June, 8, 2020 Textures	
Adjectives and their opposites for describing textures (1)	
adjective + noun	opposite adjective
+ noun	example	
dry hair -сухие волосы	greasy hair-жирные волосы	You need to wash greasy hair more oft en than you need to wash dry hair.	
dry skin-сухая кожа 	oily skin- жирная кожа	This cream is good for dry skin – that one would be better for oily skin.	
smooth skin/surface/
complexion- гладкая кожа, поверхность, цвет лиц
	rough skin/surface/
complexion- грубая кожа / поверхность/ цвет лица	Use this cream and the rough skin on your hands will soon become smooth.	
smooth water/sea - спокойное море
	choppy or rough
water/sea- неспокойная вода , порывистое море	I hope the sea will be smooth today – I hate rough seas.	
smooth road/flight - ровная дорога, плавный полет	bumpy road/flight - ухабистая дорога/ болтанка	The outward flight was very bumpy. I hope the return flight is smoother.	
soft pillow/bed/
ground- мягкая подушка, кровать, земля
	hard or firm pillow/
bed/ground - твердая или жесткая подушка/ кровать / земля	I’d much rather sleep with a firm pillow than a very soft pillow.	
tender meat- мягкое мясо	tough meat-жесткое мясо	It’s deliciously tender meat – how did you cook it? My steak is always tough.	
sharp pencil/knife- острый карандаш, нож	blunt pencil/knife- тупой карандаш, нож	This pencil’s blunt – I can’t work unless I have a good sharp pencil.	
Verbs relating to textures (2)	
collocation	example	
melt-таять, плавиться
thaw-растаять
fruit goes soft- фрукты созревают
bread go hard-хлеб черствеет
soften-смягчать(ся)
harden-твердеть	When the temperature gets warmer, ice melts but snow melts or snow thaws.
As time goes by, fruit goes soft and bread goes hard.
A voice softens or hardens [gets more friendly or gets less friendly] and an attitude softens or hardens. [gets less severe or gets more severe]	
Other texture words with their collocations	
collocation	example	
matt -матовый
gloss- глянцевый	Have your photos printed here MATT FINISH or
GLOSS FINISH	
smooth, creamy texture -нежная, кремовая текстура
finely chopped-мелко нарезанный
coarse grain-крупное зерно, крупная фракция
crushed garlic-толченый чеснок	TRY OUR YOGURT– smooth, creamy texture
delicious with finely chopped cucumber, coarse grain sea salt and crushed garlic.	
glossy hair-блестящие волосы	NATURAL HAIR PRODUCTS
for beautiful glossy hair.	
greasy hands-жирные руки
sticky fingers-липкие пальцы	CLEANO POLISH
will get rid of those marks on paint and wallpaper made by greasy hands and sticky fingers. Buy some today.	
Metaphorical uses of texture words	
collocation	example	
things go smoothly - все идет гладко
have a sharp tongue-быть острым на язык
sticky situation-щекотливая ситуация
coarse, vulgar jokes- грубые, вульгарные шутки
velvety sky-бархатное небо	If things go smoothly, they go well.
If someone has a sharp tongue, they say unkind things.
If you’re in a diff icult position, you can say that you’re in a sticky situation. [informal]
Coarse jokes are vulgar jokes, jokes in bad taste.
Velvety sky is dark and deep with a beautiful soft smooth quality like the cloth velvet.	
Exercise 1. Can you remember the pairs of adjectives at 1 on the opposite page? Change the
underlined words to their opposite meaning. Можете ли вы вспомнить пары прилагательных в 1 блоке? Измените  подчеркнутые слова на их противоположное значение.

1 I always prefer to sleep on a soft pillow. How about you?
2 My grandmother had very rough skin, which surprised me as a child.
3 Remember the Parazo restaurant? It was where we had the really tender lamb chops.
4 I found an old sharp penknife in the pocket of a jacket I hadn’t worn for years.
5 The surface of the lake was very rough as we set out on our fishing trip.
6 Can you help me? I’m looking for a shampoo for dry hair.
7 I’ve always had rather dry skin, so I always use Milona face cream.
8 We had a smooth flight over the mountains.

     
	
Exercise 2. Use collocations from the table to complete the second speakers’ answers. Используйте выражения из таблицы, чтобы закончить короткие диалоги.

1 Customer: (In a photo-lab) Is there a choice of finish for the prints?
   Assistant: Yes. You can either have .............................................. or .............................................. .
2 Charles: The temperature was minus five yesterday; it’s plus eight today!
   Riley: Yes. And the ice on the lake has already .............................................. .
3 Aubrey: What’s that loaf of bread like now? It’s about four days old.
   Dylan: I’m afraid it has .............................................. .
4 Ian: I think the protesters are very angry about this new road, and getting angrier.
   Luna: Yes, I think attitudes .............................................. .
5 Taylor: There are some oranges in the bowl, but I’m afraid they may be old.
    Kate: Mm. Yes. They are rather old. They’re beginning .............................................. .	
Все материалы из  книги "English Collocations in Use" by M. McCarthy, F. O'Dell.