Answer — Exercise 12
9.2 - I know what I like·New Total English Advanced - Students' Book
Pregunta
- Read the Lifelong learning box and answer the questions 1-4 below.
- Try to guess the meaning of words 1-7 below using the advice from the Lifelong learning box.
Respuesta
a)
- thug: a violent person who may attack people
- Art thieves are
- Thuggish is the adjective used to describe a person or person's behaviour; thuggery is the noun used to describe violent behaviour.
- Look at the phonemic transcription for a guide as to how the word is pronounced.
b)
- aesthetes → a person who knows about / appreciates beautiful art objects, like paintings, sculpture, etc.
- mastermind → to organise a complicated plan
- hideout → a place where you can hide
- track down → find, after searching for a long time
- stuffed → push something roughly into a small space
- crack a case → solve a case (informal)
- haul → amount of things that have been stolen