Cover of the textbook Outcomes Upper-Intermediate - Student's Book

The key answer of exercise 11

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 10 - Small talk for the textbook Outcomes Upper-Intermediate - Student's Book with authors Hugh Dellar and Andrew Walkley from National Geographic Learning

Question

Match the words in bold with the meanings a-j.

Answer

  1. chat me up = h; get lost = a (point out the difference between chatting to someone (= having a conversation) and trying to chat them up (= trying to impress someone of the opposite sex, to start a relationship). Ask: Are there any other times when you might tell someone to get lost? (if they say something rude to you, for example)
  2. marquee = b (a big tent where people sit and eat or drink); fortune = d (spend a fortune = pay a lot of money; point out that you can also make / lose a fortune)
  3. break it up = g (stop it); out of hand = f (out of control); point out you can break up a party, a fight, an argument. Parties, arguments, situations and people can all get out of hand.
  4. burst into tears = j (point out you can also burst out laughing)
  5. turned up = i; went to waste = e
  6. left out = c (point out you can feel a bit left out = feel ignored)