Common compounds:
Class: A first-class ticket, second-class citizen / ticket
Consuming Saving: Time-consuming work preparations time-saving
Free: Care-free, Duty-free cigarettes / perfume, interest-free credit / loan, problem-free, sugar – free diet / coca cola, tax-free
Hand: A second-hand BMW ( a brand-new car)
Handed: Right-handed left-handed
Last-minute arrival / preparations
Long-standing arrangement / relationship
Made: Hand-made chocolates / clothes mass-produced, home-made, ready-made, Uzbek-made
Minded: Broad-minded narrow-minded, single-minded
Never-ending
Off-peak travel / viewing
Proof; Bullet-proof car / vest, dust-proof, fire-proof
Record-breaking jump / performance
Remote-controlled toy / TV
Sighted: Long-sighted short-sighted
So-called expert / specialist
Time: A full-time ( a part-time = a half-time) job / work
Top-secret file / information
World-famous novelist / star
North-west, north-west, south-west, south-east
A number + singular noun = compound adjectivewith a hyphen:
A fifteen-minute drive to the theatre
A five-pound note
A four-star hotel
A ten-year-old girl
A two-hour delay
Compound adjectives
are usually used with a hyphen:
An all-out strike = total
Air-conditioned car / room
A broken-down bus
A built-up area = with lots of buildings
A burnt-out car = after fire
A cast-off clothes = no longer wanted
Cut-price clothes / sale
Drip-dry sheets / shirt
A drive-in movie
Far-fetched
First-born child
First-hand knowledge
A hard-up student = poor
Long-distance train / runner
A run-down area = poor condition
Clothes
Brand-new
High-heeled flat-heeled = low-heeled
Open-necked shirt
Open-toed sandals
Short-sleeved
Tight-fitting
Worn-out shoes (exhausted)
Person
Absent-minded = forgetful
Big-headed = proud
Blue-eyed
Broad-shouldered
Curly-haired
Easy-going = relaxed
Flat-footed
Good – looking
Good – tempered = cheerful
Left-handed
Long-haired
Long-legged
Quick-witted
Red-haired
Rosy-cheeked
Self-centered = selfish = egoist
Slim-hipped
Straight-haired
Stuck-up – qolganlardanoziniyahshiroq deb oylamoq
Sun-tanned
Thin lipped
Two-faced = hypocritical
Warm-hearted = kind
Well-off = wealthy hard-up = badly off
Self-assured – pos
Self-conscious - neg
Self-confident – pos
Self-effacinf - neg
Self-employed - neut
Self-evident – neut
Self-indulgent - neg
Self-possessed - pos
Self-satisfied - neg
Self-seeking – neg
Self-sufficient – neut
Self-willed - neg
Well / badly-behaved child
Well / badly-directed film
Well / badly-dressed man
Well / badly – made pair of shoes
Well / badly-paid job
Well / badly – written story
Well-known
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