Exercise 1

Fill in the blanks with appropriate words.

What size do you take in clothes?

Let me see. 40 is too l _ _ _ _ on me, 36 is a bit t_ _ _ _, 38 is just the r_ _ _ _ size. Yes, I take a s_ _ _ 38 dress. I like dresses which f _ _ perfectly. I don’t like r_ _ _ _ -m_ _ _ clothes. I remember once buying a ready-made dress. Instead of looking beautiful, smart and elegant in a new dress I looked a s_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ and I was sure to be the l_ _ _ _ _ _ _ s_ _ _ _ of all around if I bought it. It was t_ _ _ _ in the shoulders and too l_ _ _ _ in the hips, the w_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ was misplaced, the belt didn’t go with the dress, the colour didn’t m_ _ _ _ the colour of my eyes and my complexion. The dress didn’t s_ _ _ at all. Since then I either make my dresses or at least content myself with m_ _ _ -t_-m_ _ _ _ _ _ ones. I hate to wear off-the-peg clothes.