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forced to deal with all the problems by myself. which wasn't easy. I used to stay late in the
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office almost ever y night 3

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time. Now we go chree times a week and it's changed our lives. We keep fit and we've met so many fantastic
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l You should de finitely catch that movie i f you hadn't seen it !

Qiaven't seen ipalready.

2 I' ve been reading I I've read the same book

3 I'm n o t going to her wedding because
4 Tue thieves are thought to escape

for three months and I still haven't finished it.

I d on't have I haven't got anythi ng to wear.

I to have escaped after the robbery.

5 Don't you have I Haven't you a TV? I thought everyone had one these d ays .
6 Don't give them a to aster as a present because they already have I are already having one.
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PSYCHOLOGIST So, why

today?

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the earn for me?

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my life.

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more than one possibility.

When Tom turned twelve, his family

mother a

1 moved (move) out of their flat in the city

come home earlier than usual for dinner.

to a huge semi-detached house in the

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(tell) him to

(jump) onto his bike

suburbs, near a park. Torn thought that he

to cycle home as fast as h e could. However,

was the luckiest boy alive. The one less

just as he 10

attractive feature of Tom's new home w as

Dr Scorey's BMW. he somehow lost control

the inhabitant of the house next d o or. He

of his bike, crashed into the side of the car,

(pass)

was an extremely serious and strict middle

and fell off. After picking himself up, he

aged dentist who

noticed to his horror that his bike

(live) in

the street for decades. Dr Scorey, or, as Tom

used to call him, 'Dr. Scary',

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(make) deep scratches all

down one side of the car! Tom was afraid

(look) uncomfortably like Dracula and he

to tell anyone, and spent all night

imagining what horrible punishment

(frown) threateningly at

his new neighbours whenever he saw them.

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Tom was absolutely terrified o f him. The

of his neighbour. In the end, he told his

only thing Dr Scorey seemed to care about

father, who went straight round to Dr

was his BMW sp orts car, which he

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(wash) every Saturday

without fail.

(play)

football in the park when he suddenly

Scorey's and arran ged to pay for

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that day onwards he

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(always get off) his bike at

very safe

distance from Dr Scorey's car, just in case.

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got punished or rnamged to get away wit h it. Write a paTagraph describing
the incident. Swap paragrap hs with a partner.

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tbe

damage. Tom never tJ

(hea;) anything more about it, but from

One afternoon during the swnmer

holidays, Tom

(await) him at the hands

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I The government appears to be planning to raise taxes.
It appears that the government isplanning to raise taxes.

2 Men seem to be more at risk from this disease than women.

3 She appears to have changed her mind since I last spoke to her.
4 You seem to be unable to deaJWithihlS. problem effectively.--

5 Tue weather seems to be about to improve.

6 Tu e robbers appear to have been wearing face masks.

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1 It is thought that the finance minister is about to resign from his post.
Ihe finance minister is thought to be about to resign

from his post.

2 It is expected that a spokesman will make an announcement later today.

3 It is believed that more than half of the population suffer from headaches.
4 It is said that St Petersburg i s one of the most majestic cities in the world.
5 It is thought that at least 70 people have been injured as a result of the explosion.
6 It is expected that the economy will grow over the next six month s .

G Read the news report and underline all the distancing expressions.
Concern is growing about a thirty-year-old man who
: h een mi_ssi_ n !!.om hl.s yorbire ome for IIlore

than a week. It seems that Dan Glayver was last seen

wlicn he left his office at around six p.m. last

Thursda y and his sudden disappearance is apparently

C01I1J?letely out <?f character. Furthermore. thre are
said to be several inconsistencies in his partner's

version of events, and the police are continuing to

Thursday. According to his partner, he did not return

question her. It has been sugg ested by neighbours

mobile phone do not appear to have been used since

in recent months.

home that evening. Mr Glayver's credit cards and

that the couple's relationship may have broken down

You are a TV newsreader. Use the following pieces of gossip to prepare an

official news report about a famous actress. Be careful to distance yourself

from the people's claims using a range of structures from a-c ab ove.
Blanche doesn't have

any real friends, only

people who want to
be famous like her.

