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Answer — Exercise 8

4.1 - The daily grind·New Total English Upper-Intermediate - Students' Book

Question

Listen to four dialogues and answer the questions.

Answer

  1. feeling fed up with work, working longer and longer hours and feeling exhausted; no definite plans but might do some voluntary work abroad
  2. wants to go back to college and retrain as a vet; has definite plans; taking an exam in three weeks' time and if successful will start the course probably in September
  3. feels isolated working from home and misses having colleagues; has definite plans (has a job interview tomorrow afternoon)
  4. wants a more senior position with more responsibility at work; no definite plans

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