Answer — Exercise 2
8A - The best medicine?·English File Advanced - Student's Book
Question
Look at the highlighted phrases in the article and focus on the bold verbs. With a partner, decide what they mean.
Answer
- outweigh = are greater or more important than sth
- sink = move downwards
- underestimate = think that the amount, cost, or size of sth is smaller than it really is
- wean themselves off = make themselves gradually stop doing or using sth
- stuck to = continued doing sth despite difficulties
- be undertaken = be done
- varies = changes or is different according to the situation