Reading comprehension
Read the article ‘Words, Words’ on pages 18-19 of
English Now
No 94. Then see if you can match each expression on the left with its corresponding definition on the right.
| 1. somebody you can understand easily | |
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| a. a bookworm |
| 2. This describes somebody who loves to read. | |
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| b. cooking the books |
| 3. a phrase people use for the Bible. | |
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| c. to go by the book |
| 4. You can’t always tell what a person is like as soon as you meet him or her. | |
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| d. to take a leaf from someone’s book |
| 5. what you are doing if you are being dishonest and are changing the figures in the accounts | |
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| e. throw the book at him/her |
| 6. to follow someone’s good example | |
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| f. the Good Book |
| 7. what the police may do to someone who is a criminal | |
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| g. an open book |
| 8. to adhere to the rules | |
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| h. You can’t judge a book by its cover. |