CAMBRIDGE
ENGLISH VOCABULARY IN USE ADVANCED
UNIT 61
Motion: taking steps
A
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Verbs
of movement
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B
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Metaphorical examples of motion
The
maths lesson limped to a conclusion and everyone thankfully left the
room.
Let’s
hop off the bus at the next stop. [quickly get off]
Miguel’s
business staggered on for a few years and then finally collapsed.
Lisa
did staggeringly well in her exams. [amazingly]
The
government has lurched from one economic crisis to the next.
Maria
takes everything that life throws at her in her stride. [takes
… calmly]
Parents
and teachers should try not to trample on children’s dreams.
If
the Campbells don’t pay their bill this week, you’ll have to chase them.
After
several stumbling attempts at writing, Theo finally had a poem
published.
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C
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People and water move in similar ways
Crowds
of tourists flowed across the square all day long.
As
soon as the school doors opened, children spilled out into the
playground.
People
streamed into the lecture hall and soon there was standing room only.
People
have been pouring into the exhibition all day.
A
trickle of people appeared outside and by midday a crowd had gathered.
We
meandered round the town, window shopping to our hearts’ content.
Refugees
have been flooding across the border since the start of the war.
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D
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Taking steps
When
you walk you take (foot)steps. Here are some adjectives often used
with taking (a) step(s) in a metaphorical context:
backward
big
critical
decisive
first
giant
major
significant
unprecedented
[never having happened before]
Common
mistakes
When
talking metaphorically, people take backward/decisive, etc. steps (NOT
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EXERCISES
61.1
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The
walking verb in each of these sentences is incorrect. Which verb would be a
better choice for each sentence? Look at A to help you.
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61.2
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Answer
these questions about the sentences in B opposite.
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61.3
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Look
at the water words in each of the example sentences in C. What does the word suggest
about the way the people in those sentences are moving?
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61.4
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Complete
these sentences with a word from C, using the appropriate form.
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61.5
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Here
are some more verbs of movement. Complete a table for them like the one in A opposite.
Use a dictionary if necessary.
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61.6
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Which
of the verbs in exercise 61.5 would these people probably do?
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ANSWER KEY
61.1
1 trudged (If you strut, you can’t
have your shoulders hunched. You are also unlikely to be weary.)
2 tiptoed (If you trudge, you are tired and weary and your steps are heavy, so you might well wake someone who is sleeping lightly. A bedroom is also a very small place for someone to trudge across.) 3 hopping (Rabbits move quickly with feet all off the ground at the same time, so, as with birds, their movement is described as hopping. Stamping is too heavy a movement for a small animal.) 4 limped (Stamping is something which you usually do when you are angry and there is no obvious connection between having an accident and stamping.) 5 staggered / lurched (Striding cannot be unsteady.) 6 trample (Daisies are too small to be stumbled on.) 7 chased (Tramped suggests moving slowly and so the dog would then be unlikely to catch the postman. Tramped also suggests too heavy a movement to be appropriate for a small dog as opposed to a big, heavy dog.) 8 lurching / staggering (It would be extremely difficult to tiptoe if the sea is rough and the ship is moving violently.)
61.2
Possible answers:
1 It was not at all successful or enjoyable – the verb limped makes that clear. 2 No, it was clearly in difficulties for a few years before it failed totally. 3 People didn’t expect her to do as well as she did. 4 No, the government gives the impression of being out of control. 5 She is probably calm, easy-going and relaxed. 6 They destroy or spoil them, for example, by laughing at them. 7 He or she might send them emails or letters reminding them to pay, or they might phone them. 8 Not at all confident. They were hesitant and uneven in quality.
61.3
flowed: moved smoothly, without
ceasing
spilled: fell out, in an uncontrolled fashion, starting suddenly and moving in all directions streamed: a lot of people moving at a fairly constant pace from one direction pouring: coming all the time, in large numbers, possibly from all directions trickle: a few people, here and there meandered: not going in a straight line, no definite purpose flooding: coming in large numbers, spreading in all directions
61.4
1 flow
2 spilling
3 meander
4 trickle
5 pouring / streaming (flooding is
less likely to be used about people moving into a relatively
restricted area like a football
stadium)
61.5
61.6
1 Graceful dancers glide.
2 Guests at a cocktail party mill around. 3 Schoolchildren file into a classroom. 4 Someone who is irritatingly anxious to make you like them might sidle up to you. 5 Tourists exploring in a relaxed way might saunter round a city. |
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