The Chrysanthemums 1. Match the words in the list below with their definitions: A. a. flannel b. gang c. hopper d.

to squeak e. hoof f. a squeak g. a clod h. shaggy i. plod j. willow 1. The sound made by a heavy step. 2. To give forth a short, shrill cry or sound. 3. a short high-pitched noise .. 4. The horny (= tough and calloused: horny skin) sheath (= case for a blade, as of a sword) covering the toes or lower part of the foot of a mammal (= copita) . 5. ..hair or fur is long and untidy. 6. A ..or a .. tree is a type of tree with long branches and long narrow leaves that grows near water.. 7. a large lump of earth 8. a small cloth that you use for washing yourself. (BRIT; in AM, use washcloth) 9. 10. a large cone-shaped device into which substances such as grain, coal, or animal food can be put and from a group of people, especially young people, who go around together and often deliberately cause trouble./ a which they can be released when required. group of friends who frequently meet. (INFORMAL). / a group of criminals who work together to commit crimes./ a group of workers who do physical work together.

B. a. a snip b. a trowel c. corduroys d. to furrow e. cutworms (usu pl) f. corduroy g. a plough h. aphid (usu pl) i. scrub j. to plough into k. to scrub l. sowbug (usu pl) m. to plough a furrow

1. a large farming tool with sharp blades which is pulled across the soil to turn it over, usually before seeds are planted. 2. to make long, narrow, shallow trenches in; to plow. (a brazda) 3. cotton cloth with vertical ribs./ A road made of logs laid down crosswise. 4. trousers made out of corduroy 5. a small garden tool which you use for digging small holes or removing weeds. / a small tool with a flat blade that you use for spreading things such as cement and plaster onto walls and other surfaces. 6. to run uncontrollably into something in its path (= crash into) [car, vehicle] 7. = bargain 8. consists of low trees and bushes, especially in an area that has very little rain. 9. If you something, you rub it hard in order to clean it, using a stiff brush and water. 10. are very small insects which live on plants and suck their juices. 11. Also known as a woodlouse (plural woodlice) is a crustacean with a rigid, segmented, long exoskeleton and fourteen jointed limbs. Woodlice form the suborder Oniscidea within the order Isopoda, with over 3,000 known species. 12. are not worms, biologically speaking, but caterpillars; they are moth larvae that hide under litter or soil during the day, coming out in the dark to feed on plants. A larva typically attacks the first part of the plant it encounters, namely the stem, often of a seedling, and consequently cuts it down; hence the name. 13. a trage o brazda

C. a. rangy b. to flap c. to steer d. burro e. plod f. to steer clear of someone or something, g. buttocks h. a snip i. crane j. a flap of cloth or skin k. to plod on/ to plod along l. mongrel m. snips n. to snip 1. 2. If you ..something, or if you at or through something, you cut it quickly using sharp If you say that something is a ., you mean that it is very good value. (BRIT INFORMAL) (= bargain) / = to guide 4. to deliberately avoid someone or something. 5. A small donkey, especially one used as a pack animal. 6. =sezut, fund (buttock =fesa) 7. to walk slowly and heavily when you use this verb about a job, you mean that the job is taking a long time. 8. = cocor 9. (about a piece of cloth or paper or about the arms of a person) to move quickly up and down or from side to side. = flutter / (About the wings of a bird or insect) to move quickly up and down. 10. = a flat piece of it that can move freely up and down or from side to side because it is held or attached by only one edge. 11. a dog which is a mixture of different breeds. = corcitura

scissors. 3. to control a car, a boat, or a plane so that it goes in the direction that you want.

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If you describe a person or animal as .., you mean that they have long, thin, powerful legs. (WRITTEN)

( = long-legged) long-limbed and long-bodied /tall and slender 13. Hand shears used in cutting sheet metal. 2. Fill in the blanks with the appropriate word from the previous exercise: 1. The high gray-. fog of winter closed off the Salinas Valley from the sky and from all the rest of the world. 2. is a soft cloth, usually made of cotton or wool, that is used for making clothes. 3. He wore a faded red ..shirt. 4. On the broad, level land floor the .. bit deep and left the black earth shining like metal where the shares had cut. 5. During the fight with a rival ..he lashed out (= to aim a sudden blow; strike: The mule lashed out with its hind legs) with his flick knife (= a knife with a retractable blade that springs out when a button is pressed US and Canadian word switchblade)... 6. ..members were behind a lot of the violence... 7. He was attacked by a ..of youths. 8. Come on over, we've got lots of the old ..here. 9. Police were hunting for a ..who had allegedly stolen fifty-five cars. 10....an underworld . 11. ..a .of masked robbers. 12. ...a of labourers. 13. When someone ..an area of land, they turn over the soil using a plough. 14. They .nearly 100,000 acres of virgin moorland). 15. ...a carefully .field. 16. In Roman times November was a month of hard work in and sowing. 17. ........................ furniture. 18. ..an area of and woodland. 19. The thick willow along the river flamed with sharp and positive yellow leaves. 20. Surgeons began to their hands and arms with soap and water before operating... 21. The corridors are .clean. 22. The walls needed a good . 23. I started to off the dirt... (by rubbing hard). (by rubbing hard) 24. Matthew .the coal dust from his face. 26. Tim has longish, hair.

