Clothes A) Fill in the gaps with a suitable item.

1. At the same moment, Bill, Charlie and Percy emerged from the boy’s tent,

(vollständig angezogen), with their (aufgerollte Ärmel) and

their wands out. (135)

2. Pearly white and semi-transparent, Nick was dressed tonight (prep) his usual

doublet, with a particularly large ruff, which served the dual purpose of looking extra

festive and ensuring that this head didn’t wobble too mich on his partially severed

neck. (192)

3. ‘It is too ‘eavy, all zis ‘Ogwarts food,’ they heard her saying grumpily, as they left the

Great Hall behind her one evening. […] ‘I will not (passen + prep) my

dress robes!’ (441)

4. The air was suddenly full of the swiching of cloaks. Between graves, behind the yew

tree, in every shadow space, wizards were Apparating. All of them were

(vermummt) and (maskiert). (700)

5. ‘I hope you told them to (angemessen anziehen), these people,’ he

snarled at once. ‘I’ve seen the sort of stuff your lot (tragen). They’d

better have the dedency (anziehen – put + prep) normal clothes,

that’s all.’ Harry felt a slight sense of foreboding. He had rarely seen Mr or Mrs

Weasley wearing anything that the Dursleys would call ‘normal’. (47/48)

6. The weather was milder than it had been all year, and by the time they arrived in

Hogsmeade, all three of them had (ausziehen – take + prep) their

cloaks and (übergeworfen) their shoulders. (565)

7. Tiny little Professor Flitwick, the Charms teacher, was sitting on a large pile of

cushions beside Professor Sprout, the Herbology teacher, whose hat was

(schräg) over her flyaway grey hair. (194)

8. A man stood in the doorway, leaning upon a long staff, (eingehüllt)

in a black travelling cloak. (204)

9. Hermione (einwickeln) Crookshanks (prep) in her cloak and

Ron left his dress robes over Pigwidgeon as they left the train, heads bent and eyes

narrowed against the downpour. (189)

10. ‘Whew,’ panted Mr Weasley, (abnehmen) his glasses and wiping them

on his sweater.’Well, we’ve made good time – we’ve got ten minutes …’ (82)

11. At that moment, a wizard in (Knickerbocker NOT

knickerbockers) appeared out of thin air next to Mr Robert’s front door. (88/89)

12. Harry had a sudden mental image of himself in a (Zylinder) and

(Frack), accompanied by a girl in the sort of (mit Rüschen

besetzt - adj) dress Aunt Petunia always wore to Uncle Vernon’s work parties. (423)

13. He was wearing a tea-cosy for a hat, on which he had pinned a number of bright

badges; a tie patterned with horseshoes over a bare chest, a pair of what looked like

children’s football shorts, and (zwei verschiedene – adj.) socks. (411)

14. Harry got to his feet, trod on the (Saum) of his robes and stumbled

slightly. (300)

15. In a desperate attempt to make them look more manly, he used a Severing Charm on

the (Halskrause) and (Manschetten). It worked fairly well; at

least he was now lace-free, although he hadn’t done a very neat job, and the edges still

looked depressingly (ausgefranst) as they set off downstairs. (449)

16. Harry walked down the stairs as quietly as possible, though the faces in some of the

portraits still turned curiously at the squeak of a floorborard, the

(Geraschel) of his pyjamas. (508/509)

Clothes B) Explain the meaning of the underlined items.

1. Harry flattened himself against the wall as Mr Weasley came clattering past with his

robes on back-to-front, and hurtled out of sight. (176)

2. Within five minutes, he was back in the kitchen, his robes on the right way now,

dragging a comb through his hair. ‘I’d better hurry – you have a good term, boys,’ said

Mr Weasley to Harry, Ron and the twins, dragging a cloak over his shoulders and

preparing to Disapparate. (179)

3. ‘And now, ladies and gentlemen, kindly welcome – the Bulgarian National Quidditch

Team! I give you – Dimitrov!’ A scarlet-clad figure on a broomstick, moving so fast it

was blurred, shot out onto the pitch from an entrance far below, to wild applause from

the Bulgarian supporters. ‘Ivanova!’ A second scarlet-robed player zoomed out.

‘Zograf! Levski! Vulchanov! Volkov! Aaaaaaand – Krum!’ (119)

4. ‘Tactless!’ she muttered, groping in her robes for a handkerchief. (506)

5. He was holding up something that looked to Harry like a long, maroon velvet dress. It

had a mouldy-looking lace frill at the collar and matching lace cuffs. (173)

6. ‘Peeves, get down here NOW!’ barked Professor McGonagall, straightening her

pointed hat and glaring upwards through her square-rimmed spectacles. (191)

7. Harry recognised it instantly as a gnome. Barely ten inches high, its horny little feet

pattered very fast as it sprinted across the yard and dived headlong into one of the

wellington boots that lay scattered around the door. (69)

8. ‘Wow, Harry –` he had just opened Harry’s present, a Chudley Cannon hat. ‘Cool!’

He jammed it onto his head, where it clashed horribly with his hair. (447)

9. ‘Socks are Dobby’s favourite, favourite clothes, sir!’ he said, ripping off his odd ones

and pulling on Uncle Vernon’s. ‘I has seven now, sir … but, sir …’ he said, his eye

widening, having pulled both socks up to their highest extent, so that they reached the

bottom of his shorts, ‘they has made a mistake in the shop, Harry Potter, they is giving

you two the same!’ (446)

10. He crammed his bowler hat onto his head, and walked out of the room, slamming the

door behind him. (770)

11. ‘Fred and George can’t have gone that far,’ said Ron, pulling out his wand, lighting it

like Hermione, and squinting up the path. Harry dug in the pockets of his jacket for his

own wand – but it wasn’t there. (139)

12. All of them were shivering with a combination of cold and nerves as they filed along

the staff table and came to a halt in a line facing the rest of the school – all of them

except the smallest of the lot, a boy with mousey hair, who was wrapped in what

Harry recognised as Hagrid’s moleskin overcoat. The coat was so big for him that it

looked as though he was draped in a furry black marquee. (195)

13. Drawing their cloaks more closely around themselves, they set off up the sloping

lawns. (294)

14. ‘What’s that?’ said Moody calmly, folding up the map and pocketing it. (515)

15. ‘You stand there, in the clothes Petunia and I have put on your ungrateful back-‘

(41/42)

16. Their children might don Muggle clothing during the holidays, but Mr and Mrs

Weasley usually wore long robes in varying states of shabbiness. (47/48)

17. ‘Mum, you’re giving me Ginny’s new dress,’ said Ron, holding it out to her. ‘Of

course I haven’t,’ said Mrs Weasley. ‘That’s for you. Dress robes.’ (173)

Clothes A) Fill in the gaps with a suitable item.

