i i PAUL HANCOCK x(aKeemioniaent ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Inveoducton Unit One rctce A Practice B Practice © Practice D Unit Two, Practice A Practice B Practice © Practice D Unit Three Practice A Practice B Practice © Practice D CONTENTS Ww 18 19 10 enINTRODUCTION ‘To the Student An idiomatic expression ia group of 149 or more words which Cannot he undestood simply hy koowing the eneaning of each Separate word ~it hata special meaning which spears of the Tanguage understand. Most learners of English want to and need te learn sore idiomatic expressions Beeau they are such an important pst ofthe real Inguage we spe, "There are reat many idioms in the English Ianguage, and it (seul fr non-native spears wo hot whi expressions are realy wef. Many idioms sound quit oldaskione sche are ‘ot realy wid wry much by English speakers. Soe expressions fre winlirmal oe ealequial thot wos sound strange a ‘eign speaker ase them. The expessons used inthis book ave, theres, ben cower bess cey are often used by Enis speakers, and can alo be weed quite natal by Foreign laters. However, larg az wing idloms correctly nt ey. “There the problem of geting them right. An idiomatic capresso must be used absolutely eoreecty- IFyou make even the smalls mistake, the illic expresslon no Tonger has special meaning. Iwill actally mean just what the words sy, ‘wich i somesiner very range! The fst etre ofeach ‘rample in this book will show youths and wl help co stop you ftom making mistake, Making you aware ofthese mistakes ad ‘correcting them wil make are that you lar the iio in ‘onrect form soften not egy to nderatand exactly what an idiom means. The second picture ofeach example in this bok will hcp to make the racing leat, Some more explanation of the itiom is even nde each ofthese pictur, When you check the orreet answer, notice which word) is stressed when te liom is pken. Exerc in cach sie ites further practice in learning te Idioms in ther correct fom. Exerise B in each unit wll check that you wnderstand which ion is correct fr each Be sure to remember that very many idioms are informal and {at you shouldnt ey to we them ina formal canter, tering 2 Teter ts buok manage or te pricipal of & ct, ‘You might thik that it would show that your English i very ond if you ued an idiom in 2 statin Mk thi, bo ean often Sound wrong. In this book, thereto, yo wil be given away of expressing these seas in mere formal way. Exerite Cin each luni ves you practic in deciding whether ions sound corect ‘n lerent contests, Exercise D fs fr stent who are working in a case. gives you the opportunity to uae the idioms that, ‘you have leernt by talking about your personal experince with Ifyou ate using the book fr scstudy, the answers tall the cexerles cam be checked by ung the Answers section the back of the book. This sth best way to use each wait of the book 1 Look at the petures snd explanations and correct the mites, 2, Look atthe answers inthe back of the ok t check that 4. Do the fist practi eerste A. Lok again at the pctres and explanation if you are notre if the practice sentences are Fight or wrong. Correct the sentences which are wrong 4 Check your answers to exerie A ithe back of the book Da the practice cxerve B. Look tthe pictures and ‘explanations again if you are not sare what co write 8. Check your answers inthe back ofthe book 1. Do the practice exercise C. Again, look atthe explanation: if you ae not sure which answer 1 chowe 8, Check your ansoer in the back af the bok eects D is for lasaroom se nly ‘Toshe Teacher “The inuuduction to the stent explains the value offs Tat "What You Meum, Tn? t earners of English who would keto got«god understanding of soe widely used idiomatic exprestions {icatng some phratal verb). The book e fr stents at Imermedate and advanced level As wells focusing a0 the scorect form and meaning ofa seletion of ios each unit Ielp atidents to see wheter they ean use the ions inillerent, regiters, Ther sao fre prodtion exercne at ie end of ‘ach unt fo which stdents cam use the cxpresions ia personal ‘ontext. Thor teachers who have osed Ir Th Wis You Mea? ‘wil se that this book can be wed i clase ina similar way. A of using each unit ofthe book in class |. Pathe students in pais or groups, Ask them to look though the pitures and explanations end to correct the stakes 2, When they have Fnshed, chek the cortet frm ofthe om se cls, and practise speaking the sentence with th corzect. ‘Heese pattern (ar shown im the Index of Lom ~ page 132). ‘The ilstration ofthe Incorect idiom offen shows the eral ‘meaning. The laitration of he correc idiom shoald be wed to check tha students have got Its meaning cortect. You ean 4 this by asking questions about what the people in the ‘ustzations are ding and why, «page 80 ‘How does dhe teacher look? Why? Why do you think the howl manager emt understand bis French? Do the chive fe sorry for the teacher? What wil happen wen the teacher next es to ‘onrect hie students’ French?” The ustration ca also be ted to intraduce extn vocabulary you wish fe pae 8, efron, te tag shes, teak, ly, te, You ‘ould ask the stdens now to provide a lear dfinithm ofthe idiom in simple language (= Hist is provided on page 132). (Check that students have aiden of hw formal the expession Iand ask asatent wo give the more Smal aerate 9. Aad the tents to do exercise Ain pair or groupe, You ‘ould teach of check any vocabulary which your cass might ot know. When they have finished, check the answers a dase 4: Repeat th me proces with ere B. Encourage the stunt fst uy ad remeter the i witout ing back at he prweration pages You can go round whe they se doing the arcs ae nate tha al stents Have ‘ete the io nt cone fom hh he tin wie @ wha te student, Theta them odo the ener it flo OEP “There may bes oof qu el vocabulary or ler kel sent inthe a setae Tica be ght or ‘edhe, bu tit actly neces tha they tndertand “cert nthe eters, Wat more portant that they ete basi meaning of her and ecgnve em st formalin contest ao agsage Chek the answers css aga, ding wth ciel wesbalary you wk 6, Breise Dix plcton proto, Thc exec old be done ater th thers na ater te ein ‘Writ oa he ows practed in ach unt ee Index of cms, page 12) on ceo paper and pve hemo he sede Sadee could work epson prepare ve idioms each, Aerating group ech suede ould prepare over ime, or in goa 1 12 people, ch student oud prepare ane mn ech ac ae hes {© prepares alk abut «pononal experienc which woul {ct a parr or another member ef the group Yo reduce the iim onthe peo pape. The ce ste) et then 2k nore guts abou the peal espn, An ‘ample gen neh