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Unit 17
17. Possible answers
nanbwohde on the bed / on the floor
excuses/stories
the TV / the light / the fire
my flat / my house
the problem / the mess / the central heating
Doman tonight / on Saturday evening
the second question / the final part
just outside London
on your salary / on seventy pounds
= in a small town / by the sea

7.2. no yes (made that story up)
mABWNeR yes (turn the radio on) 1 COwomemnn no
no
yes (put the fire out)
yes (turn the light off)
no
no yes (leave this question out)
7.3 _— The cost of living is going up all the time and I find it quite difficult to get by on my salary. Bur
I think I can probably carry on for a few months.
She told us to come in but then we had to take off our shoes and I had to put out my cigarette.
The teacher told the class to make up a story to go with the picture in their books, and then
carry on with Exercise 3. She said they could all leave out Exercise 4.

17.4 Unit 21: get on (with someone); get on (= make progress); get up
Unit 47: grow up; go out (with); split up; break up
Unit 48: wake up; get up; stay in; go out; come round
Unit 56: take sth. off; hang sth. up; put sth. on; try sth. on
Unit 62: get on; get off; get in(to); get out (of)
Unit 75: turn sth. on/off; turn sth. up/down; switch on/off/over; plug sth. in

Unit 18
18.1 1 feel like = want/desire
2 for good = for ever
3 tied-up = busy
4 pulling sb.’s leg = joking by saying that something is true when in fact it is not true.
5 make do = manage

18.2% 1 hang on 5 What’s up?
2 a short cut 6 Keep an eye on
3 go ahead 7 get a move on
4 make it; Never mind 8 make up your mind

18.3 1 start; matters 3 -hand 5 do; term
2 turns 4 talk

13.4 Examples
have something / nothing / a little in common = to have similar interests (If you ‘have nothing in
common’, it means you don’t have similar interests.)
mad about something = to like something very much
get on someone’s nerves = to make someone angry or irritable by your behaviour.

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