Exercise 23

Use the idioms from exercise 22 to repeat or sum up what the first speaker says.

1. Jack: Harry never seems to want to go out with other people.

Pat: No, he's a bit of ......................................

2. Liam: Are you busy these days?

Chris: Busy! It's ridiculous! I try to keep up with things, but I'm just…………..

3. Keith: Dan is in the boss's office again today. That's the third time this week he's gone to complain about the computers. Mike: Yes, he won't give up. He's really got…………………………

4. Orla: You seemed to be enjoying your lunch today!

Fiona: Yes, I....................................... I feel so full now!

5. Brian: Philip scared everyone yesterday. He looked really angry.

Eve: Oh, don't worry about him. His............................

6. Alan: Look at Charles! He's already talking to a gorgeous girl over there!

Joe: Oh yeah, he always.................................. for the prettiest girl in the room.

Exercise 24

Complete each of these idioms.

1. Big Joe is quite harmless really, although he looks tough. He wouldn't………..

a.............................

2. I already know about Jill getting divorced. A................ told me.

3. I hate making a speech to a big audience. I always get…………..in my………..

4. It's a very unusual school. The pupils are..................... …………free ……….to do just what they like.

5. I really got the travel........... …………after I went on a trekking holiday to Nepal. I can't wait to go away again.

6. I'd love to be a............... on the............... when Nigel tells the boss he's resigning.

Exercise 25

Which of these sentences describe basically positive behavior or attitudes and which

describe behavior or attitudes that are negative (at least from the speaker's point of view)?

1 Mark looked straight through me when I walked into the hall.

2 Rachel left me in the lurch as she usually does.

3 Sam has really let himself go since his wife died.

4 Let's make the most of this beautiful weather.

5 The boy's soprano ringing through the church brought a lump to my throat.

6 Rita's husband has blown the argument out of all proportion.

7 It'll be great to be able to let ourselves go once term ends.

8 They are gradually coming to terms with their loss.

Exercise 26

Complete each of these idioms with one word.

1 . The government has been quite successful at keeping a………...on inflation.

2 . Her boss is still giving her a time for forgetting to circulate his report.

(Give three answers.)

3 . In the light of what has happened since, our problems then have paled into……………………..

4 . Jeremy thinks nothing………………being interviewed on TV.

5 . The newspapers often minor stories out of all proportion.

6 . The beauty of the sunset brought a……………. to my throat.

7 . The fate of my application is hanging in the………..until my exam results

come through.

8. I wouldn't ………………………………..of telling anyone your secret.

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