wet. Sade led soe time te prepare tc ansvers tdy yh any ites, sue a vocabulary. Mono the ste they te working in pas or gop, anda sr ht the) re the om wth ore ares sn noma, I stds werk in pai group, ou eld nk each et feds pce the ds the mort intceing ory they heard fom he partner othe person nes othe the group, ‘ig them coreare not very good parente a they never you do what this expresin suggest it means that someone hasbeen behing badly towards you and that you Ihave acepted it bu that now you've had enough, You door ‘ay something to show that you are deftly nt going to cept the haviour aay mote “This is quite a infernal expression. A more formal way af txpessng the same Meni fo ae on’ ah, eg. Teachers who do net ssert their autbority ver & lass of. “hic suadcns atthe beginning wil ni imposible to vesain contol ater iif {i definitely in love with ves a ring to her every eve The expression you nee here means the same ast epee ‘luo al. Wits these verbs, and with this expression, yous have to may who you te telephoning mediately afer the ‘verb, but withoutleintely i love with mon every evening” Thi sone ofthe ment poplar ways Of saying 0 elpone ‘when you are speaking or writing informally 15 used cspectly when you are aking someone to phone you inthe ature, oF eferng to phone then, You ean alone eld tel rig “This is a ily infra expression. more formal way of saying the same ding i tepoe (men), eg. Yeu Mr Chadwick, I wil ge Mr Allan your message a Seon as he returs and atk hin to epbone you. To put op means psd ceo for mane Es,“ You Gnd heap he, we an pt you up a ow da lere you need 10 use another peepaction ar apo get the has ver wih dhe ight mesiing“clare can't sone Anbey's motorbike a8y Toager ~ its too noisy.” This phrasal ver means plat stand You might tolerate someting which annoys you for as lng as You can, ‘ren though ou don't kei. When you cat stand it any Tonge you decide eo put 2 sep to "This sam Informal, but commonly used expression, A formal expression or the same Hea is let, eg, Dear Me Larkin, Te ran that you have been dase from your jb is tha the company des not tolerate fteness, ‘Dave and Helen managed to reach the theatre before the opera started, but it was 2 race against the tne You we the defniteatele with tna when you aze asking about the information you get rom a dock or watch, ee ‘What's the time? / Have you got the ight se, plea Youu dont need to we rice Beease you ave alkng, out time n'a general sense, ax something whicht remember hie mame whe ‘You use this expression when you Know something ually same, word or number, and you fel as you are going to be able r sy it any moment. However, you ca" quite remember This expression 6: usually used informally, You ean give a sinlar meaning in 4 axe foal way with mgt ale 0 emee fg. Mr Side, who i accuned of rerving stolen gods, tld the ple that he knew the name of the maa who ld ime the videes bac that he wasn't quite able wo remember” “We keep trying to find time to visit you, but the dogs tie ws up mort evening” ‘This is the right expression but you can ony we ein the sie frm: Otberine it means to ato ing eel (iemaaizaetng. You als have to ake sue you we the sight prepeition after the passive = Ifyou use by, this pte ‘would el be ere!We keep trying towork, Maurisie wae way a This expression means to ple joe on someone, 1 tae them. ‘You ell chem something unplrarant or worrying wick at tact ere, If they believe and get worried, then you show that a joke and everyone has a Tough about i Tes a fiendly joke, and no one you can make about very serious ‘things that eld upet people (Afyou think someone is doing this You, and you want to show that you dont believe wha they’ are saying, you can sy, "Pll the other one?) This is an informal expression. There i no real fra way of saying the same thing, beaane i not something which is done in a final context “Tarrived twenty minutes aft started, but Richard soon put mrived twenty saint We ose this expression when somenne has missed the egining of something, eg. an evento fm, ad neds to have an explanation of what has happened 0 far. We do this ‘eth the person ean understand what i happening acd ‘allow whit i going to happen nen. Thi unl infrmal expression, A more Smal way’ of ‘expressing the same idea a expla te Balgoand coer), {0 "Beline I go any farther [think T should explain to che cour the background to the events ofthe night 25 June” 1e ductor could tee that James was filed with To be led it's te passive form of fl ts ten used to eseribe how something made, “The cakes ate le foe 3 ‘minutes to con and the filed with cream Heve you need the adjective which tthe opposite of mp, ith i el esplion,“The doctor could tee that James was wh Yor the medical examination.” ‘You we tis exprestion to desribe some whe is very ively fd fll energy. (They may not always be ike thi) Olen ‘ou use Ito ask someone what has happene to make thes ful of He, "This can informal expresion. A more formal way of seying the sme thing ir bei high piri, fg “Although Mr Ogansoy may fave to pay over £1 milion if Tei found ity of tx ead, he was im high epi when he "spake to journalists at day’ press conference” es sad a ‘many wild animals are overrun by fare these day ‘When animals or plane sera place, they fl it completely with thee great numbers, eg. "The cty af Hamelin was ‘overran by rats” You ean als sy that a pace i ‘overrun by ‘ours Tecan be used formal or informally, The phrasal ‘verb you meet here is two separate words, with the reposition second,‘Ws ead that ao many wild animals are By enes these day This meas that you hit something or knack it doen, hile you ore diving 2'motorveideorrding motorbike. Your swhecs then go ever it The thing that you hi can come ele This expression can be use in both 3 formal and an informal ‘amtet, but when wed about people it can snund too dre. Se there another more foeal way of saying the sare thing, which 2b Bt (by alo, cig Nan and his wile died tagally wen they were it by ‘Tory while walking thet dog o he park yesterday ‘heno0n, PRACTICE UNIT ONE IE bec whether the flloing entncer ae right ar wrong Ma sentonce is wrong, correct I Tot know how Asad ca put op the nie of rfc ll ay A Weil hope you ad's gon lida. Weve bee having eoblems 9% Rete led nth tau way. Es her boyiend back fam abroad? 