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S22 1 television 3 education 5 weakness 7 management
2 election 4 government 6 stupidity 8 improvement

8.3 1 actor 4 singer 7 economist
2 employer 5 murderer 8 translator
3 footballer 6 psychologist 9 manager
8.4 1 writes reports/articles for newspapers
2 dances in ballets
3 directs films
4 manages a bank
5 employs people (employees)
6 sings pop songs and makes records
7 translates books and articles
8 drives a lorry
9 takes pictures (photographs)
10 draws and paints things, e.g. people and landscapes

Unit 9
9.8 thoughtful/less dirty painful/less comfortable
attractive careful/less knowledgeable famous
creative dangerous (un)suitable (un)reliable
foggy political sunny washable
homeless enjoyable musical (un)breakable
useful/less
9.2 1 careful 4 knowledgeable or helpful 7 useful 10 undrinkable
2 foggy 5 dangerous 8 reliable 11. inflexible
3 famous 6 painful 9 industrial 12 homeless

9.3 painless; useless; careless; thoughtless; tactless*
*If someone is ‘tactful’ they are diplomatic, i.e. they always say the right things. If you are
tactless, you are always saying the wrong thing and might be offending someone.
Opposites for the other words:
wonderful (# terrible, awful) awful (# wonderful, fantastic) beautiful (# ugly)

9.4 Possible answers
1 cloudy, sunny, foggy 5 famous, creative, knowledgeable
2 dangerous, careless, thoughtless, awful 6 reliable, comfortable, economical
3 musical, creative, famous 7 political, enjoyable, thoughtful
4 industrial, famous, beautiful, dirty, attractive 8 ?

Unit 10
10.1 1 We waited a long time. 4 The holiday cost about £500.
2 I dreamt about you last night. 5 replied to his letter yesterday.
3 We queued for half an hour.

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