The key to exercise solutions in chapter 10B - No direction home for the textbook English File Advanced - Student's Book with authors Christina Latham-Koenig, Clive Oxenden, Jerry Lambert and Kate Chomacki from Oxford University Press
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Listen again and answer the questions.
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Listen to some extracts from the interview and complete the idioms and phrasal verbs. With a partner, say what you think they mean.
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The swimming, barbecues in the mountains, fishing for octopus
They rented a cheap house in the mountains, and did lots of walking and cycling.
He considered it an honour to be involved in local politics and be part of the decision-making process.
People can see they're working, and they employ local people.
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next; nothing (next to nothing = almost nothing)
stumbled on (= to discover sth unexpectedly)
having; ball (have a ball = enjoy yourself a lot)
had; hankering (have a hankering = have a strong desire)
consumer detox (= a removal of the desire to buy things)
ruled; out (rule sth out = to decide that sth is not possible)
bigger hurdle (= a bigger problem that must be solved or dealt with before you can achieve sth)
turn; back (turn your back on sth = to reject sth that you have previously been connected with)