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| a) concrete floor
| b) wooden floor
| c) suspended timber floor
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Figure 11.1 Types of Floor
1 Match the idioms with the definitions and use them in your own situations:
| 1) to take a floor
| a) to become involved in something from the beginning
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| 2) to get in on the ground floor
| b) to leave one's party entirely and join another party
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| 3) to floor someone
| c) to pace nervously while waiting
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| 4) walk the floor
| d) to stand up and address the audience
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| 5) to cross the floor
| e) to surprise and astound someone
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2 Explain how the following words and expressions are connected with “floors”:
ground, upper, suspended, raft foundation, shrinkage gaps, plywood, growth of vegetation, air bricks, proportion, sleeper walls, damp-proof membrane.
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| One who cannot dance blames the floor.
(Hindi proverb)
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| One pebble doesn't make a floor. (Nigerian proverb)
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3 Discuss the following:
• Write a paraphrase. • Say whether you agree or not, and why.
