82.4 2 a This is a play on words on the two meanings of draughts. One is the game played with round
counters and a chess board and the other is a current of air as in ‘There’s a terrible draught coming
from under the door.’
3 d This is a play on words on two meanings of draw. The first means make a picture and the second
means pull.
4 e This is a play on words on the meanings of dates. One refers to years such as 1966; the other to a
sweet fruit from a kind of palm tree or to an evening spent together by two people (
usually romantic
).
5 b This is a play on words on two meanings of beating. A drummer beats a drum. There is also the
expression ‘takes a lot of beating’ which means ‘is hard to improve on’.
82.5 2 pear and pair
3 waste and waist
4 toe and tow
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