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§0.2 eR Pll give him a ring this evening.
WN I go on a diet if I put on weight.
It was very hot, so we had a rest for a while after lunch.
I put on the brakes but I still couldn’t stop in time.
Nn He gave me a push.
Did you have a look in the paper?

$0.3 — same meaning
2 similar (but not exactly the same because ‘to water’ means ‘to pour water over something that
is growing’.)
3 completely different (the verb ‘to book’ = ‘to reserve’)
4 completely different (‘a break’ is a rest; ‘to break a leg’ = to fracture the leg)
5 similar (but not exactly the same because ‘a run’ here is not just the action of running; it is an
activity that the person chooses to do.)

Unit II
Possible answers
Money: credit card, cheque book, box office (where you buy tickets), income tax
Roads: traffic lights, traffic jam, pedestrian crossing, parking meter, traffic warden
Things we wear: T-shirt, sunglasses, earring
People: baby-sitter, brother-in-law, film star, pop star

1 traffic jam 4 waiting room 7 income tax 9 first aid box
2 film star 5 baby sitter 8 parking meter 10. science fiction
3 alarm clock 6 sunglasses

Possible answers
sitting room; waiting room
PWN toothbrush (= what you clean your teeth with)
pop star; rock star
birthday card; postcard
CNNM traffic jam, traffic warden
sunshade (= parasol); suntan (= when your body goes brown from the sun)
box office, postbox
hairdresser (= person who cuts your hair)
bi.4 Possible answers
notebook (= a book of plain paper to write notes)
textbook (= a book used for study, especially in schools)
cookery book (= a book that tells you how to prepare and cook food)
telephone book (= the book with telephone numbers; also called a telephone directory)
bookcase (= a piece of furniture with shelves for books)
book shop
greetings card, e.g. birthday card, Christmas card
travel card (= a ticket for travel on buses and trains for a period)
phone card (to use with certain telephones)
postcard

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