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What does it mean to 'extend one's house'?



 
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What does it mean to 'extend one's house'? Wed Mar 28, 2007 19:57 pm  What does it mean to 'extend one's house'?
 

Business Idiom in English, Intermediate level

ESL/EFL Test #131 "Ways of approving", question 6

The local council has approved the plans for ......... their house.

(a) developing
(b) lengthening
(c) widening
(d) extending

Business Idiom in English, Intermediate level

ESL/EFL Test #131 "Ways of approving", answer 6

The local council has approved the plans for extending their house.

Correct answer: (d) extending

Your answer was: incorrect
The local council has approved the plans for developing their house.
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What does it mean to 'extend one's house'?

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What does it mean to 'extend one's house'? Thu Mar 29, 2007 0:24 am  What does it mean to 'extend one's house'?
 

    To extend a house is to make it bigger.
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