SOLUTION

17. At the same moment, Bill, Charlie and Percy emerged from the boy’s tent, fully

dressed, with their sleeves rolled up and their wands out. (135)

18. Pearly white and semi-transparent, Nick was dressed tonight in his usual doublet, with

a particularly large ruff, which served the dual purpose of looking extra festive and

ensuring that his head didn’t wobble too much on his partially severed neck. (192)

19. ‘It is too ‘eavy, all zis ‘Ogwarts food,’ they heard her saying grumpily, as they left the

Great Hall behind her one evening. […] ‘I will not fit into my dress robes!’ (441)

20. The air was suddenly full of the swiching of cloaks. Between graves, behind the yew

tree, in every shadow space, wizards were Apparating. All of them were hooded and

masked. (700)

21. ‘I hope you told them to dress properly, these people,’ he snarled at once. ‘I’ve seen

the sort of stuff your lot wear. They’d better have the decency to put on normal

clothes, that’s all.’ Harry felt a slight sense of foreboding. He had rarely seen Mr or

Mrs Weasley wearing anything that the Dursleys would call ‘normal’.. (47/48)

22. The weather was milder than it had been all year, and by the time they arrived in

Hogsmeade, all three of them had taken off their cloaks and thrown them over their

shoulders. (565)

23. Tiny little Professor Flitwick, the Charms teacher, was sitting on a large pile of

cushions beside Professor Sprout, the Herbology teacher, whose hat was askew over

her flyaway grey hair. (194)

24. A man stood in the doorway, leaning upon a long staff, shrouded in a black travelling

cloak. (204)

25. Hermione bundled Crookshanks up in her cloak and Ron left his dress robes over

Pigwidgeon as they left the train, heads bent and eyes narrowed against the downpour.

(189)

26. ‘Whew,’ panted Mr Weasley, taking off his glasses and wiping them on his

sweater.’Well, we’ve made good time – we’ve got ten minutes …’ (82)

27. At that moment, a wizard in plus-fours appeared out of thin air next to Mr Robert’s

front door. (88/89)

28. Harry had a sudden mental image of himself in a top hat and tails, accompanied by a

girl in the sort of frilly dress Aunt Petunia always wore to Uncle Vernon’s work

parties. (423)

29. He was wearing a tea-cosy for a hat, on which he had pinned a number of bright

badges; a tie patterned with horseshoes over a bare chest, a pair of what looked like

children’s football shorts, and odd socks. (411)

30. Harry got to his feet, trod on the hem of his robes and stumbled slightly. (300)

31. In a desperate attempt to make them look more manly, he used a Severing Charm on

the ruff and cuffs. It worked fairly well; at least he was now lace-free, although he

hadn’t done a very neat job, and the edges still looked depressingly frayed as they set

off downstairs. (449)

32. Harry walked down the stairs as quietly as possible, though the faces in some of the

portraits still turned curiously at the squeak of a floorborard, the rustle of his pyjamas.

(508/509)

Explain the meaning of the italicised items.

SOLUTION

Harry flattened himself against the wall as Mr Weasley came clattering past with his robes on

back-to-front, and hurtled out of sight. (176)

à the wrong way round

Within five minutes, he was back in the kitchen, his robes on the right way now, dragging a

comb through his hair. ‘I’d better hurry – you have a good term, boys,’ said Mr Weasley to

Harry, Ron and the twins, dragging a cloak over his shoulders and preparing to Disapparate.

(179)

à contrary of back-to-front

à to drag

[usually + adv./ prep.] to pull sb/sth along with effort and difficulty. (OALD 6th

ed.)

‘And now, ladies and gentlemen, kindly welcome – the Bulgarian National Quidditch Team! I

give you – Dimitrov!’ A scarlet-clad figure on a broomstick, moving so fast it was blurred,

shot out onto the pitch from an entrance far below, to wild applause from the Bulgarian

supporters. ‘Ivanova!’ A second scarlet-robed player zoomed out. ‘Zograf! Levski!

Vulchanov! Volkov! Aaaaaaand – Krum!’ (119)

à -clad

(in compounds) covered in a particular thing (here in scarlet robes)

à to robe

wearing long loose clothing (Longman Dictionary Online) or to dress sb/yourself in a long

loose clothes or in the way mentioned (OALD 6th

ed.)

‘Tactless!’ she muttered, groping in her robes for a handkerchief. (506)

à to grope

to try to find something that you cannot see by feeling with your hands (OALD 6th

ed.)

He was holding up something that looked to Harry like a long, maroon velvet dress. It had a

mouldy-looking lace frill at the collar and matching lace cuffs. (173)

à mouldy

adjective [before noun] uk old-fashioned slang: of little value; unpleasant (Cambridge

Dictionary Online)

à lace

a decorative cloth which is made by weaving thin thread in delicate patterns with holes in

them (cdo)

‘Peeves, get down here NOW!’ barked Professor McGonagall, straightening her pointed hat

and glaring upwards through her square-rimmed spectacles. (191)

à to straighten

to make sth straight (OALD 6th

ed.)

Harry recognised it instantly as a gnome. Barely ten inches high, its horny little feet pattered

very fast as it sprinted across the yard and dived headlong into one of the wellington boots

that lay scattered around the door. (69)

à wellington

(BrE) one of a pair of long rubber boots, usually reaching almost up to the knee, that you wear

to stop your feet getting wet (OALD 6th

ed.)

‘Wow, Harry –` he had just opened Harry’s present, a Chudley Cannon hat. ‘Cool!’ He

jammed it onto his head, where it clashed horribly with his hair. (447)

à to jam

[VN + adv./ prep.] Transitive: to push sth somewhere with a lot of force (OALD 6th

ed.)

‘Socks are Dobby’s favourite, favourite clothes, sir!’ he said, ripping off his odd ones and

pulling on Uncle Vernon’s. ‘I has seven now, sir … but, sir …’ he said, his eye widening,

having pulled both socks up to their highest extent, so that they reached the bottom of his

shorts, ‘they has made a mistake in the shop, Harry Potter, they is giving you two the same!’

(446)

à to rip

[VN + adv/ prep] Transitive: to remove sth quickly or violently, often by pulling it (OALD 6th

ed.)

à extent

the physical size of an area (OALD 6th

ed.)

He crammed his bowler hat onto his head, and walked out of the room, slamming the door

behind him. (770)

à to cram

to push or force sth into a small place (OALD 6th

ed.)

to don a hat with force

‘Fred and George can’t have gone that far,’ said Ron, pulling out his wand, lighting it like

Hermione, and squinting up the path. Harry dug in the pockets of his jacket for his own wand

– but it wasn’t there. (139)

à to dig

[VN + adv./ prep.] Transitive: To search in order to find an object in sth (OALD 6th

ed.)

