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The key answer of exercise 2

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 3.2 - Fired! for the textbook Speakout Advanced Plus - Students' Book with authors Frances Eales and Steve Oakes from Pearson Education

Question

  1. Work in pairs. Look at the underlined words or phrases in the article on this page and one page 130 and match them with these definitions.
  2. Correct one error in each option. One item is correct.

Answer

a)

  1. to come clean (about)
  2. to make candid comments (about)
  3. to overstate
  4. to present an accurate picture (of)
  5. to catch someone red-handed
  6. to lose face
  7. to gloss over
  8. to show your true colours

b)

  1. a) overdo → overstate ; b) photo → picture ; c) lose your face → lose face
  2. a) candied → candid ; b) paint → gloss ; c) collars → colours
  3. a) clear → clean ; b) red-footed → red-handed ; c) → ✓

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