Chapter 1 1. Mrs Taccuini has many hobbies: she sails, she plays chess, she plays three instruments and she chats with her friends every evening! 2. We are going on vacation next month. I want to go on a cruise but my husband wants to go mountain climbing. We have a problem! 3. Marta and Giovanni often go out with us. We go to the movies and to art exhibitions. On Saturday nights we go to a club. 4. -How much do you pay for this apartment?    -The rent is very high but I am rich. I have been living here for three years. (express in two ways) 5. -Stefano has four dogs. Unfortunately, they (use pronoun) are dying because they don't know how to eat.    -You are telling a lie, Massimo! I don't want to hear these things! 6. - My collegue, Mr. Arnaldi, has three wives.    -Well then, he has three problems, three crises!    -Yes. I am sure he has a series of headaches. It is a strange case... 7. I keep the eggs in the fridge. Do you know that I have two fridges? I also have ten fingers, many eyelashes, two eyebrows, two arms, many bones... 8. Romi and Hans are German. She is a singer and he is a pianist. They run five miles every day and take their meals together. They are remaining in Canada for one year because they want to become anthropologists.

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