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Exercises

48.1 Which expressions from the opposite page might these pictures help you to remember?

1 have your cake 2 3 4 5
and eat it

48.2 Using the word in brackets and an expression from A opposite, rewrite the sentence

without changing the meaning.
1 Thehotelwewerestayinginwasabsolutelysuperb.(world)

The hotel we were staying in was out of this world.
2 Giovanniisalongwayabovetheotherkidswhenitcomestodoinghardsums.(shoulders)

3 Mariaisverygoodwithyoungchildren-theyalwaysloveher.(way)

4 You’realongwayaheadofmeinunderstandingallthisnewtechnology;I’mimpressed.(streets)

5 Hassanisgreatatchess.(brilliantly)

6 Agataisaveryfluentandconfidentspeaker.(gab)

48.3 Which of the expressions in 48.1 is most suitable for completing each sentence if

you want to:

1 saysomeone’sbehaviourisextremelyannoying?WhatJacksaid really takes the biscuit!
2 saythatsomeoneisquicktounderstand?Tanyaisusually
3 saysomeonehasaveryhighopinionofthemselves?Rajivthinks
4 praisesomeone’sgardeningskills?Marek
5 commentonsomeonewhowantstobuyanewcarbutkeepalltheirsavingstoo?Unfortunately,
you

48.4 Answer these questions.

1 Ifsomeoneiscriticallyinjured,istheirinjuryminororserious? It's serious.
2 Ifyourteacherasksyoutowriteareviewcriticisingafilmyou’verecentlyseen,doesshewantyou
onlytowriteaboutitsnegativeaspects?
3 Ifafatheriscriticalofhisson’sbehaviour,doesheapproveordisapproveofit?
4 Ifsomeonesaysthatitis‘criticallyimportant’thatyoucompleteapieceofworkbyaspecific

deadline,howflexibleisthatdeadline?
5 Ifseveralpeoplearesaidtobeinacriticalconditionafteranaccident,aredoctorsworriedornot
particularlyworriedaboutthem?

48.5 Write the opposite meaning to these sentences using expressions from the opposite page.

1 He’sathird-rateathlete.He’safirst-rate/top-notchathlete.
2 Idon’tunderstandwhySophiehassuchalowopinionofherself.
3 Whenitcomestosport,Andreyisoneofthebestinhisschool.
4 Gretawasnotresponsiblefortheerrorintheaccountingfigures.

5 Heisnogoodattalkingtopeopleatall.
6 Mickdoesn’tgetonwiththesecretaries;justlookathowtheyreactwhenhewantssomethingdone.
7 Heoftensayshowwonderfulhisschoolis.
8 ShealwayspraiseseverythingIsay.49

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