jueves, 11 de mayo de 2017

Unit 13, vocabulary


Pages 114 and 115, Vocabulary

Creative (adj) – imaginative, productive
To keep one busy (phr) – to occupy someone’s time
Amateur (adj/n) – nonprofessional
Exhibition (n) – a display of art pieces in an art gallery
To display (v) – to show, to exhibit
That gives one (phr) – One has
Abstract (adj/n) – an abstract work of art; not concrete, theoretical
Still life (n) – paintings of fruit, flowers…
Landscape (n) – rural or coastal scenery
To drift off (phr v) – to fall asleep gradually
Portrait (n) – paintings of people’s faces only
To base (v) – to place or establish on smth, to use smth as a foundation for smth else
Sketch (n) – just a drawing
Judge (n) – a person appointed to decide in any competition
To convince (v) – to persuade, to make someone share your opinion
Work of art (phr) – eg. painting or sculpture…
Likeness (n) – representation; resemblance, similitude
Worth + v-ing (phr) – having the value, being important enough
Stand out (phr v) – to be better than




Page 117, ex. 1,2  Vocabulary

Composer (n) – a person who writes music
Sculptor (n) – an artist who makes sculptures
Sculpting (n) – the art of making sculptures
Graffiti artist (n) – usually a street artist who uses different types of spray
Art dealer (n) – a person who buys and sells art pieces
Caricaturist (n) – a person who draws caricatures
Tattoo artist (n) – a person who tattoos people
Courtroom sketcher (n) – a person who draws during trials
Illustrator (n) – a person who illustrates books
Woodworker (n) – a person who makes things out of wood or carves into wood
Brush (n) – a tool used to paint with
Easel (n) – a stand used for supporting a painting
Frame (n) – a wooden or another material border enclosing a painting or a picture
Statue (n) – a piece of art made of stone or another material by carving









Page 117, ex. 3, Vocabulary

Word formation: Suffixes

-ous
-ful
-less
-al
-able
-ive
nervous
successful
helpless
financial
(un)desirable
expensive
anxious
harmful
endless
industrial
(un)believable
creative
famous
useful
harmless
(un)professional
(un)comfortable
(in)effective
industrious
helpful
useless
additional
(un)reasonable
(in)active


valueless

(un)recognisable
successive




valuable





usable





Page 119, ex. 2, Vocabulary

Synonyms

To pull down (v) – to demolish
To take a look at (v) – to examine
To take someone for (phr) – to think someone is
To turn down (v) – to refuse, not accept
To succeed in doing (v) – to manage to do
To be employed by (phr) – to work for

To put up with (v) – to tolerate