All of them were shivering with a combination of cold and nerves as they filed along the staff

table and came to a halt in a line facing the rest of the school – all of them except the smallest

of the lot, a boy with mousey hair, who was wrapped in what Harry recognised as Hagrid’s

moleskin overcoat. The coat was so big for him that it looked as though he was draped in a

furry black marquee. (195)

à to wrap A (up) in B

to cover or enclose sth/sb in material, for example in order to protect it/them (OALD 6th

ed.)

à moleskin

a strong cotton fabric with a soft surface, used for making clothes (OALD 6th

ed.)

à drope sth in sth

to hang clothes, material, etc. loosely on sb/sth (OALD 6th

ed.)

Drawing their cloaks more closely around themselves, they set off up the sloping lawns. (294)

à to draw sth

[VN +adv./ prep.] Transitive: to move sth/sb by pulling it or them gently (OALD 6th

ed.)

better: to pull the cloak to cover the body

‘What’s that?’ said Moody calmly, folding up the map and pocketing it. (515)

à to pocket

Transitive: to put something into your pocket (OALD 6th

ed.)

‘You stand there, in the clothes Petunia and I have put on your ungrateful back-‘ (41/42)

à although we bought you the clothes, we have never heard a thank you

Their children might don Muggle clothing during the holidays, but Mr and Mrs Weasley

usually wore long robes in varying states of shabbiness. (47/48)

à to don

Transitive: (formal) to put clothes, etc. on (OALD 6th

ed.)

‘Mum, you’re giving me Ginny’s new dress,’ said Ron, holding it out to her. ‘Of course I

haven’t,’ said Mrs Weasley. ‘That’s for you. Dress robes.’ (173)

à dress robes

Compound: dress + robes

a piece of clothing for women or girls which covers the top half of the body and hangs down

over the legs (cdo) or clothes for either men or women + a long loose outer piece of clothing,

especially one word as a sign of rank or office at a special ceremony (OALD 6th

ed.)

Material clothes – exercise one and two

• At the same moment, Bill, Charlie and Percy emerged from the boy’s tent, fully dressed, with

their sleeves rolled up and their wands out. ‘We’re going to help the Ministry,’ Mr Weasley

shouted over all the noise, rolling up his own sleeves. (135)

• Pearly white and semi-transparent, Nick was dressed tonight in his usual doublet, with a

particularly large ruff, which served the dual purpose of looking extra festive and ensuring that

his head didn’t wobble too much on his partially severed neck. (192)

• ‘It is too ‘eavy, all zis ‘Ogwarts food,’ they heard her saying grumpily, as they left the Great

Hall behind her one evening (Ron skulking behind Harry, keen not to be spotted by Fleur). ‘I

will not fit into my dress robes!’ (441)

• The air was suddenly full of the swiching of cloaks. Between graves, behind the yew tree, in

every shadow space, wizards were Apparating. All of them were hooded and masked. (700)

• ‘I hope you told them to dress properly, these people,’ he snarled at once. ‘I’ve seen the sort of

stuff your lot wear. They’d better have the decency to put on normal clothes, that’s all.’ Harry

felt a slight sense of foreboding. He had rarely seen Mr or Mrs Weasley wearing anything that

the Dursleys would call ‘normal’. Their children might don Muggle clothing during the

holidays, but Mr and Mrs Weasley usually wore long robes in varying states of shabbiness.

(47/48)

• The weather was milder than it had been all year, and by the time they arrived in Hogsmeade,

all three of them had taken off their cloaks and thrown them over their shoulders. (565)

• Tiny little Professor Flitwick, the Charms teacher, was sitting on a large pile of cushions

beside Professor Sprout, the Herbology teacher, whose hat was askew over her flyaway grey

hair. (194)

• A man stood in the doorway, leaning upon a long staff, shrouded in a black travelling cloak.

(204)

• Hermione bundled Crookshanks up in her cloak and Ron left his dress robes over Pigwidgeon

as they left the train, heads bent and eyes narrowed against the downpour. (189)

• ‘Whew,’ panted Mr Weasley, taking off his glasses and wiping them on his sweater. ’Well,

we’ve made good time – we’ve got ten minutes …’ Hermione came over the crest of the hill

last, clutching a stitch in her side. ‘Now we justed need the Portkey,’ said Mr Weasley,

replacing his glasses and squinting around at the ground. ‘It won’t be big … come on …’ (82)

• At that moment, a wizard in plus-fours appeared out of thin air next to Mr Robert’s front door.

(88/89)

• Harry had a sudden mental image of himself in a top hat and tails, accompanied by a girl in

the sort of frilly dress Aunt Petunia always wore to Uncle Vernon’s work parties. (423)

• When Dobby had worked for the Malfoys, he had always worn the same filthy old pillowcase.

Now, however, he was wearing the strangest assortment of garments Harry had ever seen; he

had made an even worse job of dressing himself than the wizards at the World Cup. He was

wearing a tea-cosy for a hat, on which he had pinned a number of bright badges; a tie

patterned with horseshoes over a bare chest, a pair of what looked like children’s football

shorts, and odd socks. (411)

• Harry got to his feet, trod on the hem of his robes and stumbled slightly. (300)

• There was just no getting around the fact that his robes looked more like a dress than anything

else. In a desperate attempt to make them look more manly, he used a Severing Charm on the

ruff and cuffs. It worked fairly well; at least he was now lace-free, although he hadn’t done a

very neat job, and the edges still looked depressingly frayed as they set off downstairs. (449)

• Harry walked down the stairs as quietly as possible, though the faces in some of the portraits

still turned curiously at the squeak of a floorborard, the rustle of his pyjamas. (508/509)

• Harry flattened himself against the wall as Mr Weasley came clattering past with his robes on

back-to-front, and hurtled out of sight. (176)

• Within five minutes, he was back in the kitchen, his robes on the right way now, dragging a

comb through his hair. ‘I’d better hurry – you have a good term, boys,’ said Mr Weasley to

Harry, Ron and the twins, dragging a cloak over his shoulders and preparing to Disapparate.

(179)

• ‘And now, ladies and gentlemen, kindly welcome – the Bulgarian National Quidditch Team! I

give you – Dimitrov!’ A scarlet-clad figure on a broomstick, moving so fast it was blurred,

shot out onto the pitch from an entrance far below, to wild applause from the Bulgarian

supporters. ‘Ivanova!’ A second scarlet-robed player zoomed out. ‘Zograf! Levski!

Vulchanov! Volkov! Aaaaaaand – Krum!’ (119)

• ‘Myrtle,’ Harry said slowly, ‘how am I supposed to breathe?’ At this, Myrtle’s eyes filled

with sudden tears again. ‘Tactless!’ she muttered, groping in her robes for a handkerchief.

