- •Miss u.S.A. Emma Knight by Studs Terkel
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- •General appearance
- •You look lovely in blue!
- •We could also say lean (thin in a strong and healthy way):
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- •Left-handed strange-looking pot-bellied broad-shouldered big-headed cross-eyed
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- •A perfect pair
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- •Vocabulary in categories
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- •Idioms in description
Left-handed strange-looking pot-bellied broad-shouldered big-headed cross-eyed
bow-legged light-fingered mean-spirited
dark-haired dark-skinned narrow-waisted
double-breasted strong-willed knock-kneed
empty-headed red-faced broad-minded
level-headed cold-blooded round-shouldered
flat-chested slim-hipped sour-faced
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Exercise 12. Complete the sentences below with the appropriate adjective(s).
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My boo is terribly …, walking around as if he were holding his salary check between his knees. His wife’s quite the opposite: …, as if she had just got off a horse.
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I used to wear … suits until I decided that one button was far more suitable for … people such as myself.
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My sister is so … and … she reminds me one of those long thin wine bottles.
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He’s Scandinavian, so he’s … and …, and looks far better in jeans than I do.
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It looked as if United were going to return home … until Bradfield scored with an incredibly powerful … shot from outside the penalty area.
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Off we go on holiday with visions of returning … and beautiful, forgetting that we always come back … and with peeling backs.
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Hoskins, if you go on staring at that magazine any longer, you’ll go … . Now either be …, dear boy, and put it away or give it to me until the end of the lesson.
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My boss is so …, always looking as if he knew tomorrow was going to be the end of the world. And his wife is so …; I have to keep a careful eye on my things when they come round to the house, or they just disappear.
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Most … tennis players seem to win more easily against right-handers. Talking of tennis players, aren’t those professionals a … bunch, shouting all the time about how great they are?
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A lot of liberal, … people find it difficult to accept that there is such a thing … murder.
Exercise13. Answer the following questions. If possible, ask another person these questions using the conversation formulas on the right.
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Helpful phrases I wonder… Could you describe… I’d like to know… I’m interested in… Could you tell me… Actually… To tell you the truth… To be honest… Frankly… I’m pretty sure that… Without a doubt … On the whole …
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