Her husband Jet left

Jet's going to file for

divorce and Blanche won't

and sh
was seen dancing in a
her last week,

have anything left after

she's paid the lawyers.

dub last night with

another man.

The box office takings of

her new

film were very

poor and her career is

Actress Blanche Devoywas said to.be close to a nervous breakdown last night.
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D.-..z while she relaxed.

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Look onlille to find out where you can &itM\i into town.

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substantial bonuses at the end of the year.

l.Mm so I said ICl call her back.
She was in the middle of
I was wondering if you could -@ at the figures for me.
We by a decorator.

6 Top managers often

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1 the always women men same paid get should as

Women should alwa ysgetpaid the same as men.

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1 I'm responsible for the marketing department.
I'm in

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the marketing department.

2 I'm not working right now because I'm ill.

work right now because I'm ill.

I'm

3 I don't like working alone. I prefer working with others.

I'd rather not work by myself. I prefer working in

_____
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4 There will be lots of promotion opportunities in this job.

J

This job has good

5 After a few months I could go from being Assistant Managing Director to Managing Director.

I could

to Managing Director in a few months' time.

6 My contract's only from March to June.

I've only got a

contract.

7 How many p eople do you employ in this company?

How many

do you have in this company?

8 The nurses who work at this hospital are fantastic.

are fantastic at this hospital.

The nursing

9 There are some new things I need to learn for my job.

course.

The boss is sending me on a

10 He's got a degree,

He's got good

a Master's degree, and a 'B' at First Certificate.

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I'm

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12 I lost my job last year as the company I was working for wasn't making a profit.

last year.

I was

1l My sister's been unemployed for well over a year.

for well over a year.

My sister has been

14 Adrian doesn't get any money for the charity work he does.
The charity work that Adrian does is

_
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15 My job is very high pressure and stressful.

f have a very

job.

16 He war on a.car production line and does exactly t he

His job on a car production line is very
17 He worked successfully

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18 Apart from my salary I also g t

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for many years both as a teacher and a teacher trainer.

He had a very successful

The

same

in education.

a company car and free lunches, which is brilliant.

are brilliant in this job. I get a co mpa ny car and

free lunches.

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a

baby'? (leave)

2 Wh a t ' s a more formal way of s ay ing 'need'? (require)

3 How can you say 'children'

in a more colloquial way? (kids)

4 What idiom can you use to say that the wife is more dominant than the husband in a
marriage? (She wears the trousers.)
5 What phrasaI

verb is a les5 formal way of saying 'omit'? (leave o u t)

6 What's a synonym for 'recently'? (lately)

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Ca n you explain the metaphor 'She has a heart of stone'? (She has no feelings and is
unsympathetic to other p eo ple's suffering.)

What's a more informal way of saying 'I recall'? (I remember)

9 What's a formal way of saying 'to make sure'?

10 What's the phrasal verb which is

0 Now answer your partner' s

(to en.Sure)

synonym for 'pos':pone'? (to put off)

ques tions.

0 Answer your partner's que sti o ns

0 Now a sk your partner your questions. The answers are in brackets.

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I What phrasal verb can you u se to say you have a

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-....

(take after)

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2 What word beginning wi th

3 What idio m with

similar personality to s.omeone?

the letter tis a synonym for boring? (tedious)

mind can you use to mean that you can' t decide about
?
"'
. somethinv..

(I can't make up my mind or I'm in two minds.)

What phrasal verb means to 'become an adult'? (grow up)

5 What's

an

Am eric an English word

for 'stupid'? (dumb)

6 Can you tell me a more formal expression meaning

becaus e of'? (due to

'

or owing to)

7 What do you think this metaphor means? 'When I asked my dad for more money

exploded: (He got very

8 Can you

situation)

more informal. way

l 0 Do you know what the

2Ul

he

x pl ain the idiom 'to go with y our gut feeling'? (to use your instinct to decide

what to do in

9 What's

angry.)

of aying 'to adhere to a rule'?