1 ee Joes i very wore shot her son walling acho! becauseComplete the following sentences using one of the Miomatte ‘apreesons from thls at T never know whether beieve anything Stan tls me because he i erie jokes ay longer Imogen left mestge on the sneerpune, Ske ated if you could Tater to elt her what ine asic be azesng Taked Ghriine ie wn re any norkend is September, ba he ‘with wort when he few enon tm toring and we bot had thee hou sep Mow ls tha In One of oer ete wae by aca, bur we en ave ‘Tha company tnt aa Late hee aes we would ute seer company if Teun pve the answer the ast gue shox eventhough wat onthe on the TY que jon don't ned seeping on he sla 1 cam A ‘The house was a complete mess when we maved In ab the stpresions are taformal or San be nsed tn beth a formal and an informal content. This height expression Tm each question Blom, rit decide who you think i peaking or where you would reed the ltem. Then choose from {he posobiiies tu the bracts ether the Gétomatic expr sr he ave formal wey of saying the tie often true thet formal English ie writen and informal [nplsh spoken, ths tr not alge necsserly trae vel, was ful of tesa igh spits) yrteany wes be gute a teeplone amber, se fo sre prone wil (ee You lepine you) 08 pos INFORMATION FOR CONFFIRENCE PARTICIPANTS teat hv ed te sent nich lowed yl be astro itp snaps te adr he carom sppore I cou (put wp withitlernte) ifr hal an een he pin toeguell haves ben abe cee a Interviewee week abd wondered you could pute ppvx tearher will give you one or mere idioms from this wt rperinuce whieh ti Prebare some ms 1 40 that yon cam tell another student in experience. (Ath your teacher for help with oxy Svcubalary you need) The important thing i that the idiom when you ave taking. When you here talked show! thy experienc, the other studen(s shouldbe able to produce the idiom, and they cam that heppened. i at this example forthe idiom to put up vith Wo} “He was worried before the exa When we tk about perio of acd we generally don't ase An arti before the name ofthe fo. slice of ready leg of chicken’, etefore the exam, but for him it This expresion means that you find something very easy. We often use eo make someone fel etter when they are wersad that a thing wil be dial for ther This is only sed informally. A formal wy af expressing thi ea is le) oy a, 2g. Te was very east find people who agreed with th den SFthis projet, but more difiele wo get Fnac support Je to show his holiday slides — he keeps being carried aay." you use the ve Be here, you ace sing the passive. For this expression, you den't need the pave, but the verb whic is used snrmaily to mest bane (I can sometimes be ssedinrmally o make a passive, but oot here.)“Te takes BIL a tong time Co show his holiday “This is wha can happen when you have very stong feigs out what you are saying o doing. You ca lose your se ontoal and eave in way tht no corset fr hls fay tnfrmal expression, A more formal way of ‘ying the same ching Bicone saves, "The tendency among players o become overemhnsssic and use abusive language on the stall field fone of the ‘cates of bd bhaioue song Teotball epperten tothe bed” Bs in You often use fl with oe rovement, You cold ashe fll this expression you are not real falling and ater bck you need similar, but shorterr+ Davis have finally met their This means that you can rely on somone to help you when Although you ae talking sbout two pple here, you always ‘you ar in difealt station. Perhaps you have tried to se the singular wih hi expreaion manage on your own, but now you need help. (You can imagine that somone would be behind you ae catch you i you dd all) You can also use this or things, eg, am dca which you could se If your new car did't start. ‘This expression is used informally. A formal expression which ives the same ide in mrp a ese fm, fog. These parachute f there o rely on incase of nec 1 the main parachute hol fi to open, yo wil Bl that this tecnd one opens autamatically”aSThis expression bs wed people who are dreamers or for people eho donot (or do no ws to) Se things 2 they relly are, We aflen ve it o say we want them wo stop dreaming, "You can use fe without the word “back” iyo think that someone has ner wen things a8 they rally ae! This expression i informal. IFyou want in a more formal way, ute oa ali cg. 'Ae a soiey we have bbe fr some ime that conic and nds growth can continue without iis ‘We have to accept celty nw and acknowledge that the vironment anno suppent such unliited gic” “This music brings me back to the time I epent in Greece. ‘You can ute rng with this expresion, but only if you lesve lout the mand thet eg, “This marie brings back te time spent in Gree’. It more olen vse wit the ver which The opposite of frig. Then you use melee, bore the Word dat, an fice Use ke thi or de contse CRAL » ee “This music Many things can do this you, eg, muse, sel, food, ‘They make you remember past experienoe, of a patieslar eta in your fe very clearly ao that you ean amt imagine ing there agai. The experience or time yu remember is fen inthe dito past. This is fly informal expestion, A frm similar meaning i cle roi ‘The story is seen through the eyes of eid and the thor desribes thi cd's way of loking atthe world 4 ‘fective that i wll automaticly evoke memories of the eader's en childhood ss the time I spent ia Greece. ie just ‘You wie only one word here to describe what you dink ta fran. This because i hasn't eeally gt tea int in this expresson. Inthe same way we talk about e po fa, then it inflaton ie empty eas oF We ay Bote af il when i empty we ay mk Btssn Giles bn town yesterday. Te wan great to wee bien agate.” This means that you meet someone you know by chance ina public place, amily when you ate out walking somewhere IF you ute this ame phrsal vero fr somone driving aca, ‘means thatthe car hits vomething, but the whede don't go This an informal expreatn, A formal way of expressing the same ea ft met by cha, ‘r.