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The key answer of exercise 12

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 2.1 - The jungle bug for the textbook New Total English Upper-Intermediate - Students' Book with authors Araminta Crace and Richard Acklam from Pearson Education

Question

Read the Lifelong learning box. Then look at the pairs of words / phrases below. From each pair, say how you might decide which word / phrase in each pair to use.

Answer

  • interesting / fascinating fascinating is a stronger feeling than interesting
  • difficult / daunting daunting is used to describe difficult jobs and tasks which have to be done, describing a situation where you feel you might not be able to finish / achieve something; difficult is more general in meaning and can apply to all situations which are not easy
  • get used to / become accustomed to become accustomed to is a more formal expression than get used to

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