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Solutions - Advanced - Unit 8 - 8C

Here you will find the vocabulary from Unit 8 - 8C in the Solutions Advanced coursebook, such as "quote", "let in on", "hearsay", etc.

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secret

not seen by or unknown to other people

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gossip

a conversation about other people conveying harsh, vicious, and unproven information about their personal life

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to let in on

to allow someone to be part of a secret or to share information that was previously unknown to them

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word get out

used to refer to a situation in which information that was meant to be kept secret or private is made known to others

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to breathe a word about something

to tell other people what is supposed to stay secret

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to keep something under one's hat

to avoid sharing a secret with others

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to quote

to say the exact sentence or group of words someone else used in a movie, book, etc.

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to go further

to continue explaining or providing more details about something

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hearsay

information that is heard from someone else, rather than being firsthand knowledge

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between you and me

said to ask someone to keep a conversation secret

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one's lips are sealed

used when one says that one will not reveal secret information

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to bite one's tongue

to not say something, against one's wish, in order to avoid causing an argument or upsetting someone

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word has it (that)

used to introduce a piece of information that is based on rumors or hearsay, rather than direct knowledge or evidence

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