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7) As dry C) as a bone.
8) As heavy D) as lead.
9) As high H) as a mountain.
10) As deep F) as the sea.
Exercise 19
1) have an unusually good effect – work wonders
2) too much work and not enough relaxation will make people bored – all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy
3) a job that one expects to do in the course of one’s work; something that is not very difficult – it’s all in the day’s work
4) if people work together, they can do a job more easily – many hands make light work
5) quickly and easily successful – work like charm
6) when people don’t have enough work to do, they make trouble – the devil finds work for idle hands
7) criminal activity – dirty work
8) too tiring or troublesome to do – too much like hard work
9) laziness is wrong – hard work never hurt anybody
10) an unpleasant or dangerous person – a nasty piece of work
Almost all my colleagues from the office came to help us, and we were able to paint the house very quickly, because many hands make light work.
This new medicine the doctor prescribed for me worked wonders.
I don’t want to be on the team if Jack is there too; he’s a nasty piece of work.
Don’t leave your children at home with nothing to do; the devil finds work for idle hands.
Your marketing ideas really worked like a charm for our company.
He was very cunning; he always had others do the dirty work for him, so the police couldn’t catch him.
I believe your son is taking his studies too seriously; you know the saying: all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
I thought it would be very difficult to have the tap repaired, but Fred said jit was it’s all in the day’s work for him.
His garden is very untidy; looking after it would be too much like hard work for him.
Why don’t you concentrate more on your job? Hard work never hurt anybody, you know.
Exercise 20
1) Luckily the man turned out to be a very successful businessman.
2) He’s very rich, but he’s a crook: he’s obtained almost everything he owns dishonestly!
3) I’ll always remember his first novel: it’s unforgettable.
4) That old man’s very selfish: he thinks of no one but himself.
5) The ring she lost was given to her by her mother and is irreplaceable.
6) The club meets every other week, so it’s a fortnightly meeting.
7) What she did was perfectly lawful, so she needn’t fear the police.
8) I know he promised to do the job, but he’s very unreliable.
9) I had no idea where we were: we were hopelessly lost!
10) He accepted what had happened to him very philosophically.
Exercise 21
1 – H
2 – J
3 – A
4 – L
5 – B
6 – E
7 – C
8 – K
9 – D
10 – I
11 – F
12 – G
Exercise 22
1) back
2) band
3) bridge
4) lunch
5) pounds
6) cat
7) gold
8) horse
9) safe
10) chew
11) chickens
12) taste
13) pudding
14) smooth
15) cooks
Exercise 23
1) A
2) A
3) B
4) D
5) C
6) D
7) B
8) A
9) C
10) A
11) D
12) D
Exercise 24
1) impossible
2) immature
3) inexperienced
4) incomplete
5) incorrect
6) impractical
7) indirect
8) irrelevant
9) incapable
10) insincere
11) inaccurate
12) insensitive
13) illegitimate
14) invisible
15) illegal
16) inconvenient
17) illogical
Exercise 25
1 – B
2 – A
3 – C
4 – D
5 – C
6 – C
7 – A
8 – C
9 – B
10 – A
11 – A
12 – B
Exercise 26
1) signature
2) hopeless
3) accuracy
4) inspection
5) overflowed
6) daily
7) dangerous
8) explosion
9) conscientious
10) tropical
Exercise 27
1 – C
2 – B
3 – D
4 – C
5 – A
6 – C
7 – D
8 – C
9 – B
10 – A
11 – B
12 – C
Exercise 28
1 – B
2 – D
3 – B
4 – D
5 – C
6 – A
7 – D
8 – B
9 – C
10 – B
11 – A
12 – D
Exercise 29
1) C
2) D
3) D
4) B
5) C
6) A
7) B
8) D
9) B
10) A
11) A
12) B
Exercise 30
1) C
2) A
3) B
4) B
5) D
6) A
7) C
8) C
9) A
10) C
11) C
12) D
Exercise 31
1) B
2) C
3) A
4) C
5) B
6) D
7) C
8) A
9) B
10) D
11) A
12) C
Exercise 32
1) A
2) B
3) D
4) C
5) A
6) D
7) B
8) A
9) C
10) B
11) D
12) A
Exercise 33
1) B
2) A
3) B
4) A
5) D
6) C
7) B
8) D
9) A
10) C
Exercise 34
1) B
2) D
3) A
4) C
5) D
6) A
7) B
8) B
9) A
10) D
Exercise 35
1 – C
2 – A
3 – D
Exercise 36
1) False
2) Not found in the text
3) True
4) True
5) Not found in the text
6) False
7) False
8) True
9) True
10) True
11) True
12) Not found in the text
13) True
14) True
15) False
16) True
Exercise 37
The missing last sentence:
While the FDA doesn’t have to go along with such recommendations, it usually does.
Exercise 38
The correct order^
Godzilla the Germ: 7, 3, 13, 1, 4, 10, 11, 9
Sharks to the Rescue: 5, 14, 12, 8, 2, 6
Exercise 39
1 – C
2 – E
3 – A
4 – B
Sentence “D” is not needed.
Exercise 40
The correct order:
C – E – A – D – B
Exercise 41
1) True
2) False
3) False
4) Not stated
5) False
Exercise 42
1) True
2) False
3) Not stated
4) True
5) True
Exercise 43
1) I
2) E
3) K
4) B
5) F
6) L
7) A
8) M
9) C
10) J
11) G
Exercise 44
1) D
2) H
3) B
4) E
5) F
6) A
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