-When the two exlovers, wo separated afer the making ‘oF the Sm fanning Scored, ne by chance In the Rite te) yesterday, they refused to sek to each ar PRACTICE unit two: E Declds whether these sentence are righ or wrong. tf satay sour matches Pat ad Jack 3. Mmm Fresh sealmerseed bre This takes me Back so menn. a Complete the following rntences using the expresions you shove practised tn this uni he sore was 21/17 oF 21/187 wo, tnd ht the score ans ging to change that. Stan! Jo calm dona! Whenever you wart dacosing Whe! Imogen serourly think ses going eee £20000» year sel books dortodaoe? Sel ‘witha bump Sense startet job Mother, Fi in very sical siuaion, Ie sony Ubavent rong {you 6 ong time, batt kee avsver she never wap ling! edible, We hada sen Chestoph and Kaj for sheee ‘ho inthe mile of alas enjoy listening to Beales’ eecrds. It 1 dn’ hi Pam il Be ange with yw or very lng i Jt & [erybody tld thet ning jo i Span mau be relly ical, bt in fe as y 1s standing jet the edge of the rnd an eyeline "aan driving very at, but I did’ ate the ae ght change to aT the back fs bas . trerenthntsic) a tr a apy isles tectiqus wile oe tong Bully (tet his mate fovad ae equal toight a the Albect ‘Were yo ny at Me Jann srg macnatitegeemnest am ghd rte nh fae tocome net down to rarh/ceept reat)" they cones to ‘Sale they fre cee oe "Yen, itnan Deco tak you bac evoke meses of pial (stn a ‘Senn vneerety comin. "Gh orgende ake! Thor's eed (i hale sedan? “The two men whe command sh rblery wer td workcher will give yon one or more idioms from this anit ‘Prepare seme nates to that you con tell laboat this experienc. (Atk our teacher for help with ony ocabulary Jou need) The importent thing i het yom ‘When yu have talked bon the experience the ther students) shouldbe able to nie the idiom, ond cam hen ook Jou tome questions abent whet happened “Look at this exemple forthe fiom tofu over. THREE ae “Thaven’t seen Jimmy for ages. Next time I'm in land trast look wp him.” For the meaning you noo bere, you nee to change the word ‘order. A nae o the pronoun rin/ie,sboul come eer the verb and the pe (ou cam also use tis phrasal verb wen you wan o find ‘or check a pce uf infermaton. [yon use twit this meaning, there are vo pale orders with noun phrase 45 "leak de sod pin the stonae ook pO ond a ‘he detonary" ut with «pronoun, mut come Been the ‘eb and the preposition, eg “lock ")This mcane wo vist an ol rend you have not sen fra long the when yw go toa place where they Ie. The vist might ‘or might not be the reason for your ing othe pce This san informal expression and ca oly be weed with someone you kn wel, You etn give a sisr mesning with i sone hae eo gtWhen we got tothe holiday homes, the manager This expression mses the noun frm ofthe wer pick, which means ted. t's fen uscd when you ae buying something ‘and you ar invited to choowe whichever thing you want, This san informal expression. A foal way of saying the sae thing tthe) of our ee, 4g -We ofler range of bathrooms to suit your particlar taste and neds. Customers ae vee wo select the bathroom of ther choice and we wil othe rest ~ planning, delivery fod iting” "TH have to lone tome weight Becaute this becoming a vicious eyele. We ase the word ode in oo ways, Fit 38 an abe ot he eg "a cycepath's eycle shop and secondly 28 & series of things which happen repeats cg, “The eee ol Seasons i spring, summer, am and winter, Here you eed Siulan, but ferent word, (IPs the sate wor we use tw describe the round shape you might dn on pape)becoming m This describes the way in which we cam get stuck Is oor problems: We try to solve a problem in way tha actually creates anther problem. Sa ote solaton leade us back to the ‘orginal problem snd we cannot eacape This is an expression which we ws ip bat formal and Informal situations. Ano posiblity or formal contents would be el rpg poem. Generally Wt sounds beter ‘to dee the idiomatic expression, at my Fo yo san! on something yo pt your ft (oF et) on. tn this expression you use a liferent preposition, which geste hat your foot enter something“Hrd forgotten that Mes Matthews’ sister died last “Geoff and Jude usally organize a few games to month, so when Larked who the photograph wae ibreak ice at thelr parties of, Freally When we talk about ice er dels we usually ase no ance Tn this exprestion we uae the definite aril ‘You always ute afer the preposition with this expression, We ure this expression to describe a situation when thre iu or embarrassing subject which t wel be to alk about, bu which someone fr you! da alk ‘about oF draws attention to. By doing tis you ean make Someane embarrassed, upset or angry unnecesuly way to expres the worry to hear tht oe eat the local conference fr disabled people. As reporters made 3 editor of the "East Expres’ Feat oly hope that you il ‘sceept my sincere apologies on behalf ofthe newspaper,“Geof and Jude use hy organize » few games 10 wat then pation people don’ now cach ther ata pasty, the often ft uncomfortable atthe beginning, 0 he atmosphere i "od This expression deseries the things people da at the begining of partis, conferences and coutes to help everyone ‘ett know exch eter and ‘warm op ‘This i sy informal exprension. A more formal way of saying dhe same thing i ote amore enna tmp, fg. The to leaders spent an ou over cole cis morning This helped to reate more congenial atmayphere before the serio ala started i the aero “Mer Sturgess is going co overtake Mr Simpro otition ae manager.” As weil as for driving onthe road ea wed in sort, ike raning, of horseracing I an ako be ed i ‘the situations where you get in ont of someone after being behind, eg ‘Bsitain ued t be one of the mont ecnsfal esonomies in Europe, bt many Earopean countries have now ‘overtaken The phrasal verb you need here is two separate words, with he preposition seed,For a jb or activity bn firm, this verb means eh new ‘esson going to do the job. You an use this expression fn ‘two ways: Mr Smith will. Me Jones’ poston ae Ireadaster’, or Mr Sith will. Mi Jones For ther sce it cam mean that anew person x going to do the activity becaute the ater person i red, cr would le change. Ii also used when's large company buys another srale company This expression is used both frilly and infirm Aifterene kettle of shes” ‘Me noun fb does havea pha ae, but not used often ‘We normally use the iregar pial which, ike scp, does’. ‘hange fran when you make pra“Wtearat how to make Turkish coffee quite easily, ‘but making an lalian esprenso was a completely ‘We ase this expression when someone expects two things to be simular, but in fact they azedillerent. The expression tls them that dhe second thing may be more diet for them than thy imagine, We offen are et warm people about this “This isan informal expression. formal way of saying the ae thing santo mater alge, Diving ter mee presents few problems to the experienced diver, tt ving at ity mete another Va erathed hi car” The eng isthe top ofthe room you are i, ut fr thin expression you se the word that means the very top ofthe‘ty brother hime that 14 “This means that someone suddenly lets outa ot of anger, lke rock fring ito the ai. Ie bappens with some people when ow tell dem wore bad news, whe you da semething tt upsets che ‘This eam informal and colli expression, To express the same idea in aSrmal context, use t explode with ene, fe Hee sud that when Me MacGregor heard that 4 newspaper had got hold of hs conden report, he explode ‘with anger and immediacy telephoned the editor oll hme otto publish the sory. “Au was nearly 9.20 a.m. but only one person in the office had got down for work.” (et don wsuily means to come down trom 3 high place. You ‘an ay that you at tea for work’ or'late for work, bat ‘withthe phrasal verb you nee 3 eillecentpeepontion ‘er dn,“This expression means tae you really start working ima serious way. This soecties nota easy thing to doy and before ding, people often spend a le of ane doing other ‘important things, of daydreaming. We usally ue dis ‘expression in connection with work of something hat bas be done (eg, waiting eer ‘This igs fly informal expression. We cam express dhe same den in a muuch more formal way by wing tor (ork eg ‘Before starting the repair of the punctre,ensre that you have all the necessary tool eady to hand. You will need 118mm spanner. 