Exercise 8, p. 22

1. Gossip. 2. Peel. 3. Contribution. 4. Taste. 5. A gossip.

6. We call such a person steady. 7. He/She can w in d /w rap /

twist anyone round his/her little finger. 8. It is in a mess.

9. I would try to steady it. 10. I taste it. 11. I have to scrape it

o u t/to scrape the burnt porridge off its bottom/to scrape it

clean. 12. One must scrape up/together enough money to

pay the tuition. 13. It is sure to crack. 14. If all goes well, my

spirits rise/ are high, and if things go from bad to worse they

sink/fall (they are low).