Найдите идиоматичные и неидиоматичные сложные слова

light-hearted; butterfly; cabman, medium-sized; blackberry; bluebell; good-for-nothing; wolf-dog; highway; dragon-fly; looking-glass; greengrocer; bluestocking; gooseberry; necklace; earthquake; lazy-bones.

Проанализируйте следующие сложные слова:

Emily, our late maid-of-all-work; a heavy snowfall; an automobile salesman; corn-coloured chiffon; vehicle searchlights; German A.A. fire; a born troubleshooter; to disembark a stowaway; an old schoolmate; a cagelike crate; a slightly stoop-shouldered man; a somewhat matter-of-fact manner; a fur-lined boot; to pick forget-me-nots and lilies-of-the-valley; a small T-shirt; a sportscar agency.

Определите, являются ли нижеследующие примеры словосочетаниями или сложными словами:

railway platform; snowman; light dress; traffic light; railway station; landing field; film star; white man; hungry dog; medical man; landing plane; top hat; distant star; small house; green light; evening dress; top student; bluecoat; black skirt, medical student; hot dog, blue dress, U-shaped trap, black shirt.

ОБЗОРНОЕ УПРАЖНЕНИЕ. Определите тип словообразования:

a mike; to babysit; to buzz; a torchlight; homelike; theatrical; old-fashioned; to book; unreasonable; SALT; Anglo-American; to murmur; a pub; to dilly-dally; okay; eatable; a make; a greenhorn; posish; a dress coat; to bang; merry-go-round; H-bag; B.B.C.; thinnish; to blood-transfuse; a go; to quack; M.P.; to thunder; earthquake; D-region; fatalism; a find.

Определите смысл нижеследующих сочетаний и разбейте их по группам с общим смыслом:

smart

clothes, answer, house, garden, repartee, officer, blow, punishment

stubborn

child, look, horse, resistance, fighting, cough, depression

sound

lungs, scholar, tennis-player, views, advice, criticism, ship, whipping

root

edible root, root of the tooth, root of the matter, root of all evil, square root, cube root

perform

one’s duty, operation, a dance, a play

kick

the ball, the dog, off one’s slippers, smb downstairs

Объясните логику переноса значения в следующих сочетаниях и определите тип переноса:

1. The wing of a bird – the wing of a building;

2. The eye of a man – the eye of a needle;

3. The hand of a child – the hand of a clock;

4. The heart of a man – the heart of the matter;

5. The bridge across the river – the bridge of the nose;

6. The tongue of a person – the tongue of a bell;

7. The tooth of a boy – the tooth of a comb;

8. The coat of a girl – the coat of a dog.

Green grass – green years; black shoes – black despair; nickel (metal) – nickel (coin); glass – a glass; copper (metal) – copper (coin); Ford (proper name) – a Ford (car); Damascus (town in Syria) – damask; Kashmir (town in North India) – cashmere.

Определите тип переноса значения:

1. I put the letter well into the mouth of the box.

2. Those who had been the head of the line looked around curiously.

3. A cheerful-looking girl in blue jeans came up to the stairs whistling.

4. Oh, Steven, I read a Dickens the other day. It was awfully funny.

5. They sat watching the rising tongues of the flame.

6. He had an iron nerve.

7. Lucy saw Pearson take another bite from his sandwich.

8. As I walked past Hugo’s house, they were already carrying out the Renoirs.

Подберите омонимы к следующим словам:

1. band – a company of musicians.

2. seal - an animal.

3. ear – a grain-bearing spike of a cereal plant.

4. cut – the result of cutting.

5. to bore – to make a long round hole, esp. with a pointed tool.

6. corn – a hard, horny thickening of the skin, esp. on the foot.

7. fall – the act of falling, dropping or coming down.

8. to hail – to greet, salute, shout as an expression of welcome.

9. ray – a sort of fish.

10. draw – smth that attracts attention.

Подберите омографы:

1. to bow – to bend the head or body.

2. wind – air in motion.

3. to tear – to pull apart by force.

4. to desert – to go away from a person or place.

5. row – a number of persons or things in a line.

A canner exceedingly canny

One morning remarked to his granny:

“A canner can can anything that he can,

But a canner can’t can a can, can he?”

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