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3. Match the words with the definitions.

1) mist

a) an underground room, rooms, or storey of a building, usually used for storage

2) condolence

b) bitterness or sharpness of manner, speech, temper, etc

3) sycophant

c) an expression of sympathy with someone in grief, etc

4) courtesy

d) politeness; good manners

5) snob

e) a manservant who acts as personal attendant to his employer, looking after his clothing, serving his meals, etc

6) lad

f) a thin fog resulting from condensation in the air near the earth's surface

7) scoundrel

g) a worthless or villainous person

8) acrimony

h) a boy or young man

9) cellar

i) a person who uses flattery to win favour from individuals wielding influence; toady

10) valet

j) a person who strives to associate with those of higher social status and who behaves condescendingly to others

4. Sort out the personality qualities and features of appearance from the text into corresponding column according to your opinion.

positive/pleasant/virtues

negative/unpleasant/vices

neutral

able

amusing

bloodthirsty

bright

brusque

bully

capable

careful

careless

chatty

cheerful

competent

complacent

conceited

confidential

conscientious

dauntless

detestable

dreadful

dreamy

friendly

generous

grating

hard

honest

hospitable

ignorant

ingenuous

insensitive

intolerant

just

kind

mocking

neat

noble

odious

painstaking

patient

polite

pretty

quick

sarcastic

sensitive

shocking

shy

skillful

slender

smart

snobbish

splendid

spruce

stout

strict

supercilious

suspicious

tender

thorough

tiresome

troublesome

unconcerned

unscrupulous

vain

vivid

vulgar

well-set-up

willing

wonderful

Grammar Tasks

1. Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of degrees of comparison of adjectives and adverbs.

  1. His friends, like himself, were no … (long) young, and there was a new generation which looked upon him as a tiresome old man.

  2. He began to plunge … (heavily), first on horses, and then on the Sock Exchange.

  3. His interest in the world of fashion was as … (vivid) as when himself had been a figure in it.

  4. “In my days I have been on intimate terms with some of the … (great) gentlemen in England, but I have never known … (fine) gentlemen than some well-born Malays whom I am proud to call my friends.”

  5. “I think you will find that you will get much … (good) results if you take care always to be polite, patient and kindly.”

  6. Mr. Warburton liked to do himself well, and on Sunday night he made it a habit to do himself even a little … (good) than usual.

  7. “I got this port from my old friend Charles Hollington. He was well known to have the … (good) cellar in England.”

  8. He’s one of the … (rich) peers in England.

  9. It meant that he always had to sit at the bottom of the table and all the … (good) bits were taken before a dish reached him.

  10. “He’s the … (good) valet I’ve ever had.”

  11. I always said he was the … (great) diplomatist in Europe.

  12. It is the … (vulgar) failing of our English middle class.