I.
noun
1 cover for sb's face
ADJECTIVE
▪ face , facial , full-face
▪ gas
▪ breathing , oxygen
▪ dust
▪ protective
▪ surgical
▪ hockey ( AmE ), ski
▪ Halloween
VERB + MASK
▪ have on , wear
▪ don , put on
▪ pull off , remove , strip off , take off , tear off
▪
In the second part of the play, the actors take off their ~s.
MASK + VERB
▪ conceal sth , cover sth , hide sth
▪
The man's face was hidden by a ~.
PREPOSITION
▪ behind a/the ~ , beneath a/the ~
▪
Two eyes glared at him from beneath the ~.
▪ in a/the ~
▪
two men in black ~s
▪ ~ over
▪
She wore a ~ over her face.
2 sth that hides sb's real feelings
ADJECTIVE
▪ blank , cold , emotionless , expressionless , impassive , stony
▪
Her face was a blank ~ as she answered my question.
MASK + VERB
▪ slip
▪
For a moment her ~ slipped, and I saw how scared she really was.
PREPOSITION
▪ behind a/the ~
▪
Behind the ~ of friendliness, I know he really dislikes me.
▪ ~ for
▪
His fooling around is a ~ for his lack of confidence.
PHRASES
▪ a ~ of indifference
▪
He was hiding behind a ~ of indifference but she wasn't fooled.
II.
verb
ADVERB
▪ completely
▪ not quite , partially , partly
▪ barely
▪ effectively
VERB + MASK
▪ tend to
▪
Varnish tends to ~ the natural grain of the wood.
PREPOSITION
▪ with
▪
She ~ed her anger with a smile.
Mask is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ veneer
Mask is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ disappointment , ↑ emotion , ↑ fear , ↑ feeling , ↑ identity , ↑ impatience , ↑ insecurity , ↑ pain , ↑ problem , ↑ smell