, great moustache, ... cheeks, and long jaw were shaded from the sunshine by an old brown Panama hat.
4. The girl was not beautiful, her figure was too small and ...
5. The fellow was as ... as a rail.
6. I saw a small ... man with sunken cheeks weathered to a tan.
7. She looks ... after her illness.
8. She was a ... blue-eyed girl with thick golden plaits.
Ex. 12. Supply the missing words:
1. A little frown appeared on the boy’s ...
2. Arthur spoke in a strange indistinct...
3. He raised his ... suddenly from the ground, and she saw how strange their expression was.
4. The dreamy eyes deep blue under black ... were an inheritance from his mother.
5. He is a nice man, but his manners are rather...
6. My pupil was quite a child, perhaps seven or eight years old, delicately built with a pale small-featured ... and a mass of hair falling in curls to her....
Ex. 13. What do we call:
1. The face and its expression?
2. The natural colour and appearance of the skin (esp. the colour of the face)?
3. The joint between the two parts of the arm?
4. The hair on a man’s upper lip?
5. The joint between the arm and the hand?
6. A small light-brown spot on the human skin (esp. on the face and hands)?
7. The hair on a man’s face below the mouth?
8. The middle joint of the leg where the leg bends?
