Across
- 3. A ______ is a short period of rest from something unpleasant.
- 4. If something such as a currency ______s or if something ______s it, it loses some of its original value.
- 7. An ______ story is one which is probably not true or did not happen, but which may give a true picture of someone or something.
- 9. Someone who is ______ is slim and looks attractive and elegant.
- 10. If you ______, you act or move very slowly, wasting time.
Down
- 1. If you ______ someone or ______ something that they have said or written, you express what they have said or written in a different way.
- 2. If you refer to something as a ______, you mean that it is extremely large, and often that it is unpleasant, inefficient, or difficult to manage.
- 5. ______ means to a certain degree, especially when compared with other things of the same kind.
- 6. The ______ of something is the fact that it is short or lasts for only a short time.
- 8. If something ______s a feeling, situation, or process, it makes it stronger or more intense.