(506)

• He was holding up something that looked to Harry like a long, maroon velvet dress. It had a

mouldy-looking lace frill at the collar and matching lace cuffs. There was a knock on the door,

and Mrs Weasley entered, carrying an armful of freshly laundered Hogwarts robes. “Here you

are,” she said, sorting them inwo two. ‘Now, mind you pack them properly so they don’t

crease.’

‘Mum, you’re giving me Ginny’s new dress,’ said Ron, holding it out to her. ‘Of course I

haven’t,’ said Mrs Weasley. ‘That’s for you. Dress robes.’ (173)

• ‘Peeves, get down here NOW!’ barked Professor McGonagall, straightening her pointed hat

and glaring upwards through her square-rimmed spectacles. (191)

• Harry recognised it instantly as a gnome. Barely ten inches high, its horny little feet pattered

very fast as it sprinted across the yard and dived headlong into one of the wellington boots that

lay scattered around the door. (69)

• ‘Wow, Harry –` he had just opened Harry’s present, a Chudley Cannon hat. ‘Cool!’ He

jammed it onto his head, where it clashed horribly with his hair. (447)

• ‘Socks are Dobby’s favourite, favourite clothes, sir!’ he said, ripping of his odd ones and

pulling on Uncle Vernon’s. ‘I has seven now, sir … but, sir …’ he said, his eye widening,

having pulled both socks up to their highest extent, so that they reached the bottom of his

shorts, ‘they has made a mistake in the shop, Harry Potter, they is giving you two the same!’

(446)

• ‘Your winnings,’ he said shortly, taking a large bag of gold out of his pocket, and dropping it

onto Harry’s bedside table. ‘One thousand Galleons. There should have been a presentation

ceremony, but in the circumstances …’ He crammed his bowler hat onto his head, and walked

out of the room, slamming the door behind him. (770)

• ‘Fred and George can’t have gone that far,’ said Ron, pulling out his wand, lighting it like

Hermione, and squinting up the path. Harry dug in the pockets of his jacket for his own wand

– but it wasn’t there. The only thing he could find were his Omnioculars. (139)

• All of them were shivering with a combination of cold and nerves as they filed along the staff

table and came to a halt in a line facing the rest of the school – all of them except the smallest

of the lot, a boy with mousey hair, who was wrapped in what Harry recognised as Hagrid’s

moleskin overcoat. The coat was so big for him that it looked as though he was draped in a

furry black marquee. (195)

• It was surprisingly dark outside. Drawing their cloaks more closely around themselves, they

set off up the sloping lawns. (294)

• ‘What’s that?’ said Moody calmly, folding up the map and pocketing it. (515)

• ‘You stand there, in the clothes Petunia and I have put on your ungrateful back-‘ (41/42)

definition source:

• Cambridge Dictionaries Online http://dictionary.cambridge.org/default.asp

• LDOCE Online http://www.ldoceonline.com/

Book:

• Rowling, Joanne K.: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. London: Bloomsbury, 2001.

(paperback version)

See, look

A) Complete each of the following sentences using the most suitable item. (There may be

more than one correct possibility)

squinting towards (einen Blick in Richtung … werfen; blinzeln), eyeing (jdn/etw genau betrachten

[beäugen]), cast a … look literary (einen Blick auf jdn/etw werfen), gazing at (jdn/etw anstarren),

goggling upwards at old-fashioned (jdn/etw anstarren [anglotzen]), surveyed (jdn/etw betrachten/

begutachten), caught a glimpse of (von jdm einen flüchtigen Blick erhaschen), gawping at (jdn

anstarren [anglotzen]), shot … look (einen schnellen Blick auf jdn/etw werfen), gaping at (jdn/etw

[mit offenem Mund] anstarren), eyes darting all over (etw/jdn schnell angucken), glaring upwards

([jdn. an]starren; glare: wütender Blick), swept over … up and down (gleiten), peer out through

(durch etw spähen), spotting (jdn/etw entdecken, bemerken), staring at (jdn/etw anstarren), chanced

a glance at (auf etw einen Blick riskieren), eyes snapped back to (zurückschnellen)

1. Harry spent most of the afternoon in his bedroom; he couldn’t stand watching Aunt Petunia -

______________ the net curtains every few seconds, as though there had been a warning about

an escaped rhinoceros. (49)

2. ‘She’s a Veela!’ he said hoarsely to Harry.

‘Of course she isn’t! said Hermione tartly. ‘I don’t see anyone else ___________ her like an

idiot!’ (277)

3. ‘I know things about Ludo Bagman that would make your hair curl … Not that it needs

it –‘ she (Rita Skeeter) added, ________ Hermione’s bushy hair. (492)

4. Dudley edged along the wall, __________ Mr Weasley with terrified eyes, and attempted to

conceal himself behind his mother and father. (54/55)

5. Harry _______________ Cho, the Ravenclaw Seeker, cheering Stewart Ackerley as he sat

down. (197/198)

6. ‘Great,’ said Harry bitterly. ‘Really great. Tell him from me I’ll swap any time he wants. Tell

him from me he’s welcome to it … people ___________ my forehead everywhere I go …’

(318)

7. Harry screwed up his eyes, too; he wanted to keep his mind on the game. After a few seconds,

he ______________ the pitch. The Veela had stopped dancing, and Bulgaria were again in

possession of the Quaffle. (122)

8. ‘Peeves, get down here NOW!’ barked Professor McGonagall, straightening her pointed hat and

_____________ through her square-rimmed spectacles. (191)

9. Mr Malfoy’s cold grey eyes _________ Mr Weasley, and then _________ the row. (114/115)

10. Harry, Ron, Seamus, Dean and Neville changed into their dress robes up in their dormitory, all

of them looking very self-conscious, but none as much as Ron, who _________ himself in the

long mirror in the corner with an appalled look on his face. (449)

11. Just then there was another pop, and Ludo Bagman Apparated right next to Mr Weasley.

Looking breathless and disorientated, he spun on the spot, ______________ the emerald green

skull. (149)

12. Harry’s eyes were suddenly dazzled by a blinding white light, as the Top Box was magically

illuminated so that everyone in the stands could see the inside. _________________ the

entrance, he saw two panting wizards carrying into the box a vast golden cup, which they

handed to Cornelius Fudge, who was still looking very disgruntled that he’d been using sign

language all day for nothing. (130)

13. ‘Oh, hello, Harry dear,’ she said, ___________ him and smiling. Then her ________________

her husband. ‘Tell me what, Arthur?’ (62)

14. But Ron was _________ Hermione as though suddenly seeing her in a whole new light.

‘Hermione, Neville’s right – you are a girl …’

‘Oh, well spotted, ‘ she said acidly. (437)

15. Victor Krum slouched in, _____ surly ____ over at the pair of them, and settled himself (372)

16. Harry, focusing still more closely upon Krum’s face, saw his dark _______________ the

ground a hundred feet below. (123/124)

17. ‘You are prepared to believe that Lord Voldemort has returned, on the word of a lunatic

murderer, and a boy who … well …’Fudge ____ Harry another _____ , and Harry suddenly

understood. (764)

Solution to exercise A)

1. Harry spent most of the afternoon in his bedroom; he couldn’t stand watching Aunt

Petunia peer out through the net curtains every few seconds, as though there had been a

warning about an escaped rhinoceros. (49)

2. ‘She’s a Veela!’ he said hoarsely to Harry.

