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1 television 3 education 5. weakness 7 management
2 election. 4 government 6 stupidity 8 improvement
1 actor 4 singer 7 economist
2 employer 5 murderer 8 wanslator
3 footballer 6 psychologist 9 manager
1 writes reportslarticles for newspapers
2. dances in ballers
3 directs films
4 manages a bank
5 employs people (employees)
6 sings pop songs and makes records
7 translates books and articles
8 drives a lorry
9 takes pictures (photographs)
10. draws and paints things, e.g. people and landscapes
Unit 9
thoughtfullless dirty painful/less comfortable
attractive ccarefulfless knowledgeable famous
creative dangerous {un)suitable (unjreliable
foray policical sunny washable
homeless ‘enjoyable musical (unbreakable
1 careful 4) knowledgeable or helpful 7 useful 10) undrinkable
2 foggy 5 dangerous & reliable 11 inflexible
3 famous 6 painful 9 industrial 12 homeless
painless; useless; careless; thoughtless; eactless*
*If someone is ‘tactful’ they are diplomatic, ic. they always say the right things. IF you are
tactless, you are always saying the wrong thing and might be offending someone.
Opposites for the other words:
wonderful (# terrible, awful) awful (# wonderful, fantastic) beautiful ¢# ugly)
Possible answers
1 clondy, sunny, foggy 5 famous, creative, knowledgeable
2 dangerous, careless, thoughtless, awful 6 reliable, comfortable, economical
3. musical, creative, famous 7 political, enjoyable, thoughtful
4 industrial, famous, beautiful, diety, attractive 8 ?
Unit 10
1 We waited a long time. 4 The holiday cost about £500.
2 Tdreamr about you last night 5 replied to his letter yesterday.
3) We queued for half an hour.
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Till give him a ring this evening.
I go ona dict if I pur on weighs,
Ir was very hot, so we had a rest for a while after lunch,
I put on the brakes but | still couldn’r stop in time.
He gave me a push.
Did you have a look in the paper?
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same meaning,
similar (but mot exactly the same because ‘to water’ means “to pour water over something that
is growing’)
3 completely different (the verb ‘to book’ = ‘to reserve’)
4 completely different (‘a break” is a rest; ‘to break a leg’ = co fracture the leg)
5 similar (but nor exactly the same because ‘a run” here is not just the action of running: itis.an
activity that the person chooses to do.)
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Passibie answers
edit card, cheque book, box office (where you buy tickets), income tax
affic lights, traffic jam, pedestrian crossing, parking meter, traffic warden
Things we wear: Tshirt, sunglasses, earring,
People: baby-sitter, brother-in-law, film star, pop star
1 traffic jam 4 waiting room 7 income tax 9 first aid box
2 film star S baby sitter & parking meter 10. science fiction
3 alarm clock 6 sunglasses,
Possible answers
sitting rooms waiting room
pop star; rock star
birthday card; postcard
toothbrush (= what you clean your teeth with)
traffic jam, traffic warden
sunshade {= parasol); suntan {= when your body goes brown from the sun)
box office, postbox
hairdresser (= person who cuts your hair)
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Possthle answers
notehook (= a book of plain paper co write notes)
textbook (= a book used for study, especially in schools)
cookery book (= a book thar tells you how to prepare and cook food)
telephone book (= the book with telephone numbers; also called a telephone directory)
hookease (= 4 pieve of furniture with shelves for books)
book shop
arcetings card, e.g. birthday card, Christmas card
travel card (= a ticket for travel on buses and trains for a period)
phone card (10 use with certain telephones)
postcard
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