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Unit 32

Some of these combinations form one solid word and some remain as two words.
1 thunderstorm 3 downpour 5 hailstones 7 gale warning
2 torrential rain 4 heatwave 6 snowdrift

1 slush 2 sleet 3 frost 4 blizzards 5 snowdrifts 6 thaws 7 melts

Possible answers:
1 There was a heatwave in July. or It was scorching/boiling (hot) last month.
2 It was terribly muggy and humid as we worked.
3 It's absolutely stifling today.
4 There was icelsnowlslush on the roads this morning.
5 We had terrible floods that winter.
6 There was a heavy blizzard that night.
7 Do you remember how mild it was that year?
8 There was a very bad drought that summer.
9 Suddenly there was a very strong gust of wind.
10 After the hurricanelgale, the damage was unbelievable.
11 There was a very dense fog that morning.
1 bad: too dry, a drought, or frost good: mild weather just after rain
2 bad: cold weather or windy weather or wet weather
good: warm, mild, or even cool (if it has been a terribly hot day) and preferably dry
3 bad: gales, high winds, hurricanes, storms, wet weather, mistlfog
good: clear, sunny dry, breezy weather
4 bad: cold, wet and windy weather or humid, muggy weather good: fine, dry, but not too hot
5 bad: wet, windy, snowy weather good: dry, no wind, warm nights
6 bad: fog/mist, rain good: clear, dry, sunny weather

Unit 33

Suggested answers:
1 . . . the fair, bald guy. or straight/curly-haired man.
2 . .. scruffy and untidy.
3 . . . that slim, dark-haired woman over there.
4 ... unattractive, in fact. (You could also say helshe was 'rather plain' or 'rather ordinary', if
you felt they were neither attractive nor unattractive. 'Ugly' is a very strong word indeed, and
could be offensive.)
5 ... a teenager1 in her twenties. (Another useful word is 'she's only a youngster', for a person
who is a teenager or who is still very young.)
3 3.2 1 The author who wrote this exercise is tall, with brown hair which is going grey; he's white, in
his forties and thinks he's good looking! What about you?
stocky build overweight middle-aged round-faced good-looking
long-haired long-legged (pronounced I'leg~dl) well-dressed mixed race
tanned complexion (tanned = brown from the sun)

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