BRIDGE APRIL 2023 SOLUTIONS
An Egg-cellent Easter Quiz
1D; 2D; 3B; 4B; 5D; 6A; 7A; 8C; 9B; 10C
The Puzzler: Stuff and Nonsense
1 elegant piss = a single step
2 good thinning = doing nothing
3 end fur below = be wonderful
4 nearby soups = a busy person
5 cocaine tongue tour = courage to continue
6 dreamy mob = bad memory
7 detour boys = do your best
8 pin shapes = happiness
Idiom Corner: Stage Fright?
1 drama queen / drama llama
2 hogging the limelight
3 dog and pony show
4 not my first rodeo
5 not my circus, not my monkeys
6 it’s curtains down
Going Downhill Fast: The Joy of Trail Biking
Mountain Biking Beginnings
Choose Your Type
For the Thrill of the Trail
The Star of the Show
Safety and Respect
Going Big with Fontaines D.C.
rave review
sleeve
thing
Cooliosities
BAD ADVICE?
horizontally challenged = fat
humour impaired = dull/unfunny
a person of negotiable honesty = a dishonest/corrupt person
indefinitely delayed success = failure
alternative truth = a lie
unconventionally logical = illogical/nonsense
a person of variable sobriety = a drunk/an alcoholic
in a state of temporarily displaced attention = not listening
SPEED CAMERA ART
1F ; 2F ; 3T; 4F; 5T
GATE APRIL 2023 SOLUTIONS
Easter As You Know It, pp. 6–8: 1 church, 2 public, 3 cross, 4 hunts, 5 clothes, 6 Monday, 7 ticket, 8 lamb, 9 supper, 10 branches
The Most Instagrammable Places in Slovakia, CD Part 1, p. 8: 1 rocky, 2 1,545 metres, 3 depth, 4 cable car, 5 trail, 6 valley; Bonus questions: it was originally built on the other side
of the lake, it burned down, it’s 125 years old; CD Part 2: 1 date back, 2 1950, 3 architecture, 4 storybook, 5 700 years, Bonus question: historic art and ghosts (the Black Lady)
Fitgreenmind, p. 10: 1D, 2C, 3A, 4E, 5B
Dance is a Global Language, Interview with Mr. Kriss, pp. 12–13: CD Task: 1 He realized that these people were very similar to him and he tries to be kind and make them feel comfortable. He stopped dividing people into normal people and celebrities, and tries to treat everyone with respect and kindness. 2 To turn off the part of the brain that is judgemental and to speak. Don’t try to find the most perfect expression and just improvise like in dancing and find what you want to say. Travel if you have time, pack your backpack and go somewhere for the weekend.
Doing Things the American Way: Task 1: 1 Howdy, 2 small talk, 3 apartment, 4 mini–SUV, 5 drip coffee, 6 Fahrenheit, 7 tip; Task 2: 1 a good job, a family, a house and a car, 2 it has to be good, service with a smile, approachable store clerks, small talk, 3 they get wages and tips on top, which can be up to 20% of the bill. Though this is changing as the minimum wage is rising. 4 a house, 5 Fahrenheit and miles
Buy New or Buy Old? English 101 Solutions p. 18: Task 1: 1C, 2A, 3B, 4C, 5A, 6C, 7B, 8B, 9C, 10C; Task 3: 1 disposable, 2 custom–made, 3 eco–friendly, 4 second–hand, 5 trendy; Task 4: baker’s – a loaf of bread, a muffin, a sausage roll; chemist’s – make up, a razor; painkillers newsagent’s – a magazine, a newspaper, a lottery ticket; jeweller’s – earrings, a bracelet, an engagement ring; stationer’s – an exercise book, printer paper, post–it notes; hardware shop – a hammer, a screwdriver, nails
READY APRIL 2023 SOLUTIONS
Let’s Go Walking, pp. 4-5
Task 1: 1 – grass, 2 – field, 3 – beach, 4 – lake, 5 – mountain, 6 – forest, 7 – village, 8 – road, 9 – river, 10 – waterfall, 11 – sky, 12 – town Task 2: boy – beach, girl – village; Task 3: (red) She is going to the waterfall. (blue) He is going to the mountain. (green) He is going to the river. (yellow) She is going to the lake. Task 4: 1 We’re going to the beach. 2 We’re happy. 3 The grass is green. 4 We’re going to swim in the river. 5 The sky is blue. – APRIL;
Grammar Zone, pp. 8-9
Task 2: 1 This is an apple. 2 Those are cars. 3 These are flowers. 4 That is a hat. 5 These are shoes. 6 This is a watermelon. Task 3: 1 That is a house. 2 This is an orange. 3 Those are planes / airplanes / aeroplanes. 4 These are eggs / Easter eggs. 5 This is a pineapple. 6 Those are guitars.;
Malta, pp. 10-11
Task 1: Golden Bay Task 2: 1 – arm, 2 – head, 3 – hair, 4 – nose, 5 – hand, MDINA Task 3: lampuka;
April Fool, pp. 12-13
Task 2: 1 that; 2 this; 3 these; 4 that; 5 these; 6 this Task 3: 1 Those are carrots. 2 This is not a present. 3 These are not chocolates. 4 That is a toy. 5 This is an old sock.;
St George and the Dragon, pp. 14-15
Task 2: colour in: gold – princess – St George – king – the people in the city; Task 3: 1 D; 2 SG; 3 K; 4 D; 5 OM; 6 SG; 7 K
Let’s Colour, p. 17
Task: A green, B pink, C yellow, D blue, E white, F brown; Happy Easter. The picture is a brown bunny on a yellow background, three Easter eggs in pink blue and yellow on some green grass.;
Puzzle, p. 18
Task: shark, dolphin, octopus, crab, whale;
Earth Day, pp. 19-20
Task 2: 13, 15, 20, 8, 5, 18 = MOTHER; We love mother Earth. Task 3 plastic: plastic bag, plastic bottle; paper: newspaper, paper plane; glass: glass, glass bottle; metal: paper clip, can.