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Unit 14

1 queue of traffic 3 attempt to conceal information 5 delay to traffic
2 burglaries 4 obstacle in the way of progress 6 escape

Some possible answers:
1 radioactive fallout 5 final output (or outcome)
2 nervous breakdown 6 sales outlets
3 computer printout 7 positive feedback
4 annual turnover 8 drastic cutbacks
1 takeover 3 walkout 5 BREAK-OUT 7 outbreak
2 shake-up 4 input 6 check-out 8 pin-ups
1 write 3 work; press 5 clear 7 turn
2 hand 4 write 6 hold 8 lie

1 Outlook means prospect whereas a look-out is a person watching out for an enemy or danger.
2 Set-up means organisation whereas upset means disturbance.
3 Outlet means place where something is released whereas let-out means way of escaping from a
difficult situation.
4 Outlay means amount of money spent on something whereas layout means the way something
is arranged, e.g. the layout of a page or a room.

Unit 15

Possible answers:
inventions network: saxophone biro braille
(watt might also fit here as might some of the clothes illustrated)
politics network: machiavellian boycott pamphlet
1 wellingtons (wellies); mackintosh (mac) 4 boycott
2 saxophone 5 cashmere or angora
3 bedlam

Some possible answers:
1 rowdy, terrible 3 large, wide-brimmed 5 black, lycra
2 political, free 4 dark-eyed, wild 6 red, chewed

1 suede bootsljacket 3 spartan furnishingslatmosphere
2 machiavellian policylplan 4 tawdry goods/clothes

Some possible endings for the sentences:
1 ... to her every whim. 4 ... the Olympic Games.
2 ... the wind was getting cooler. 5 ... very hot to wear.
3 ... round the field.

1 A herculean effort is a major effort, one that demands a lot of strength and the word herculean
comes from the name of the mythical Greek hero, Hercules, who was famed for his strength.
2 A platonic friendship is one between a man and a woman based on affection but with no
sexual element (from the name of the Greek philosopher, Plato).

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