VIII.State EM and SD used in the following examples

7. Her painful shoes slipped off.

8. He made his way through the perfume and conversation.

9. After a while and a cake he crept nervously to the door of the parlour.

10. She was a damned nice woman, too.

11. Most women up London nowadays seem to furnish their rooms with nothing but orchids, foreigners and French novels.

12. Ten-thirty is a dark hour in a town where respectable doors are locked at nine.

13. Last time it was a nice, simple, European-style war.

14. He acknowledged an early-afternoon customer with a be-with-you-in-a-minute nod.

15. “Some remarkable pictures in this room, gentlemen. A Holbein, two Van Dycks and if I am not mistaken, a Velasquez. I am interested in pictures.”

16. “Welcome to Reno — the biggest little town in the world.”

17. He loved the afterswim salt-and-sunshine smell of her hair.

18. There are two things I look for in a man. A sympathetic character and full lips.

19. He opened up a wooden garage. The garage was full of nothing.

20. Dorothy, at my statement, had clapped her hand over her mouth to hold down laughter and chewing gum.

21. She was a faded white rabbit of a woman.

22. He spent two years in prison, making a number of valuable contacts among other upstanding (честный) embezzlers (вор), frauds (жулики) and confidence men (аферист, мошенник) whilst inside.

23. And she still has that look, that don’t-you-touch-me look, that women who-were beautiful carry with them to the grave.

24. You have got two beautiful bad examples for parents.

25. I am the new year. I am an unspoiled page in your book of time. I am your next chance at the art of living. I am your opportunity.

26. A very likeable young man with a pleasantly ugly face.

27. He’s a proud, haughty (заносчивый, надменный), consequential (посредственный), turned-nosed peacock

IX. Match the words to create oxymoron

A) ordinary b)cold c) gloomily d) comic e) middle-aged f) shy g) clever h) cruel i) innocent

 

1. tragedy 2. arrogance 3. talent 4. nonsense 5. criminal 6. warmth 7. delighted 8. youth 9. complement