English Collocations in Use Intermediate Book with Answers How Words Work Together for Fluent and Natural English 2nd Edition

39.1
39.2
Global problems
Environment Concern
is a new magazine for people interested in (1) ................................ 
politics. The fi rst issue includes an article on what happened to local crops when the 
earthquake (2) ................................. Santa Graziela last year. Another feature looks at the 
problems which (3) ................................. repayments are causing for (4) ................................ 
countries and how this affects people who live on the (5) ................................. of society 
there. We appreciate that there is no simple (6) ................................. to the problem of 
poverty in today’s world but we have asked four experts what they
would do to 
(7) ................................. poverty. Their answers make stimulating reading.
Fill in the gaps in this announcement.
39.3
Answer these questions about the collocations in A.
1 What will happen if crops fail in an important agricultural area?
2 Name two fossil fuels.
3 Name three types of natural disaster.
4 What might a devastating flood do to an area?
5 What could governments do in response to a devastating famine?
6 What are green politics concerned with?
7 What is the cause of rising sea-levels?
8 Why are exhaust fumes an increasing problem?
39.4

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English Collocations in Use Intermediate
Collocations using the word time 
Here are some other useful expressions relating to time.
We 
had a good/great time at the party. [
NOT spent a great time
]
Lena 
had the time of her life in Brazil.
Your attitude to work may change a bit as 
time goes by / as time passes.
I couldn’t finish the exam because I