Answer — Exercise 4
15 - This takes me back·Outcomes Upper-Intermediate - Student's Book
Question
Work in pairs. Look at the words in bold and think about what they might mean from the context. Then answer the questions.
Answer
- You use a remote / a remote control; you can also flick through a magazine or a newspaper.
- No, you find it by accident – if you come across an old house that you decide to buy, it suggests that your weren’t looking for it – you were just walking past it, and there it was.
- No. It’s often quite hard to notice. We can also say: a subtle comment, colour or joke.
- An expert really knows a lot about things, but if you say someone is a so-called expert, you are suggesting they may claim to be an expert but aren’t really. It’s often used sarcastically or critically.
- No. It happens completely by chance.
- Possibilities include a Maserati, a Porsche, a Bentley, a Lamborghini, etc. So, in the text, a fancy technique is used critically to describe a way of cooking that is over-complicated.
- throw
- Because you don’t want to be told the ending – or a crucial part of the plot.
- A diner might pass judgement on a restaurant; teachers and students often pass judgement on each other – it is a pompous way of saying that they will decide whether something is good or bad.