Listening 1 Track 13 Listen to six recordings. Which speaker …

9 Underline the correct alternative.

1 Meat is just / a good deal as expensive as fish these days.

2 I’m a lot / nothing like as slim as I used to be. I must get into shape.

3 There’s slightly / barely any difference between these two sweaters so I’ll take the cheaper one.

4 The harder you look for happiness, the more / loads elusive it seems to be.

5 Mary is every bit / miles more beautiful in the flesh than in her photos.

6 The new car was only significantly / marginally more expensive than we’d anticipated so we’re quite happy.

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Speaking

10 Complete the sentences with the words in the box.

sense logic more think joking point

1 It just doesn’t make  sense  to me.

2 Oh, come on, you must be _____!

3 Surely you don’t ___ that.

4 I couldn’t agree ___.

5 I agree with you up to a _____.

6 Where’s the ____ in that?!

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