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Answer — Exercise 8

3.2 - Tomorrow's world·Speakout Intermediate - Students' Book

Question

Work in pairs. Look at the idioms organised by topic. What do the underlined idioms mean?

Answer

  1. in hot water → in trouble
  2. put my foot in it → say something embarrassing that gets you into trouble
  3. working against the clock → needing to finish something in a short time
  4. running out of time → not having enough time to finish something

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