‘Of course she isn’t! said Hermione tartly. ‘I don’t see anyone else gaping at her like an

idiot!’ (277)

3. ‘I know things about Ludo Bagman that would make your hair curl … Not that it needs

it –‘ she (Rita Skeeter) added, eyeing Hermione’s bushy hair. (492)

4. Dudley edged along the wall, gazing at Mr Weasley with terrified eyes, and attempted

to conceal himself behind his mother and father. (54/55)

5. Harry caught a glimpse of Cho, the Ravenclaw Seeker, cheering Stewart Ackerley as he

sat down. (197/198)

6. ‘Great,’ said Harry bitterly. ‘Really great. Tell him from me I’ll swap any time he

wants. Tell him from me he’s welcome to it … people gawping at my forehead

everywhere I go …’ (318)

7. Harry screwed up his eyes, too; he wanted to keep his mind on the game. After a few

seconds, he chanced a glance at the pitch. The Veela had stopped dancing, and Bulgaria

were again in possession of the Quaffle. (122)

8. ‘Peeves, get down here NOW!’ barked Professor McGonagall, straightening her pointed

hat and glaring upwards through her square-rimmed spectacles. (191)

9. Mr Malfoy’s cold grey eyes swept over Mr Weasley, and then up and down the row.

(114/115)

10. Harry, Ron, Seamus, Dean and Neville changed into their dress robes up in their

dormitory, all of them looking very self-conscious, but none as much as Ron, who

surveyed himself in the long mirror in the corner with an appalled look on his face.

(449)

11. Just then there was another pop, and Ludo Bagman Apparated right next to Mr Weasley.

Looking breathless and disorientated, he spun on the spot, goggling upwards at the

emerald green skull. (149)

12. Harry’s eyes were suddenly dazzled by a blinding white light, as the Top Box was

magically illuminated so that everyone in the stands could see the inside. Squinting

towards the entrance, he saw two panting wizards carrying into the box a vast golden

cup, which they handed to Cornelius Fudge, who was still looking very disgruntled that

he’d been using sign language all day for nothing. (130)

13. ‘Oh, hello, Harry dear,’ she said, spotting him and smiling. Then her eyes snapped back

to her husband. ‘Tell me what, Arthur?’ (62)

14. But Ron was staring at Hermione as though suddenly seeing her in a whole new light.

‘Hermione, Neville’s right – you are a girl …’

‘Oh, well spotted, ‘ she said acidly. (437)

15. Victor Krum slouched in, cast a surly look over at the pair of them, and settled himself

(p. 372)

16. Harry, focusing still more closely upon Krum’s face, saw his dark eyes darting all over

the ground a hundred feet below. (123/124)

17. ‘You are prepared to believe that Lord Voldemort has returned, on the word of a lunatic

murderer, and a boy who … well …’

Fudge shot Harry another look, and Harry suddenly understood. (764)

See, look

Definitions of the items used in exercise A)

(taken from the LDOCE, 4th

edition, 2003)

to peer [intransitive always + adverb/preposition]

to look very carefully at something, especially because you are having difficulty seeing it

- He was peering through the wet windscreen at the cars ahead.

- Philippa peered into the darkness.

to gape [intransitive]

to look at something for a long time, especially with your mouth open, because you are very

surprised or shocked

- synonym: to stare

to gape at

- What are all these people gaping at?

to eye present participle eyeing or eying [transitive]

to look at someone or something carefully, especially because you do not trust them or

because you want something

- The man behind the desk eyed us suspiciously.

- A crowd of local children gathered around, eying us in silence.

to gaze [intransitive always + adverb/preposition]

to look at someone or something for a long time, giving it all your attention, often without

realizing you are doing so

- synonym: to stare

to gaze into/at etc

- Nell was still gazing out of the window.

- Patrick sat gazing into space (=looking straight in front, not at any particular person or

thing) .

glimpse [countable]

a quick look at someone or something that does not allow you to see them clearly

glimpse of

- They caught a glimpse of a dark green car.

brief/fleeting/quick glimpse (=a very short look)

- We only had a fleeting glimpse of the river.

to gawp [intransitive] British English informal

to look at something for a long time, especially with your mouth open because you are

surprised

- see also to gape

gawp at

- I was carried out on a stretcher, with everyone gawping at me.

- He felt their gawping eyes on him.

glance [countable]

1 a quick look

- He gave her a quick glance and smiled.

sidelong/sideways glance

- She couldn't resist a sidelong glance (=a look that is not direct) at him.

take/shoot/throw/cast a glance (at somebody) (=look at someone or something quickly)

- The couple at the next table cast quick glances in our direction.

- The brothers exchanged glances (=looked at each other quickly) .

to glare [intransitive]

to look angrily at someone for a long time

- see also to stare

glare at

- She glared at him accusingly.

glare into/across/round etc

- He glared round the room as if expecting a challenge.

to sweep [intransitive,transitive always + adverb/preposition]

to look quickly at all of something

- The General's eyes swept the horizon.

sweep over/across/around etc

- the beam from the lighthouse sweeping across the sea

to survey [transitive]

to look at or consider someone or something carefully, especially in order to form an opinion

about them

- She turned to survey her daughter’s pale face.

- They got out of the car to survey the damage.

to goggle [intransitive] old-fashioned

to look at something with your eyes wide open in surprise or shock

- synonym gape

goggle at

- They were goggling at us as if we were freaks.

to squint [intransitive]

to look at something with your eyes partly closed in order to see better

- Anna squinted in the sudden bright sunlight.

squint at

- Stop squinting at the screen - put your glasses on.

to spot past tense and past participle spotted present participle spotting [transitive]

to notice someone or something, especially when they are difficult to see or recognize

- I spotted a police car behind us.

It can be hard for even a trained doctor to spot the symptoms of lung cancer.

spot somebody doing something

- Meg spotted someone coming out of the building.

difficult/easy to spot

- Drug addicts are fairly easy to spot.

spot that

- One of the station staff spotted that I was in difficulty, and came to help.

to snap

MOVE INTO POSITION

[intransitive,transitive always + adverb/preposition]

to move into a particular position suddenly, making a short sharp noise, or to make something

move like this

snap together/back etc

- The pieces just snap together like this.

