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Answer — Exercise 4

Do you know ... ?·New Total English Upper-Intermediate - Students' Book

Question

  1. Look at the dictionary extract from the Longman Active Study Dictionary. What does it tell you about each of the following: grammar, pronunciation and meaning?
  2. Complete the dictionary extracts by writing a definition for each one.
  3. Now compare your definitions with the definitions in a dictionary.
  4. Add the words / phrases above to the word maps in exercise 3a.

Answer

a)

  • grammar → 3 syllables; the stressed syllable -sen; adjective; noun
  • pronunciation → sensubul
  • meaning → having or using good judgment based on reason and experience rather than emotion

b) - c)

  1. leave one's job and cease to work typically on reaching the normal age for leaving service
  2. in or to a foreign country / countries
  3. have a friendly relationship with someone
  4. a playing field on which the game of football if played

d)

  1. work
  2. holidays
  3. people
  4. sports and fitness
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