48 Translate and match the words on the left with their descriptions on the right.
| 1.
| after-dinner, after-hours, after-lunch, after-school, after-work
| Nouns referring to one thing that happens as a result of another.
| a.
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| 2.
| after-care, after-effects, aftertaste, after-smell
| Adjectives expressing the idea that the thing referred to by the original noun is the most important part or feature of something.
| b.
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| 3.
| all-female, all-wood
| Adjectives describing something that happens after a particular activity or event, which is specified in the adjective.
| c.
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| 4.
| all-age, all-weather, all-purpose
| Adjectives describing something that is suitable for or includes every type of a particular thing.
| d.
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| 5.
| all-consuming, all-embracing, all-seeing
| Words describing actions or activities that oppose another action or activity.
| e.
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| 6.
| arch-liar, arch-rogue, arch-rebel
| Nouns referring to people who are extreme representatives of whatever the original refers to.
| f.
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| 7.
| class-based, computer-based, protein-based
| Adjectives describing something that consists entirely of the thing referred to by the noun.
| g.
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| 8.
| home-based, campus-based, school-based
| Adjectives describing something as having a large amount of the quality or characteristic described by the original adjective.
| h.
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| 9.
| housebound, tradition-bound, wheelchair-bound, desk-bound
| Adjectives describing something as being outside, beyond, or different from what was described by the original adjective.
| i.
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| 10.
| paper-bound, cardboard-bound
| Adjectives describing something that includes or affects everyone or everything.
| j.
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| 11.
| age-conscious, cost-conscious, diet-conscious, image-conscious, safety-conscious
| Adjectives describing something as being positioned or existing mainly in a particular place, or as being organised from that place.
| k.
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| 12.
| counterplan, counter-offer, counter-offensive, counter-measures
| Adjectives describing someone or something that has performed a particular action, or that has a particular quality, to the greatest extent possible.
| l.
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| 13.
| cross-border, cross-country
| Adjectives describing something or someone as moving or behaving without the restrictions or controls that you might normally expect.
| m.
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| 14.
| ever-changing, ever-present, ever-available, everlasting
| Adjectives describing something which does not have the thing mentioned.
| n.
|
| 15.
| extra-bright, extra-special, extra-small
| Adjectives describing someone who considers a particular aspect of their life or situation to be important, often when other people do not seem to notice it or to be interested in it.
| o.
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| 16.
| extra-curricular, extra-terrestrial
| Adjectives indicating the sort of covering for books.
| p.
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| 17.
| free-thinking, free-moving, free-flowing
| Adjectives describing someone or something as being restricted or limited by the thing referred to by the original noun.
| q.
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| 18.
| crime-free, meat-free, stress-free, smoke-free
| Words describing something which occupies or includes the whole of the thing referred to by the original noun.
| r.
|
| 19.
| full-scale, full-grown, full-volume, full-blast, full-force
| Adjectives describing something that continuously performs the action mentioned, or that always has the characteristic mentioned.
| s.
|
| 20.
| full-colour, full-size, full-time
| Adjectives describing something that moves across the place or area mentioned.
| t.
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49 Fill in the gaps with words from the previous exercise.
1. The course catered for _____________ student audience. 2. Many _____________ university programmes have duplicates for computer-based distant education. 3. He went over to his bookshelf and picked out a small, _____________ book. 4. For a week he has been training for the _____________ run. 5. Tina's career in show business made her extremely _____________. 6. Forrest Gump's son was born to be a most beautiful and _____________ child.
7. Her _____________ passions were pets and plants. 8. The boy was an _____________ at school and a most caring son at home. 9. Many students benefit greatly from involvement in _____________ activities. 10. Younger pupils are to be under the supervision of their teachers to ensure _____________ studies and play at recess. 11. In a few years today's children will be _____________ adults in mind and body. 12. Kimonos are very popular with the Japanese as they are both modest and _____________. 13. The new _____________ textbooks aroused a lot more interest in the subject. 14.
The school hired an _____________teaching staff. 15. _____________ play centres are valuable for all children. 16. The _____________ of elderly patients leaves a great deal to be desired. 17. The students organised an amateur _____________ theatre. 18. The _____________ students know little about the real world of business. 19. Unless specific _____________ are taken, unemployment will continue to rise. 20. The _____________ feeling of being behind with work put him on a short fuse.
