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1 cellar (or perhaps basement, though they normally have windows)
2 power point (or you can also say socket)
3 coaster
4 bin-liners
5 loft (attic is also possible)
6 shedtgarage; terracetpatio (or balcony; or verandah, if it is covered)
7 landing
8 bungalow

3 6 5 Suggested answers:
1 You could use a grater (or a food-processor).
2 A dust-pan and brush (perhaps followed by a vacuum-cleaner).
3 A table-mat.
4 Use the remote-control.

Unit 37

3 7 I Suggested answers:
1 My car broke down / wouldn't start.
2 Our washing machine broke down / stopped working.
3 Maybe the door-handle has come off, or something that was held on with a screw or screws.
4 Oh dear! I've cut my finger. It's bleeding.
5 The batteries have run down on my radio/walkman.
6 I seem to have mislaid my glasses / false teeth / slippers, etc.

3 1 break down -this means to 'fail mechanically'; break and smash both mean to break
physically.
2 stain - means to 'leave a mark'; run out and stop can both refer to things failing to work,
e.g. the clock has stopped; the batteries have run out.
3 leak - refers to liquids; come off and chip can both refer to small pieces falling off an object.
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4 flood - refers to an excess of water; cut and bruise are both types of injury.

3 7.3 Possible answers:
1 Contact the bank / credit agency and get them to cancel it at once.
2 Apologise and offer to get them a new one.
3 Sew it back on again.
4 Get it repaired.
5 Put an ice-cube on it. (There are lots of remedies for this, including rubbing good butter on it!:
6 Put it right by moving the hands forward.

3 7.4 Things that typically go together:
cake-tin vase elbow clock moped sink

banged . d
cracked d
broken down d
dented d
stopped d
blocked d

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