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For questions 1-6, complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence, using the word given. Do not change the word given. You must use between three and six words, including the word given.

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1. [first=" If you need any help, please call me." word="HESITATE" beginning="If you need any help " answer="do not hesitate to give#don't hesitate to give" ending=" me a call."]

2. [first=" I got started on the new venture at once." word="TIME" beginning="I lost " " answer="no time starting" ending=" on the new venture."]

3. [first=" Do you have any idea why Mark has sold his sports car?" word="LIGHT" beginning="Can you " answer="throw light on" ending=" the reason why Mark has sold his sports car?"]

4. [first=" You must never leave the workplace without letting the team leader know." word="ACCOUNT" beginning="On " answer="no account must you" ending=" leave the workplace without letting the team leader know."]

5. [first=" You can come to the party or not - I don't really care." word="ATTEND" beginning="Whether or not you " answer="attend the party doesn't#attend the party does not" ending=" really matter to me."]

6. [first=" There is no denying that Jack is an easy-going person." word="HAND" beginning="You " answer="have to hand it to" ending=" Jack, he is an easy-going person."]

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ANSWER KEYS

1) DO NOT HESITATE TO GIVE/DON'T HESITATE TO GIVE

VERB FORM + IDIOM

HESITATE + GIVE SB A RING

To make a telephone call to someone:
Hey man, give me a ring when you get home.

2) NO TIME (LITTLE) / TIME (IN) / STARTING / (GETTING STARTED)

PHRASE

LOSE NO TIME (IN) DOING STH

Do something immediately:
You should lose no time in reporting a stolen car.

3) THROW (SHED, CAST) LIGHT ON

IDIOM

CAST (SHED, THROW) LIGHT ON STH

To make a problem, etc. easier to understand:
Recent research has thrown new light on the causes of the disease.

4) NO ACCOUNT MUST (SHOULD, MAY) YOU

INVERSION

ON NO ACCOUNT + INVERTED CLAUSE

There are adverbs and adverbial expressions with a negative, restrictive or emphatic meaning, which are followed by inversion when placed first in a sentence:
On no account can you enter this room.

5) ATTEND THE PARTY DOES NOT/ATTEND THE PARTY DOESN'T

CONJUNCTION + VERB FORM

WHETHER OR NOT + INFINITIVE

Used to show that something is true in either of two cases:
Whether or not you win this thing, you've got to decide how you're going to walk out of here when it's all said and done.

6) HAVE TO HAND IT TO

FIXED PHRASE

HAVE (GOT) TO HAND IT TO SB

Used to say that somebody deserves praise for something:
You've got to hand it to him—he's a great musician.