Intermediate 83-86

Question 1

get (meanings)

Answer 1

Getis an informal word and is very common in spoken English

a) obtain

I got a ticket from my brother

b) receive

Did you get my email?

c) buy

Where did you get that watch?

d) arrive

What time did you get there?

e) become

My hands are getting cold

f) fetch

Could you (go and) get my glasses from the kitchen for me?

g) answer the door/ phone

Is that the door?

Yes, I’ll get it

Question 2

DO a task, or arrange for someone to do it for you,

Answer 2

get + past participle

I’ll never get this essay finished; it’s too difficult.

I need to get my hair cut.

Question 3

[make contact by email, phone or letter] (get)

Answer 3

get in touch with s via st

You can get in touch with me via email.

Question 4

start sleeping (get)

Answer 4

get to sleep

Question 5

[meet and spend time together]

Answer 5

get together

Question 6

stare migliorando/ peggiorare (get)

Answer 6

to be getting worse/ better

Question 7

[said or wrote something that was not correct]. (get)

Answer 7

to get st wrong

I’m sorry I got the number wrong

Question 8

[throw them away, give them away, or sell them]

Answer 8

to get rid of st/s

Question 9

[met and became friends with]

Answer 9

to get to know s

Question 10

torno tra un minuto

Answer 10

I’ll be back in a minute

Question 11

consumare un pasto/ mangiare qualcosa (without eat)

Answer 11

to have a meal

Question 12

go

Answer 12

a) When we leave a place in order to do an activity, especially for enjoyment, we often express

it with go + -ing / go (out) for a + noun.

we could go shopping

why don’t we go (out) for a walk/ a drink etc.

b) Go can also describe a changing state (usually to a bad one) with certain adjectives.

My dad’s going grey [his hair is becoming grey]

c) We use go when we want to ask/say if a road or form of transport takes you somewhere.

Does this bus go to the National Gallery

d) Go can also mean ‘disappear’.

my watch had gone [it was there before, but not now].

Question 13

potremmo andare al nightclub (make it with a verb)

Answer 13

we could go clubbing

Question 14

perché non andiamo fuori per un picnic?

Answer 14

why don’t we go (out) for a picnic

Question 15

a mio padre stanno diventando i capelli grigi

Answer 15

My dad is going grey

Question 16

mio zio sta diventando calvo

Answer 16

my uncle is going bald

Question 17

mia nonna sta diventando sorda

Answer 17

my grandma is going deaf (def)

Question 18

il mio cane sta diventando cieco

Answer 18

my dog is going blind

Question 19

impazzisce se indossi la sua giacca

Answer 19

he’ll go mad if you wear his jacket

Question 20

questo bus va alla Galleria Nazionale?

Answer 20

does this bus go to the National Gallery?

Question 21

il mio orologio era scomparso

Answer 21

my watch had gone

Question 22

[go to a place and bring something back with you] ( 2 ways)

Answer 22

a) to fetch

b) to go and get

You stay here, and I’ll go and get the bags from the car

Question 23

[continue or move to another place/thing]

Answer 23

go on to

Shall we wait for George or go on to the theatre

Question 24

andare bene/ male

Answer 24

to go well/ badly (favourbale/ unfavourable outcome)

Question 25

alcune cose sono andate male/ hanno avuto dei problemi

Answer 25

a few things have gone wrong

Question 26

partirai quest'anno?

Answer 26

are you going away this year?

Question 27

Prendo/ scelgo il roast beef.

Answer 27

I'm going for the roast beef

Question 28

sala dipendenti/ dello staff

Answer 28

staffroom

Question 29

lounge

Answer 29

laundj a) UK (living room) = salotto/ sala b) (casual bar) (hotel) = bar c) (in airport) = sala d'attesa d) to lounge = (sit relaxing) = poltrire Jim lounged in his bed watching TV all afternoon.

Question 30

Non è tornato a casa prima delle tre di stamattina.

Answer 30

he didn’t get home until three this morning.

Question 31

senso

Answer 31

sense (sens)

Question 32

vista

Answer 32

sight

Question 33

udito

Answer 33

hearing (hi@ring)

Question 34

gusto

Answer 34

taste

Question 35

olfatto

Answer 35

smell

Question 36

tatto

Answer 36

touch

Question 37

assaggiare

Answer 37

to taste

Question 38

odorare/ sentire gli odori

Answer 38

to smell

Question 39

sentire al tocco

Answer 39

to feel

Question 40

[from another country, from what I could hear]

Answer 40

to sound foreign (for@n)

Question 41

Questa maglia sembra umida (al tatto)

Answer 41

this shirt feels damp (sh@@t daemp)

Question 42

mi piace l'aspetto di questo hotel

Answer 42

I like the look of this hotel

Question 43

amo il suono della sua voce

Answer 43

I love the sound of his voice

Question 44

we are often describing how similar two things are (what structure?)

Answer 44

like + noun This fabric feels like silk.

Question 45

We can describe things (what structure)

Answer 45

a) sense verb + like + noun They look like peaches it sounded like an alarm b) sense verb + as if/ though + clause that boy looks as if he's trying to get over the wall it sounded as though they had a good time on holiday

Question 46

sembrano delle pesche

Answer 46

they look like peaches

Question 47

quel ragazzino sembra che stia provando a scavalcare il muro

Answer 47

That boy looks as if he’s trying to get over the wall.

Question 48

sembra (perché ci ho parlato) che si siano divertiti in vacanza

Answer 48

it sounded as though they had a good time on holiday

Question 49

to describe a sense or feeling about someone or something, after we have seen them, talked to them, etc

Answer 49

to seem/ appear (@pi@) a) to seem/ appear + adj he seemed/ appeared quite happy b) appear/ seem + to + verb The shop appears/ seems to be very busy c) seem/ appear like st it seems/ appears like a good idea.

Question 50

Mi è venuto addosso (correndo a piedi) perché non stava guardando.

Answer 50

he ran into me because he wasn't looking

Question 51

put your hand on them to discover something about them] senti subito i miei piedi. sono freddi?

Answer 51

Just feel my feet. Are they cold?

Question 52

Mangiatoia per uccelli

Answer 52

bird table

Question 53

walk by (s/ st)

Answer 53

a) (go past on foot) = passare davanti a/ passare accanto a b) To go beyond or pass by = oltrepassare (qualcosa)

Question 54

Sono saltato fuori dal letto.

Answer 54

I jumped out of bed

Question 55

pesca noce/ nettarina

Answer 55

nectarine (nekt-riin)

Question 56

paghetta/ spiccioli

Answer 56

pocket money

Question 57

la mia conoscenza del russo è limitata

Answer 57

my knowledge (nolidj) of Russian is limited

Question 58

lei sta facendo progressi

Answer 58

she's making progress

Question 59

sacco a pelo

Answer 59

sleeping bag

Question 60

torcia

Answer 60

torch (tootch)