Answer — Exercise 9
10.2 - Dreams come true?·Speakout Advanced - Students' Book
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