Exercise 14

Try this shadow on your [ögonlock] .

eyelids

Our French teacher went into [sorg] when Edith Piaf died.

mourning

She thought about taking Italian or [alternativt] Chinese, perhaps.

alternatively

She displayed a strange [motvilja] to join the team.

reluctance

I can't believe he was that [dum] !

dumb stupid foolish

In all [rimligtvis] , she'll have gone to her mother's by now.

likelihood

The meeting about building a new library has been postponed [på obestämd tid] .

indefinitely

It was an old-fashioned bathtub with brass knobs and lion's [tassar] .

paws

The flour is based on a mixture of wheat and [korn] .

barley barleycorn

Info: In BrE "corn" can mean "(all kinds of) grain", but "barley" is a more specific term.

After the public funeral, there was a brief private [jordfästnings-] ceremony.

burial

As costs rose, popular support for the program rapidly [minskade] .

dwindled decreased diminished

Her older daughter was much more [försiktig] in new situations.

cautious

They were off hunting for [rådjur] when the news came.

deer

They cheered as the airplane touch down on the [landningsbana] .

runway

The toy was a real [nyhet] , and sold well that year.

novelty

They met down by the old elm [lund] .

grove

She had injured her [bäcken] , and it was a slow recovery.

pelvis

It was his [otur] not to realize how important they were.

misfortune

He was so old, his bones [knakade] .

creaked

Everything was vague, wrapped in a swirling [dimma] .

fog