Word formation
Form an adjective from the noun below that has a negative meaning.
care
careless
How can we define (in British English slang) a person who is extremely drunk?
plastered
Change the following words into words with a negative meaning.
a) agreeable
b) guide
a) disagreeable / unagreeable (obsolete)
b) misguide
What colloquial words can replace the words given below?
a) steal
b) trouble
a) pinch / walk off with
b) hassle
Change the following words into words with a negative meaning.
a) avoidable
b) even
c) trust
a) unavoidable
b) uneven
c) distrust / mistrust / untrust (obsolete)
"mistrust" is more often used to describe the missing of trust, the doubt, while "distrust" refers more to strictly not agreeing or not having confidence in something or someone
Explain the meaning of the following words and expressions in English.
a) cat's whiskers
b) daft
c) give someone the push
a) cat's whiskers - a highly admired or exceptionally excellent person or thing
b) daft - silly, foolish
c) give someone the push - to be told to leave your job; to be told by someone that your relationship with them has ended
Form new words based on the ones given below.
a) conscious, noun
b) deep, noun
c) distance, adjective
d) late, adverb
a) consciousness
b) depth
c) distant
d) lately
What words are missing in the following proverbs and phrases?
a) by the ... of one's teeth
b) take ... luck
c) throw one's ... around
d) ... will get you nowhere
a) by the SKIN of one's teeth
b) take POT luck
c) throw one's WEIGHT around
d) FLATTERY will get you nowhere
Translate the following words into English.
a) gospodarka rolna, rolnictwo
b) kolonista, osadnik
c) niedokładny, nieprecyzyjny
d) niemile widziany, niepożądany
e) zdumiewający, nadzwyczajny (it starts with the letter "a")
a) farming
b) settler
c) inaccurate
d) unwelcome
e) astonishing
Translate the following words and phrases into English.
a) cudaczny, dziwaczny
b) krwotok, wylew (krwi)
c) odnaleźć źródło czegoś, ustalić pochodzenie czegoś
d) płodność, urodzajność
e) poniżający, upokarzający
a) quirky / whimsical
b) haemorrhage (Br), hemorrhage (Am)
c) trace something back to something
d) fertility
e) humbling