Answer — Exercise 6
2B - On the tip of my tongue·English File Advanced - Student's Book
Vraag
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- Read the extracts again. Which word ...?
- Look at the highlighted words in the extracts, which are all used metaphorically. What is their literal meaning?
Antwoord
b)
- alcohol
- a treadmill
- a girl
- a blockbuster
- a cupboard
c)
- pounce on = move suddenly forward in order to catch something
- borrow = take and use something that belongs so somebody else
- pick up = take hold of something and lift it up
- resurrect = bring a dead person back to life