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Unit 79
79.1 2 Thisprinterisn’tworkingagain!It’sapainintheneck.

3 It’salmostmidnight!I’dbetterbemakingamove.
4 IspenttoomuchmoneylastmonthandnowI’minthered.
5 It’stimetochangemylaptop.It’sfiveyearsoldandhasseenbetterdays.
6 Sheistheabsolutelimit!Shereallytakesthebiscuit.
7 Ohdear,Matthewcompletelymisunderstoodme.Healwaysseemstoget(holdof)thewrongend
of the stick.

8 I’msorry.Idosomereallystupidthings.YoumustthinkI’masdaftasabrush.
9 Iwonderwhat’swrongwithUrsula?Shelooksdowninthedumps.
10 Idon’ttrustpoliticians.Mostofthemarejustonthemake.

79.2 2 barkingupthewrongtree 3 pokeyournosein(to) 4 asgoodasgold

79.3 2 a 3 a 4 b 5 b 6 a

79.4 Suggested answers:

2 veryeasy 5 veryoccasionally/veryrarely
3 veryfitphysically 6 learnthowtouseitortounderstandit
4 treatingmeinacold,unfriendlyway

Unit 80

80.1 1 Theysangapsalmtohonourthememoryoftheworld-famouspsychologistasshewaslaidtorest
inthefamilytomb.(Notethatalthoughthe‘r’in‘world’isnotreallypronounced,inStandardBritishEnglish,
it affects the way the word is pronounced.)
2 Thepsychiatristwasknifedinthekneeasshewaswalkinghome.
3 Heshouldhavewhistledashefastenedhisswordtohisbelt.(Notethatthe‘h’in‘have’isnotreally
pronounced when following an auxiliary verb as in this sentence and the next one.)
4 YoucouldhaveleftmehalftheChristmascakeonWednesday.

80.2 Theoddoneoutappearsfirst.

2 word/ɜː/,sword,cord/ɔː/ 6 cough/ɒ/,rough,tough/ʌ/
3 dome/əʊ/,come,some/ʌ/ 7 wand/ɑ/,land,sand/æ/
4 plead/iː/,head,tread/e/ 8 root/uː/,soot,foot/ʊ/

5 could/ʊ/,doubt,shout/aʊ/
80.3 Possible answers:

2 now 3 who 4 off 5 go

80.4 Thestressedsyllablesareunderlinedbelow.

1 transfer,transfer 5 increased,decrease
2 suspected,suspect 6 permit,permits
3 conflicting,conflict 7 record,record
4 upset,upset 8 conduct,conducting

80.5 2 catastrophe 4 chemical 6 receipt 8 recipe

3 handkerchief 5 subtle 7 height

80.6 2 zoology,zoologist,zoological
3 arithmetic,arithmetical,arithmetician(Notethatsuffixeslike-ianand-tionworkasiftheyaretwosyllables
with this ‘third syllable from the end’ stress rule, even though they are only pronounced as one syllable
nowadays.)
4 psychology,psychologist,psychological
5 psychiatry,psychiatric,psychiatrist

80.7 2 cool 3 sword 4 apostrophe 5 climb 6 calm

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