Bus Advanced reading 5 4

Match the collocations and phrases in green boxes to the definitions 1-8. Drag the words in green boxes to the correct blank space. 1) get involved in an argument or a disagreement with someone ________________________________ 2) showing too much confidence in a way that others find rude or shocking ________________________________ 3) someone who likes things to be simple and direct ________________________________ 4) over-confident ________________________________ 5) to say you approve of or support something without proving you support it by what you actually do ________________________________ 6) relaxing ________________________________ 7) an unofficial comment that is not to be repeated or made public ________________________________ 8) to remove anything that is not necessary ________________________________

audacious

brash

chill out

to pay lip service (paid)

strip away

lock horns

no-nonsense

off the record

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1 lock horns - 2 audacious - 3 no-nonsense - 4 brash 5 to pay lip service (paid) - 6 chill out - 7 off the record - 8 strip away