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74.4 1 go to bed
2 a stronger, more informal version of child's play, i.e. simple, too easy for me.
3 clearly means more than just 'unemployed', as he didn't have a home; it means totally without
money or property, living and sleeping on the streets.

Unit 75

75.1 1 to think of it 3 Talking of 5 reminds me
2 ask me 4 you say 6 I was saying

75.2 1 this and that or this, that and the other 2 that's it 3 this is it 4 that's that

75.3 now and then or every now and then
(occasionally)

and
here
now then! fi now I right now
[attract attention because [immediately; also used
you're going to say something] to emphasise your point]
1 Do you want me to do it here and now, or can it wait?
2 Now then, everybody, listen carefully. I have news for you.
3 I bump into her in town (every) now and then, but not that often.
75.4 1 When it comes to ... 4 If the worst comes to the worst...
2 As luck would have it ... 5 As far as I'm concerned. ..
3 If all else fails.. . 6 What with one thing and another ...

Unit 76
76.1 1 hatter 2 rake 3 mouse 4 post 5 bat

76.2 1 slept 2 falling 3 dog 4 parrot 5 snow 6 a sheet

1 as quick as a flash 3 as flat as a pancake 5 as strong as an ox
2 as red as a beetroot 4 as fresh as a daisy

7 Across
1 brass 2 hatter 4 sheet 5 daisy 7 mouse 9 bone
Down
1 bat 2 hard 3 easy 6 ice 8 cucumber 10 feather

76.5 1 HeIShe has eyes like a hawk. 3 SheIHe eats like a horse.
2 Our plan went like a dream. 4 HeIShe has a head like a sieve.

Unit 77

77.1 1 high and dry 3 safe and sound 5 rack and ruin
2 rough and ready 4 wined and dined 6 prim and proper

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