Assignments for the

Earthquake – a sudden shaking of the earth’s surface that often causes a lot of damage
Panic-stricken – so frightened that you can’t think clearly or behave properly
Toddler – a very young child who is just learning to walk
Disconcerting – making you feel slightly confused or worried
Wobble – to move unsteadily from side to side, or make smth to do this;
Tremor – 1) a small earthquake in which the ground shakes slightly;
2) a slight shaking movement that you can’t control, especially you are ill, weak, or upset
Frantically – extremely hurriedly and using a lot of energy but not very organized
Rummage – to search for smth by moving things around in a careless way
Flashlight – a small electric light that you can carry in your hand
Assume – 1) to think that smth is true though you have no proof of it;
2) to start to do a job, especially an important one;
3) to behave in a way that doesn’t show how you really feel, especially in order to seem more confident, cheerful, etc than you are.
Complacent – pleased with what you have achieved so that you stop trying to improve or change things
Overdue – smth that is overdue should have been done or happened earlier, long time ago
Estimate – to try to judge the value, size, speed, cost etc of smth, partly by calculating and partly by guessing
Imperceptible – ~ change, movement etc is difficult to see or notice because it is very small
III. Similes

A simile is a comparison of two things, usually introduced by like or as, and is used to emphasize or illustrate an idea.

A. Match these of these adjective phrases with one of the twelve similes.

	healthy short of money very pale well-behaved hard of hearing extremely short-sighted crazy obvious unflappable ancient defunct tough
as cool as cucumber __ unflappable _______ as good as gold _ well-behaved _______ as poor as a church mouth _ short of money __ as white as a sheet __ very pale ______ as hard as nails __ tough _______________ as dead as a doornail __ defunct _________		as blind as a bat _ extremely short-sighted __ as fit as a fiddle __ healthy ____________ as deaf as a post _ hard of hearing ________ as mad as a hatter _ crazy ___________ as plain as the nose on your face _ obvious ___ as old as the hills __ ancient ____________

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