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1.1 Prefixes 3.1 Set phrases

1 1
2 disadvantaged 1d 2e 3a 4b 5c 6j 7f 8i
3 uninhabitable 9g 10h
4 irreplaceable
5 illiterate 2
6 impartial 2 pitch black
7 inaccessible 3 boiling hot
4 bone dry
2 5 soaking wet
1c 2d 3a 4b 5g 6e 6 wide open
7h 8f 7 brand new
8 bone idle
3 9 wide awake
2 underestimated 10 fighting fit
3 cross-cultural
4 self-taught
5 antisocial 4.1 Expressions with change
6 co-operative 1
7 super-rich 1 heart
8 misleading 2 minds
3 tune
4 ways
2.1 Compound adjectives 5 direction
1 6 better
1 keeping 7 hands
2 sounding 8 plan
3 equipped
4 catching
5 raising 5.1 Idioms
6 behaved 1
7 made 1c 2g 3e 4f 5d 6b 7a 8h
8 reaching
2
2 has set her sights
2.2 Compound nouns 3 bury the hatchet
1 4 jumped the gun
1f 2g 3d 4h 5a 6e 5 dropped a bombshell
7b 8c 6 is sticking to his guns
7 opened up old wounds
2 8 burnt/burned his bridges
2 road movie
3 feature film
4 shoe-string budget 5.2 Verb-noun collocations
5 film buff 1
6 opening sequence 1 take over
7 psychological thriller 2 shake off
8 heart-throb 3 cause
4 pronounce
5 laugh off
2.3 Modifying adverbs 6 take
1 7 acquire
2 utterly spectacular 8 administer
5 simply superb 9 provoke
8 practically unknown
9 particularly faithful
10 perfectly awful

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2 5.4 Linkers (1)

1 take advice 1
2 cause trouble 1 In addition to
3 shake off the feeling 2 Besides
4 laugh off the suggestion 3 into the bargain
5 take over the country 4 both
6 provoke an allergic reaction 5 Apart from
7 pronounce sentence 6 Along with
8 administer drugs 7 Moreover
9 acquire a taste 8 to boot

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5.3 Word formation (1) 1 along with, apart from, as well as, in
1 addition to, besides
1 national 2 apart from, along with, as well as, in
2 mysterious addition to, on top of
3 cloudy 3 on top of that, to boot
4 eventful 4 not only…but also
5 determined 5 apart from, along with, as well as, in
6 homeless addition to, besides, on top of
6 apart from, as well as, in addition to,
2 besides, on top of
1 adventurous 7 What’s more, furthermore
2 sleepless 8 into the bargain, on top of that
3 optional
4 healthy
5 spacious 6.1 Synonyms of predict
6 painful 1
7 conceited 1 expecting / anticipating
8 occupational 2 prophesied
3 anticipate
3 4 forecast
1 admiration 5 projects
2 admirable 6 predicted / expected
3 communicate
4 communicative
5 consideration 6.2 Dependent prepositions
6 consider 1
7 devotion 1 of
8 devoted 2 against
9 imagine 3 to
10 imaginative 4 from
11 possession 5 with
12 possess 6 of
13 reliability 7 to
14 reliable 8 on
15 tolerate
16 tolerant
6.3 Register
4 1
1 admirable
1 conducting
2 communication
2 require
3 considering
3 plethora
4 devoted
4 ceased
5 imaginative
5 profound
6 possessions
6 occurred
7 rely
7 regulate
8 tolerate

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2 Teachers should not permit students to 4 ‘Mum, please let me have an ice-cream,’
leave the room during lectures. whined Lucy.
3 The audience retained their composure 5 ‘Open the window!’ gasped Vicky. ‘I can
until the speaker had left the room. hardly breathe!’
4 The aim of our housing association is to 6 ‘That’s just typical,’ he muttered to
assist people in their quest for affordable himself.
accommodation.
5 Visitors may obtain a substantial 2
reduction if they make an advance booking. 2 ‘I’m tired,’ whined Tommy. ‘I want to go
6 Rescuers are trying to locate two climbers home.’
who have been reported missing in the ‘It won’t be much longer,’ said his mother.
Swiss Alps. 3 ‘What’s wrong?’ she asked.
7 Items purchased in this store will only be ‘It’s my ankle,’ he groaned. ‘I think it’s
replaced on production of a valid receipt. broken.’
8 Please select the colour you require and 4 ‘There’s a spider in the bath!’ she
then place your order. shrieked.
9 I assure you it won’t happen again. ‘I’ll get rid of it,’ offered her husband.
5 ‘Watch out!’ she yelled. ‘There’s a car
coming!’
6.4 Concession and ‘I know,’ he replied.
counter-argument 6 Paul whispered, ‘Who’s that woman over
1 there?’
‘She’s the new manager,’ replied Phillip.
2 We set off at the crack of dawn. Even so,
we encountered a lot of traffic.
3 She spends all her free time
clothes-shopping, and yet she’s never got 7.1 Informal language
anything to wear. 1
4 My father enjoys his job. Having said that, 1g 2c 3e 4h 5f 6b 7d 8a
he’s looking forward to retiring. / My father’s
looking forward to retiring. Having said that, 2
he enjoys his job. 1 sarnie
5 Granted your car was cheaper than mine, 2 bangers
but my petrol consumption is lower than 3 mates
yours. 4 loo
6 It’s true that the team qualified for the final 5 kids
phase, but they ended up without a trophy. 6 chill out
7 Martin is the life and soul of the party. 7 bust
Mind you, he thinks he’s antisocial. 8 yob
8 Mozart became a court musician.
Nevertheless, he died a pauper.
7.2 Phrasal verbs with run and
walk
6.5 Punctuating reported speech 1
1 1 walk in on sb
Sample answers 2 run sth by sb
1 ‘Get out of my way!’ yelled Harry. 3 walk all over sb
2 ‘I love you,’ she whispered. ‘Do you love 4 run into sb
me?’ 5 run away
3 ‘Oh, no!’ groaned Tom. ‘It’s raining again.’ 6 walk off
7 walk out on sb
8 run sb down
9 walk up to sb
10 run out of sth

