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3.
tolerant
C. having or showing good reasoning power
4.
pensive
D. allowing other people to say and do what
5.
intellectual they think is right even if one doesn't
6.
tyrannical
agree with it
7.
patient E. being able to stay calm and not get
annoyed
G. unusual and interesting
F. acting cruelly and unjustly towards the
people who one controls
Verbs:
1.
totter
A. make fun of somebody, deliberately
2.
bully
embarrass somebody
3.
tease
B. walk in an unsteady way
4.
stir
C. delight, bewitch, charm somebody
5.
enchant
D. care lovingly and tenderly
6.
cherish E. think about something a lot seriously and
7.
brood
often unhappily
F. excite somebody, make one react with a
strong emotion
G. use one's strength or power to hurt or
frighten somebody
Nouns:
1.
gap
A. the state of being unable to
2.
skilunderstand
something l
3.
com
B. mental preference, liking panion
4.
inte
C. the ability to understand and learnlligence
5.
prethings
dilection
6.
mis
D. a great difference between twochief
7. incomprehension
E. ability to do something well
F. someone who you spend time with
G. naughty behaviour of children,
eagerness to have fun by playing
tricks or by embarrassing people
Exercise 2
I. Draw lines between the pairs matching the words on the left with their opposites on the right.
self-assured
calm
fat
undelightful
dark-haired
inferior
nervous
thin, slender
delicious
fair-haired
listless
miserable
superior
energetic
steep
rough
smooth
sloping
II. Draw lines between the pairs matching the words on the left with the words or phrases of similar
meaning on the right.
plump
prematurely developed
tiny
reasonable
precocious
rather fat
sensible
odd
queer
exceptional
extraordinary
convincing
cogent
still
motionless
serious
grave
extremely small