Compound adjectives

1. Someone who is ..................uses their left hand rather than their right hand for activities
such as writing and sports and for picking things up.
There is a place in London that supplies practically everything for ...............people.
right-handed
ADV ADV after v
...................is also an adverb.
My father thought that I'd be at a disadvantage if I wrote...........................
2. Something that is .........................has a sharp, unpleasant taste like the taste of a lemon.
The stewed apple was ...............even with honey.
2 ADJ
.....................milk is milk that has an unpleasant taste because it is no longer fresh.
fresh
3 ADJ
Someone who is ....................is bad-tempered and unfriendly.
She made a ..........................face in his direction
ADV ADV with v
`Leave my mother out of it,' he said .....................
4 ADJ
If a situation or relationship turns .................or goes.................., it stops being enjoyable
or satisfactory.
Even the European dream is beginning to turn .......................
Their songs are filled with tales of love gone ...................
5 VERB V n, V
If a friendship, situation, or attitude ....................or if something ..................it, it becomes
less friendly, enjoyable, or hopeful.
If anything..................... the relationship, it is likely to be real differences in their
world-views
Her mood ....................a little.
6 PHRASE disapproval
If you refer to someone's attitude as ........................grapes, you mean that they say that
something is worthless or undesirable because they want it themselves but cannot have it.
Page's response to the suggestion that this might be .................grapes because his
company lost the bid is: `Life's too short for that.'
3. -..................can be added to an adjective to describe someone or something that has a
stomach of a particular kind.
The fat-...................... officer stood near the door.
the yellow-........................ sea-snake.
4. Someone who is .......................has eyes that seem to look towards each other.
5. Someone who is .........................has legs which turn inwards at the knees.
6. The ......................of a garment such as a dress, coat, or pair of trousers is the part of it
which covers the middle part of your body.
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COMB in ADJ
high-........................ dresses.
7.
-...................... COMB in ADJ
Her name was Sheila, a long-...................... blonde.
a large four-........................ animal.
5 N-COUNT usu ord N, N of n
A leg of a long journey is one part of it, usually between two points where you stop.
The first ......................of the journey was by boat to Lake Naivasha in Kenya.
6 N-COUNT
A .....................of a sports competition is one of a series of games that are played to find
an overall winner. (mainly BRIT)
They will televise both ....................of Leeds' European Cup clash with Rangers.
7 PHRASE usu v-link PHR
If you say that something or someone is on their last...........................,, you mean that the
period of time when they were successful or strong is ending. (INFORMAL)
This relationship is on its last...........................
8 PHRASE V inflects
If you are pulling someone's......................, you are teasing them by telling them
something shocking or worrying as a joke. (INFORMAL)
Of course I won't tell them; I was only pulling your ........................
9 PHRASE with brd-neg
If you say that someone does not have a .......................to stand on, or hasn't got
a................ to stand on, you mean that a statement or claim they have made cannot be
justified or proved. (INFORMAL)
It's only my word against his, I know. So I don't have a ......................to stand on.