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2 2
1 running, down 2 confidence
2 walked off 3 censorship
3 walked out on 4 achievement
4 walked in on 5 guidance
5 running out of 6 admission
6 ran, by 7 persecution
7 ran away
8 walks all over 3
9 ran into 2 migration
10 walked up 3 resistance
4 invasion
7.3 Synonyms for walk 5 knowledge
1 6 conquest
quietly: creep, sneak, tiptoe 7 attempt
casually: saunter, stroll, wander 8 succession
purposefully: march, stride, strut
with difficulty: limp, stagger, stumble
slowly and wearily: plod, traipse, trudge 7.6 Easily confused words
1
2 1 a exceedingly
Students’ own answers b excessively
2 a irrational
7.4 Nouns related to phrasal b unreasonable
verbs 3 a imply
1 b infer
4 a classical
2 out
b classic
3 back
5 a borne
4 up
b born
5 off
6 a opportunity
6 away
b possibility
7 over

2 2
1 continual
2 upkeep
2 uninterested
3 write-off
3 persuaded
4 walkover
4 altogether
5 setback
5 historic
6 downpour
6 economic
7 outlook
7 high
8 especially
7.5 Word formation (2)
1 7.7 Linkers (2)
admission
2 extension
1
Sample answers
3 guidance
2 in fact the food was delicious.
4 remembrance
3 actually I’m getting home later than ever.
5 persecution
4 the plain fact is he would have been
6 prescription
thrown out otherwise.
7 confidence
5 to tell you the truth, I think we deserved
8 existence
one.
9 imagination
6 as a matter of fact he had never been as
10 organisation
happy as he was with Felicity.
11 achievement
12 recruitment

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7.8 Expressing cause, purpose 4 rice

and result 5 dessert
6 cake
1 7 jam
Sample answers 8 spinach
2 The school is unable to provide free 9 salt
meals due to a reduction in the budget.
3 The upshot of the argument was that my
brother left home.
2
1 wine
4 As a result of the increase in knife crime
2 sugar
spot checks are being carried out on
3 butter
clubbers.
4 parsley
5 Interviews are being held locally with a
5 garlic
view to attracting more applicants.
6 salt
7 milk
8 bread
6 He lost his license as a consequence of
his reckless driving.
7 The actor’s success gave rise to a 3
number of offers from other studios. 2 slice of bread
8 They started saving money with the aim 3 knob of butter
of buying a house. 4 a clove of garlic
5 a drop of milk
6 a sip of wine
7.9 Formal language 7 a pinch of salt
8 a spoonful of sugar
1
1d 2f 3h 4a 5c 6g 7e 8b
9.1 Giving and withholding
2
1 I would be grateful
information
2 We regret to inform you 1
3 of a much higher standard 1 blow the whistle
4 I trust you will ensure 2 break (news)
5 give my regards 3 leak
6 a great deal of 4 let something slip
7 leaves / left much to be desired 5 clam up
8 Please find enclosed 6 hush up
7 keep the lid on
8 stonewall
8.1 Clothes idioms
1 2
2 keep the lid on
1 belt
3 stonewalled
2 collar
4 breaks
3 cuff
5 let slip
4 hat
6 clam up
5 shoes
7 blabbing
6 trousers
8 blew the whistle
7 socks
9 have leaked
8 boots
9 cap
9.2 Literal and figurative
8.2 Talking about food language
1 1
1 carrots 1e 2d 3h 4g 5j 6b 7c 8a
2 courgettes 9f 10i
3 apples

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10.1 Synonyms and antonyms

1
2 minute
3 objective
4 biased
5 comic
6 solemn
7 over the moon
8 as miserable as sin
9 vital
10 trivial
11 opportune
12 ill-fated
13 as tough as old boots
14 vulnerable
15 priceless
16 worthless

2
1 priceless
2 tiny
3 dejected
4 opportune
5 solemn
6 impartial
7 trivial
8 invincible

10.2 Adverbs of degree

1
1c 2d 3a 4e 5b 6i 7h 8f
9j 10g

2
2 scarcely believed
3 hotly denied
4 vaguely remember
5 flatly refused
6 strongly disapprove
7 significantly differ
8 had deeply offended
9 seriously damage
10 entirely agreed

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