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    es) Ways of ... Ways of walking to edge away from: to walk backwards, taking small steps ‘away from sth/sb that frightens you He edged awoy from the ‘approaching tiger. to edge towards: to move slowly towards sth ‘She edged cautiously towards the Parcel. to pick your way through a crowd/ 2 cluster of tables, etc: to walk between people or objects that are in your way He picked his way through the ‘crowd, hoping to get to the front of the stage. to saunter (over tofaway/into, et to walk in a slow and lazy way He sauntered over to the jukebox. to scurry (over to/away/into, etc) to move quickly with little steps (insects and small animals scurry) | iifted the stone and a beetle scurried away. to slip Into a room: to enter a room quietly, hoping not to be noticed Gently pushing the door open, he slipped into the room. Ways of Sitting to lounge on the sofa/a deckchalr: 10 be sitting in a very relaxed way John was by the pool, lounging in his book as ! approached. to be slumped In/on a chair/over the table: not be sitling straight, but leaning at an angle He was found slumped over the steering wheel, unconscious and barely breathing. Ways of Reading magazine: to tun the pages of a book, ete without reading much oft a deckchair. He looked up from | to fileklest through a book/ | i There she was, sitting by the ‘window, leafing throu to pore over a book: to read very Carefully and for a tong time The tights of the library were stil on. He could see a solitary figure near the window, poring over a book. Ways of Looking | to gaze: to look for a tong time | without really seeing what you are looking at ._ They sat, gazing Into each other's eyes. to, peer: to fook with difficulty because you cannot see properly (maybe it is dark or maybe you ‘have poor eyesight) He peered at his watch, He peered out of the window. Ways of Writing to fot (sth) down: to write notes! [telephone — numbers/addresses | very quickly, especially in response i to. what sb is saying or telling you | 1 remember jotting her number ‘down on the back of one of my business cards. to scribble: to write sth very quickly which is often unreadable as a result She scribbled @ note to her teacher, Yo take (sth) down: to write long i while listening to sb speak At lectures some people record tape recorders but | profer to take down notes. Ways of Speaking to mumble: to speak quietly and unclearly | He mumbled something about being sony for the trouble he had caused. i to whisper: to speak very quietly notes (at a lecture, for example) what the lecturer is saying with | i "They wore whispering about the | teacher's new haircut. | Ways of Laughing/Smiling to beam: to smile with happiness showing in all yourface He beamed at us. ‘I passed,” he said. SS to buret out laughing (or to burst {nto taughter): to suddenly begin faughing loudly Whatever it was he had been reading, it must have been funny, because every now and then he would burst out laughing. ‘giggle: to faugh in a childish way because you are embarrassed, Nervous or amused The girls were giggling in comer of the playground, probably over a silly joke. to grin: to smile widely (normally because you are very pleased ~ however a grin can also be sinister) He grinned at me and went on working. to snigger: to laugh quietly and disrespectfully, especially at sth rude “What are you sniggering at?” he ‘snapped angrily. Ways of Looking For to fumble about: to ty and reach or hold sth in a clumsy way because you are upset or in a hurry | dropped my purse as | was fumbling for change. | torummage about: to [00k for sth in your pockets/your bag/etc using just your hands She rummaged about in her handbag for her keys. | to.scour a place/area/plece of writing | for: to took very carefully and thoroughly for sth in an area, ete The police scoured the room for fingerprints. i te ¢ “Prac ice 1. Categorise the verbs below: Ways of Walking (A), Sitting (B), Laughing or Smiling (C), Writing (D), Speaking (E), Looking (F), Reading (G) and Looking For (H). 1 toedge 10 tobeslumped 19. tolounge 2 tojot down 11 to gaze 20 to fick through 3 to take down 12 torummage about 21 to peer 4 to pore over 13. tomumble 22 10 scribble 5 tofumble about 14 togiggle 23 togrin 6 tobeam 15 to slip into 24. to snigger 7 toleat through 16 to whisper 25 toscurry 8 toscour 17 to pick your way 9 toburstoutlaughing 18 to saunter 2. Now replace the phrases in bold with one of the verbs above. She walked up to the window and 0) peered i (looked with some difficulty) in through the net SS curtains. He was there, She knew he would be. He SQ was 1) (sitting looking tired) in a chair, cradling a package in his hands. She 1S" 2). {entered quickly and quietly) the café. He wouldn't be able to see her unless he tumed round. The café was much as she had expected, small and spartan, though clean, with a minimum of {umiture. How quickly 3) (write) something, probably the bill, and pass it to the ‘man. The man looked up, 4) . (smiled) at the waiter and Ske (said indistinctly) ‘something to him, then opened the package in his lap and 6) .. (read carefully) ts contents, before replacing them and turning to 7) ‘She had seen that faraway look before. Unable to stand it any longer, she 8) casual way) over to his table, looking for all the world as if she had just happened to have been passing and, on the spur of the moment, had decided to walk in ‘She didn't want to alarm him. He looked up, seeing her for the fi a flicker of recognition in his eyes. He began to 9). something) in his coat pocket unti, with hands that were now trembling, he fished out a sealed envelope. He 10).. nm (looked with some difficulty at) the contents of the package once again and placed them, together with the sealed envelope, on the table. Pushing them towards her, he 11)... ‘café. She picked up the note. It read: “These photos and this life insurance Policy cheque are for my daughter, Sadie.” "But father,” she 12) {Said quietly) to the door that had already closed, "i'm Sadi time, appropriate, she thought. She could smell coffee brewing. She watched the waiter, the only other person in the place, | (look abstractedly) out of the window. | (walked Ina slow and {look for | (wrote quickly and carelessly) something and left the | 3. Using tbe pargraph asa model, rite a story of your oun, using verbs from exercise Ito colour your narrative Complete each sentence using an ‘appropriate verb from exercise 1. 1. It was too hot to do anything but .. down the street and take inthe scenery. 2 If you don't understand what | say, ask me to speak more clearly; | have tendency to . Vivien... . the small print of the contract for ages, um sign until she was certain. The old sailor sat ‘out of the window. t the address down so hastiy that now I can't read it. .wistilly Vn@VEr ..nsnmne ROLES in a lecture. record everythin “Tellus all the joke, Jackson, ifi's $0 funny,” the teacher remarked to the boy who was .. at the back of the classroom. ‘Theants were. about in all

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