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Answer — Exercise 2

6.4 - Tech trends·Speakout Advanced - Students' Book

Question

Work in pairs. What do you think the words / phrases in bold mean in these contexts?

Answer

  • take off → suddenly start being successful
  • breakout → newly famous and successful
  • pushed the boat out → spent a lot of money celebrating something because it is very special
  • take → opinion
  • to the fore → very noticeable

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