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The key answer of exercise 7

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 6.1 - New in town for the textbook Speakout Advanced Plus - Students' Book with authors Frances Eales and Steve Oakes from Pearson Education

Question

  1. Complete the two-part phrases below.
  2. Match a word from A with one from B to make a binomial. Add the correct linker.
  3. Listen and check. Then listen and repeat, paying attention to the linking, the weak forms of and, but and for, and the dropping of sounds in connected speech.

Answer

a)

  1. bustle
  2. quiet

b)

  • sooner or later
  • safe and sound
  • make-or-break
  • slowly but surely
  • more or less
  • all in all
  • first and foremost
  • tit for tat
  • wine and dine

c)

  • sooner︶or later
  • first︶and foremost /ən/
  • slowly but surely
  • safe︶and sound /ən/
  • more︶or less
  • tit for tat
  • all︶in all
  • make︶or-break
  • wine︶and dine /ən/