(to follow

British slang word 'quid' means? (a pound)

rule)

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fl) Compare your answers with

partner. Do you have the same words or different

G Choose one word from each circle, and use it in

nes?

sentence which expresses something

you agree with, e.g. People's memories of their childhood are not always reliable. Then

compare

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your sentences with a partner.

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Replace the bold words or phrases with a phrase using get in the correct form.
1 Please could you throw away all the old clothes

you don't wear any more.

2 It's embarrassing when someone tells the
punchline to a joke, everyone laughs, and
you don't understand it!
3 My family love meeting up at Christmas.
4 What do you think is the best way to move from
one place to another in this city?
5 Once my brother-in-law starts talking t o you it's
practically impossible to escape!
6 I thought we'd made it clear that we'd meet at
the res taurant, but she misunderstood and
was waiting for us to pick her up.

7 They've only just met, but they already have

a very good relationship.
8 I t really annoys me when you eat my chips.
9 I tried to explain the problem to my father, but
I just can't make him understand.
10 My parents always let my little sister do whatever
she wants

..:...

that's why she's so spoiled.

11 Not having enough time for myself really

depresses me.
12 Martha was dumped by her ex-boyfriend and now
she wants to take revenge on him.
13 If I had the opportunity to go and live ab road,
I think I'd probably take it

14 I've told him time after time that I don't want

to go out with him, but he just doesn't seem
to hear what rm saying!
15 She had a terrible surprise when she
discovered that she had been adopted
as a baby.
16 Both of my parents are becoming older,
but they s till lead very active lives.
17 It's not easy managing to live on a student
grant, especially in a big city.
18 I tried to walk past him but he wouldn't move
to the side to let me pass.

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Don't run out of time!

1 I only see my half-brother

time

___

2 We can cut across the park tci

___

ti me

time.

time.

3 Sorry, I can't help you now. I'm a bit

4 Now that she's retired she's got a lot of time

_
___,
_
,

her hands.
s I can't remember much about my school days, as it
was such

time

__
_

time. She's the least

6 My girlfriend's never
punctual person I know.

7 The actual wedding ceremony had finished

_
__

the time we got there.

time

8 I need to .take some

work to recover.

9 My niece was born in the nineties so The Beatles

her time.

were

10 Our honeymoon was fantastic! We had the time of

our

__
_

11 Generally speaking I enjoy living on my own, but

___

times I miss having someone to talk to.

time this afternoon, could

12 If you have any

you possibly help me to draft the report?

13 I'm not in a hurry for an answer so you can

___

your time

and think it over for a while.

14 I couldn't answer the last question because I

time.
me a

ls My stepfather's

time because

he thinks I'm going out too much.

time last year we were in the middle of

16

moving house.
17 We thought we were going to miss our connecting
flight, but we made it just

18 Don't

time.

your time trying to convince him. He'll

never change his mind.

19 They're always arguing. It's only

before they split up.

20 OK, time's

212

! Stop writing now.

___

of time

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be (they are all adjectives).

0 Listen to

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the ong and fill in the missing words.

When I was young, 1it seemed that life was so w

_,,

_____

A miracle, oh. i t was beautiful, m.

__
_

And all the bits in the trees, well they'd be singing so happi ly,
I

Oh joyfully, oh playfully, watching me

But then they-sent me away to teach me how to be s

_
_____

Logical, oh r

P'----

And then they showed me a w orld where I could be so d

_____
_

Clinical, oh intellectual, c'-----There are times when air the world's asleep,
The questions run too deep
For sudi a

man.

W on't you please, please tell me what we've learnt

I know it sounds a

'

(But) please tell me who I am.

I say now watch what you say or they'll be calling you a radical,
A li bera l, oh f

10 criminal

Won't you sign up your name, we'd like to feel you're

Acceptable,

11

oh pr_

12 a

vegetable]

Oh_ take it, take it, take it, yeah

But at night, when all the world's asleep,

The questions run so deep, etc.

