Practical Aid in Everyday English [antikvár]

MAN'S APPEARANCE AND CHARACTERTopicai Words and Phrases1.What does he (she) look Üke?He (she) is handsome, ugly, attractive, plain, good-look-ing, tall, short, thin, stout, near-sighted, long-sighted, síim, slender, stooping, long-legged, long-armed, broad-shouldered, solidly-built, dark-eyed, dark-skinned.His (her) hair is fair, dark, auburn, grey, curly, straight, short, long, bobbed, thin, scanty, rich, wavy, jet-black.He (she) wears his (her) hair partéd in the middle, partéd on the left (right) side, combed back, done in a knot, in plaits.His (her) eyes are dark, blue, hazel, green, close-set, deep-set, slanted.His (her) nose is straight, hooked, fiat, auquiline, snub, up-turned.2.How does he (she) look?He (she) looks tired, fresh, upset, happy, gay, disappoint-ed, sleepy, worried, miserable, pale, unwell, healthy, sur-prised.3.What is he (she) Üke?He (she) is generous, reasortable, reserved, well-bred, frank, modest, shy, ill-bred, ambitious, pompous, obstinate, obe-dient, selfish, stingy, self-confident, hypocritical.To grow thinner; to keep oneself erect; to be hard (easy) to deal with (to get along with); to be good to keep away from; to be put off; to have much confidence in smb.; to have a grudge against smb.; to let smb. down; to lose one's temper; to fly into a temper; to go back on one's word; to be character-istic of smb.; to be taken in.THE TRA1NING OF READING, HEAR1NG AND RESPONSE ExercisesI. a) Read the following sentences paying special attention to the use of topicai words and phrases. b) Make up sentences of your own similar to those givenbelow. Don't change the parts in bold type. 1. What does your brother look like? Jimmy is a tall, thin young man about 25, dark-eyed and dark-skinned.