Bus Advanced reading 7 4

Match the words and phrases in green boxes to the definitions 1-10. Drag the words in green boxes to the correct blank space. 1) You can say what you like at this meeting. Anything you say will be kept private. _________________________ 2) The service we receive from our supplier isn’t as good as it should be. We ought to say something. _________________________ 3) They thought using the new software would be easy but actually there are lots of problems with it. _________________________ 4) I wasted the whole morning dealing with one complaint on the phone. I became so annoyed. _________________________ 5) Your report was very thorough and detailed. Excellent work! _________________________ 6) I’m a little doubtful about your plan. Do you really think it will work? _________________________ 7) He didn’t have much spare time so we didn’t finish our meeting. _________________________ 8) I thought the subject-matter in this book was not very in-depth. _________________________ 9) The great thing about Geoff is that he’ll always give you help exactly when you need it. _________________________ 10) If I’m honest with you, they should have asked her to retire years ago. _________________________

plain sailing

in-depth

held in the strictest confidence

It tested my patience

particularly lightweight

To be frank

up to scratch

timely support

was pressed for time

somewhat sceptical

1 held in the strictest confidence - 2 up to scratch - 3 plain sailing 4 It tested my patience. - 5 in-depth - 6 somewhat sceptical 7 was pressed for time - 8 particularly lightweight 9 timely support - 10 To be frank

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