0 ‘you keep the eye on the soup? I'm just going to make phone call. Is Bglish we dow’ normally ue sh ith parts ofthe Body ‘when we fle wo & part ofa particular person's body. Instead "we se the ptessivepronatn (ee brake hs atm’ “She has lost he voice’). With this exprssice ys could ae the possessive pronoun or the ietnite stele (You must we the Singular form ofthe noun.)‘We we ths expresion whe we wa! semcone to look fier something for us beeavse we sre not gong to be thereto lnk lier fr ourselves fg food which ts coking children playing outside) The person who is asked eo do this shook heck roe time to ie that everything it OK This san ir expression. A formal way af saying the ae things movi fg. Now you have planted snd watered the tee you should Imenitr is progres foe few weeks to make sre eat Bae Taken to the aol and tat o diseases develop. PRACTICE UNIT THREE Dectde whether these sentences are righ or wrong. If sentence farang, correct thn Complete the following sentences using th expressions you deve practised tm thir wai Denier easing us next month, 20 Maggi il be Flat think Sion would be angry when I ld hin Ped toot Bi pul about 10.00 belre we Sully wort, Tom she doesn’t wan ogo out mach im the deprened state ‘Wevere suck behind hi bi ery guy ose lay or sweaty minutes, But me Sialy managed fo en ‘ene Northampton. "erat Hain and Spanish esis but leaoing Russian is wish you would sink more cally before you opened your south te speak! Do you reali how many ses you Amanda 22d Nigel nave never met before 48 wel ave drinks the gueden bene diane, jst ec torgotien Olven' leone nome Islepne directory and FD Just ell me mbih one you wane when you've sot Give me the Peter and Kate 10 sf theembnranmen Became te company by puting ie stn ‘youn, {Breaking he exfretng sare congea ‘mse with he? rela age) Bad eeding i (ious cies perpetuating probe). The eid “oy readng neo eas et ox.t4 ak ceryou' bere Shall we (get atta) bu tauryborlare receti God you tery on cy anion) te‘the experienee, the other MS Four’ ws no go0d 60 you're bar ning to me about the smoke, gat the wrong tree. ‘Dogs normally do bark a! things, Here you need a prepoiion ‘which suggents thre i semthing ikea ct above Hm the branches ofa te,‘Forgas had been engaged for six months, bat on he day ofthe wedding We use this expresion when we are about to do something which noods eourage. But, s the te for doing it gts closer (oles i happens atthe last moment), we lose the courage, “This is a arty informal expres saying the same th eg ‘Te isnot uncommon for sles, when fed with a rel tentoy forthe it time, ole tr nerve ad be nae 0 react as they sou argument with her slster ‘when she suddenly turned me on es important where you putt means to make someone fel vex the right sreaing here, pt th ct (me with this phrasat tv and the prepa, i tracted towards you. For yet er the preprion“Waffaclla was having an argument with her sister whem she suddenly vcs Here the meaning i to attack someone. You can use it animals, tke dogs, wher they physieally tack someane I ‘you use to desctbe ppl, ean mean that they stack someone physlelly or with words, We often use # with udny because the atack i unexpected “The expression is ued informally and lo fly Srmaly. A mote formal way of saying the sme thing tsk ‘rb Patents sling fo tis prychological disorder may ‘ppear welHbalanced, but wil fen suddenly stack the “doceer who i earrying ou the inter “On the schoo! (rip to France, the French teacher and her husband really lort otel manager coulda't waders a their French? You never use the possessive pronoun (hirer, te) with this expression, o put any’ ther word between the ver and the noun. Vou ab never wee the plural, eve iit is mor than one person you ave talking about‘when the hetel their French.” “This expression describes what happens w people when others See that they are incompetent i some wa. Prope who do this make mistakes that they shouldnt make, They then have to admit hat they ae wrong and this canbe embarrassing. IE ‘ou ue this expression with ne instead of a, nen that "you do something to avoiding embartased (Un this ease the teachers could tll the chkron thatthe hotel eanager ‘peaks x dileret dialect) This eur apa ndcmal anda fly formal expen, tut Ie want to sy the sme thing 9 formally, we we 6 afer a nition, ‘0g. "The Police sufered a hamilton inthe eyes of the pubic today when they were freed to admit that they bad arested she wrong man, You can sey that you are fling, but you name the person sho is unable co work you need another prepaslon ater the word i| l Thi exreion eh hat you ie your ob bere our | employer ls not salsed wit your work ue behav! 1 ‘This i an informal expression, To say the some thing in 2 firma way seo Be doi, { eg. ‘Seven workers weve dismisted yesterday from the Rover ‘ar factory at Oxford when they were found playing cade daring the nigh hit” [30 Pe y ic L “) sere that you need fo lege wo stand on, but this ‘expression means that you don't even bave one leg to stand "on, 50 You tae the singular wih the indents artic“This means it sno longer possible fr you to argue that what you ae saying sgh. It usally appens because someone [odes an argunest or evidence whieh rer et yo are ‘wrong, This is an informal expresion, Ife want to expres the same iden in oral conten, we seb aaa ao, eg The state prosecutor has produced so much evidence of ‘legal practises bythe bak’ directors dhat thie postion now untenble” 1 tried not to {in the waiting room the Job interview, bat Ws cue dat one buterty wold wiv yo this eling, ta always ue the plural with hi expressiondinguie. This expresion describes the fring you get bore doing A gs i the thing you went 50 that people dn’ recognise something which you fel worried about, You fel nervous, bat ‘you (exept at pris, where yo we on se) it {US not always serious enough to stop you doing (Yow sont ‘hw to say i ror ster, boca everyone understands where ‘you have this feng), In the pretet tense we generally exp eget and not! have ‘expression you dort use an atc ‘This isan informal expression. A formal way of ying the sane thing 0 fd! spree, ‘Candidates wl often fel very apprehensive before an Interview, 9 tx rcotmnended that interviewers spend a fer minute causing to them inorder mike them el mre rela,‘Michael was worried about being able to punt, Dat he nom sn This expression means tht someone has just lard ow to do sme new aetsty, They are not very good att yt, bu ‘hey cam doi and ave getting more coment alte tine, This an formal expreasin. A formal way of expresing the Same it ome (wan) cml eg. ‘One example of Anal penis is that tthe age of four, having wath ces being played jst once bere, he minutes, able to brcone empetnt st the game PRACTICE UNIT FOUR Decide whether theve sentence ar right or wrong. Ife paying the win in fon off Ties diuppoined when Loute coulda cme the seatComplete she following sentences using the expressions you love i when you wese that perfume ely 6 would say Hwa eaelyBighened of dying, but do ist lore the plage taker of 7. Wedide' elec hie when hes afer he concert hat be was feling i seemed ike he was oe evig 6 alter playing vo bay 1% Ielooke so nny oak, bot took me shout seo weeks relly 9. oth Michal and Ray ad agreed to do ee parachat amp wth om bor Micha " te and decided one day he deals Mtoe erie sing 11, We all mate mites soseties. You'l unt hve to be prepared to sed tll your clan that you taught them he 412, Jonathan kept saying that he was ce that Freud was Gera, But ‘wen ¥ showed hie the enveloped, whch sated cleats tht he ‘expressions are Iaformal or even very informal, but Tietch question blows, st decide w ik is speohing aruhere ou would reed the stem: Phen choose from the Domes in the Brackets Uther the llomatle express Er the more formal way of saying the same thing. N. ‘ikeagh if often tae that formal Lugishinwrtten and ‘format Rngtch sob, thts sot alwayt necessary fa. “ate Harvey, Understand that you (gt the ach ner diemiaed) ‘com your ant place of employment Gould You expan othe cout “Are you all ight, Jame? You Tok pe ‘Wels be bate Dat, 1 (ce gu bute ia my stomachs sey apprehensive), Vow tee, Pn got my dig to thi ssl uw you coming oto hee wth By Orn eye a abe ving etamined Mr Grfths dog, L would sy it was dai and trond edge alley that woul arn avuddeniy tack)» Pat hohe eat, reining to Bve i he pei reat Enwedge any in contmporaries were (baring uP The Wg (Weepurting the weong line a engi ‘De to he pusien's les, she Vice-President wil be (og a for him/taing his place temporally tthe Unie Nations ro to become a erpert computer programmer tanec wil Sid hatte ti ne hey (have gate ang are reasonably “Come on Sally e's go home, U's geting ate aed mam id we ‘What's the matte? Are you (getting cold fet/losing your werve) Mo10, “tes your fest day, Jane 90 theres ao need to get wpe Your tcher will give you oe oF more idioms from thi lawork with Fer each Sdiom, think abont atime when You (or tomcone you brow or hare heard about) had the srperience which this idl deeriber ie tome motes 0 thet you cam tell sk your teacher for help. 13h The important thing te that you the idiom when you are tating When jou have calhed about the experience, the other students) shoud be able ta produce the idiom, and they ca then ash you some more qustions bout this vapertene (you ‘Look at this example forthe idiom t have butters. Jobs fell head over feet in love on his skiing holiday.” Instead oft, you have s we a word ere fr a fr of your Toot Is the part vight atthe back yous fat andi the same word that we ue fr the thick piece of aber of leader ‘at dhe back of your shoe. Is always the plural i hie2 thea that John. ‘om bis skiing holiday. tome bones to pick with {| David.” ‘When a romance bess, we say youl! in lve. IF you all There could he more than one problem to tll abeut when love as mach a his exprsion suggests, thea you completely ‘ou use this expression, bun fae we aca we it i Tose contol of your emotion. It might be x goed or shngule ‘This isan intormal expesion. Ifyou want to say the same ‘hing ina les intcemal way, the expression i sila, fall aptly le, fg: Tail shat when the to fat met a the Royal Opera Howse in Landon lst May, they fl opelsly in lovea “He wasn easy to pat the living room ce Dut my Father sn "This means to help someone to do something when they ate finding edict o do on their wn, H's usally not 3 very Jong or dificult job (e4 carrying a sutease for someone moving a table, et} and i you help i could be done quite quietly. (When people use chit exprenson to ask fr help they sometimes ase na nstead of ge) This is am informal expression. A formal way of yng the same thing is fe i eg. Ifyou have any dificuly carrying your purchares to the xr ene of our sais alway on duty to assist you. ‘mountain, It was only a small stain In English thee are two ways of retin one thing om another: We can eter ‘ake X fn Yo we can "mabe Yast (of X Here you need the secon waySo ee ‘ay tana, HL Driven this sense means opus or und jos ati te past This expression tncane that something ur scone makes you angry that i send you eszy ‘This isan informal and collgsial expression. To express the “same idea in 3 Tormal way we iain fege'As a King he was much loved and vespcted by his people, but he hal one habit which tated hose around him ‘eden. This was his ably 0 ake ae frm others “The Spanish hoy I met on holiday three years ago Slt deops me some lines sometimes.” You often talk aboot writing or reading et when yon mean that isa small anion eg “At the end of the leter T managed to write few ins in French”. However in eis ‘pesson you have tare the singulat fom."The Spanish boy I met on holiday three years ago This means to write a fuiy short eter to fiend oF someone ‘yo know quite wel. You doa'e write 8 lot or tl them very sonal things inlet ike this t's something you do cccnsionllybeeaure you don't want tone contact with them ompletely. Is also a popular way of aking someone 9 ete to you when they gu away Tis can infor expression. A formal way of expressing 3 ‘wil ak Me Robbin to write t you to confi the appatniment. “1 dide’t think my dew to I decided to You would normally use an article with the noun rac, ba In this expresion you don ned ane[Mos of an eserg Is under the water, the bit yu sees only a very smal art a it. We ute this expression to sty that the problem you owe about isin face mall pare ea nich Digger problem, “This expression i sed both Formally and informal ‘The meaning i iniar ea smal part of «much bigger problem pRacrice UNIT FIVE Sac want sn eyo Jes ad she doesnt ook very pleased. 