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

The key answer of exercise 8

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 3.3 - The good old days? 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 verb phrases in the sentences (1-8). Work in pairs and try to explain the meaning of each one.

Answer

  1. taking control or responsibility for something
  2. to be very surprised because something is very beautiful or exciting
  3. to cope calmly with things without making a fuss
  4. to believe that something is true without thinking about it or making sure
  5. like something or someone
  6. to participate in something, usually a group game or activity
  7. to understand what you read, hear or see
  8. to start to increase / improve / become more popular