1. 500                               a) a time when two languages became similarly important 2. cheerio                          b) the year in which a study was carried out

3. 1979                               c) the number of new words entering the dictionary every four months

4. German                         d) a time when people were encouraged not to speak a language

5. the 19th century             e) an example of something thought of as fashionable

6. 1993                             f) an old way of saying ‘goodbye’ to someone

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1. to take off ___  To remove an item of clothing.

2. throw away ___  To dispose of an item of clothing.​

3. try on ___ To check an item of clothing fits you.

4. put on ___  To place an item of clothing on your body.

5. put away ___  To put something in your wardrobe or  drawer.

6. wear out ___  To ruin an item of clothing through repeated  use.

7. give away ___  To donate clothes to another person.

8. get into ___  To fit your body in an item of clothing.

9. pick up ___  To collect something.

10. pick out ___  To choose something.

11. look for  To search for something.

12. go with  To coordinate with another item.

With continuous evolving technology, gadgets have always had a significant effect on our lives. Whether this effect has been a boon or a bane is a debate. As time passes by, technologies come up and we upgrade ourselves to keep in touch with time.

Take the telephone for instance. It enabled us to communicate with people far away from us. With further development came the mobile phone, a portable version of the telephone. After some more evolutions, we arrived at smartphones. And today the population of the smartphones has started to overshadow the population of telephones.