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Exercises for the Cambridge C2 Exam

Are you looking for an English course to prepare for the Cambridge C2 exam?  These exercises will help you prepare for the exam. 

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Match the work idioms to their correct meaning

  1. Make light of b) part and parcel       c) get cold feet
  • Essential or basic element
  • Suddenly get frightened about something that has been planned
  • Act like something is not serious; especially when it is

Now complete the sentences with the idioms from above

1 Make sure you want to do this because if you then _____________, it will affect other people

2 Just ______________ his error as he already feels really guilty about losing the company money

3 Working long hours is _______________ of being a manager

 

Answer key for the Cambridge c2 exam exercises

  1. Make light of – Act like something is not serious; especially when it
  2. Part and parcel – essential or basic element
  3. Get cold feet – suddenly get frightened about something that has been planned

1 Make sure you want to do this because if you then get cold feet, it will affect other people

2 Just make light of his error as he already feels really guilty about losing the company money

3 Working long hours is part and parcel of being a manager

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