EXERCISE 7. Translate the following sentences and pick out antonyms

Translate the following sentences and pick out antonyms.

1. “Is he fair or dark?” – “Neither.” “Is he tall or short?” – “Average, I should say.” “Are you trying to irritate me?” “No, he’s just ordinary. He is neither plain nor good-looking.”

2. I’m telling you the truth. Why should I tell you a lie?

3. Fact is, I can’t quite believe it’s all true till I see it in black and white.

4. He’d wander up and down the canals with the pale rushes on each side of him and only the blue sky above.

5. Young man who objects to hard work and who would like an easy life would be glad to undertake a job that would suit him.

6. But we are not mad. We are sane.

7. Following the fashion of the day her hair naturally dark, was dyed very fair.

8. He was a tall stooping man of about fifty, with a thin lined face and a thick grey moustache.

9. She’d never take drugs herself – she’s strong. But drugs destroy weak people more easily and naturally than anything else.

10. Her soul which was black as night, is now pure and white like the new-fallen snow.

11. To her, men were good or bad.

12. He opened his mouth again, closed it, turned away into the wood.

13. Nan’s face was bright and dark by turns as she roamed to and fro.

14. She felt calm and steady, not excited any more.

15. Even on the calmest day the sea was never still around the lighthouse; it was rough.

16. “It wasn’t an awful party,” said Maria. “It was a wonderful party.”

17. “Heavens, it’s hot,” she said. “I simply must have a swim to get cool.”

18. She was always cool when other people were hot, wearing a long chiffon scarf round her shoulders.

19. “So much love is bad,” said Truda. “It’s bad one way as too little is the other.”

20. You’re giving her too much responsibility. You’re trying to put an old head on young shoulders.