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2 1 terrible 2 slowly 3 hard 4 friendly 4 1 and stupid-looking 2 are usually 3 bored
5 badly 6 unhappy 7 extremely; late 4 will never 5 always listen 6 'The poor girl/
8 carefully 9 late 10 completely womani'oR'Poor Jenny!' 7 have often been
11 beautiful 12 hard 13 unclearly 8 terribly 9 slowly 10 is already
14 perfect 15 well 11 You never tell me 12 beautiful 13 has
probably 14 fast 15 slowly
4 careful; extremely
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1 1 greener, greenest 2 safer, safest 3 richer,
5 1 interesting films 2 a good cheap restaurant richest 4 smaller, smallest 5 stranger,
3 and good-looking 4 interested strangest 6 finer, finest 7 higher, highest
5 I very much like or I like ... very much. 8 wider, widest 9 nearer, nearest 10 whiter,
6 The poor girl/womanl'oR'Poor Emma!' whitest
7 terribly 8 my glasses yesterday. 9 happily
10 have often thought 11 difficult 2 1 bigger, biggest 2 hotter, hottest
12 in a friendly way/voice 13 Arabic very well. 3 newer, newest 4 wetter, wettest
14 beautiful 15 fast 16 carefully 17 perfect 5 slimmer, slimmest
18 is always 19 usually speak 20 hard
3 1 lazier, laziest 2 hungrier, hungriest
6 1 fast 2 daily 3 hard 4 late 5 hardly 3 sleepier, sleepiest 4 angrier, angriest
6 friendly 7 silly 8 lonely. 5 dirtier, dirtiest
7 1 a light/coffee 2 water 3 holidays 4 1 more careful, most careful 2 more beautiful,
4 hair, skin 5 alight 6 a bed, water most beautiful 3 more intelligent, most
7 hair, skin 8 milk 9 apples 10 children intelligent 4 more dangerous, most dangerous
5 more important, most important 6 more
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interested
1 1 really, completely, possibly, happily, nicely, 5 1 farther/further 2 better 3 worse.
easily, beautifully, probably, usually, incredibly,
unhappily, rightly, sincerely, hungrily, carefully,
perfectly, warmly, angrily, comprehensibly, slowly page 223
2 1 I saw a good film yesterday. 2 Andy can 1 1 the nicest 2 the best 3 more expensive
definitely help you. 3 You speak Russian very 4 more dangerous 5 the most dangerous
well. 4 She never smiles. 5 Alice had some 6 bigger 7 the fastest 8 most
really interesting ideas. 6 They sell very good
clothes here. 7 I have never been to Norway. 2 1 shorter 2 the most intelligent 3 quieter
8 Karl plays the violin very badly. 9 I 4 the coldest 5 louder 6 the biggest
have already paid. 10 He was wearing 7 more intelligent 8 the most boring
a new blue suit. 11 We often see Annie
and Seb. 12 Emma read the report page 224
slowly. 13 Judy and Simon are always late.
14 You are probably right. 15 I hardly ever go 1 1 Dogs are friendlier than cats. 2 Dogs are
to the cinema. more intelligent than cats. 3 Train travel is
cheaper than air travel. 4 Air travel is faster
3 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7X 8 / than train travel. 5 The Sahara is hotter than the
9 / 10 / 11 / 12 / 13 / 14 / 15 /
Himalayas. 6 The Himalayas are colder than the
Sahara. 7 English is easier than Chinese.
8 Chinese is more difficult than
9 English. 9 Canada is bigger than Ireland.
10 Ireland is smaller than Canada.
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