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[maestrícola]

Could anyone help me with the following activities?

I have to choose which answer A, B, C or D best fits each space:

1. The contract said we couldn't do it but our lawyer found a way __________ it.
A. round B. across C. off D. through

2. I was very late but I had just enough time to quickly ____________ to the shop.
A. stroll B. dash C. creep D. wander

Thank you very much!!!

 

[PaulQ]

What answers have you given and why?

 

[maestrícola]

In the first activity I would say "A. round" ("a way round it"), but I have no idea what it exactly means.

In the second activity I am in doubt between "A. stroll" and "D. wander". I would say "A. stroll", because I think it means "a quick walk", while "D. wander" means "a slow walk". Am I right?

Thanks

 

[Parla]

1. The contract said we couldn't do it but our lawyer found a way __________ it.
A. round B. across C. off D. through

2. I was very late but I had just enough time to quickly ____________ to the shop.
A. stroll B. dash C. creep D. wander

In the first activity I would say "A. round" ("a way round it"), but I have no idea what it exactly means.

In the second activity I am in doubt between "A. stroll" and "D. wander". I would say "A. stroll", because I think it means "a quick walk", while "D. wander" means "a slow walk".

Welcome to the forum.

In American English, none of the choices offered for question (1) are correct; the right answer is around. But in British English, A ("round") is correct. To find a way around (or "round") something specified in a contract means to discover a legal way to interpret the contract that can permit what seems not to be possible.

As to question (2), the only correct answer is B, dash. The speaker must move quickly, and dash is the only choice meaning that. "Stroll" means a slow, leisurely walk—not a quick one!