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1. self-centred =
2. cold-blooded =
3. thick-skinned =
4. two-faced =
heart of gold down-to-earth - have your head screwed on pain in the neck
social butterfly - cold fish keep yourself to yourself wet blanket make
a fuss - blow your own trumpet life and soul of the party bad egg
2. I wish Tom would stop ringing me all the time. Hes being a ..
.
7. Don't worry about Sally, she'll be all right - she's got her
the right way.
2. The kitchen was __________ by the time she finished cleaning it.
3. These __________ ruins were built by the Mayans thousands of years ago.
4. In my evaluation, the teacher said I was a ___________ student and a joy to have in class.
6. The first time I had to speak at a big conference, I was __________ - my hands were
actually shaking!
9. My kids fell asleep on the car ride home from the zoo - they were __________ from
running around all day.
10. I'm not really into politics, but I find science ___________.
A gigantic B fascinating C starving
5. LOOK AT THE PICTURES AND WRITE THE CORRECT NAME. THERE ARE
EXTRA WORDS.
1... 2.. 3
4..
5.... 6 7. 8..
9..
6. CLOZE TEST. READ THE TEXT AND COMPLETE WITH A WORD FROM THE
LIST BELOW. EACH WORD CAN ONLY BE USED ONCE. THERE ARE FIVE
WORDS THAT YOU DO NOT NEED TO USE.
FASHION DESIGN
Fashion design is the art of the application of design and aesthetics or natural beauty
to clothing and accessories. Fashion design is 0) INFLUENCED by cultural and social
latitudes, and has varied over time and place. Fashion designers work in a number of
ways in designing clothing and accessories; and, because of the time required to bring
a 1) __________ onto the market, must at times anticipate changing consumer tastes.
Some clothes are made specifically for an 6) __________, as in the case of haute
couture . Today, most clothing is designed for the mass market, especially casual and
every-day wear.
Fashion designers can work in a number of many ways. Fashion designers may work
full-time for one fashion as in-house designers which owns the designs. They may
work 7) __________ or as part of a team. Freelance designers work for themselves,
selling their designs to fashion houses, directly to shops, or to clothing manufacturers.
The clothes bear the buyers label. Some fashion designers set up their own labels,
under which their designs are marketed. Some fashion designers are self-employed
and design for individual clients. Other high-fashion designers cater to specialty stores
or high-fashion 8) __________ stores. These designers create original clothes, as well as
those that follow established fashion 9) __________. Most fashion designers, however,
work for clothes manufacturers, creating designs of mens, womens, and childrens
fashions for the mass market. Large designer brands which have a name as their 10)
__________ such as Abercrombie & Fitch, Justice, or Juicy are likely to be designed by a
team of individual designers under the direction of a designer director.
7. COMPLETE THE SENTENCES USING THE WORDS GIVEN. USE TWO TO FIVE WORDS.
1) She has two watches. She bought one of them in Paris. The one is faulty. THAT
3) Their dog is called Ben. They've had it for ten years. WHICH
6) Carol decided to leave our town. Her daughter had been killed. WHOSE
7) All visitor to the museum are asked to sign the visitors book. VISITS
Everyone asked to sign the visitors
book.
8.
9.