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The key answer of exercise 2

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 6 - The past for the textbook New Total English Upper-Intermediate - Students' Book with authors Araminta Crace and Richard Acklam from Pearson Education

Question

Work in pairs and check you know the meaning of the underlined words in the sentences.

Answer

  • nostalgic = feel slightly sad when you remember a particular period in your past
  • reminisce = to talk or write about past experiences which you remember with pleasure
  • memorable = likely to be remembered for a long time
  • take me back = make you remember past events vividly
  • vivid memories = clear, exact memories
  • vague memories = unclear, inexact memories
  • memento = an object you keep in order to remember someone or something
  • souvenir = something you buy / receive / give to remember an event or visit (e.g. a holiday)
  • forgetful = someone who forgets things easily
  • remind = make someone remember something, usually something they have to do
  • remember = to have in your memory
  • on the tip of my tongue = when you can almost but not quite remember something
  • a good / bad / terrible memory for something = find it (e.g. hard) to remember a particular area (e.g. names, new words, faces)
  • mnemonics = something such as a special word or sentence that you use to help you remember something
  • jog your memory = help you remember something

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