Answer — Exercise 5
6.2 - The invention of leisure·Navigate Advanced C1 - Workbook
Question
Rewrite the sentences, replacing the words in italics with words and phrases from exercise 4. There may be more than one possible answer.
Answer
- The noise of the construction work outside our hotel room was driving me up the wall (really) getting on my nerves.
- The ambulance staff were trying to get the victim to calm down.
- Joon-he seemed a bit stressed out moving house.
- When there's an inspection at the hospital, all the staff are on edge (about it).
- We're going to the coast for a long weekend, just to chill out.
- I was a bundle of nerves (really on edge/really stressed out) before the interview, but talking to Patrick about it made me feel better.
- It may sound easy, but it's actually a very demanding task that requires great skill and patience.
- I find that the people there generally have a more laid-back attitude to life than we do.
- We start to get on each other's nerves/drive each other up the wall if we spend too much time together.