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84.6 IdecidedthatifIwantedtobeapopstarI’dhavetomovetoLondon.Ifinallygotaroom,butit
wasontheoutskirtsofthecity.Theownerdidn’tliveonthepremises,soIcouldmakeasmuch
noiseasIliked.Theacousticsinthebathroomwerefantastic,soIpractisedthere.Imadeso
muchnoiseIalmostshookthefoundations!IwenttotheheadquartersoftheMusicians’Union,
butaguytheresaidIjustdidn’thavetherightlookstobefamous.Ohwell,nevermind!

Unit 85
85.1 Possible answers:

2 acloth:Yes,mostpeoplehaveaclothsomewhereinthekitchentowipethingswith.Iftheperson
likesmakingtheirownclothes,theymayhavesomeclothinthehousetoo.
3 afish:Ifyouhaveanaquarium,youmayhaveafishorseveralfish.Ifyouaregoingtocookfishfor

dinner,youmayhavesomeinyourkitchenorrefrigeratororfreezer.
4 glass:Mostpeoplewouldnotkeepthematerial(glass)intheirhouse,buttheirwindowsareprobably
madeofglass.Mostpeoplehaveglassesintheirhousetodrinkoutof.
5 awood:It’snotlikelythatpeoplewillhaveawood(asmallforest!)intheirhouse,buttheymightkeep
somewoodtousetomakethingsortorepairthings.
6 pepper:Mostpeopleprobablyhavepepper(andsalt)intheirkitchentoputontheirfood.Theymay
alsohaveagreenorredpepper,orseveralpeppersintheirkitchenorrefrigerator.
7 paper:Yes,mostpeoplekeeppapertowriteorprintthingson.Manypeoplewillhaveapaperor
severalpapersinordertoreadthelatestnews.

85.2 2 CouldIborrowaniron,please? 5 CouldIborrowsomepaper,please?

3 CouldIhavesomepepper,please? 6 CouldIborrowyour/arubber,please?
4 CouldIhaveachocolate,please? 7 CouldIhaveaglass,please?

85.3 Suggested answers:

2 Idroveoversomebrokenglass.
3 They’remadeofrubber.
4 No,Idon’thaveanyexperienceofworkinginaprimaryschool.
5 Wecouldbuyapaperandfindout.
6 It’saworkofartbyafamousItalianartistcalledLeonardoDaVinci.

7 Myfavouriteflavour’schocolate.

85.4 1 b Artheremeanspainting,drawingandsculpture.
2 a Plantheremeansmachinesandlarge-scaleindustrialequipment.
b Aplantheremeansabotanicalitem(e.g.aplantwithflowers).
3 a Damageheremeansthatsomethingisbrokenordestroyedinsomeway.
b Damagesheremeansmoneyawardedtosomeonebyacourtoflawforsomeharmthathasbeen
causedbysomeoneorsomething(e.g.destroyingsomeone’sreputation,orinjuringthem).

4 a Timesheremeansexperiences.
b Timesheremeansoccasions.

Unit 86
86.1 2 e 3 d 4 b 5 a 6 c 7 f 8 g

86.2 2 MymothergavemeapieceofadvicethatIhavealwaysremembered.
3 Suddenlyagustofwindalmostblewhimoffhisfeet.
4 Wehadaspellofterriblywindyweatherlastwinter.
5 Wouldyoulikeanothersliceoftoast?
6 Heneverdoesastrokeofworkinthehouse.
7 Let’sgotothepark-Ineedabreathoffreshair.

8 Icangiveyouanimportantpiece/bitofinformationaboutthat.
9 Wecouldseeacloudofsmokehoveringoverthecityfromalongwayaway.
10 Ineedtogetsomepiecesoffurnitureformyflat.

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