1 Gould yon led mes hand with ths sable? I incre ea ‘4. don't thik you need have any doubts about whether Sarah would you're mahing ssl ut ofa moves, 6 Ir you have time, do deop me some lines wen youve a South 7. Alle losing all Ms oe i business and avg 0 sel Martin decided to move t Australia aod sr om sete, 9. ical at the post ce an ty to gt thet eters of 10. Gostoms ficial eight tonnes of cacaine at Heathrow to get off abou 8 lok 12. This work ann be ithed by Yong, Lend me your hapa, wouldComplete the fallowing sentences using the expreatons you have practised $n this wnt, you could wete # quck reply to Helge’ lene, tse ‘him this aersoon, icky doesn phone rom New Zeal Reporc appt sas 9% of canter were vaeppy wi Dchog Holidays fn yea, but at any people da actually make with he contig “There's no need to be 0 angry only a lat T bree! Youre making oe marie sx mont later [AM Dave, there yon are! Ive got yout tes leot that photography bok You gave me bac yesterday. Was ete rain ap at Raley, you could hese dant walk tomy howe, ‘Ob go! Someone swiched the computer of wile Iwas out and rs to work in France for yeas someone Fm sory I mouted at your ite Boy, {dient mea to, He “The conch wn suppored to eae at 7.0, bot Mick Pate wa Ite au bested bn both a formal and I frercive gives you practice in chow Jordifferent contest Tn cach question below, frst decide whe you think 4 sar tehere you would read the ltem. Then choose from the The brachete ithe the iiomatec expression oF ay of saying the some thing. NR Although it {eoften rae that formal English swertien and informal he right rspretton onder oe rs Mangrove: ned was hat nthe leat aware {hat they had fae ae head over hea/bopeleny in lve mi Hey, I've go (a hones pickin grievance cn) ith yo ‘Theee men were aol seen leaving the Bask, but belived ‘hots fourth mam (gave tem «nds hem) with he rolehlinaggerating the sciouner ofthe rable)" uid you ane rlephone Mist Hogg and fcr her that ee school on 3) Jenaary An 1120 am. nppsiment would be ‘Sable ore, but 9 wl eet ge leave) iy 1200 20 perhaps shoud come eariee Plat et me ne Hts mould Se ‘eve the original glans no longer seo appropiate, We onld tw be better (tat Hom torch aren and‘Youre mad iyo dont take that jb in Jaman 1 way ler su ke das, '8 Gomp a the chanevedue she apperteai ‘tect on stata late ad hich sinned 4+ bl, bat {hes hey ae (driven up the walliertated intensely) bythe tomar progatn and sire you tha we wil ge aed) Your teacher will ive you one oF more idioms from this wit (or remeone you hnow or have heard abou!) hed the ‘Sperience whieh Is Idlow deveribes "Prepare rome notes 0 thet you cam tell gnether student about his experince (you can aud your teacher Jor help iulery) The tuportent thing that yo When you heve talked shou! the experience, the ather student sheutd beable to produce the idiom, ate ‘ih you tome mere quetiens. “Look at thir example fort fll he Swans A: Vad a party at my house lst your and ivited soe ‘est oldecthn'me tnd wr say ene, whe S25 ton bepny ie sen the ne evening unl eSpace Suan) Be Thay biol fl bad oer Kes in Ie, Shaan! B: Ob ANSWERS The number in brackets a the end ofthe practice tentences vofere tothe page where you will id the Correct explanation Unit One 2 Valse new oyftend efi ives erasing evry eveing 12. Glare can't pat ap wih Aabley’s mover any longer = pera insted, bat tan | Tenuldat erent ase when arived, but aso 6 Webeep pg io ed de to Vn you, bat we ate ned up ih ne dogs mov evenings, . pling ee Riehasd soon put mein the picts, ” 2. The dacior could ae that Jamey wf when te 20, Wasa tae to many anal Practice 1A 2 WHRONG-ITE manoge tet Hekets forte concert tenis, 10 give you ing and let you kom: (9-4) 4 WRONG do how how Asti can pat up mth the nie ofthe taf al day 5. WRONGON, [wth I could remember he ae ofthat village we stayed in om thei RIGHT. TD)2. WRONG-Pan, you eg (2) 4 WRONG =Wel, 1 hope you had 4 good allay, Weve been having problems wiih our agent in Pais while you've been sven, bat Colin wl put yo othe pete about al, i) 2 WRONG Kate fall rans toy. I hes boy iend back Frm abroad? tps) 4, RIGHT. 20) M. RIGHT.(p 5) 1 RIGHT. (p18) 1 pling my leg p18) 2 pa pw 8) 3. ge hora (4) & ded op wa p12) 5. flo eas (8) rm er (9.21) 7 por bt down Up. 2) poy tongue 1D) Brace gat ie (p8) 10, pt you in to pce (4) HE pa Youep (p3) 12 orp 9) + Pratice = 16 42. report (alo beaming pnt). 18) 2. Aeteptoneansweriog machine for he Hletity Bond (give you a sng tlephone yo) (p.®) 5. Infemation sent fo pstmt cooterence. (pat arepantsep/povide accomadation fr parsipante) 3 4 Tropeople who share w hous ogee a owavanere my aati po 2) s(t my fst oo.) A biory book (put the reader nthe pice abouexplan {othe reader the backgcound fp. 18) 2. -Rdociors scepionispntng oa patent on she telephone We op with oeupied with) (p12) 4. Two people who share «hove alliag. I could aloe na ‘ey Inara place of work (pat opwh/lerae) (m6) 8. Avandia tlbng (His ame bs etn on dhe tp of imytangue!t havent gute been abet remember 5s mame) 10, Diane's end or rlasvecalking 00 the eaphone (pat me piprovie accommodation far we) Ip 5) He wes wore ble the exam But fr Non wae pte of iat Bi x ong. tine to sbow hs bday lies — he hep Wher Philippa was decorating her boar she broke her a, bot she wat sky to have ends ae oul al ek 4 ace dat Mand Mey Davis have Belly tse match on 4 Mr Johmon sad she way adh ae the bak of Ke Pua will have wcme bach downto cath ome day 2, Thi muse takes me back othe time Tapeat im Gree 8. Dow wary about Sharon and Wayae aging ~ st JOS 9, The only sonble with teaching tha late Marcel = he's say apliting 10, Lm ate Giles in town yesterday, It ras grat 46 hm 4. RIGBT. (p26) 2 WRONG Piste have some mote soup, There was on sappoed wo be nog fo fove people, but Ugo cai aay ston Us king (p28, RIGHT. 4p. 304. WRONG=1 det tisk anyone sae cd eat a much a 4o, bat we cetniniy met ovr meh ie Pat and Jae (P32) debe pad to ace tbe back t(5 54) 6 RIGHT (p36) 2. RIGHT. (p98) RIGHT. ip. 4) RIGHT ip.) 10, WRONG=1 type Lda’ sum nt Pal IF go late wo. coe hi 510. fp 4) na, RIGHT. (9.27) 12, WRONG—1'm sorry abou your ca maa Ean int lave atthe exo he roa. (you Bt ae ee you're in wl go ander he whee) (P48) Practice 28 1. sping (42) ge cid ny (28) cae fe) lowe wo cath 6) fl back on fp) 5 ote hatch (3) 6 ranlao fp 0) 7 en back wp 3) Bm in ‘exc (p49 wesbe bchal (pH) 10 ape of ake (020) He rane $8) HE ani (1) 1. Amiatersiew or appointment ino company fice, (a piece ot cbelnery ean) fp 28), 2 Ajob elerence. (pet carried away/be everethasntic) (p28) 3 A-potice in bllding (fl ack once ene of 9-3 4 sports pore seca Ip 32) ‘An inter with atop polican. (ad to ae the back of ‘veleved dav he has ft (p38) 4 Aspeech by a pottiian or an employes. (come Back down to ‘arhacexpt ens) (p98) ithe on TV or rao ee his teh found 2. Avmsried couple alin. (ake you back tfevoke memories nee report. tor ina teacypla 1) to stents aking. (pi Bre be pede) fay 10, Simew epost ram in ash sther/mt by chance (p44) Practice = 20 Unit Taree 1 Uhavent seen Jimmy for aes. Nene Hm aS tne ck i 9. 