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Read the lyrics again. With a partner, discuss what you think the

message of the song is.

S"i1& facts
1:.f' Logicai Song was an intern3li:mal h!'. sinfle ft1r the grou;> Sujje:rtramp from their bc;Fselling album
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() In this song the singer's new lover gives examples of how a man can leave his lover.
Listen to the song, and answer the questions.

I Where is the problem, according to the woman?

How does she mink the man will find the solution?
2 What do you think these phrases in the second verse mean?
It's really not m y habit to intrude.
I hope my meaning won't be lost or misconstrued.

3 Write down two of the men's names you can hear i the
chorus, and one of the ways that they leave their lover.
..
4 How does the man seem to feel about breaking up :.
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with his partner?

5 In the final verse, what does she suggest they both do

What does she think will happen in the morning?
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Q Now listen again with the lyrics and check your answers.
so Ways to Leave Your Lover
'The problem is all inside your head,' she said to me

She said &1l1iJiso to see you in such pain

'The answer is easy if you take it logically

I wish there was something I could do to make you

smile again:

I'd like to help you in your struggle to be free

There must be fifty ways to leave your lover:

I said 'I appreciate that and would you please explain

About the fifty ways?'

She said 'it's really not my habit to intrude

Furthermore, I hope my meaning won't be lost or

misconstrued

So I'll repeat myself, at the risk of being crude

There must be fifty ways to leave your lover

. She said 'Why don't we both justJmtonight

And I believe in the morning you'll begin to;[)

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l';l!$."'"
.,,

Fifty ways to leave your lover:

And then she kissed me .and I realized she probably

was right

Chorus

Fifty ways to leave yo.r lover.

There must be fifty ways to leave your lover

You just Jack

Make a new plan, Stan

.Yo don't need to be m Roy

.
Just listen to me/ Just get yourse.lf free
,,

- G

-You don't need to discuss much

1ustfilmm Lee
And get yourself free.

'Ooo slip out the back, Jack

Make a new plan, Stan
You don't need to be coy, Roy

Just listen to me
Hop on the bus, Gus

You don't need to dis c u s s mu

Just drop off the key, lee
And get yourself free.

G Look at the \h.1.&lBBPhrases, and with a

partner say what you think they mean.
Song facts
This song, from the album Still Crazy After All These Years, was a big hit
for the singer Paul Simon. In a 1975 intervi ew Simon told the story of
this song: 'I woke up one morning in my apartment on Central Park and
the opening word s just popped into my mind: "The problem is all inside

your head, she said to

me

..

" That was the first thing I thought of. So I

just started building on that line.' Acco rdi ng to Simon's younger brother

Eddie (from the same intervi ew) Paul made this song up while te aching
,

his son how lo rhyme.

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Adjective

preposition

I We weren't aware

PREPOSITION

the problem with our ticket until we got to the airport.

__

2 The film, which is set in Sweden, is based

3 I can' t eat prawns because I'm allergic
4 Are you familiar

__

__

__

__

11 Were very dissatisfied

for
to

__

14 My younger brother is absolutely mad

__

of

__

on

four languages.

in

the service we received at your establishment.

__

13 The flight was delayed for two hours due

15 My family are hooked

with

me buying a sports car.

12 She may b e old, but she's quite capable

looking after herself.

of

a technical fault.

to

__

__

with

motor racing.

about

that new series - we never miss it.

on

listening to her complain about how many hours she has to work.

17 Jack is very upset

__

. Preposition

of

the way the company treated him when h e was ill.

18 My wife's name is Fran, which is short

__

all our publicity campaigns.

her eldest grandchild.

IO My cousin is a great linguist - she's fluent

with

waiting for the electrician to come. I ' m going out.

9 My wife is not very keen

__

to

mine. It was so embarrassing!

8 My grandmother is especially fond

16 I'm sick

on

the computer software we use?

__

6 Her dress was identical

__

a best-selling novel.

seafood.

