Everyday English

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.

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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.

(H. R. Haggard)

Ex. 16. Read and translate the passages.

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The colonel is a fine-looking man. His hair is white. So is his moustache. His face is cleanly shaven showing a bronzed complexion. The expression of his face is kind though firm.

The colonel has three sons. Basil, the eldest of the boys, is seventeen years of age. He is a fine-looking lad though not handsome. He looks very brave and strong. His hair is straight and black. He is, in fact, the son of his father.

How very unlike him is Lucien, the second of age. Lucien is delicate, with a light complexion and very fair hair. He is more like what his mother was, for she was a blonde. The colonel’s youngest son is a quick-witted, curly-haired boy - cheerful at all times.

Among the passengers there were two who interested me very much. One, a man of about thirty, was one of the tallest men I ever saw. He had yellow hair, a thick yellow beard, a handsome face and large eyes. His face made me think of someone I had seen before but at the time I could not remember who it was. The big man’s name was Sir Henry Curtis.

The other man was short, stout and dark. He was always very neat and clear-shaven; he always wore an eye-glass in his right eye, and he never took it out. At first I thought he even slept in it, but afterwards found that this was not so. He put it in his trousers pocket when he went to bed, together with his false teeth, of which he had two beautiful sets.

(H. R. Haggard)

Гв|

Cedric was not tall, but broad-shouldered, long-armed and powerfully-mad. His face was broad with large blue eyes, open and frank features, fine teeth and well-formed head. He was frank but of a nasty temper. There was pride and jealousy in his eyes, for his life had been spent in maintaining his rights. His long yellow hair was not very grey, although he was almost sixty.

(W. Scott)

Ex. 17. Answer the following questions:

1. What colour of eyes do you like most?

2. What is the difference between a near-sighted person and a far-sighted one?