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Answer — Exercise 6

8.1·Speakout Advanced - Workbook

Question

Listen and check. Are there two or three stressed words in each proverb? Listen again and mark the stress.

Answer

  1. A picture is worth a thousand words.
  2. Don't judge a book by its cover.
  3. Out of sight, out of mind.
  4. Actions speak louder than words.
  5. Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
  6. Rome wasn't built in a day.
  7. Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
  8. Practice makes perfect.
  9. Home is where the heart is.
  10. Better safe than sorry.
  11. There's no place like home.
  12. Practise what you preach.

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