25. The cattle on the higher slopes were becoming .and rough-coated.

27. Her figure looked blocked and heavy in her gardening costume, a man's black hat pulled low down over her eyes, clod-hopper shoes, a figured print dress almost completely covered by a big ..apron with four big pockets to hold the , the. and scratcher, the seeds and the knife she worked with 28. ...a .jacket. 29. He has now begun to snip away at the piece of paper... 30. He .a length of new bandage and placed it around Peter's chest. 31. The beautifully made briefcase is a ..at 74.25. 32. No . were there, no ..or snails or cutworms. 33. What is it like to. a ship this size?... 34. When I was a kid, about six or seven, she would often let me the car along our driveway. 35. I sold those thirty head of three-year-old ... 36. The new government is seen as one that will the country in the right direction... 37. Nick them into the nearest seats. 38. Prime Minister Hun Sen has sought to ..a course between the two groups... 39. I think a lot of people, women in particular, .of these sensitive issues. 40. Crowds of French and British families .around in yellow plastic macs (= a coat that stops you from getting wet in the rain). 41. A squeak of wheels and .of hoofs came from the road. 42. "the ..of shoes on powdery snow" 43. He is .with negotiations... 44. Aircraft production continued to .at an agonizingly slow pace. 45. Grey sheets .on the clothes line... 46. They would. bath towels from their balconies as they chatted. 47. The bird its wings furiously... 48. A pigeon emerges, wings ..noisily, from the tower. 49. ...a kid running and ..her arms. 50. He drew back the tent.. and strode out into the blizzard. 51. ...a loose ..of skin. 52. He climbed over the singletree, steadying himself with a hand on the .'s white rump. 53. Two cranes heavily over the willow-line and dropped into the river-bed. 54. Underneath the wagon, between the hind wheels, a lean and rangy ..dog walked sedately. 55. ...a tall, .., redheaded girl. 56. the plane the cottage roof 57. The lorry the vehicle in front of it 58. The ship ..the rough sea; I've all this work to plough through

3. Match the words (a-p) with the definitions (1-18): a. husky b. calloused c. chicken wire d. to tamp e. fawn (adj) f. ford g. a fawn h. to fawn i. hackles (plural) j. brooding k. to ford l. pumice m. prim (disapproval) n. to fawn over o. a roadster p. loins plural

1. = erectile hairs along the neck and back especially of a dog 2. If something raises your or makes your rise, it makes you feel angry and hostile. 3. This adjective is is used to describe an atmosphere or feeling that makes you feel anxious or slightly afraid. (LITERARY) 4. (about someone's expression or appearance) those peple look as if they are thinking deeply and seriously about something, especially something that is making them unhappy. (LITERARY) 5. 6. (about a foot or hand) covered in calluses. a shallow place in a river or stream where it is possible to cross safely without using a boat.(vad putin adanc)

7. = To cross a river or stream without using a boat, usually at a shallow point.(= putin adanc) 8. a type of thin wire netting (wire netting with a hexagonal mesh (=ochi)) 9. To press smth down by tapping it several times so that it becomes flatter and more solid. 10. about someone's voice : low and rather rough, often in an attractive way /about a man : tall, strong, and attractive. (INFORMAL)/ 11. = to show affection used especially of a dog 12 = a pale yellowish-brown colour. 13. = a very young deer. 14. If you say that someone ..a powerful or rich person, you disapprove of them because they flatter that person and like to be with him or her.

15. a kind of grey stone from a volcano and is very light in weight. It can be rubbed over surfaces, especially your skin, that you want to clean or make smoother. 16. the upper and lower abdominal regions and the region about the hips 17. If you describe someone as .., you disapprove of them because they behave too correctly and are too easily shocked by anything rude. 18. a car with no roof and only two seats. (OLD-FASHIONED) = sports car 4. Fill in the blanks with the right word from the previous exercise: List of words: pumice, loins, prim, fawn, husky, tamp, ford, calloused, roadster, hackles, brooding 1. The little bounced along on the dirt road by the river, raising the birds and driving the rabbits into the brush. 2. Now the newcomer dog, feeling outnumbered, lowered his tail and retired under the wagon with raised .and bared teeth. 3. And then she scrubbed herself with a little block of , legs and thighs, . and chest and arms, until her skin was scratched and red. 4. The same heavy, .silence descended on them. 5. She kissed him and gazed into his dark, .eyes. 6. The ..hands he rested on the wire fence were cracked, and every crack was a black line. 7. ...blunt, .fingers.(blunt =tocit, neascutit; aici:batatorite, muncite) 8. They were guarding the bridge, so we the river. 9. Then I. down the soil with the back of a rake.(grebla).. 10 Philpott a wad (= tampon) of tobacco into his pipe. 11. With her strong fingers she pressed them into the sand and ..around them with her knuckles.(= The prominence of the dorsal aspect of a joint of a finger, especially of one of the joints connecting the fingers to the hand.) 12. Elisa's voice grew ... 13. His voice was with grief. 14. ...Dietrich's deep, .voice. 15. `Ready?' I asked... 16. ...a very young man, built like a football player. 17. A .is a strong, furry dog, which is used to pull sledges across snow. 18. A .is a very young deer. 19. The .ran to the top of the ridge1.(=)
1

ridge= a: an elevated body part or structure

b: a range of hills or mountains

20. ...a light ..coat. 21. People ..you when you're famous... 22. Nauseatingly journalism that's all it is. 23. She crouched low like a dog. 24.We tend to imagine that the Victorians were very and proper. 25. We sat at either end of a long settee... 26. Then she went to the porch and sat ..and stiffly down.

c: an elongate crest or a linear series of crests d: a raised strip (as of plowed ground)