Transcribe, pronounce, translate and learn the following words.
Atheist
hermaphrodite
Britannia
Byzantine
Venus
Michaelmas
absorbent
quixotic
debonair
to guffaw
Find in the text the words related to art which denote the following.
a bench artists use
a large flat board that artists and designers work on
an object of a particular shape made by pouring liquid into a mould and letting it become solid
a model of smb’s head, shoulders and upper chest, made of stone or metal
sticks of black substance obtained by burning wood used for drawing
a wooden frame that you put a painting on while you paint it
a dry coloured powder that is mixed with oil, water etc to make paint
a piece of clothing like a coat, worn by artists.
Match the N with Adj they go with in the Text, translate these word-combinations.
Briny, immutable, fresh, serene, official, futile, petrified, preposterous, lambent.
Deck, atmosphere, stance, statues, lie, austerity, eye, riot, labours.
Study the following words and word-combinations, use them in dialogues of your own.
At the outset
To receive the brunt of smb’s attention
Words incised into the air
One’s attention goes sideways
Of all the crust!
Have smb on
My foot!
His heart feels a draft
To sweep a stir of hope away
To put smb’s back up
Feline figure.
Read and translate paragraphs marked with ?.
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The Constable School. What atmosphere reigned there? What stylistic devices and expressive means does J. Updike resort to create it, to vividly depict works of art?
Leonard Hartz and his feelings towards Robin. What language means help the writer create a true and vivid picture of the character’s emotional state?
Professor Seabright. What do you think of him as an artist? What language means does the author resort to to make him a peculiar personage in the story?