Unit 8: Going to extremes

I. Word-Matching

Match the following terms with definitions in the table below:

Terms
Definitions
1. Adorn
a. (n) An aircraft powered by one or more jet engines: a private jet.
2. Airborne
b. (n) A person who lives somewhere permanently or on a long-term basis.
3. Anonymous
c. (v) To travel some distance between one's home and place of work on a
4. Aptly
regular basis.
5. Astonished
d. (np) is a qualification that permits the holder to act as a pilot of an aircraft
6. Be full of
and be paid for his/her work.
owns
e. (n) A business jet, private jet.
important
f. (n) A large, impressive house.
7. Blizzard
g. (adj) splendid and expensive-looking.
8. Boast
h. (n) A departure and arrival building for air passengers at an airport.
9. Boom
i. (adj) being the best or most extreme example of its kind: the ultimate
10.
Cockpit
dream.
11.
Collide
j. (n) An airport or landing place for helicopters.
12.
Commerci k. (n) A building set apart and adapted for keeping horses.
al pilot
l. (n) A leveled strip of smooth ground along which aircraft take off and land.
license
m. (adv) appropriately or suitable in the circumstances.
13.
Commute n. (n) A compartment for the pilot and sometimes also the crew in an aircraft
14.
Distinctio
or spacecraft.
n
o. (adj) in the air after taking off.
15.
Dramatica p. (np) having a very high opinion of oneself; self-important.
lly
q. (n) A heat-related illness that can occur after you've been exposed to high
16.
Executive
temperatures,
jet
r. (n) The process of restoring lost water (dehydration) to the body tissues and
17.
Extremely
fluids.
18.
Governor
s. (adj) having no outstanding, individual, or unusual features; unremarkable
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Heat
or impersonal: the anonymous landscape.
exhaustion
t. (adv) suddenly and strikingly.
20.
Heliport
u. (adv) to a very great degree; very: this is an extremely difficult thing to do.
21.
Inhabitant v. (adv) exuberantly plentiful; abundant.
s
w. (n) A person or animal that lives in or occupies a place.
22.
Jet
x. (adj) situated far from the main centers of population; distant: a remote
23.
Mansion
Oregon valley.
24.
Passionat y. (n) An area of land under the jurisdiction of a ruler or state.
e
z. (adj) (Of a place) of limited spatial capacity; narrow or cramped.
25.
Profusely
aa.(adj) extending across or be situated on both sides of: a mountain range
26.
Rehydrati
straddling the Franco-Swiss border.
on
ab. (v) To talk with excessive pride and self-satisfaction about one's
27.
Remote
achievements, possessions, or abilities.
28.
Resentful
ac. (v) To come into conflict or opposition.
29.
Resident
ad. (adj) Showing or caused by strong feelings or a strong belief.
30.
Runway
ae.(n) A severe snowstorm with high winds and low visibility.
31.
Stable
af. (v) To make more beautiful or attractive.
32.
Straddling ag. (n) a period of great prosperity or rapid economic growth.
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Strait
ah. (n) an official appointed to govern a town or region.
34.
Sumptuou ai. (adv) by that means; as a result of that.
s
aj. (n) Excellence that sets someone or something apart from others: a novelist
35.
Terminal
of distinction.
36.
Territory
ak.(adj) feeling or expressing bitterness or indignation at having been treated
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Thereby
unfairly.

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Exercises 1:
Choose the correct adverb.
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I noticed that he was sweating dramatically / profusely /really.

I stupidly / seriously / really left my keys at home.
His temperature rose profusely / dramatically / extremely.
They taste extremely / exactly / really the same to me.
The computer isnt working completely / exactly /properly.
He got all of the answers in the test completely /extremely / properly wrong.
When I didnt hear from her I began to properly /extremely / seriously panic.

Exercise 2:
Complete the sentences with the correct form of a word from the box.
Words
1. Down-andout
2. Dull
3. Mouthwatering
4. Trendy
5. Flock
6. Buzz
7. Shabby
8. Dash around
9. Snore
10. Pedestrian
ized

Meanings
(adj) Without money, a job, or a place to live.
(adj) lacking brightness, vividness, or sheen.
(adj) smelling, looking, or sounding delicious.
(adj) very fashionable or up to date in style or influence.
(v) Congregate or mass in a flock or large group.
(v) have an air of excitement or purposeful activity.
(adj) in poor condition through long or hard use or lack of care.
(v) Move about in a great hurry.
(v) Breathe with a snorting or grunting sound while asleep.
(adj) Closing (a street or area) to traffic, making it accessible only to
pedestrians.

A. I really need to sit down. Ive been ___________________________all day.

B. I think we should buy a new sofa. This ones looking a bit
______________________________.
C. There was a ________________________________ sleeping under the bridge.
D. Mmm. Can you smell those _____________________________ aromas coming from that
restaurant?
E. That car shouldnt be here. This is a __________________________________street.
F. Everybodys wearing those furry boots. Theyre very
_______________________________at the moment.
G. Tourists still _______________________________to see Buckingham Palace.
H. Life in a small village can sometimes be slightly _______________________________.
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I. The city center is always ___________________________________on a Saturday night.

J. I couldnt get to sleep last night because you were ___________________________so
loudly.
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