Chapter 5 - After Dinner

Question 1

dinner party n.

Answer 1

​a social event at which a small group of people eat dinner at sb’s house n.

Ex.: They invited three couples to a dinner party at their house.

Question 2

​a social event at which a small group of people eat dinner at sb’s house n.

Answer 2

dinner party n.

Ex.: They invited three couples to a dinner party at their house.

Question 3

fine a.

Answer 3

[UBN] of high quality; good a.

Ex.: a very fine performance
Ex.2: fine clothes/wines/workmanship
Ex.3: It’s a particularly fine example of Saxon architecture.
Ex.4: the finest collection of paintings in Europe
Ex.5: She’s a fine actor and an even finer dancer.
Ex.6: Jim has made a fine job of the garden.
Ex.7: people who enjoy the finer things in life (= for example art, good food, etc.)
Ex.8: It was his finest hour (= most successful period) as manager of the England team.
Ex.9: This movie features some of her finest work.
Ex.10: He tried to appeal to their finer feelings (= feelings of duty, love, etc.)

Question 4

[UBN] of high quality; good a.

Answer 4

fine a.

Ex.: a very fine performance
Ex.2: fine clothes/wines/workmanship
Ex.3: It’s a particularly fine example of Saxon architecture.
Ex.4: the finest collection of paintings in Europe
Ex.5: She’s a fine actor and an even finer dancer.
Ex.6: Jim has made a fine job of the garden.
Ex.7: people who enjoy the finer things in life (= for example art, good food, etc.)
Ex.8: It was his finest hour (= most successful period) as manager of the England team.
Ex.9: This movie features some of her finest work.
Ex.10: He tried to appeal to their finer feelings (= feelings of duty, love, etc.)

Question 5

business n.

Answer 5

[unc] important matters that need to be dealt with or discussed n.

Ex.: He has some unfinished business to deal with.
Ex.2: the main business of the meeting
Ex.3: They should leave the business of making policy to the experts.

Question 6

[unc] important matters that need to be dealt with or discussed n.

Answer 6

business n.

Ex.: He has some unfinished business to deal with.
Ex.2: the main business of the meeting
Ex.3: They should leave the business of making policy to the experts.