Close-up p 53. Key Word Transformations

1. The forest of wind turbines, which were unsightly, detracted from the beauty of the island.
DETRACTION
The unsightly ____________________________________ beauty .
2. The teacher who teaches us biology and has high competence drew an analogy between the human body and a machine.
ANALOGOUS
 Our highly ________________________________________ a machine.
3. The fact that chain stores have spread has remarkably homogenised shopping centres across the UK so they are almost all identical.
HOMOGENEOUS
The spread ___________________________________________consequence they are almost all identical.
4.Glacier shrinkage will severely affect freshwater availability.
SHRUNKEN
Freshwater _______________________________________________ glaciers.
5. She tried to become friendly with the people she thought would have her behave acceptably in class.
IN
She tried to ____________________________________________ to behave acceptably in class



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1. The forest of wind turbines, which were unsightly, detracted from the beauty of the island.
DETRACTION
The unsightly ____________________________________ beauty.

 

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1. The unsightly forest of wind turbines was a detraction from the island's beauty.

detract from something | detract something from something ​(not used in the progressive tenses) to make something seem less good or fun. Synonym: take away from. Sp. quitar valor. E.g. He was determined not to let anything detract from his enjoyment of the trip.

detraction: The act of detracting or taking away.

 

 

2. The teacher who teaches us biology and has high competence drew an analogy between the human body and a machine.
EXPLAINED
 Our highly ________________________________________ was analogous to a machine.

 

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2.  Our highly competent biology teacher explained that the human body was analogous to a machine.

3. The fact that chain stores have spread has remarkably homogenised shopping centres across the UK so they are almost all identical.
MADE
The spread ___________________________________________ homogeneous across the UK, in consequence they are almost all identical.

 

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3. The spread of chain stores has made shopping centres become remarkably homogeneous across the UK, in consequence they are almost all identical.

 

4.Glacier shrinkage will severely affect freshwater availability.
SHRUNKEN
Freshwater _______________________________________________ glaciers.

 

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4. Freshwater availability will be severely affected by shrunken glaciers.

 

 

5. She tried to become friendly with the people she thought would have her behave acceptably in class.
IN
She tried to get ____________________________________________ to behave acceptably in class.

 

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5. She tried to get in with the people she thought would get her to behave acceptably in class