Cover of the textbook New Total English Advanced - Students' Book

The key answer of exercise 1

The key to exercise solutions in chapter Vocabulary 10 for the textbook New Total English Advanced - Students' Book with authors JJ Wilson with Antonia Clare from Pearson Education

Question

  1. Look at the underlined phrases with under in the story below. What do they mean?
  2. Choose the correct rule in italics.

Answer

a)

  • under pressure = in conditions that make it difficult to do a task (e.g. not enough time / resources)
  • under a lot of stress = extremely worried and tired, so you can't relax
  • under her thumb = controlled by someone else (usually husband controlled by wife)
  • went under = closed down because of financial problems (businesses)

b) negative and unpleasant