Quiz #2 (3-Appearance; 4-Character & Behavior; 6-Houses & Apartments)

Question 1

My best friend Joanna is …………………. (extremely beautiful).

Answer 1

absolutely gorgeous

Question 2

smooth and straight hair

Answer 2

sleek hair

Question 3

perfectly black hair

Answer 3

jet-black hair

Question 4

……….. (light color) blue eyes

Answer 4

pale blue eyes

Question 5

Def: a skin that appears healthy and full of energy ?

Answer 5

a radiant complexion

Question 6

Def: when a woman has large breasts and hips, but a small waist ?

Answer 6

an hourglass figure.

People always compliment her on her hourglass figure

Question 7

Def: a thin waist ?

Answer 7

a slender waist

Question 8

She has a (circular) ………… face with an (going up) ………… nose

Answer 8

a round face

an upturned nose

Question 9

she actually ……………………. (looks extremely similar ) to a famous singer.

Answer 9

to bear a striking resemblance to

Question 10

I think he’s …………….( not beautiful)

Answer 10

hideously ugly

Question 11

He has …………….(bouclés ), ……………………….( jusqu’aux épaules) hair

Answer 11

curly (hair)

shoulder-length hair

Question 12

Def: messy hair, it appears that the person doesn’t take care of their hair?

Answer 12

unkempt hair

Question 13

Un visage carré ?

Answer 13

a square face

Question 14

a reddish skin ?

Answer 14

a ruddy complexion

Question 15

Def: eyes that are far back in the person’s face ?

Answer 15

deep-set eyes

His deep-set eyes (eyes that are far back in the person’s face) are almost hidden under his bushy eyebrows

Question 16

big eyebrows with lots of hair ?

Answer 16

bushy eyebrows

Question 17

a dense mustache ?

Answer 17

a thick mustache

Question 18

a beard with lots of hair ?

Answer 18

a shaggy beard

Question 19

I guess Joanna doesn’t mind his ………… (beard and/or mustache)

Answer 19

facial hair

Question 20

a body with a lot of muscles

Answer 20

an athletic build

Question 21

wide shoulders

Answer 21

broad shoulders

Question 22

………. arms (strong)

Answer 22

muscular arms

Question 23

to cut a beard a little shorter

Answer 23

to trim a beard

Question 24

to “fix” his hair ?

Answer 24

to comb his hair

Question 25

more or less beautiful/handsome

Answer 25

somewhat attractive

Question 26

extremely shy

Answer 26

painfully shy

Question 27

a creative and colorful imagination

Answer 27

a vivid imagination

Question 28

to be friendly and sociable

Answer 28

to have an outgoing personality

Question 29

to tell it like it is: to be…

Answer 29

brutally honest

Question 30

to stick to a person

Answer 30

to be fiercely loyal

Question 31

to reveal your true personality

Answer 31

to show your true colors

Question 32

to do a trick

Answer 32

to play a prank

she played a prank that humiliated me in front of the class.

Question 33

I ………………… against her for years afterwards.

to harbor continual anger for someone

Answer 33

to bear a grudge

past :bore

Question 34

I can see that she had a bit of a mean………………

a tiny bit of someone’s personality

Answer 34

a “streak”

My daughter gets along with her classmates, but she has a competitive streak when it comes to academics.

Question 35

I’ve …………………… since those days

become less shy

Answer 35

come out of my shell

Question 36

to have a (robust)………….. skin

Answer 36

to have a thicker skin

Question 37

to make a more concerted effort to ………………..(consider the needs of other people more important than my own).

Answer 37

put others first

Question 38

when people ………………..

say exactly what they think, without considering the effects of the words on others

Answer 38

speak their minds

Question 39

I have a ……………….

consider myself superior to others

Answer 39

superiority complex

Question 40

I’ll admit that it is hard for me to ……………

stop being arrogant

Answer 40

swallow my pride

Question 41

I looked for a ……………… rental

a place to live that can be rented for a short period of time

Answer 41

a short-term rental

Question 42

I ended up sharing a ………………

an apartment with two bedrooms, a living room, and a kitchen

Answer 42

a two-bedroom apartment

Question 43

It was actually cheaper than renting ………………………
(an apartment with only one big room)

Answer 43

a studio apartment

Question 44

The apartment was on the top floor of a ……………..(that’s a building with five floors)

Answer 44

a five-story building

Question 45

it had a balcony ………………………..

that means you can see the ocean from the balcony

Answer 45

overlooking the ocean

Question 46

From the roof, we also had ………………. of the city skyline
(this is another expression used when you can see something from a certain place)

Answer 46

a nice view

Question 47

The apartment had recently been …………………

fixed up and improved

Answer 47

remodeled/renovated

Question 48

The apartment was…………….

it already beds, tables, appliances, etc.

Answer 48

fully furnished

Question 49

We loved the ………………living room

the room was big

Answer 49

spacious living room

Question 50

unfortunately the bedrooms were ………………….

small and uncomfortable

Answer 50

rather cramped

Question 51

by the end of the trip I started to feel ……………..

feel sad because you miss your life at home

Answer 51

to feel homesick

Question 52

there’s a real shortage of ……………………… in my city.
(houses/apartments that are reasonably priced)

Answer 52

affordable housing

Question 53

Even if I stay away from the ……………… neighborhoods (areas where rich people live),

Answer 53

the upscale neighborhoods

Question 54

I’d still have to ……………………..

(borrow money from the bank, in order to buy a house)

Answer 54

to take out a mortgage

Question 55

it’ll take me more than 30 years ……………….

to reimburse completely

Answer 55

to pay it off

Question 56

I’ll be sure to throw a ……………………….

a party to celebrate living in a new house/apartment

Answer 56

to throw a housewarming party