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7th Edition, © oxford university press 2008. For more information, please go to www.oup.com/elt
Questions taken from The Little Book of Words from British and American Culture; entries taken from the Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary,
Answers:  1 B  2 D  3 E  4 C  5 A
ery, courage
to stop doing or using facing great difficulties g brav
KfOFrt LnAFksM noun J be
lar method of doing or achiev- from that time—moresth;at toback , so adv.
a prom
makeadv. ise that you will stop doing or using Fort Knox MKfOFt LnQks; NAmE(of a building) to be strongly
group forswears all worldly pos- like/ as safe as Fort "Knox
accept- the %Forth "Bridge noun J likeThepainting the the use of chemical , guards, etc., so
Forth "Bridge ( BrE ) used toThe describe
countryahas jobnot forsw
that orn
never built, often with many locks, strong doors
magic and the things kept
] a list of the things seems to end because by the time you get to the end you that it is difficult for people to enter is like Fort Knox.
ving the amount of each sub- have to start at the beginning again L From the ] a bush there are safe: This home of yours base in Kentucky
L From the name of
the military
ormula for the blending of the name of a very large bridge over the river Forth in is kept.
Scotland. where most of the US’s store of gold
a work
a with
build ing or buildings built
other devic es LfOFrt-M noun [usually sing.]
es, given instead of breast milk forth com ing MKfOFTLkVmIN; NAmE KfOFrT-M PC 1 [only
adj. Plod a fortAnight MLfOFtnaIt; NAmE
MKpiF siF LplQd; NAmE LplAFdM noun
( BrE, informal,
theory /doctrine /ideology humorous ) a junior police officer
KmeriM (also Marie PDA MKpiF diF LeIM d&dM noun ( informal ) grandfather
Mary Celeste MKme@ri sILlest; NAmE about a place where all noun a very small comp uter
Celeste) noun [sing.] used to talk %Grand used
that is%Central "Station noun ( US ) used to describe a
have disappeared in a place that is very busy or crowded: My hospital room was
the people who should be there
It’s like the Mary Ce- like Grand Central Station with everybody coming and
mysterious way: Where is everyone?
name of the US ship going. L From the name of a very busy train station
leste here today. L From the at sea with nobody
Mary Celeste, which in 1872 was found in New York City.—compare Piccadilly Circus
on board.
mar zi pan
E The security is excellent. 5 It’s like the Mary Celeste in here!
D They sent a junior police officer to deal with it. 4 My office is like Grand Central Station.
C It’s very busy at work. 3 This place is as safe as Fort Knox.
B It’s a never-ending job. 2 They sent PC Plod round.
A Where is everybody? 1 It’s like painting the Forth Bridge.
See if you can match sentences 1-5 with their meanings
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7th Edition, © oxford university press 2008. For more information, please go to www.oup.com/elt
Questions taken from The Little Book of Words from British and American Culture; entries taken from the Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary,
Answers:  1 B  2 D  3 E  4 C  5 A
ery, courage
to stop doing or using facing great difficulties g brav
KfOFrt LnAFksM noun J be
lar method of doing or achiev- from that time—more at
sth; makeadv.
toback , so adv.
a prom ise that you will stop doing or using Fort Knox MKfOFt LnQks; NAmE ing) to be strongly
group forsw all worldly pos-
accept- the %Forth "Bridge noun J likeThepainting theears like/as safe as Fort "Knox (of a build , guards, etc., so
g doors
Forth "Bridge ( BrE ) used toThe describe
countryahas jobnot forsw
that orn the use of chemical
never built, often with many locks, stron
magic and the things kept
] a list of the things seems to end because by the time you get to the end you that it is difficult for people to enter is like Fort Knox.
This home of yours
] a bush there are safe:
ving the amount of each sub- have to start at the beginning again L From the the military base in Kentucky
L From the name of
ormula for the blending of the name of a very large bridge over the river Forth in is kept.
Scotland. ings built where most of the US’s store of gold
a work withing
a build or build
other devic es LfOFrt-M noun [usually sing.]
es, given instead of breast milk forth com ing MKfOFTLkVmIN; NAmE KfOFrT-M PC 1 [only
adj. Plod a fortAnight MLfOFtnaIt; NAmE
MKpiF siF LplQd; NAmE LplAFdM noun
( BrE, informal,
theory /doctrine /ideology humorous ) a junior police officer
KmeriM (also Marie PDA d&dM noun ( informal ) grandfather
Mary Celeste MKme@ri sILlest; NAmE about a place where all
MKpiF diF LeIM noun a very small comp
Celeste) noun [sing.] used to talk %Grand used
uter that is%Central "Station noun ( US ) used to describe a
have disappeared in a place that is very busy or crowded: My hospital room was
the people who should be there
It’s like the Mary Ce- like Grand Central Station with everybody coming and
mysterious way: Where is everyone?
name of the US ship going. L From the name of a very busy train station
leste here today. L From the at sea with nobody
Mary Celeste, which in 1872 was found in New York City.—compare Piccadilly Circus
on board.
mar zi pan
E The security is excellent. 5 It’s like the Mary Celeste in here!
D They sent a junior police officer to deal with it. 4 My office is like Grand Central Station.
C It’s very busy at work. 3 This place is as safe as Fort Knox.
B It’s a never-ending job. 2 They sent PC Plod round.
A Where is everybody? 1 It’s like painting the Forth Bridge.
See if you can match sentences 1-5 with their meanings
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