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We use vague language when we do not want to be (or cannot be) exact,
accurate and precise.
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For each of the six questions choose the one correct answer.
1. Is rugby … American football?
a. sort of
b. kind of similar
c. kind of
d. sort of like
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d. sort of like – Correct – the two sports are similar, but not 100% the same.
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2. I need a … to open this can. Have you got one?
a. thingummy
b. thingammy
c. thingimmy
d. thingommy
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a. thingummy - Correct – this is the correct spelling.
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3. I think the two houses are … the same.
a. rough
b. less or more
c. more or less
d. approximate
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c. more or less - Correct - an informal expression which means
'approximately' or 'roughly' .
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4. He’s a workaholic. He always works late … .
a. and that all sort of thing
b. and all that sort of thing
c. and of all that sort thing
d. all of that sort and thing
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b. and all that sort of thing - Correct – this is the correct word order.
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5. I’m ... angry because you left all this … in the sink.
a. sort / stuff
b. roughly / things
c. sort of / thing
d. kind of / stuff
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d. kind of / stuff - Correct – ‘kind of’ before adjectives, ‘stuff’ after ‘this’.
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6. She’s got … hair and she’s … 1.5m tall.
a. more or less red / ish
b. blondish / sort of
c. reddish / about
d. about blonde / roughly
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c. reddish / about - Correct – notice the doubling of the final letter of red.
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Lexical phrasesA lexical phrase is a group of words which forms a
grammatical unit of some kind and which exhibits a degree of ‘inflexibility’. As to the last feature, some lexical phrases are totally 'frozen' (unchangeable) while others are rather variable:
Invariable phrases: by and large, as well, let alone, so be it
There are a few small things that I don't like about my job, but by and large it's very enjoyable.
Somewhat variable phrases: Don’t rock the boat, She’s rocking the boat…[rock the boat = ‘disturb the institutional status quo’]
Don't rock the boat until the negotiations are finished.
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Fillers
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Fillers
Linguistic devices used to fill a momentary hesitation ocassioned by the real demands of
real-time processing pressure.
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