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Answer — Exercise 7

7 - Plant life·Outcomes Upper-Intermediate - Student's Book

Câu hỏi

Listen to seven pairs of sentences. Decide if the words in each sentence have the same (S) meaning in Exercise 6 or different (D). Use the word forms and other words in the sentences to help you.

Câu trả lời

  1. a) S b) D → the root cause of a problem = the basic cause
  2. a) S b) D → plant is a verb here. Plant a bomb = put it where you want it to explode
  3. a) D → blossom is a verb. If your career blossoms, it starts to go well.  b) S
  4. a) D → stem is a verb; stem from means is caused by, is the result of b) S
  5. a) S b) D → a stormy relationship is one where the couple argue a lot and are angry
  6. a) D → floods of complaints = lots and lots of complaints b) S
  7. a) S b) D → the seed of an idea = the start of an idea

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