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The key answer of exercise 6

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 14 - The luck of the draw for the textbook Outcomes Upper-Intermediate - Student's Book with authors Hugh Dellar and Andrew Walkley from National Geographic Learning

Question

Complete each pair of sentences with one of these words. You may need to change the form.

Answer

1

  1. earn 
  2. earned (If you earn a break, it means you deserve a break because you’ve worked hard.)

2

  1. waste 
  2. waste (If something is a waste of breath, it means that there is no point in saying it because nobody is listening to you.)

3

  1. bet 
  2. bet (Here, I bet means ‘I imagine’ or ‘I believe’.)

4

  1. gamble 
  2. gambling (If you gamble with your life you take too many risks.)

5

  1. odds
  2. odds (Against all odds means ‘against all expectations’.)

6

  1. lottery
  2. lottery (If something is a bit of a lottery, it is a situation in which everything depends on luck or chance.)

7

  1. jackpot (A rollover is a term used to describe when nobody wins and the money offered as a prize is carried on to the next draw.)
  2. jackpot (He hit the jackpot means he was very lucky, or got the best thing possible.)

8

  1. stake
  2. stake (There’s a lot at stake means there are very important issues involved and the outcome could affect people seriously.)

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