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The key answer of exercise 4

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 4.3 - Do the right thing for the textbook Speakout Advanced - Students' Book with authors Antonia Clare and J. J. Wilson from Pearson Education

Question

  1. Listen to two people discussing the story. Would the speakers do what Ann Timson did?
  2. Listen again and try to work out what the expressions below them.

Answer

a)

The speaker wouldn’t do what Ann Timson did.

b)

  1. a have-a-go-hero → someone who gets involved when a crime occurs and tries to stop the criminal(s)
  2. [if / when] push comes to shove → when faced with the reality rather than the story
  3. jumped on the bandwagon → did or supported what everyone else was doing because it's fashionable or might bring you personal gain
  4. I take my hat off to her → I respect her for what she did
  5. I'd probably leg it → it's likely that I'd run away
  6. I'd do my bit → I'd do what's expected of me

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