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Unit 63

Possible first sentences:
1 That big tree was swaying back and forth in the wind.
2 The cruise-liner is leaving tomorrow.
3 The most famous river in France is the Seine.
4 A cat ran out in front of the car.
5 A train was derailed near London yesterday.

1 a person dancing; a person who is drunk trying to walk may sway from side to side; a boat or
a bus can also sway from side to side.
2 an insect crawls; a baby does too before it can walk; there is a fast over-arm swimming style
called 'crawl'.
3 anything moving extremely fast, e.g. a bird or animal can shoot by, a plane can shoot
overhead, a fish can shoot through the water.
4 a bird's or butterfly's wings; a piece of washing on the line in the wind; a person's eyelashes; a
curtain in the wind.
5 anything moving slowly on water, e.g. a boat, a piece of wood; a person can drift through life
(moving without any sense of purpose or direction); your thoughts can drift to something or
someone (it happens unintentionally).

1 rate 2 pace 3 velocity 4 speed

Possible answers:
I usage grammar

quick something that takes a short time, adjective only; can be used with
e.g. quick snack; quick loo visit 'to', e.g. she was quick to respond
rapid more formal; used for things like adjective only
'rapid economic growth';
'rapid increaseldecline'
swift more restricted generally; used adjective only; can be used with
for things like 'swift-flowing 'in', e.g. 'He was swift in pointing
stream'; swift response1decisionI out how wrong I was.'
reaction

Possible situations:
1 If you are very late for something.
2 If you want to be late for something, e.g. something unpleasant.
3 If you aren't in a hurry. You can also say this about your studies, if you are not going either
particularly fast or slow.
4 If you were hiding from someone, e.g. under a bed or behind a door.
5 If you really don't want to meet them or talk to them, or don't want them to see you.
1 A slowcoach is a person who does everything too slowly, who takes an unacceptably long time
to do things.
2 A streaker is someone who takes off all their clothes in a public place and runs naked in front
of everyone.
3 A plodder is a person who sticks at a task and completes it slowly and usually with great effort
and difficulty, no matter how long it takes.
4 A stirrer is a person who deliberately 'stirs up' or causes trouble between people by saying
things that set them against one another.

English Vocabulary in Use