- The policeman snapped the handcuffs around her wrist.

snap (something) open/shut

- She snapped her briefcase shut.

to stare [intransitive]

to look at something or someone for a long time without moving your eyes, for example

because you are surprised, angry, or bored

stare at

- What are you staring at?

stare (at somebody) in disbelief/amazement/horror etc

- She stared at me in disbelief.

- She sat there staring into space (=looking for a long time at nothing) .

to cast [transitive] literary

to look quickly in a particular direction

cast a look/glance at somebody/something

- She cast an anguished look at Guy.

cast somebody a glance/look

- The young tramp cast him a wary glance.

- She blushed, casting her eyes down .

to dart [intransitive and transitive] literary

to look at someone or something very quickly

- Tom darted a terrified glance over his shoulder at his pursuers.

to shoot

LOOK AT SOMEBODY

shoot somebody a look/glance

- also shoot a glance at somebody

to look at someone quickly, especially so that other people do not see, to show them how you

feel

shoot somebody a quick/sharp/warning etc look/glance

- 'You're welcome to stay as long as you like.' Michelle shot him a furious glance.

- Jack shot an anxious look at his mother.

B) Explain the meaning of the bold items and try to find an appropriate German

equivalent.

1. She didn’t look too enthusiastic about having Ron as a partner, though; her dark eyes lingered on

the frayed neck and sleeves of his dress robes as she looked him up and down. (450)

2. ‘You two” – his normal eye was on Ron and Hermione – “you stick close to Potter, all right? I’m

keeping an eye on things, but all the same … you can never have too many eyes out.” (621)

3. All three of them were so tired they could happily have put their heads down on their desks and

slept; even Hermione wasn’t taking her usual notes, but was sitting with her head on her hand,

gazing at Professor Binns with her eyes out of focus. (618)

4. Don’t use Hedwig, keep changing owls, and don’t worry about me, just watch out for yourself.

Don’t forget what I said about your scar. Sirius (264)

5. An alarmingly large and ferocious-looking man, Hagrid has been using his new-found authority to

terrify the students in his care with a succession of horrific creatures. While Dumbledore turns a

blind eye, Hagrid has maimed several pupils during a series of lessons which many admit to be

“very frightening”. (478)

6. “Only this morning, for instance, I took a wrong turning on the way to the bathroom and found

myself in a beautifully proportioned room I have never seen before […]. When I went back to

investigate more closely, I discovered that the room had vanished. But I must keep an eye out for it.

(456)

7. But Ron was staring at Hermione as though suddenly seeing her in a whole new light. “Hermione,

Neville’s right – you are a girl …” (437)

8. Cho Chang happened to be sitting only a few places away from the girl with the silvery hair. “When

you’ve both put your eyes back in,” said Hermione briskly, “you’ll be able to see who’s just

arrived.” (278)

9. I’ll be in touch soon. My best to Ron and Hermione. Keep your eyes open, Harry. Sirius (248)

10. Entering you in that Tournament would have been very risky, especially right under Dumbledore’s

nose. Be on the watch, Harry. I still want to hear about anything unusual. (343)

11. “Of course, you’ve looked death in the face before, haven’t you?” said Rita Skeeter, watching him

closely. (335)

12. He looked up and down the staff table. There was definitely no new face there. “Maybe they

couldn’t get anyone!” said Hermione, looking anxious. Harry scanned the table more carefully.

(194)

13. Harry kept his eyes skinned for a sign of Hagrid all the way down the slushy High Street, and

suggested a visit to the Three Broomsticks once he had ascertained that Hagrid was not in any of the

shops. (484)

14. Fleur Delacour and Roger Davies stationed themselves nearest the doors; Davies looked so

stunned by his good fortune of having Fleur for a partner that he could hardly take his eyes off

her. (451/452)

15. Bagman did the smallest of double-takes when he heard Harry’s name, and his eyes performed the

familiar flick upwards to the scar on Harry’s forehead. (100)

16. “Lovely,” said Rita Skeeter. “Really lovely. Been teaching long?” she added to Hagrid. Harry

noticed her eyes travel over Dean (who had a nasty cut across one cheek), Lavender (whose robes

were badly singed), Seamus (who was nursing several burnt fingers), and then to the cabin windows,

where most of the class stood, their noses pressed against the glass, waiting to see if the coast was

clear. (406)

17. Moody’s magical eye left the map and fixed, quivering, upon Harry. It was a penetrating glare,

and Harry had the impression that Moody was sizing him up, wondering whether to answer or not,

or how much to tell him. (518)

18. The Weird Sisters struck up a slow, mournful tune; Harry walked onto the brightly lit dance floor,

carefully avoiding catching anyone’s eye, and next moment, Parvati had seized his hands, placed

one around her waist, and was holding the other tightly in hers. (458)

19. “Don’t lie to me,” Snape hissed, his fathomless black eyes boring into Harry’s. (561)

20. The Bluebottle: A Broom for All the Family – safe, reliable and with In-built Anti-Burglar Buzzer …

Mrs Skower’s All-Purpose Magical Mess-Remover: No Pain, No Stain!… Gladrags Wizardwear –

London, Paris, Hogsmeade …

Harry tore his eyes away from the sign and looked over his shoulder to see who else was sharing the

box with them. (110)

21. And one by one they moved forwards … slowly, cautiously, as though they could hardly believe

their eyes. Voldemort stood in silence, waiting for them. Then one of the Death Eaters fell to his

knees, crawled towards Voldemort, and kissed the hem of his black robes.

Solution to exercise B)

(Definitions taken from the LDOCE, 4th

edition, 2003, unless otherwise stated)

• her dark eyes lingered on (sentence 1)

to linger [always + adverb/preposition]

to continue looking at or dealing with something for longer than is usual or desirable

linger on/over

- Mike let his eyes linger on her face.

- There's no need to linger over this stage of the interview.

German: verweilen, bleiben

• looked him up and down (sentence 1)

look somebody up and down (=look at someone in order to judge their appearance or

character)

- Maisie looked her rival up and down with a critical eye.

- idiom (OALD, 6th

edition, 2000)

German: jdn von oben bis unten mustern

• keeping an eye on things (sentence 2)

keep an eye on something/somebody

to look after someone or something and make sure that they are safe

- Mary will keep an eye on the kids this afternoon.

- We keep a watchful eye on our elderly neighbors.

- idiom (OALD, 6th

edition, 2000)

German: ein (wachsames) Auge auf jdn/etw haben

• you can never have too many eyes out (sentence 2)

German: man kann nie genug aufpassen, o.Ä.

• gazing at Professor Binns with her eyes out of focus (sentence 3)

out of focus = unfocused

eyes that are unfocused are open, but are not looking at anything specific

- He gave her an unfocused look.

