229. B1 adjectives with hyphens (with dialogue)

Adjectives with hyphen at B1 levelgood-looking (only with hyphen) - attractive (for people, often men)well-known - a lot of people have heard of it and know it/him/herold-fashioned (only with hyphen) - (often criticising something) not new, not in fashionwell-dressed - dressed in attractive clothes, smart, elegantup-to-date - (usually technology) the newest in software, hardware, computers etc.middle-aged - around 50 years oldface-to-face (only with hyphen) (also adv. came face-to-face with the burglar) - talk to somebody while looking at them in the same room.out-of-date - (fashion, technology) not new, there are more up-to-date versions, or a more recent fashion, or more modern.hand-held  (only with hyphen) - held in the hand e.g. like a mobile phone. next-door (adv. next door) - referring to your neighbours. They live next to you. A house with is next to another.full-time - (work) a complete schedule. 40 hours a week, for example. Compare with 'part-time'.self-service  (only with hyphen) - (usually a restaurant) where you get your own food from the counter, no waiters or waitresses.first-floor - on the first floor of a building.second-hand  (only with hyphen) - not new, has been used before.We can also invent words by putting the adjective and noun together to make another adjective: dark-haired, short-haired, short-sleeved shirt, long-sleeved shirt.Young people's slang in Great BritainAce - really goodBog off - go away and leave me alone.Bonkers - crazyChippy - fish-and-chip shopChuffed - really pleasedFancy - want to do somethingSnog - kissdead wealthy / dead boringgo for a spinTo see the dialogue, go to: https://www.practisingenglish.com/podcast-229.htmAt https://www.practisingenglish.com/ I offer learners of intermediate-level English, grammar help and exercises and other English learning pages.https://www.practisingenglish.com/english-grammar/My novel for learners of B2 English is called The Tudor Conspiracy. You can see it on Amazon here: https://amzn.to/33Axu2NBe back soon with another podcast!Mike Bilbrough (Secondary school English teacher and Doctor in English philology)