Cover of the textbook Cutting Edge Intermediate - Student's Book

The key answer of exercise 4

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 09 - Reading and speaking for the textbook Cutting Edge Intermediate - Student's Book with authors Sarah Cunningham, Peter Moor and Jonathan Bygrave from Pearson Education

Question

Read the other text, then discuss the meaning of the words and phrases below with your partner.

Answer

  1. a reward: something that you get because you have done something good or helpful or have worked hard
  2. a purchase: something you buy
  3. to deserve: to have earned something by good actions or behaviour
  4. time-poor: not having much free time because of work commitments
  5. a quick-fix solution: a solution to a problem that is quick, but not good or permanent
  6. homeless: without a home
  7. to seek: to try to get something
  8. lack of choice: not having too many things to choose between