Hairy cheeky bloody leggy handy nosey hearty skinny heady chesty

1. __________ congratulations on your success!

2. The boy was so __________ that the coacher’s decision was made at once.

3. That sounds like a rather __________ cough you've got.

4. The shops are quite __________ - only two minutes' walk.

5. No, you can't borrow my girlfriend for the evening! Don't be so __________!

6. It's nothing to do with you what we're doing tonight! Don't be so __________!

7. She's so __________ that when she turns sideways, she's almost invisible!

8. Did you know he's got a __________ chest? Like a doormat, it is!

9. I reckon you'd have to be a __________ fool to want to learn this stupid language!

10. I feel quite __________ after getting all those right. Or perhaps it's the champagne.

TASK 18. Some common adjectives are formed from parts of the body. For example, heart gives us warm-hearted, kind-hearted, hard-hearted etc. Look at the list of similar compound adjectives below and guess what they mean. Then decide which of them can be used to complete sentences below.

1. left-handed

2. double-breasted

3. narrow-waisted

4. cold-blooded

5. big-headed

6. pot-bellied

7. red-faced

8. round-shouldered

9. sour-faced

10. cross-eyed

11. knock-kneed

12. slim-hipped

13. light-fingered

14. strong-willed

15. bow-legged

16. empty-handed

17. dark-skinned

18. fair-haired

19. broad-minded

20. right-footed

1. My boss is terribly ______________ walking around as if he were holding his salary cheque between his knees. His wife's quite the opposite – she is as ______________ as if she had just got off a horse.

2. I used to wear ______________ suits until I decided that one button was far more suitable for ______________ people such as myself.

3. My sister is so ______________ and ______________ that she reminds me of one of those long thin wine bottles.

4. Olaf is Scandinavian, so he's ______________ and______________, and looks far better in jeans than I do.

5. It looked as if Manchester United were going to return home ______________ until Bradfield scored with an incredibly powerful ______________ shot from outside the penalty area.

6. Off we go on holiday with visions of returning ______________ and beautiful, forgetting that we always come back ______________ and with peeling backs.

7. 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.

8. 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 ______________ that I have to keep a careful eye on my things when they come round to the house, or they just disappear.

9. 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?

10. A lot of liberal ______________ people find it difficult to accept that there is such a thing as ______________ murder.

TASK 19. Revision: adjectives and adverbs. There are many clichés among adverb-adjective combinations. Find cliché Russian/ Ukrainian equivalents for the ones given below.

1. painfully slow

2. miserably paid

3. wildly excited

4. nicely done (dressed, decorated, etc.)

5. happily married

6. bitterly disappointed

7. heavily indebted

8. desperately unhappy

9. highly thought of

10. hugely successful

11. perfectly matched

12. ideally suited

13. discreetly placed

14. clumsily expressed

15. strategically timed

16. fully automated

17. perfectly balanced

18. adequately prepared

19. seriously compromised

20. blissfully unaware

21. mortally offended

22. impeccably dressed

23. generously proportioned

24. exceptionally gifted

25. physically handicapped

26. formally educated

27. officially approved

28. diametrically opposed

29. terminally ill

30. mortally wounded

31. chronically sick

32. indefinitely postponed

33. speedily dealt with

34. improperly dressed

35. highly satisfactory

36. hopelessly lost

37. deeply moved

38. painfully obvious

39. utterly exhausted

40. criminally negligent

TASK 20. There are a few adjectives in English that can go either before or after nouns but with a change of meaning according to their position. Choose the meaning that explains the underlined adjectives. Follow the example.

Example. This elect body meets once a year. (before the noun = 'specially chosen')

The president elect takes over in May. (after the noun = 'who has been elected')

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