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be in the dark (not) have the faintest idea stand one’s ground be in the red be like a red rag to a bull rise to the occasion be shaking in your boots/shoes

make someone very angry be very frightened or anxious have no knowledge of or no information about something be intelligent and quick-witted not know about something that other people know about owe money to the bank succeed in dealing with a difficult situation refuse to change your opinions or behaviour

6. Read the text below. Some of the lines are correct and some of the lines have an extra word which should not be there. If the line is correct put a tick. If the line has a word which should not be there, write an extra word.

Last Monday we were still in the dark about whether any jobs were going to be cut. The staff were being shaking in their boots and we didn’t have any the faintest idea of what to do. We got to know that the company was in the red and that was the reason why the decision to cut jobs had been taken. The announcement of the job cuts was like a red rag to a bull to the trade union. The union had stood its ground in negotiations despite of the pressure by management and rose to the occasion.

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