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Answer for exercise 8

The solution for exercise 8 in chapter 2.1 - The best mistakes of Speakout Advanced Plus - Students' Book by Frances Eales and Steve Oakes

Question

In each of the following extracts from the article underline an idiom expressing feeling. What does each one mean?

Answer

  • a sinking feeling → an unpleasant feeling when you realise something bad is going to happen
  • welcome (errors / sth / sb) with open arms → be very pleased to encounter, meet, or experience something
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