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work force.(b) I sympathise with his point of view, but I don,t always agree with him(c) He lives very simply, with just the basic of life.

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direct hit from a nuclear missile.

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39 manage(a) Talks between workers and

seems unavoidablehave broken down and a strike now

(b) The boy was very vrolent and his parents found him(c) To improve his qualif ications he s taking a course jn

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New e.xpressions-are often created by combining parts of two words. ,Smoq,is

a combrnatron of 'smoke' and 'fog'. A film about someone,s life is sometim-escallled a 'biopic' (biographical picture). A'bedsit, is a room which serves asboth a bedroom and sitting room. These combinations are called'portmanteau'words. Can you explain the folowing?

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shopaholic

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