__

5 As marketing manager I am responsible

7 I'm fed up

__

of

__

about

Francesca.

for

noun

theory it only takes two days to renew the visa, but

__

practice it takes a week. In/in

2 The travel agent has asked us to pay 50% of the cost of the holiday
3 I'm quite sure that he did that

__

__

in

6 We didn' t arrange to meet. I just saw her on the bus

7 I saw the interview with the President

__

on

heart and then tests us on them.

5 I need a definite answer from you by the end of next week

__

advance.

purpose, because he knew it would annoy her.

4 The teacher makes us learn lots of phrases

8 Climate change is always

__

__

__

by

the latest.

chance.

at
.

the news last night.

by
on

the news these days - o n TV, radio, and in the

newspapers.

9 Be careful with Nora today. She's

__

a very bad mood.

IO It was very difficult a t first but everything worked out well

in
__

11 I sent a very romantic email to my boss instead of my girlfriend

12 I did all that work

__

14 I don't eat in that restaurant

__

__

mistake.

nothing. The teacher forgot to collect in our essays.

13 My sister and her husband broke up last year, but they are still

15

the end.

__

__

good terms.

in
by
for
on

principl e I've heard they treat their staff very badly. on

.

principle, they have agreed to rent the house to us, but we need to work out

In

the details.
16 The company are heavily

__

debt and may have to close down.

17 In California smoking on beaches is

18

__

__

the law.

in
against

a rule I'm usually in bed by 11.00 during the week. At weekends I stay up later. As

Keep a record of other exampl es of dependent prepositions. These can also be found in dictionaries,
such as the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionarv.

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Verb

preposition

l Simon insisted

__

2 The exam consists

PREPOSITION

paying for everything when we went out.

speaking, writing, listening, reading, and English in use papers. of

__

3 I can't concentrate

__

what I'm doing with all that noise outside.

4 His ex-wife took revenge

__

him by cutting up all his suits.

5 The government was heavily criticized

6 I need to translate this document

German. Can you help me?

into

criminal law.

__

__

her awful behaviour last night.

the mistake, even though it wasn't my fault.

l 0 The police have accused her

__

on
for

8 We're. still waiting for Laura to apol ogize

__

on

not acting faster.

__

__

7 My brother is a lawyer who specializes

9 Everyone blamed me

on

stealing from her employer.

in
for
for
of

._
. my sister.
11 I'm-so hard up I'm going to have to borro some money_

from

12 It's often not a good idea to lend money

to

13 We have succeeded

__

__

16 I know I can rely

__

__

you to keep a secret.

__

__

2 The reason

__

4 There is an urgent need

__

__

this.

about

__

qualified teachers to work in developing nations.

6 I have absolutely no intention

__

__

__

8 I'm sure there is going to be a lot of protest

9 Jack has a lot of respe c t
__

__

the new law.

his grandfather's achievements.

getting angry about it. It's too late now.

12 My boss has asked me to write a report

__

__

finding any more survivors.

the new computer system.

water is becoming a very serious problem in some countries.

14 The new managing director has a reputation

15 I think the government's a ttit ude

__

to
for
in
for
in
of

the causes of the accident.

__

11 The rescue services say that there is no hope

__

crimes involving identity theft.

resigning.

7 There is going to be a full investigation

10 There's no point

the problem.

remembering names and faces.

5 The police have reported a sharp incre.ase

after

into

the delay was the late arrival of the incoming flight.

3 I have quite a lot of difficulty

Keep

at

preposition

1 There doesn't seem to be an easy solution

13 The lack

in

on

four equal parts

18 I'm going to complain to the manager

+

people under 25. I didn't enjoy it at all.

my grandmother, who died before I was born.

17 We need to divide this

Noun

a friend.

reducing unemployment to less than 5% of the workforce.

14 I think the film is definitely aimed

15 I was named

__

__

being very ruthless.

single-parent families is changing.

into
against
for
in
of
on I about
of
for
to I towards

record of other examples of dependent prepositions. These can also be found in dictionaries,

such as the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary.