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QUIZ

1. Someone might pull out of a race or competition because they are ill or injured.
2. Three things that are now obsolete (no longer in use) are record players, Routemaster buses, pesetas.
3. The opposite of denying an allegation is admitting (to) an allegation.
4. Someone might make a prototype when they are inventing something.
5. The weather, a cancellation of some kind, your friend not showing up etc. can all ruin your day.
6. To libel someone you would write something untrue about them.
7. Companies can outsource factory workers, IT or call centre workers because it is cheaper.
8. You might find loopholes in the law which could save you from being prosecuted. Lawyers might look for them.
9. When people rampage through the streets they make a lot of noise and may damage things.
10. People might freak out if they are scared or panicking.
11. A government may need to bail out a company or bank because they are at risk of going bankrupt.
12. A type of behaviour or dress might be frowned on because someone disapproves of it.
13. You find inmates in prison.
14. Most companies have to pay overheads for rent, utilities, supplies, etc.
15. You might give someone a head start in a race because you have an unfair advantage over them e.g. a child

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UNIT 16: DANGER AND RISK

Listening

Step 1

Conversation 1 leg – cut it with a scalpel while making an architectural model

Conversation 2 forehead – walked into a shelf while on summer camp; chin, blown by wind between two parked cars – whacked chin on road

Step 2

1. T
2. F
3. F
4. T
5. F
6. F
7. T
8. F
9. F
10. F

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UNIT 15: FASHION

Vocabulary – Style and design

Step 1

1. g – laces
2. c – blouse
3. a – shawl
4. b – sturdy
5. f – linen
6. e – baggy
7. h – flared
8. d - frilly

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UNIT 14: BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS

Vocabulary – How’s business?

Step 1

1. inundated/ flooded = same
2. relocating/ moving = same
3. rents/ overheads = different; rents = payments for properties; overheads = total costs
4. upturn/ decline = different; upturn = increase; decline = decrease
5. a solid client base/ loyal customers = same
6. lay off/ employ = almost opposite; employ = take on; lay off = make redundant
7. floating/ launching = same
8. pick up/ get better = same; end up going under/ have to make serious cutbacks – similar, end up going under = go out of business; have to make serious cutbacks = have to save money, almost go out of business
9. hanging in/ surviving = same, but surviving is more formal
10. diversify/ consolidate = different; diversify = broaden, add more variety to; consolidate = make stronger
11. take on staff/ make staff redundant = opposite (see 5)
12. downturn / drop = same
13. terminating/ pitching for = different; terminating = ending; pitching for = bidding for

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UNIT 13: NEWS AND THE MEDIA

Vocabulary – News headlines

Step 2

1. blast toll = number of dead from explosion
2. hails = praises
3. bars = bans, prohibits from entering; crackdown = stricter policy
4. cleared = freed from
5. seize = take; raid = sudden entry and search
6. brink = edge, very close to
7. leak = revelation; slash = cut a large number of
8. ups = increases; bid = attempt
9. clash = fight, disagree violently
10. rule out = dismiss the possibility of; halt = stop
11. pulls out of = withdraws from
12. blow = setback
13. vows = promises

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QUIZ

1. People network to build up business contacts.
2. The opposite of upholding a decision is overturning a decision.
3. Jobs which might be emotionally draining often involve troubled people e.g. social worker.
4. People bluff when they have bad cards and they want to convince their opponents their cards are good (e.g. at poker)
5. A person, a car, a computer could be temperamental, I.e. mood-changing or unreliable.
6. It’s good if cancer goes into remission.
7. People flee an area because there is war, an earthquake or a flood.
8. You might need a skin graft when you have burns.
9. A drain/ sink could clog/ clog-up with mud, food or rubbish.
10. If a town or city is sacked it is attacked and valuable goods are destroyed/ stolen.
11. You could confess to a crime, an accident (when you broke something), a n affair, etc.
12. Hare Krishna is a chant. There are also football/ sport chants.
13. If a team is relegated, it goes down to the next division. The opposite is promoted.
14. You might glare at someone who has been rude.
15. Shops might get looted during a war or after a natural disaster.

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UNIT 12: HISTORY

Listening

Step 1

He’s from a first-generation immigrant family; they lived in total poverty; he dropped out of school when his father died and sold ice cream on the street; he moved on to selling textiles; he moved to the capital when he was 21; he started his own company selling outboard motors for boats; he can now afford to have his children educated in the States; he eats like a peasant.

Step 2

1. passed off
2. turns out
3. passed away
4. drop out
5. started off, moved on
6. get ahead, set off
7. start up, built (things) up
8. lit up
9. dwell on

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UNIT 11: PLAY

Listening

Step 1

Conversation 1: a tennis game = double fault, rallies, deuce, fade; quite good = pretty tight

Conversation 2: a mountain walk = trudge, clouds broke, hypothermia, stunning; bad but good in the end

Conversation 3: a football match – draw, penalty, the crossbar, the return game; good = an amazing game, very open

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UNIT 10: HEALTH AND ILLNESS

Listening

Step 1

Conversation 1

1. laser surgery
2. numbing the eyes and slicing a flap in front of each eye
3. return visits for after-care

Conversation 2

1. dental surgery
2. having a hole drilled at the back and a temporary filling
3. having the temporary felling replaced by a permanent one

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UNIT 9: WORK

Vocabulary – Company jobs and tasks

Step 1

a rep = a representative – usually a sales rep; a CEO = a Chief Executive Officer; a PA = a Personal Assistant; on HR = in Human Resources; in R & D = in Research and Development; in admin = in administration

Step 2

1. input
2. troubleshoot
3. schedule
4. liaise
5. place
6. process
7. draw up
8. network
9. oversee
10. come up with

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QUIZ

1. You might feel rough because you are tired, ill or hungover.
2. If you were mortified you would feel very embarrassed.
3. Authors, musicians and artists are all paid royalties.
4. If someone holds a grudge, they feel bitter about something done against them in the past, and possibly seek revenge.
5. A murder or violent crime might be described as cold-blooded.
6. If fighting escalates, it increases and gets more violent.
7. A politician might seize power by staging a coup.
8. If something is prevalent, there is a lot of it.
9. You could devise a plan, a scheme, a set of rules, etc.
10. A political party or country with financial interests in the country at war might have a vested interest in a war continuing.
11. Examples: there is a negative correlation between income and birth rate: the richer the country, the lower the birth rate. A positive correlation might be: there is a positive correlation and getting good jobs.
12. You could manipulate figures, statistics or a person to prove a point or get what you want.
13. A mountainous and rocky landscape is rugged.
14. Someone might butt in (interrupt) when you are having a conversation with someone else and you might feel annoyed.
15. Rodents (e.g. mice, rats, hamsters) gnaw.

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UNIT 8: NATURE

Vocabulary – Describing scenery

Step 1

1. a mountain range
2. plains
3. a peak
4. a crater
5. the mouth of the river
6. a glacier
7. wetland
8. a stream
9. cliffs
10. a bay
11. a gorge
12. woodland

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UNIT 7: SCIENCE AND RESEARCH

Vocabulary – Talking about science

Step 1

1. breakthrough = step forward
2. root = underlying
3. diminished – impaired
4. stuck = inserted
5. thin end of the wedge = slippery slope
6. carried out = undertook
7. pave the way for = lead to
8. reproduce = duplicate
9. down to = due to
10. negative = adverse
11. condition = disorder
12. created = devised

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UNIT 6: CONFLICT

Speaking

Step 1

storm off = to leave in a temper; slam = shut violently; sulk = when you refuse to talk to someone in an aggressive way; hold a grudge/ bear a grudge = when you refuse to forgive someone; make up = say sorry and forgive each other

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UNIT 5: NIGHT IN, NIGHT OUT

Vocabulary – Feelings

Step 1

1. in stitches = very amused, couldn’t stop laughing
2. yawning = opening mouth when tired or sleepy
3. in bits = very upset
4. stuffed = very full
5. tossing and turning = restless, unable to sleep
6. off his head = mad, drunk, incoherent
7. live up to the hype = fulfil (high) expectations
8. overwhelmed = unable to deal with strong emotions
9. rough = unwell, hung-over
10. mortified = very embarrassed

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QUIZ

1. An area with crumbling or derelict buildings is neglected and run down.
2. If you rip your shirt you need to mend or repair it.
3. If a situation is grim it is very bad.
4. When an economy is thriving it’s doing well.
5. If you need to clear rubble, a building or part of it has collapsed.
6. If you’re thrilled with something you feel very excited and pleased.
7. Houses or flats are burgled by a burglar.
8. An area might go downhill because it becomes poor, or people leave it or don’t want to live there.
9. You might single someone out because they are especially good at something.
10. Close-knit describes a community.
11. Politicians try to cover up a scandal, e.g. their expenses.
12. If there’s a craze everybody wants to be part of something e.g. Facebook, or wants to have something, e.g. iPhones.
13. If someone is bitchy they gossip in a nasty way about others.
14. Crime, or drug use, might be cracked down on by increasing the power of the police.
15. Four different grounds for divorce are: unfaithfulness, cruelty, neglect, irretrievable, breakdown.

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UNIT 4: POLITICS

Developing conversations – Giving opinions

Step 1

1-12

2-5

3-10

4-8

6-9

7-11

Scale from strong disagreement to strong agreement:

3-10

4-8

2-5

6-9

7-11

1-12

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UNIT 3: RELATIONSHIPS

Vocabulary – Describing people

Step 1

incompetent = negative

direct = could be either depending on context/ how it’s said a snob (not an adjective-adjective = snobbish) = negative

absent-minded = negative

quite hard work = negative

bitchy = negative

laid-back = positive (usually)

principled = positive

strong-willed = negative (usually)

thick-stinned = positive (usually)

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UNIT 2: CULTURE AND IDENTITY

Vocabulary – Society and culture

Step 2

1. family/ community life
2. religion
3. bureaucracy
4. crime
5. climate
6. crime
7. religion
8. bureaucracy
9. climate
10. cultural life
11. family/ community life
12. cultural life

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UNIT 1: CITIES

Vocabulary – City life

Step 1

1. vibrant
2. dangerous
3. well-run
4. polluted
5. affluent
6. spotless
7. congested
8. sprawling
9. run-down