In what sorts of situations would you hear the following remarks?
1 We’ll have to get an au pair. I just can’t cope.
2 I can’t believe it — £5,000. The company folded and now I’ve got nothing to show for it!
3 It went under, I’m afraid, and he’s bankrupt now.
4 You can’t manage all that. Let me help you.
5 Yes, her plan came off even though the odds were really against her.
- You would probably hear it from a parent who is finding it too difficult to combine work and family life.
Possible Answer
- Perhaps someone who invested £5,000 and lost it all.
- It could be about a business someone started, or about a project, or something that failed.
- It might be said to someone who is carrying a lot of heavy shopping bags.
- Perhaps it’s about the successful realisation of someone’s plan, e.g. for getting permission to do something where it seemed more likely that the result would not be successful.
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