Cover of the textbook New Total English Upper-Intermediate - Students' Book

The key answer of exercise 3

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 1.2 - Family ties for the textbook New Total English Upper-Intermediate - Students' Book with authors Araminta Crace and Richard Acklam from Pearson Education

Question

Look at the underlined phrases in audioscript 1.3 on page 162. What do you think they mean?

Answer

  • juggle several tasks at once → to be able to do several things at the same time
  • take up a new hobby → to begin a new pastime activity
  • only too happy about that → was very willing to do it
  • it all went from strength to strength → got better and better
  • they picked up on different things → learn easily
  • to put your mind to it → to make a firm decision to do something and focus on it

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