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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 eight words, including the word given.

 

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1. [first=" Leila never planned to become a singer. It just happened." word="PURELY" beginning="It was " answer="purely by chance that Leila became#purely by accident that Leila became" ending=" a singer."]

2. [first=" He will never manage to escape from the maximum security prison." word="BREAKING" beginning="He will never succeed " " answer="in breaking out of" ending=" the maximum security prison."]

3. [first=" Daniel is the most interesting person I've ever met." word="MEET" beginning="I've " answer="yet to meet as interesting a person#yet to meet such an interesting person" ending=" as Daniel."]

4. [first=" You can borrow Phillip's laptop, but don't blame me when it breaks down." word="HOLD" beginning="You can borrow Phillip's laptop, but " answer="don't hold me responsible for its#do not hold me responsible for its" ending=" breaking down."]

5. [first=" If you remember, she was the one he was going to marry." word="CAST" beginning="If " answer="you cast your mind back" ending=" , she was the one he was going to marry."]

6. [first=" His arm hurt so much that he fainted." word="IN" beginning="Such " answer="was the pain in his arm" ending=" that he fainted."]

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ANSWER KEYS

 

1)    PURELY BY CHANCE/ACCIDENT THAT LEILA BECAME
ADVERB + PHRASE PURELY + BY CHANCE
BY CHANCE => without planning to:
I met him by chance at the train station.
 
2)    IN BREAKING OUT OF
VERB + PREPOSITION + PHRASAL VERB SUCCEED IN + BREAKING OUT OF
BREAK OUT OF => to escape from a place or situation:
Eleven prisoners have broken out of a top-security jail in Yorkshire.
 
3)    YET TO MEET AS INTERESTING A PERSON | YET TO MEET SUCH AN INTERESTING PERSON
PHRASE + COMPARISON HAVE YET TO MEET + (SUCH) AS ... AS
HAVE YET TO DO STH => used for saying that something has not happened or been done up to the present time:
We have yet to decide what action to take.
 
4)    DON'T (DO NOT) HOLD ME RESPONSIBLE FOR ITS
PHRASE HOLD SOMEBODY RESPONSIBLE FOR SOMETHING
To believe that someone is responsible for something:
The farmer was held responsible for the damage done by his animals.
 
5)    YOU CAST YOUR MIND BACK
IDIOM CAST YOUR MIND BACK (TO SOMETHING)
To make yourself think about something that happened in the past:
If you cast your mind back, you might recall that I never promised to go.
 
6)    WAS THE PAIN IN HIS ARM
INVERSION SUCH + BE + NOUN ... THAT
Used to emphasise the extent or degree of something:
Such was Greene's reputation in the town that no one ever questioned his judgment.