Cover of the textbook Speakout Advanced - Students' Book

The key answer of exercise 7

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 10.3 - Making a plan for the textbook Speakout Advanced - Students' Book with authors Antonia Clare and J. J. Wilson from Pearson Education

Question

The speaker mentions 'stalling for time'. What do you think this means? Read the expressions below. Which one is not used to stall for time?

Answer

  • 'Stalling for time' means delaying something because you are not ready.
  • 4 is not used to stall for time.