The key answer of exercise 9
The key to exercise solutions in chapter 10.2 - Dreams come true? for the textbook Speakout Advanced - Students' Book with authors Antonia Clare and J. J. Wilson from Pearson Education
Question
Read the pairs of sentences. Do they have similar or opposite meanings? What do the phrases in bold mean?
Answer
- crave and hanker(ed) after mean you have an extremely strong desire for something
- be in the spotlight and be the centre of attention mean receive a lot of attention, e.g. on TV
- serve an apprenticeship and pay your dues mean you spend a lot of time learning how to do something well - observing others, practising, etc.
- be held in high esteem and be renowned mean you are well-known for being good at something
- become an overnight success and shoot to fame mean you become suddenly famous
- be set on something and have aspirations mean you have an ambition to do something
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