Read the extract, pick out the idioms and explain their meanings. Then rewrite the extract in standard non-figurative language.

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问题 Read the extract, pick out the idioms and explain their meanings. Then rewrite the extract in standard non-figurative language. Sam is getting on, too. His hair is pepper and salt, but he knows how to make up for lost time by taking it easy.

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答案(l)highly figurative, full of idioms:getting on = getting old; pepper and salt = gray;make up for=compensate;lost time=was-ted time;take it easy=relax. (2)standard version: Sam is getting old, too. His hair is turning gray, but he knows how to compensate for wasted time by relaxing.

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Read the extract, pick out the idioms and explain their meanings. Then rewrite the extract in standard non-figurative language.

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