Find words opposite in meaning to the following ones from the story. Use them in the sentences of your own

Choose the right word from the above exercise for each of the sentences below.

Match the following definitions in the left column with the words in the right column. Find sentences with these words in the story.

Comprehension Check

Transcribe and pronounce correctly the words from the story.

pageant, nourishing, shepherd, bodice, sepulchral, cockroach, vanity, contralto, brooch, cashier, mauve, weird, hideous, yacht, crooked, apron.

a) Ada Moss was having a difficult time, wasn’t she?

b) What can you guess about her past? Speak about her education, career and prospects of finding a job.

c) Was her landlady a soft-hearted woman?

d) What kind of letter did Miss Moss receive? What reasons did the landlady have to read it?

e) What did she decide to do to improve her state of mind?

f) Why did she have to change her plans and go straight to Kig and Kadgit?

g) Did she succeed in getting a job?

h) Do you think that the Café de Madrid was a special place to go?

i) Had she ever been there before?

j) How desperate should a person be to accept such a way of earning money?

1. not having a clear shape.	to take trouble
2. to smile widely at somebody.	to give no sign
3. to make a sound by hitting a surface again and again with one’s fingers.	to afford something
4. to try hard to do something well.	to tell somebody off
5. signs or objects that make you believe that sth is true.	to bump into smb
6. to meet somebody by chance.	vague
7. to make a serious or angry expression by bringing your eyebrows closer together.	to make a face at smb
8. to speak angrily to somebody for doing something wrong.	to frown
9. (fml) to provide somebody with something.	evidence
10. not to show that that you have noticed something.	to drum one’s fingers
11. to produce an expression on your face to show that you don’t like smb/smth.	to grin at somebody

a) It is worth ………………. to sieve the fruit by hand.

b) He …….. no …….. of having recognized her.

c) The Prime Minister …………that the journalist’s question embarrassed him.

d) They ………a lot of …….to find the right person for the right job.

e) I ran after her, ………….people.

f) He says he’s been working hard, but I haven’t seen any …….. of it.

g) The tree ……… some shelter from the sun.

h) The identity of the city in the novel is deliberately left……...

i) He was ……….nervously on the arm of the chair.

j) I ……. the boys …. for making so much noise.

k) The children laughed loudly………. at each other.

l) He ……… with annoyance.

m) She looked at us, ……… from ear to ear.

fatty awful unsympathetic natural ugly to turn pale

6. Find in the story verbs similar in meaning to the following:

a) to move forward very slowly;

b) to move away backwards;

c) to move with energy;

d) to go after somebody;

e) to move smoothly in a particular direction;

f) to move or fall in a heavy or awkward way.

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