Glossary
- to set about: posar-se a
- also-ran: de segona
- upscale: exclusiu
- appointment: nomenament
- to latch on: agafar-se
- stalwart: baluard
- youthful: jove
- heels: sabates de taló alt
- footprint: empremta / presència comercial
- heft: pes
- fearless: sense por
- eager: ansiós
- to itch: tenir moltes ganes
- to hand off: passar el relleu
- struggling: en problemes
- in droves: en massa
- to keep up with: seguir
- to make up: representar
- break up: trencar (una relació)
- to stay away: mantenir-se allunyat
- puzzling: desconcertant
Exercise 1
Find the following words in the text.
- An authorization given by a company to do business in its name
- A person who follows another in a post
- A difficult task
- A person who pays in advance to receive a publication
- An attractive quality
Exercise 2
Complete these sentences with the correct word
- Carey immediately set ___ looking for a successor
- Helen Gurley Brown remade it by latching ___ to feminism and the sexual revolution
- The magazine also has kept ___ with its subscribers
- Digital subscriptions often make ___ 1 to 2 percent of total magazine readership
ANSWERS
Exercise 1: 1. franchise / 2. successor / 3. irculation / 4. challenge / 5. subscriber / 6. appeal
Exercise 2: 1. about / 2. on / 3. up / 4. up