19. Feb Vocabulary: collocations (body)

1. Hold your breath when you are feeling anxious.

2. Drum your fingers when you are impatient.

3. Shrug your shoulders when you don’t care.

4. Wrinkle your nose when something smells bad.

5. Crack your knuckles to annoy other people.

6. Purse your lips when you are annoyed.

7. Clench your fist when you are angry.

8. Twist your ankle if you step awkwardly while walking on rough ground.

9. Pull a muscle while playing a sport e.g. football

10. Raise your eyebrows to show disagreement.

11. Shake your head in disbelief.

12. Lick your lips when something is tasty.

Anxious – feeling worried or nervous

Shrug – to raise your shoulders and then lower them to show that you do not know or care about sth

Wrinkle – to make the skin or your face tighten into lines or folds; to form lines or folds in this way

Knuckle – any of the joints in the fingers, especially those connecting the fingers to the rest of the hand

Annoy – to make sb slightly angry; to make sb uncomfortable or unable to relax

Purse – a small bag made of leather, plastic, etc. for carrying coins and often also paper money, cards, etc. used especially by women; to form your lips into a small tight round shape, for example to show disapproval

Clench – when you clench your hand, teeth, etc. or when they clench, you press or squeeze them together tightly, usually showing that you are angry, determined or upset

Fist – a hand when it is tightly closed with the finger bent into the PALM

Twist – to bend or turn sth into a particular shape; to injure part of your body, especially your ankle, wrist or knee, bending it in an awkward way

Ankle – the joint connecting the foot to the leg

Awkwardly – make you feel embarrassed; difficult or dangerous because of its shape or design

Rough – having a surface that is not even or regular

Eyebrow – the line of hair above eye