Упр.22 Unit 2 ГДЗ English Михеева 11 класс
Learn to use the new words.
1. amiable — friendly and pleasant.
Liz is a gentle, funny, amiable person. / What an amiable young man he is!
2. crisp —
- firm in a pleasant way (about food): I like my bacon to be crisp.
- clean and smooth (about cloth, paper): She looked very neat in her crisp white blouse.
- cold and dry (about weather): It was a crisp winter day and we decided to take a walk along the river.
3. gloomy — feeling or looking sad and without hope.
What makes you so gloomy today?
4. gossip — to talk about other people or things that are not important.
Don’t gossip about your friends.
5. linger —
- to stay somewhere longer than necessary: We decided to linger after class.
- to last or continue for a long time: The smell of fish lingered on in the kitchen.
6. nonsense — ideas or statements that are not true.
Don’t trust him: what he is saying is complete nonsense.
7. ordeal — an extremely unpleasant experience, especially one that lasts a long time.
The work turned out to be an ordeal for me.
8. rattle —
- to make short sharp knocking sounds as it moves or shakes: The doors and windows rattled.
- to talk quickly and for a long time: Jane was rattling on, though no one was listening.
9. spare —
- to give, lend or spend: Can you spare me five minutes?
- to prevent someone from experiencing something unpleasant: Break the news gently to spare your mother’s feelings.
10. sympathy —
- a feeling of kindness and understanding: We all have great sympathy for the victims of the flood.
- agreement with or support of an idea: Do you have any sympathy with his plans?
11. sympathetic — kind to someone who has a problem and willing to understand how they feel.
Jill was a sympathetic listener.
12. vague —
- not clear, not definite: Through the fog we saw the vague outline of a ship.
- forgetful, absent-minded, not precise: He was always very vague when making arrangements.
13. flop —
- to fall heavily: She flopped into an armchair.
- to fail, be unsuccessful: The new play flopped and was taken off Broadway after a week.
