Emphasis & misunderstanding
general vocabulary
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A. (Emphasis) Match the sentences on the left with an appropriate sentence on the right.
1. The minister’s
emphasis on the word
‘peace’ was noticeable.
2. Our guide
accentuated the importance of
remaining calm if there was trouble.
3. Our teacher explained that it was
crucially
important to pace
ourselves while revising
for the exam.
4. At the People’s Party conference, the
accent
was on youth unemployment.
5.
Prominent trade unionists have called for a
boycott of imported goods.
6. It is
of crucial importance that we make
more use of technology if we are to make
progress.
A. The government
will have to sit up and
take note of what these
important people
have to say.
B. She
emphasised the fact that panicking
would only make matters worse.
C. The leader
gave prominence to the need to
create better job opportunities.
D. We consider progress in this field to be
extremely important.
E. He
put great stress on the maxim that ‘All
work and no play makes Jack a dull boy’.
F.
He
stressed again and again the importance
of an established détente.
B. (Emphasis) Now complete these sentences with an expression in bold from the above
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