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S22   1  television    3  education       5  weakness        7  management
                2  election      4  government      6  stupidity       8  improvement

          8.3   1  actor         4  singer          7  economist
                2  employer      5  murderer        8  translator
                3  footballer    6  psychologist    9  manager
          8.4    1  writes  reports/articles  for  newspapers
                 2  dances  in  ballets
                 3  directs  films
                 4  manages  a  bank
                 5  employs  people  (employees)
                 6  sings  pop  songs  and  makes  records
                 7  translates  books  and  articles
                 8  drives  a  lorry
                 9  takes  pictures  (photographs)
                10  draws  and  paints  things,  e.g.  people  and  landscapes


                Unit  9
          9.8   thoughtful/less   dirty          painful/less      comfortable
                attractive       careful/less    knowledgeable     famous
                creative         dangerous       (un)suitable      (un)reliable
                foggy           political        sunny             washable
                homeless         enjoyable      musical            (un)breakable
                useful/less
          9.2   1  careful    4  knowledgeable  or  helpful   7  useful   10  undrinkable
                2  foggy      5  dangerous                 8  reliable    11.  inflexible
                3  famous     6  painful                  9  industrial   12  homeless

          9.3   painless;  useless;  careless;  thoughtless;  tactless*
                *If  someone  is  ‘tactful’  they  are  diplomatic,  i.e.  they  always  say  the  right  things.  If  you  are
                tactless,  you  are  always  saying  the  wrong  thing  and  might  be  offending  someone.
                Opposites  for  the  other  words:
                wonderful  (#  terrible,  awful)   awful  (#  wonderful,  fantastic)   beautiful  (#  ugly)

          9.4   Possible  answers
                1  cloudy,  sunny,  foggy                    5  famous,  creative,  knowledgeable
                2  dangerous,  careless,  thoughtless,  awful   6  reliable,  comfortable,  economical
                3  musical,  creative,  famous               7  political,  enjoyable,  thoughtful
                4  industrial,  famous,  beautiful,  dirty,  attractive   8  ?

                Unit  10
         10.1   1  We  waited  a  long  time.     4  The  holiday  cost  about  £500.
                2  I  dreamt  about  you  last  night.   5  replied  to  his  letter  yesterday.
                3  We  queued  for  half  an  hour.











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