Cover of the textbook Outcomes Advanced - Student's Book

The key answer of exercise 8

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 10 - Under the knife for the textbook Outcomes Advanced - Student's Book with authors Carol Nuttall and Amanda French from National Geographic Learning

Question

Make the sentences less exact and more vague using words and phrases from the box.

Answer

  1. I asked for a second opinion, but they just sort of / kind of ignored me.
  2. He used some kind of / some sort of / a load of bleach solution on my teeth. // He used bleach solution and everything on my teeth. // He used bleach solution on my teeth and everything.
  3. If you want a check-up and everything, it should cost about €100.
  4. They told me that a build-up was damaging blood vessels in my brain or something. // They told me that some kind of / some sort of build-up was damaging blood vessels in my brain. // They told me that a build-up was damaging a load of blood vessels in my brain.
  5. They use this tiny little knife or something to make the incision. // They used some kind of / some sort of tiny little knife to make the incision.
  6. It was quite a traumatic birth, but they somehow managed to deliver her after about an hour or so.
  7. They just sort of / kind of glued the skin back together again using some sort of / kind of clear plastic tape or something.
  8. Mercifully, there were no needles or anything involved – just massage and some kind of traditional medicine. // Mercifully, there were no needles or anything involved – just massage and traditional medicine and everything.