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63.3 2 of 3 with,of 4 in 5 from 6 with,to 7 to

63.4 Possible answers:

2 Owingtothefactthattheperformancewascancelled,everyonegotarefund.
3 Theservicewasterriblyslow.Asaresult/Consequently(moreformal),allthecustomers

gotangry.
4 Wemissedthelastbus.Asaresult,wehadtowalkhome.

Unit 64
64.1 Possible answers and comments:

1 Iaccept(ormoreformal:Iacknowledge)thatyouweren’tsolelytoblame,butyoumust
takesomeresponsibility.(Acceptandacknowledgearemostsuitableheresincethespeaker
ispreparedtoagreewithoneaspectbutwantstogoontomakeanotherpointtosupport

his/hercase.)
2 OK,IadmitIwaswrong,youwereright;heisaniceguy.(Thisseemstobeasituationwhere
somebodyisaccusingsomeoneoftryingtogetthemtosaytheywerewrong.Admitisidealinthis
case.)
3 Thecompanyacknowledgesthatyouhavesufferedsomedelay,butwedonotacceptliability.
(Acknowledgeisperhapsbesthere;itisoftenusedinformal,legalisticsituationslikethisbecause
itsimplysays‘Weunderstandyourmessage,butwedonotnecessarilyacceptanyliability/blame/
responsibility’;admitmightsuggestthecompanydoesacceptlegalresponsibility;acceptisalso
possiblethoughlessformal.)
4 Sheaccepted/concededthatwehaddoneallwecould,butshewasstillnotcontent.(Concedeusually
suggestsanargumentordebatewherepeoplemight‘give’smallpointstooneanotherwhilestill
holdingontotheirbasicposition,andwouldseemtobealikelychoicehere;concedeheresuggests

shedidnotreallywanttosayit.)

64.2 Suggested answers:

2 Afterall 4 It’sallverywell
3 forallthat/afterall 5 That’sallverywell/That’sallwellandgood

64.3 Possible answers:

2 There’sahugediscrepancybetweenwhatshesaysandwhatshedoes.
3 TobyandCatalinaarepolesapartwhenitcomestosavingmoney/onthequestionof
savingmoney.
4 There’saworldofdifferencebetweenbeingastudentandbeingateacher.
5 There’sayawninggapbetweenthestandardoflivinginthenorthandinthesouth.

64.4 Possible answers:

2 Thehouseitselfisrathersmall.
3 Thereisnosignthatthegovernmenthassolvedthetrafficproblem.
4 InmostoftherestofEurope,youdriveontheright.
5 I’mnotatallhungry,thanks.

64.5 2 ontheotherhand(itistruethatit’sexpensive,butifyoulookatitfromanotherpointofview,

weneedit)
3 ontheotherhand(it’struethatI’dliketoleavemyjobbutifIlookatleavingfromanotherpoint
ofviewIrealiseI’dmissmycolleagues)
4 onthecontrary(it’snottruethathe’slazy)
5 onthecontrary(it’snottrueshespeaksJapanesewell)
6 ontheotherhand(it’struethatitlooksattractivebutit’salsotruethatit’sexpensive)

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