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Exercise: the 90's - tribes

Tony Thorne

1990's

Do you know the meaning of the following? Try this exercise and check your answers afterwards:


	1: If a word conjures up particular ideas or images, then...					it makes you think of them
						it makes them appear, as if by magic
						the word has been transmitted to you telepathically

	2: 'At any one time' is another way of saying...					'at any rate'
						'at any given moment'
						'anyway'

	3: If something is out of date, it...					has become unfashionable, irrelevant or obsolete
						happens too slowly, behind schedule
						happens too quickly, ahead of schedule

	4: Tony used the expression 'to cross over' to mean...					'to mix two or more things together'
						'to change its meaning'
						'to become part of something else'

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