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The key answer of exercise 4

The key to exercise solutions in chapter Do you know ... ? for the textbook New Total English Advanced - Students' Book with authors JJ Wilson with Antonia Clare from Pearson Education

Question

  1. Look at the dictionary extract below from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English. What does it tell you about each of the following: grammar, pronunciation, use and meaning?
  2. Complete the dictionary extracts below by writing a definition for each one.

Answer

a)

Grammar

  • noun
  • Phrases → on deadline; under deadline

Pronunciation

  • Modern IPA → dɛ́dlɑjn.
  • Traditional IPA → ˈdedlaɪn.
  • 2 syllables → "DED" + "lyn"

Use

  • There's no way I can meet that deadline.
  • We're working to a tight deadline (we do not have much time to finish the work).
  • I'm afraid you've missed the deadline - the deadline for applications was last week.

Meaning

  • a date or time before which something must be done

b)

  1. too expensive; costing more than it is worth
  2. to walk around slowly in a relaxed way or without any clear purpose or direction
  3. a person whom one knows but who is not a particularly close friend
  4. an introductory act or step; leading action