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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 hadn't explained it to me, I'd have never managed to complete the task." word="EXPLANATION" beginning="If it " answer="hadn't been for your explanation#had not been for your explanation" ending=" I'd have never managed to complete the task."]

2. [first=" Would you believe that he spent a full 100 pounds on his new shirt?" word="LESS" beginning="Would you believe that he spent " " answer="no less than" ending=" 100 pounds on his new shirt?"]

3. [first=" She knew nothing about the party that they were planning." word="DARK" beginning="She was " answer="in the dark about" ending=" the party that they were planning."]

4. [first=" Betty paid a lot of money to go to The Canary Islands." word="DEAL" beginning="It cost Betty " answer="a great deal of#a good deal of" ending=" money to go to the Canary Islands."]

5. [first=" We don't expect that the missing passengers have survived." word="HOPE" beginning="We don't hold " answer="out much hope for" ending=" the missing passengers."]

6. [first=" No matter what happens, they will never make a deal with that company." word="EVER" beginning="Under " answer="no circumstances will they ever" ending=" make a deal with that company."]

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ANSWER KEYS

 

1)    HADN'T (HAD NOT) BEEN FOR YOUR EXPLANATION
THIRD CONDITIONAL IF IT HADN'T BEEN FOR + NOUN
This expression has the meaning of "without". It is used in the third conditional, in formal language and must be followed by a noun form:
If it hadn't been for your foolishness, we wouldn't have been caught.
 
2)    NO LESS THAN
COMPARISON  NO LESS + THAN
To a smaller degree; not so much:
You are a child of the universe no less than the trees and the stars.
 
3)    IN THE DARK ABOUT
IDIOM BE IN THE DARK ABOUT STH
Knowing nothing about something important, because you have not been told about it:
They were kept in the dark about the exam results.
 
4)    A GREAT DEAL OF/A GOOD DEAL OF
PHRASE A GREAT (GOOD) DEAL OF
A large quantity of something:
I'm feeling a great deal better.
 
5)    OUT MUCH HOPE FOR
PHRASAL VERB + NOUN HOLD OUT + MUCH HOPE FOR
To offer a chance, hope or possibility of something:
Doctors hold out little hope of her recovering.
 
6)    NO CIRCUMSTANCES WILL THEY EVER
INVERSION UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES + 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:
Under no circumstances should you lend him any money.