Showing posts with label vocabulary. Show all posts
Showing posts with label vocabulary. Show all posts

Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Describe places

About

  • SHOP: tiny, busy, local, corner, expensive, cheap, crowded
  • STREET: tree-lined, narrow, congested, wide, empty (deserted)
  • VILLAGE: quiet, isolated, preety, small, picturesque
  • HOUSE: semi-detached, comfortable, traditional, terraced, spacious(big)
  • TOWN: industrial, large, modern, clean
  • RESTAURANT: elegant, crowded, cheap, popular, fast-food, family, vegetarian
Asking for directions
Giving directions
  • Excuse me, could you tell me the way to ...?
  • Excuse me. How do I get to ... ?
  • Do you know where ... is?
  • Of course/Sure. Take the first/second turning on your left/right ... ./ Turn into ... 
  • Just cross / go up/ down this road/ street and ... .
  • It's to the left of / right of / opposite / next to ... .
  • Go past the ... .

Thursday, January 26, 2012

Character description adjectives

confident - уверенный
shy - стеснительный
sociable - общительный
bossy - властный
selfish - эгоистичный, эгоист
patient - терпеливый
boysh - мальчишеский
careful - осторожный
courageous = daring = brave - смелый, храбрый

Appearance

про мужчину - handsome
про женщину - preety


beard - борода
moustache - усы
freckles - веснушки
wrinkles - морщины
stubble - щетина
bushy eyebrows - "колосистые" брови
a beauty spot - родинка
dimples - ямочки
hairy chest - волосатая грудь


Hair: волосы
   spiky - непослушные
   straight - прямые
   wavy - волнистые
   curly - кудрявые
   shoulder-length - до плеч
   long - длинные
   short - короткие
   bald - лысый