people and relationships

Question 1

grinning

Answer 1

giving a big smile

What are you grinning at?

Question 2

pouting

Answer 2

positing their lips in an attractive way

Look at those models pouting for the photographers!

Question 3

pouts

Answer 3

position her lips in a look of annoyance

She said her daughter doesn’t get what she wants, she pouts for the rest of the day.

Question 4

grimace

Answer 4

make an expression of pain or strong dislike

You don’t have to grimace every time I eat raw garlic. I happen to think it’s delicious.

Question 5

scowled

Answer 5

gave a bad-tempered, angry look

I arrived late and she just scowled at me.

Question 6

leering

Answer 6

looking in an unpleasant, sexually interested way

He was leering at us.

Question 7

shrugged his shoulders

Answer 7

lifted his shoulders up and down to show he didn’t know or couldn’t answer

I asked him for advice but he just shrugged his shoulders.

Question 8

folded his arms / crossed his legs

Answer 8

crossed one arm over the other close to his body / crossed one leg over the other while sitting

He folded his arms and crossed his legs and waited for me to speak.

Question 9

twitching

Answer 9

suddenly making small movements

He sat there twitching nervously as he waited for his interview.

Question 10

clenched her fist

Answer 10

closed her hand tightly because of anger

She clenched her fist and told him to get out of the room at once.

Question 11

tapping / drumming his fingers

Answer 11

made quick, light hitting movements

He just kept tapping / drumming his fingers on the table, looking impatient.