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

The key answer of exercise 1 - Part 3

The key to exercise solutions in chapter Colloquial English 2 & 3 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

  1. Now watch Part 3. Answer the questions.
  2. Watch again. What do you think the highlighted informal words and phrases mean?

Answer

a)

  1. Not particularly important
  2. Gladiator because she thought it was a good recreation of ancient Rome and because it showed a realistic image of Roman combat.
  3. She is very pleased about it because it brings history into the popular consciousness and it shows that it can be enjoyable.

b)

  1. boring in an unfashionable way
  2. or something of a similar type
  3. people
  4. too sentimental
  5. its advantage or strength
  6. a long story, especially one that is exaggerated or invented