USING YOUR DICTIONARY

There is more information in your Dicionário Oxford Pocket para

estudantes de Inglês than you might realize! Open your dictionary
at pages 452-3 and answer the quiz questions.
1 Is a flan the same thing in Britain as in Portugal?
2 How would you translate a flamboyant dress into Portuguese?
3 How many meanings are there for the word fleece?
4 Is cola usually fizzy?
5 Is favour
a: 
a noun   b: a verb   c: both?
6 What is the past tense of fling?
7 What is the past participle of flip?
8 If somebody takes flight, do they
a:
catch a plane    b: run away   c:  jump very high?
9 What is the American spelling of flavour?
10 Would you wear flip-flops
a:
in your ears    b:  round your neck    c:  on your feet?
11 In an American newspaper you read that somebody fell out of a first-floor
window, but was not hurt. How was this possible?
12 Where can you find a note about shops such as the florist’s?
13 Complete this sentence with the right form of flat:
The north is mountainous, the central area less so, but the south
is the _________________ region
14 Which syllable has the main stress in flexible?
15 Is flea pronounced the same way as flee?
16 “Fans flooded into the stadium” – does this mean there were a lot of people?
17 Where can you find the translation of flier?
18 If Amy says “Jack likes to flaunt his wealth with his flashy cars and expensive
clothes”, do you think she admires him?
19 What does the phrase ‘to flash your headlights’ mean?
20 Complete the sentence with the right preposition:
She has a real flair _________________ languages.

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