German: ohne ihn zu sehen

• watch out for yourself (sentence 4)

watch (out) for something phrasal verb

to pay close attention in a particular situation because you are expecting something to

happen or you want to avoid something bad

- She stepped outside to watch for the cab.

- What problems should I watch out for when buying an old house?

watch out phrasal verb

used to tell someone to be careful

- You'll become an alcoholic if you don't watch out .

German: Pass auf dich auf! Nimm dich in Acht!

• turns a blind eye (sentence 5)

turn a blind eye (to something)

to deliberately ignore something that you know should not be happening

- Teachers were turning a blind eye to smoking in school.

- idiom (OALD, 6th

edition, 2000)

German: etw ignorieren, vor etw die Augen verschließen

• keep an eye out for it (sentence 6)

keep an eye open/out (for something)

to watch carefully so that you will notice when someone or something appears

- Keep an eye out for rabbits in the field.

- idiom (OALD, 6th

edition, 2000)

German: nach etw. Ausschau halten

• suddenly seeing her in a whole new light (sentence 7)

in a new/different/bad etc light

if someone or something is seen or shown in a particular light, people can see that

particular part of their character

- I suddenly saw my father in a new light.

- This incident will put the company in a very bad light.

- idiom (OALD, 6th

edition, 2000)

German: er sah sie plötzlich in einem ganz neuen Licht

• When you’ve both put your eyes back in (sentence 8)

When you’ve both stopped gaping at them (own words; an explanation neither in the

LDCE nor in the OALD) idiom

German: Wenn ihr beide wieder klar denken könnt, euren (klaren) Blick zurück

gewonnen habt

• Keep your eyes open (sentence 9)

keep your eyes/ears open

to keep looking or listening so that you will notice anything that is important, dangerous

etc

- idiom (OALD, 6th

edition, 2000)

German: Halt die Augen offen!

• Be on the watch (sentence 10)

be on the watch (for sb/sth) idiom

to be looking carefully for sb/sth that you expect to see, especially in order to avoid

possible danger

- Be on the watch for thieves. (OALD, 6th

edition, 2000)

German: Halte Ausschau!

• looked death in the face (sentence 11)

you saw someone dying, you nearly died (own words; an explanation neither in the

LDCE nor in the OALD) idiom

German: Du hast dem Tod in die Augen geschaut.

• scanned the table (sentence 12)

to scan [transitive]

to examine an area carefully but quickly, often because you are looking for a particular

person or thing

- He scanned the horizon, but there was no sign of the ship.

- She scanned his face, looking for signs of what he was thinking.

- Video cameras scanned the car park.

scan something for something

- I scanned the street for people I knew.

German: absuchen

• kept his eyes skinned for (sentence 13)

keep your eyes peeled/skinned spoken

to watch carefully and continuously for something

keep your eyes peeled/skinned for

- She stumbled along, keeping her eyes peeled for a phone box.

- idiom (OALD, 6th

edition, 2000)

German: die Augen offen halten

• he could hardly take his eyes off her (sentence 14)

can't take your eyes off somebody/something

to be unable to stop looking at someone or something, especially because they are

extremely interesting or attractive

- She looked stunning. I couldn't take my eyes off her all evening.

- idiom (OALD, 6th

edition, 2000)

German: kein Auge von jdm/etw abwenden können, jdn/etw nicht mehr aus den Augen

lassen können

• his eyes performed the familiar flick upwards (sentence 15)

flick [countable] a short quick sudden movement or hit with a part of your body, whip etc

- With a flick of the wrist , Frye sent the ball into the opposite court.

to flick sb a smile, look, etc.

to smile or look at sb suddenly and quickly (OALD, 6th

edition, 2000)

German: einen (flüchtigen) Blick auf jdn/etw werfen

• her eyes travel over (sentence 16)

to travel [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] written

if your eyes travel over something, you look at different parts of it

- His gaze travelled over her face.

German: Augen wandern über

• fixed upon (sentence 17)

fix your attention/eyes/mind etc on somebody/something

to think about or look at someone or something carefully

- Aziz tried to fix his mind on the job at hand.

- Every eye was fixed on the new girl.

fix somebody with a stare/glare/look etc literary

to look directly at someone for a long time

- Rachel fixed him with an icy stare.

- idiom (OALD, 6th

edition, 2000)

German: auf jdn fixiert sein, jdn anstarren

• It was a penetrating glare (sentence 17)

penetrating look/eyes/gaze etc

a look etc which makes you feel uncomfortable and seems to see inside your mind

- a pair of penetrating dark eyes

- He gave her a penetrating stare.

German: durchdringender/bohrender Blick

• sizing him up (sentence 17)

size something/somebody up phrasal verb

to look at or consider a person or situation and make a judgment about them

- It only took a few seconds for her to size up the situation.

German: jdn (prüfend) abschätzen

• avoiding catching anyone’s eye (sentence 18)

catch somebody's eye

to look at someone at the same moment that they are looking at you

- Every time she caught his eye, she would glance away embarrassed.

- idiom (OALD, 6th

edition, 2000)

German: jeglichen Blickkontakt vermeiden

• his fathomless black eyes boring into Harry’s (sentence 19)

to bore [intransitive + into]

if someone's eyes bore into you, they look at you in a way that makes you feel

uncomfortable

German: seine unergründlichen, schwarzen Augen durchbohrten die von Harry

• tore his eyes away from the sign (sentence 20)

he stopped looking at the sign (own words)

- She was unable to tear her eyes away from him (= could not stop looking at him)

(OALD, 6th

edition, 2000)

- phrasal verb (OALD, 6th

edition, 2000)

German: er riss seinen Blick von der Werbetafel los/weg

• they could hardly believe their eyes (sentence 21)

can't believe your eyes/ears spoken

used to say that someone is very surprised by something they see or hear

German: Sie trauten ihren Augen kaum

- idiom (OALD, 6th

edition, 2000)

Material for exercise A)

(page numbers in brackets refer to the paperback edition, adult, first published in 2004)

• Harry spent most of the afternoon in his bedroom; he couldn’t stand watching Aunt

Petunia peer out through the net curtains every few seconds, as though there had been a

warning about an escaped rhinoceros. (49)

• ‘She’s a Veela!’ he said hoarsely to Harry.

‘Of course she isn’t! said Hermione tartly. ‘I don’t see anyone else gaping at her like an

idiot!’ (277)

• ‘I know things about Ludo Bagman that would make your hair curl … Not that it needs

it –‘ she (Rita Skeeter) added, eyeing Hermione’s bushy hair. (492)

• Dudley edged along the wall, gazing at Mr Weasley with terrified eyes, and attempted to

conceal himself behind his mother and father. (54/55)

• Harry caught a glimpse of Cho, the Ravenclaw Seeker, cheering Stewart Ackerley as he

sat down. (197/198)

• ‘Great,’ said Harry bitterly. ‘Really great. Tell him from me I’ll swap any time he wants.

