N2 grammar · Lesson 14

「だらけ」「ずくめ」「げ」 and 「がち」「気味ぎみ」: looks

雨あめの中なかで遊あそんだ子こどもたちは、頭あたまから足あしまで泥どろだらけだ。

「だらけ」: covered in something unpleasant; 「ずくめ」: all one thing; 「げ」: a visible mood. Tell them apart from N3 「がち」 「気味ぎみ」 「っぽい」.

Practise Paid

In this lesson

  1. 01「だらけ」: covered in …
  2. 02「ずくめ」: nothing but …, from start to finish
  3. 03「げ」: looking …
  4. 04Reviewing 「がち」, 「気味ぎみ」 and 「っぽい」, and how they differ
  5. 05In conversation and in writing

Practice

  • What does this sentence mean?
  • Which sentence uses it correctly?
  • Choose the phrase for each blank
  • Rewrite as asked
  • Put the pieces in order
  • Read and answer the questions

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