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Answer for exercise 6

The solution for exercise 6 in chapter 3.1 - And the moral is ... of Speakout Upper-Intermediate - Students' Book by Frances Eales and Steve Oakes

Question

  1. -
  2. Match the sayings 1-5 to their meanings a-e. Which one could go well with one of the stories in Exercise 1B?
  3. Complete the conversations with one of the sayings in Exercise 6A.

Answer

b)

  1. c
  2. e
  3. b
  4. d
  5. a

It pays to be honest → What goes around comes around - the man's generosity to the elderly woman was returned (in this case in an unusually coincidental way).

c)

  1. when in Rome do as the Romans do
  2. Once bitten, twice shy.
  3. What goes around comes around.
  4. nothing ventured, nothing gained
  5. every cloud has a silver lining
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