Exercise 5, p. 20

peel - scrape

1. New potatoes are nice to the taste but Ihate scraping

them. 2. I’ve boiled potatoes in their jackets/skins, will you

scrape/peelthem?

steady - firm

1. The chair was not steadybecause one of its legs was broken.

2. The oak-tree stood firmin the earth. 3. Mr. Convoy was

a steadycustomer at the bookshop. 4. His decision was firm.

crack - break

1. The cup was/had cracked,but the pieces still held together.

2. The ice crackedand then brokeunder his feet. 3- Brittle

things breakeasily.

taste - flavour

1. The peach has a peculiarly fine flavour.2. The fruit looked

tempting, but it turned out to have an unpleasant taste.3-1 like

the lemon flavourof the sweets.