A. 1. The doctor’s treatment did not relieve his pain. 2. It
was a great relief to know that the children were safe. 3- He
felt somehow relieved offurther responsibility. 4. I’m on duty
until 2 p.m. And then Peter is coming to relieve me. 5. The little
boy said, «I can whistle with my mouth», - and was
eager/anxious to demonstrate his art. 6. She has a kind ofartificial
smile. 7. They know how to be pleasant. They’ve cultivated
that art for centuries. 8. Her beauty drew them as the
moon the sea. 9. She crossed the room, drew the curtains
apart and opened those low windows. 10. I couldn’t draw him
out/draw any information from him. 11. Well known as it is,
this is a picture that draws one again and again, and its fascination
never ends. 12. Constable managed to depict/portray/
represent/picture the English countryside in all its
moods. 13. You look the picture ofhealth. 14. This doctor is a
mild-looking man, not what I’ve pictured at all. 15. I want to
paint a really good portrait of your father. 16. Dirk Stroeve had
a taste for music and literature which gave depth and variety
to his understanding of painting.
B. 1. She was a dull, colourless little thing. 2. Donald
blushed to the top ofhis ears/coloured to the roots ofhis hair
and then looked away. 3. Monet gave preference to transparent
light colours. 4. She’d be pretty if her colouring weren’t
bad. 5. The flowers added colour to the room. 6. There is no
doubt about it. 7. I doubt as to what we ought to do under the
circumstances. 8. Harris’s shirt was in a doubtful taste.
9 .I secretly doubted the accuracy ofboth descriptions
applied to one girl. 10. Having looked through the catalogue
the scientist carefully selected the books which he needed
for his research work. 11. The selection ofpictures for the
exhibition was admirable. 12. The bump on the boy’s forehead
was the size of a duck’s egg. 13. He noticed that
Strickland’s canvases were ofdifferent sizes/were different in
size. 14. I don’s want to camp out and spend the night in
a tent the size of a tablecloth. 15. She had to make an effort/It
cost her an effort to talk ofanything else with Bart, 16. Please
make an effort and come. 17. The giant lifted up the big rock
without effort/effortlessly. 18. Pouring out the cod-liver-oil
she wrinkled her nose in an effort to keep her nostrils closed.