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