A. Vocabulary
A - This issue’s ‘Words, Words’, on pages 18-19 of
English Now
No 89, is about expressions containing the adjective ‘cold’. Test your understanding of the expressions in the article with this exercise. Match the expressions on the left with their definitions that they describe, on the right.
| 1. to get cold feet | |
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| a. someone who doesn’t show emotion |
| 2. a cold fish | |
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| b. consolation that doesn’t make you feel better |
| 3. in cold blood | |
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| c. to make someone lose enthusiasm for something |
| 4. cold comfort | |
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| d. money that can be used immediately |
| 5. cold facts | |
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| e. to lose confidence at the last minute |
| 6. to give someone the cold shoulder | |
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| f. deliberately and without feeling |
| 7. cold cash | |
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| g. plain statistics |
| 8. to pour cold water on | |
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| h. to deliberately ignore someone |