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jeanlouis Sam 6 Sep - 14:02UNIT 5 The school uniform
CHOOSE THE BEST WORD OR EXPRESSION TO MATCH THE DICTIONARY DEFINITIONS GIVEN BELOW
Outfit Reluctance Pinstriped Braces Waistcoat To Curve Dignified To Shriek
A ______________ is a sleeveless piece of clothing with buttons which people usually wear over a shirt. (BRIT; in AM use vest)
A __________________suit is made of cloth that has very narrow vertical stripes.
A _________________ is a smooth, gradually bending line, for example part of the edge of a circle.
...the _____________ of his lips. ...a ____________ in the road.
If something ___________s, or if someone or something ____________s it, it has the shape of a curve.
The track _____________ed away below him.
An _____________ is a set of clothes. She was wearing an _____________ she'd bought the previous day.
To ______________ someone or something means to provide them with equipment for a particular purpose. (mainly AM) I ___________ed an attic bedroom as a studio. = fit out
Ministers have shown extreme __________________ to explain their position to the media.
If you are _______________ to do something, you are unwilling to do it and hesitate before doing it, or do it slowly and without enthusiasm. He was _____________to ask for help. * eager, keen, willing
We have ___________________ly agreed to let him go.
_______________ s are a pair of straps that pass over your shoulders and fasten to your trousers at the front and back in order to stop them from falling down. (BRIT; in AM use suspenders)
A _______________ is a device attached to a part of a person's body, for example to a weak leg, in order to strengthen or support it. She wears a neck _______________.
If you _____________ yourself for something unpleasant or difficult, you prepare yourself for it.
He _________ed himself for the icy plunge into the black water. She _________ced herself, as if to meet a blow.
The following words can all be used to describe someone who behaves in a calm, serious way:
_______________,formal, grave, po-faced, pompous, self-important, solemn, staid, stuffy
________________ is a complimentary word. Doctors were respected everywhere. They always looked clean and _______________.Formal, grave, and solemn are neutral words, which do not show approval or disapproval.`How is your mother?' Daintry asked with formal politeness.
Staid is fairly uncomplimentary. The others are a pretty staid lot.
Po-faced, pompous, self-important, and stuffy are used to show disapproval. Po-faced and stuffy are not used in formal writing. There had been many occasions when he had felt like murdering that pompous old fool Mr Tilbery.
When someone _____________s, they make a short, very loud cry, for example because they are suddenly surprised, are in pain, or are laughing. She ____________ed and leapt from the bed. Miranda ___________ed with laughter. Also a noun. ...a __________ of joy. = scream
CHOOSE THE BEST WORD OR EXPRESSION TO MATCH THE DICTIONARY DEFINITIONS GIVEN BELOW
Outfit Reluctance Pinstriped Braces Waistcoat To Curve Dignified To Shriek
A ______________ is a sleeveless piece of clothing with buttons which people usually wear over a shirt. (BRIT; in AM use vest)
A __________________suit is made of cloth that has very narrow vertical stripes.
A _________________ is a smooth, gradually bending line, for example part of the edge of a circle.
...the _____________ of his lips. ...a ____________ in the road.
If something ___________s, or if someone or something ____________s it, it has the shape of a curve.
The track _____________ed away below him.
An _____________ is a set of clothes. She was wearing an _____________ she'd bought the previous day.
To ______________ someone or something means to provide them with equipment for a particular purpose. (mainly AM) I ___________ed an attic bedroom as a studio. = fit out
Ministers have shown extreme __________________ to explain their position to the media.
If you are _______________ to do something, you are unwilling to do it and hesitate before doing it, or do it slowly and without enthusiasm. He was _____________to ask for help. * eager, keen, willing
We have ___________________ly agreed to let him go.
_______________ s are a pair of straps that pass over your shoulders and fasten to your trousers at the front and back in order to stop them from falling down. (BRIT; in AM use suspenders)
A _______________ is a device attached to a part of a person's body, for example to a weak leg, in order to strengthen or support it. She wears a neck _______________.
If you _____________ yourself for something unpleasant or difficult, you prepare yourself for it.
He _________ed himself for the icy plunge into the black water. She _________ced herself, as if to meet a blow.
The following words can all be used to describe someone who behaves in a calm, serious way:
_______________,formal, grave, po-faced, pompous, self-important, solemn, staid, stuffy
________________ is a complimentary word. Doctors were respected everywhere. They always looked clean and _______________.Formal, grave, and solemn are neutral words, which do not show approval or disapproval.`How is your mother?' Daintry asked with formal politeness.
Staid is fairly uncomplimentary. The others are a pretty staid lot.
Po-faced, pompous, self-important, and stuffy are used to show disapproval. Po-faced and stuffy are not used in formal writing. There had been many occasions when he had felt like murdering that pompous old fool Mr Tilbery.
When someone _____________s, they make a short, very loud cry, for example because they are suddenly surprised, are in pain, or are laughing. She ____________ed and leapt from the bed. Miranda ___________ed with laughter. Also a noun. ...a __________ of joy. = scream