Tell him from me he’s welcome to it … people gawping at my forehead everywhere I go

…’ (318)

• Harry screwed up his eyes, too; he wanted to keep his mind on the game. After a few

seconds, he chanced a glance at the pitch. The Veela had stopped dancing, and Bulgaria

were again in possession of the Quaffle. (122)

• ‘Peeves, get down here NOW!’ barked Professor McGonagall, straightening her pointed

hat and glaring upwards through her square-rimmed spectacles. (191)

• It was a tense moment. Mr Weasley and Mr Malfoy looked at each other and Harry

vividly recalled the last time they had come face to face; it had been in Flourish and

Blotts bookshop and they had had a fight. Mr Malfoy’s cold grey eyes swept over Mr

Weasley, and then up and down the row. (114/115)

• Harry, Ron, Seamus, Dean and Neville changed into their dress robes up in their

dormitory, all of them looking very self-conscious, but none as much as Ron, who

surveyed himself in the long mirror in the corner with an appalled look onhis face. (449)

• Just then there was another pop, and Ludo Bagman Apparated right next to Mr Weasley.

Looking breathless and disorientated, he spun on the spot, goggling upwards at the

emerald green skull. (149)

• Harry’s eyes were suddenly dazzled by a blinding white light, as the Top Box was

magically illuminated so that everyone in the stands could see the inside. Squinting

towards the entrance, he saw two panting wizards carrying into the box a vast golden

cup, which they handed to Cornelius Fudge, who was still looking very disgruntled that

he’d been using sign language all day for nothing. (130)

• ‘Oh, hello, Harry dear,’ she said, spotting him and smiling. Then her eyes snapped back

to her husband. ‘Tell me what, Arthur?’ (62)

• But Ron was staring at Hermione as though suddenly seeing her in a whole new light.

‘Hermione, Neville’s right – you are a girl …’

‘Oh, well spotted, ‘ she said acidly. (437)

• Victor Krum slouched in, cast a surly look over at the pair of them, and settled himself

(p. 372)

• Harry, focusing still more closely upon Krum’s face, saw his dark eyes darting all over

the ground a hundred feet below. (123/124)

• ‘You are prepared to believe that Lord Voldemort has returned, on the word of a lunatic

murderer, and a boy who … well …’

Fudge shot Harry another look, and Harry suddenly understood. (764)

Material for exercise B)

(page numbers in brackets refer to the paperback edition, adult, first published in 2004)

• She didn’t look too enthusiastic about having Ron as a partner, though; her dark eyes

lingered on the frayed neck and sleeves of his dress robes as she looked him up and

down. (450)

• ‘You two” – his normal eye was on Ron and Hermione – “you stick close to Potter, all

right? I’m keeping an eye on things, but all the same … you can never have too many

eyes out.” (621)

• All three of them were so tired they could happily have put their heads down on their

desks and slept; even Hermione wasn’t taking her usual notes, but was sitting with her

head on her hand, gazing at Professor Binns with her eyes out of focus. (618)

• Don’t use Hedwig, keep changing owls, and don’t worry about me, just watch out for

yourself. Don’t forget what I said about your scar. Sirius (264)

• An alarmingly large and ferocious-looking man, Hagrid has been using his new-found

authority to terrify the students in his care with a succession of horrific creatures. While

Dumbledore turns a blind eye, Hagrid has maimed several pupils during a series of

lessons which many admit to be “very frightening”. (478)

• “Only this morning, for instance, I took a wrong turning on the way to the bathroom and

found myself in a beautifully proportioned room I have never seen before […]. When I

went back to investigate more closely, I discovered that the room had vanished. But I

must keep an eye out for it. (456)

• But Ron was staring at Hermione as though suddenly seeing her in a whole new light.

“Hermione, Neville’s right – you are a girl …” (437)

• Cho Chang happened to be sitting only a few places away from the girl with the silvery

hair. “When you’ve both put your eyes back in,” said Hermione briskly, “you’ll be able

to see who’s just arrived.” (278)

• I’ll be in touch soon. My best to Ron and Hermione. Keep your eyes open, Harry. Sirius

(248)

• Entering you in that Tournament would have been very risky, especially right under

Dumbledore’s nose. Be on the watch, Harry. I still want to hear about anything unusual.

(343)

• “Of course, you’ve looked death in the face before, haven’t you?” said Rita Skeeter,

watching him closely. (335)

• He looked up and down the staff table. There was definitely no new face there. “Maybe

they couldn’t get anyone!” said Hermione, looking anxious. Harry scanned the table

more carefully. (194)

• Harry kept his eyes skinned for a sign of Hagrid all the way down the slushy High Street,

and suggested a visit to the Three Broomsticks once he had ascertained that Hagrid was

not in any of the shops. (484)

• Fleur Delacour and Roger Davies stationed themselves nearest the doors; Davies looked

so stunned by his good fortune of having Fleur for a partner that he could hardly take his

eyes off her. (451/452)

• Bagman did the smallest of double-takes when he heard Harry’s name, and his eyes

performed the familiar flick upwards to the scar on Harry’s forehead. (100)

• “Lovely,” said Rita Skeeter. “Really lovely. Been teaching long?” she added to Hagrid.

Harry noticed her eyes travel over Dean (who had a nasty cut across one cheek),

Lavender (whose robes were badly singed), Seamus (who was nursing several burnt

fingers), and then to the cabin windows, where most of the class stood, their noses

pressed against the glass, waiting to see if the coast was clear.

(406)

• Moody’s magical eye left the map and fixed, quivering, upon Harry. It was a penetrating

glare, and Harry had the impression that Moody was sizing him up, wondering whether

to answer or not, or how much to tell him. (518)

• The Weird Sisters struck up a slow, mournful tune; Harry walked onto the brightly lit

dance floor, carefully avoiding catching anyone’s eye, and next moment, Parvati had

seized his hands, placed one around her waist, and was holding the other tightly in hers.

(458)

• “Don’t lie to me,” Snape hissed, his fathomless black eyes boring into Harry’s. (561)

• The Bluebottle: A Broom for All the Family – safe, reliable and with In-built Anti-

Burglar Buzzer … Mrs Skower’s All-Purpose Magical Mess-Remover: No Pain, No

Stain!… Gladrags Wizardwear – London, Paris, Hogsmeade …

Harry tore his eyes away from the sign and looked over his shoulder to see who else was

sharing the box with them. (110)

• And one by one they moved forwards … slowly, cautiously, as though they could hardly

believe their eyes. Voldemort stood in silence, waiting for them. Then one of the Death

Eaters fell to his knees, crawled towards Voldemort, and kissed the hem of his black

robes.