Exercise 11, p. 124

1. At five o’clock I was already up and without losing/wasting

time began working/got down to work. 2. Hang up your coat

here and I’ll show you the way to his room. 3.I have picked up a

handkerchief. Is it yours (by any chance)? 4. Her parents died

when she was a little girl, and she was brought up by an

aunt/and is was her aunt who brought her up. 5. The boy turned

the box upside down, and the toys scattered all over the floor.

6.I stayed up all night and now I’m dropping with fatigue/I’m on

my last legs with fatigue. 7. Let’s go up the hill, it gives a very

good view ofthe river. 8. I’m feeling off-colour (out of

sorts/under the weather/unwell), I should go and lie down.

9. I don’t like looking down from a great height, I feel

dizzy/giddy. 10. You had better take/write/put down my address

in your note-book, you may lose this sheet/slip ofpaper. 11. The

radio is too loud/is speaking too loudly/loud, turn it down.

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