Quiz #2 (3-Appearance; 4-Character & Behavior; 6-Houses & Apartments) Flashcards
My best friend Joanna is …………………. (extremely beautiful).
absolutely gorgeous
smooth and straight hair
sleek hair
perfectly black hair
jet-black hair
……….. (light color) blue eyes
pale blue eyes
Def: a skin that appears healthy and full of energy ?
a radiant complexion
Def: when a woman has large breasts and hips, but a small waist ?
an hourglass figure.
People always compliment her on her hourglass figure
Def: a thin waist ?
a slender waist
She has a (circular) ………… face with an (going up) ………… nose
a round face
an upturned nose
she actually ……………………. (looks extremely similar ) to a famous singer.
to bear a striking resemblance to
I think he’s …………….( not beautiful)
hideously ugly
He has …………….(bouclés ), ……………………….( jusqu’aux épaules) hair
curly (hair)
shoulder-length hair
Def: messy hair, it appears that the person doesn’t take care of their hair?
unkempt hair
Un visage carré ?
a square face
a reddish skin ?
a ruddy complexion
Def: eyes that are far back in the person’s face ?
deep-set eyes
His deep-set eyes (eyes that are far back in the person’s face) are almost hidden under his bushy eyebrows
big eyebrows with lots of hair ?
bushy eyebrows
a dense mustache ?
a thick mustache
a beard with lots of hair ?
a shaggy beard
I guess Joanna doesn’t mind his ………… (beard and/or mustache)
facial hair
a body with a lot of muscles
an athletic build
wide shoulders
broad shoulders
………. arms (strong)
muscular arms
to cut a beard a little shorter
to trim a beard
to “fix” his hair ?
to comb his hair
more or less beautiful/handsome
somewhat attractive
extremely shy
painfully shy
a creative and colorful imagination
a vivid imagination
to be friendly and sociable
to have an outgoing personality
to tell it like it is: to be…
brutally honest
to stick to a person
to be fiercely loyal
to reveal your true personality
to show your true colors
to do a trick
to play a prank
she played a prank that humiliated me in front of the class.
I ………………… against her for years afterwards.
to harbor continual anger for someone
to bear a grudge
past :bore
I can see that she had a bit of a mean………………
a tiny bit of someone’s personality
a “streak”
My daughter gets along with her classmates, but she has a competitive streak when it comes to academics.
I’ve …………………… since those days
become less shy
come out of my shell
to have a (robust)………….. skin
to have a thicker skin
to make a more concerted effort to ………………..(consider the needs of other people more important than my own).
put others first
when people ………………..
say exactly what they think, without considering the effects of the words on others
speak their minds
I have a ……………….
consider myself superior to others
superiority complex
I’ll admit that it is hard for me to ……………
stop being arrogant
swallow my pride
I looked for a ……………… rental
a place to live that can be rented for a short period of time
a short-term rental
I ended up sharing a ………………
an apartment with two bedrooms, a living room, and a kitchen
a two-bedroom apartment
It was actually cheaper than renting ………………………
(an apartment with only one big room)
a studio apartment
The apartment was on the top floor of a ……………..(that’s a building with five floors)
a five-story building
it had a balcony ………………………..
that means you can see the ocean from the balcony
overlooking the ocean
From the roof, we also had ………………. of the city skyline
(this is another expression used when you can see something from a certain place)
a nice view
The apartment had recently been …………………
fixed up and improved
remodeled/renovated
The apartment was…………….
it already beds, tables, appliances, etc.
fully furnished
We loved the ………………living room
the room was big
spacious living room
unfortunately the bedrooms were ………………….
small and uncomfortable
rather cramped
by the end of the trip I started to feel ……………..
feel sad because you miss your life at home
to feel homesick
there’s a real shortage of ……………………… in my city.
(houses/apartments that are reasonably priced)
affordable housing
Even if I stay away from the ……………… neighborhoods (areas where rich people live),
the upscale neighborhoods
I’d still have to ……………………..
(borrow money from the bank, in order to buy a house)
to take out a mortgage
it’ll take me more than 30 years ……………….
to reimburse completely
to pay it off
I’ll be sure to throw a ……………………….
a party to celebrate living in a new house/apartment
to throw a housewarming party
