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Unit 66

66.1
2 bott1edcart;ons of milk
4 cans of coke
a tin of condensed milk
a packet/box of chocolate biscuits
a packet of cigarettes
a large box of matches
a jar of honey
6 packets of crisps

66.2 1 tub, pot
2 barrel, bottles, sack (of potatoes)
3 cans, bottles, barrels, packs, crates, cases
4 any of these: bottlelcarton (of milk), jug (of milk), mug (of tea), packet (of cornflakes),
jar (of marmalade), glass (of milk), bowl (of sugar, for cornflakes)
5 sack (or perhaps a bag)
6 bag and basket
7 (a) 200 (b) 20
1 a jar of peanut butter 5 a tin of sardines 9 a packet of butter
2 a packet of washing powder 6 a tin of tomatoes 10 a pack of 12 cans of beer
3 a carton of cream 7 a bag of apples 11 a bottle of washing-up liquid
4 a tube of skin cream 8 a box of tissues
1 chocolateltoollmatch 3 carrierlshopping/mail 5 wine whisky hour
2 winelmilk/water 4 milk/cream/water 6 flowerltealcoffee

Unit 67

7.1 1 I have strong views on marriage. 5 This is absurd from our point of view.
2 Most people believe in life after death. 6 He's quite wrong in my opinion.
3 I was in favour of the proposed changes. 7 Well, that's just silly, to my mind.
4 What does she think of the new teacher?

Possible answers:
1 eccentric 3 moderatelmiddle-of-the-road 5 conservativeltraditional
2 firmlstrong 4 fanaticaYobsessive

1 I've always doubted that ghosts exist.
2 I have always held that people should rely on themselves more.
3 Claudia maintains that the teacher has been unfair to her.
4 I was convinced (that) I had been in that room before.
5 He feels we should have tried again.

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