Cover of the textbook English File Advanced - Student's Book

The key answer of exercise 1

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

Question

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  4. Listen again and answer the questions.
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  6. Listen to some extracts from the interview and complete the idioms and phrasal verbs. With a partner, say what you think they mean.

Answer

d)

  1. The swimming, barbecues in the mountains, fishing for octopus
  2. They rented a cheap house in the mountains, and did lots of walking and cycling.
  3. He considered it an honour to be involved in local politics and be part of the decision-making process.
  4. People can see they're working, and they employ local people.

f)

  1. next; nothing (next to nothing = almost nothing)
  2. stumbled on (= to discover sth unexpectedly)
  3. having; ball (have a ball = enjoy yourself a lot)
  4. had; hankering (have a hankering = have a strong desire)
  5. consumer detox (= a removal of the desire to buy things)
  6. ruled; out (rule sth out = to decide that sth is not possible)
  7. bigger hurdle (= a bigger problem that must be solved or dealt with before you can achieve sth)
  8. turn; back (turn your back on sth = to reject sth that you have previously been connected with)