1 Have you ever been left in the lurch? If so, when?
2 Has anyone ever given you a rough time? If so, why?
3 Is there anything difficult that you think nothing of doing? If so, what?
4 What do you think it is important to make the most of?
5 What was once a big problem for you that has now paled into insignificance?
6 What sorts of things bring a lump to your throat?
7 Can you think of something that you have had to come to terms with? If so, what?
8 What would you never dream of doing?
Exercise 28
Which idioms do these pictures make you think of?
Exercise 29
Put the expressions in the box into pairs that mean more or less the same.
went off the deep end gave him an earful drove him up the wall gave him a piece of her mind put his back up did his nut rubbed him up the wrong way sent him round the bend