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Ex. 14. Match the nouns in column A with the adjectives in column В (there can be more than one adjective for one noun).
A (Nouns) | В (Adjectives) | |
face | hazel | overhanging |
hair | wrinkled | even |
smile | fleshy | slender |
eyes | fair | fair |
skin | oval | straight |
complexion | hollow | broad |
hands | smooth | narrow |
finger | plump | bushy |
nose | delicate | ordinary |
eyebrows | tanned | plain |
figure | strained | high |
voice | mischievous | ugly |
chin | freckled | soft |
legs | chestnut | bony |
teeth | stooping | irregular |
feet | abundant | ill-shaped |
features | refined | slim |
mouth | dimpled | rough |
waist | shapely | plump |
cheeks | graceful | full |
lashes shoulders forehead manners arms
turned-up sweet
decent charming
stern quiet
coarse pointed
shrill tiny
Ex. 15. Fill in the blanks with the words given in brackets.
s
4wavy, broad, figure, handsome, shapely, complexion, voice, waist, thick, face
1. The colonel’s face was cleanly shaven showing a bronzed ...
2. When I was nineteen years old, I was a ... young man. I was not very tall and had a well-made ... and a ... chest. My hair was ... and coal-black and eyes large and dark.
3. The man’s dress was white and he wore a golden belt round his ...
4. Katrine was more beautiful than the rest. She was tall and dark and had a sweet face and fine eyes. Her figure was...
5. The newcomer was very tall, with a dark Spanish ..., fine expressive black eyes and curly hair, also black. His well-formed nose, thin lips and his fine figure impressed the company with the idea of something uncommon.
6. He was a tall elderly man, bronzed after his summer on the Black Sea with a thin... . He wore a very neat suit of cream-coloured silk and no hat. His gray hair was cut very short, but was still ...
7. He tried to disguise his... while speaking over telephone, but I recognized him.
Гв|
white, turned-up, rosy, soft, fair, age, grey, small
1. Alice is thirteen years old. She is tall for her.... Her hair is ... and .... her eyes are ... and her cheeks are ...; she has a ... mouth and pretty ... teeth. But she has a ... nose and she does not like it.
yellow, long, nose
2. The girl was between nine and ten years old. She had ... legs and ... arms, two ... pig-tails, a freckled ... that turned up, and eyes that were almost green and almost brown.
Ж wavy, dark, long, thin, large, shining, smile, neck, high, black
3. Near the park I saw a man on horseback. I saw at once that he was a stranger. He was very tall, dressed in rich clothes, with a gold chain hanging about his ... and seemed to be about forty years old. His face was ... and ..., the eyes were ... and ..., the mouth was small with a cruel... on it, the forehead ... and marked with a scar. The man’s complexion was ..., his hair like my own was ... . He had a beard and moustache.