LET’S HAVE A BREAK and go to CENTRAL PARK (NY), SHALL WE? BLARING LOUDSPEAKERS ON THE GLOOMY LOT GREAT SONG BY DONNA SUMMER AND BARBARA STREISAND!     It’s raining, it’s pouring my lovelife is boring me to tears, after all these years No sunshine, no moonlight, no stardust, no sign of romance we don’t [...]

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CHECK YOUR ANSWERS ON THE COMMENTS SECTION: D Choose the correct alternative to complete the sentences. (26) He claimed _______ the answer. a) he know           b) to know           c) knowing   (27) She accused _______ him cry. a) me of making       b) me making              c) to make   (28) He apologized [...]

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CHECK YOUR ANSWERS ON THE COMMENTS SECTION: A Complete the sentences with the words and phrases from the box. Each word or phrase can only be used once. There are four extra words and phrases. booming          close to tears           cry your eyes out          deep          high-pitched          teeth laugh out loud         lips         mouth         muttering         shaky         shriek        sigh   [...]

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CHECK YOUR ANSWERS ON  THE COMMENTS SECTION: D Tick (ü) the sentences which are grammatically correct. (23) a)     I do think you spend too much money on clothes. b)    I think do you spend too much money on clothes.   (24) a)     Does he really worry a lot, doesn’t he? b)    He really does worry [...]

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CHECK YOUR ANSWERS ON THE COMMENTS SECTION: A Complete the text with words or phrases from the box. Each word can only be used once. There are four extra words. chuck          donate         fritter          lavishly         overdrawn       overpriced        overspend            pay off            pick up            piles            run up            set aside           squander           wisely     Like many [...]

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CHECK YOUR ANSWERS ON  THE COMMENTS SECTION: D Choose the correct alternative to complete the sentences. (26) I often have difficulty to remember / remembering people’s names. (27) Can you remind me to call / calling Mum tonight? (28) Do you deny see / seeing him last night? (29) I’m sorry. I can’t allow you [...]

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CHECK YOUR ANSWERS ON THE COMMENTS SECTION: A Complete the text with the words from the box. Each word can only be used once. There are three extra words. vivid            remember           fond             poor             painful              names and faces good            memory           memories            know by heart            vague            forgetting   How good is your (1) _______? Many people seem [...]

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CHECK YOUR ANSWERS ON THE COMMENTS SECTION: D Complete the conversation with the correct form of the verbs in brackets. Sally:                    Have you (23) _______ (finish) yet? Hannah:     No, not yet. I’m (24) _______ (wait) for you to tell me what to do. Sally:           Oh, come on! You’re always (25) _______ (ask) [...]

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Check your answers on the comments:   A Complete the text with the correct form of the words in brackets. Although I look back on my (1) _______ (child) with affection I also remember how much my life altered as I got older. With (2) _______ (mature) comes a lot of (3) _______ (responsible), and [...]

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Here you are given the Translation Exercise for Unit 3. On the COMMENTS section you can find the Key.   TRANSLATION – UNIT 3     1.   Fue el sábado pasado cuando conocí al Sr. Graham, pues vino a mi oficina con el fin de saldar sus deudas de una vez por todas.     [...]

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