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Answer — Exercise 1

2.3·Speakout Advanced - Workbook

Question

  1. Correct the idioms.
  2. Match the idioms in Exercise 1A with their definitions.
  3. Complete the sentences with the correct idioms.

Answer

a)

  1. play devil's advocate
  2. sit on the fence
  3. speak your mind
  4. beat about the bush
  5. have a vested interest
  6. have an axe to grind

b)

  1. f
  2. d
  3. c
  4. b
  5. e
  6. a

c)

  1. sit on the fence
  2. vested interest
  3. speak my mind
  4. play devil's advocate
  5. beat about the bush
  6. axe to grind
Exercise 2 →

More exercises in 2.3

Ex. 2
Ex. 3
Ex. 4