2, Wes we go the lida homer, he mage ld wo 3. Tithneba cane thie 4. Pages Mr Mathews! wie i la myo wen Led who she hotpraph wat fel pus ot 5. Govt Jude oa 17. Tina bow tomate THA ce ql ay, et mal tellin eprrs wan comply dent ete fh My biter Me the wat wher Ut him hat Fd rab 2 Teva ety 920 aan bt nly owe ptm the lead etd won 10. Gaon yo era xeon the wong? Pm jun ing 4 mabePractice = 9A 1. RIOHT. (p50) Ieee then we ca ake our pk (p82) 4. WRONG Heroin sins Become more and more unxpey. d ‘hen eed more of he dog to mae thom happy, #0 4 WRONG Ds you tisk E put ay fot iH when Hath Rosie Irae bu she cae ho» shop (36) 5 RIGHT. (p38) & RIGHT, (p60) fh aogeder (p42) 4 RIGHT. (p68) 10, WRONG=Harvies asked Peter 1 keep an eye on Robere and Behl he went tthe hap togethers wa seer (08) 1. RIGHT, (p49) 12 WRONG" and a they come ound thy corte the Iau 200 mete, Roger is eertaking the Kenyan coos in the outside ae Op 3) 1 kyo up fp 5) 2 taking ene (0). i be rp 6) 4 et dow 0 (68) 5. low ce (p51) 6 onerabe p52) 2. illrn eeofe 62) Apt yr fu bp 85) 9. a hee fp 38) 1 kt op p49) Hs tke yon (82) 12, lepan je a 68) Practice = 86 1. Aen relative thing. (ake your pike he haclate of your coke) (p32) 2 Acompany mem. (puting hie ot in eimabing tates 3. tester ning to colleague (beeing the heneting 4 sore congenial wtmonphere) (p38) 4 Aiend or relative talking, (ithe roatexploded wth segs ion Inersiew with pobichn o diploma. (hep am eye onion) (68) & Anartcle «bok, magatine or newspapers about education, (vieios eitelese-perpeteating problem (98) ‘Seltperptentingpeblen ease pesile here, ay th tye acaion. (aire baie af fanaa sMeogeter ip. 6 mer well (got dove ostart) "Sart i penile ansuee hee, bu gt dws 1" rounds beter with he inonmasyle the language. (68), 9A nigh alin o another neighbour, (hep as eve monitor) (p48) 18, send ot velsve aking, (gat my oot ini made actin, rear (p90) Practice - 30 Open anes, Unit Four 1140 god complaining to me about the rmoke, you'se dig up he wong es. 2 erga ba bec engaged oe ix mths, ba om the day of the {Rallis was having an sogusent with her ster when heua. husband really Ls face mbm the hol manager con't Richard gt the ach fr rat ata rengh care with Me work Teed not eo warty about the Jo aterm, bt he ed whe the coral rang Uh to anaes Michael was worried about brag alee pes, bac he aon ne but when the land ate box. You're barking up the wrong ee, bechure 1 of lishing Movst Snot with me, ho hh he ata fab fect now. dp RIGHT. (p. 70) RIGHT (p. 00) RIGHT (p02) WRONG tfaayone catches you sting Hat ace RIGAEY pa WRONG =f we apy the thee, ba there wer aly two eet lf when my wile nec 104 wana blessing in dng. ip. 8) WRONG You'l iad the mee word proce «Bi sange at feat, bat done worry, you'll get the haa tina few dae IGM. (9. 50 1 ger the sok ip 4). lenny in depuis (p90) 3. Bog Infor (po). barking up the wrung tee (p78) 5. earns me n71)-6, got batteries (p88) 7. save lace (p80) sek the hang oF (p82) 9. got cold feo (p26) 1 ened on her (o-78) 24 tse face (BO) 12, be eg to stand om fp B 1. A voletor or barrister apeang in» courtroom, (gt che 12. Two ends taking, Coe go bttsBy i ny staat ery apprehensive 9-88) 4. Aend or eative aking. (ou dont have seg to stad ‘niyo potion is wmtenabe) (p46) 4 Aveternnry sgeon’s (e's) reper. (urn on/suddel {p28 Tern or would alo be possible a te be 4. -Abok or aston pilsophy. (ashing up the wrong Weeiprning he wrong linea egy) (p. 4) (iing infor Mi tking hs place temporal) (#2), 2. brochure or lal giving information about caning Sonar. (have gor the hang ace tssa nay competent at) om 8 Tro children tlling, (geting cold e/g yous were) om 9. Teo frends ating, (losing nce/seing& hun) 60) Work ger she hang offecame competent (22)Unit Five 2. These that Joa el Nad oe hea lve ie ig hata 2. Ratha he hd » bone to pick with Davi |S rea cay to pan the vig oom cling, bat my Ger 4 Ton’ ose why Alas made a mountain ou ofa mole. 1 ses only sa tain 5. My landlady basa tle do tat dees me ap the al {©The Spanish toy I maton hoi there years ao ll dope to ate from atch 6 Uke te chance to ep 4 best, jam 8 You mun get hat paseo soon, oacevine ion rv by 10, Leas wort aout the condom of he ships batbraot, Dut ‘Hen old me tae was Joe seep of he ere. 1. WRONG—1rs wonder tall send over bres a ove, bat you shea semen tat can’ ls never. (p98), 2 RIGHT. ip. 10 srhether Sarthe now she'd jump at he ehance (p12) 5. WRONG deine matter tha much yon a it ae for vrork do eink youre aking a mountain out of « moll 6 WRONG—tfyoa Davee do drop mea ine when you're In South Ameria p18) 4 WRONG 1 wish the gi nest door WoO sop plying shat rap mune — W's diving me up the wall p10) 8 RIGHT. ip. 118) 1a RIGHT (p. 116) 1 RIGHT. p10) 12 WRONG wack mat Bie by oni esol 00? Gp 102) Practice = 5 1 get ofp. 114) 2 drops wa tine (p 106) 8, eh ip of te leaberg (p-IIG) 4. give yous band (102) 5.x movntsin ot ‘fa mole (p 108) 6. fll ead over hel in love (98) 7s bone to pick wit p.100) 8 geoff. U8) 9 are om serach (p- 10} 10, jump atthe chance (p12) 1 deviag ae tp the wall (p18) 12 yor op. 118) Prstee = 56 1, Fram evel, probaly at fn the lan entry or eat hi eotary. (head ose bees/hogetesss) p98) 2. Aiend or eelative taking a bon so pick grievance to secs ip. 100) 4. A news rpor, (gave them a hand/gsned them) (p. 102) 4 Apuble alk oma poten mater. (making a mosstan ot of 1 molebil/eaggerting the serousnes of the prodlon}(p. 108) ‘A mwnage talking to aeseary. (ep her newt fo ) p.102) Aleut principal of schol (gt of sk) (110) 4 Aen of elative talking, Gump a the chanefeie the etait (p. 112) 2. roma book of atte abou wld driven wp he 18, ee om a computer company 1 lent, (ge oft etn)INDEX OF IDIOMS {The definitions given here are meant te help you remember the meaning of the idioms, They are no, and fn vome cases cannot give, exactly the same meaning #8 UNIT ONE 1. To pat one's be downto refae nl eny more (P- 2) To givesomeune a age eipane (0-41 3 To put uf wie t tee (7.8) 4 Arlee agaist heme rac apt tne! (8) 5 Once hy ofones afiguetowt gut be abe member 6 Tote ad up (vith) tb eid wth (12) 2. Toph someone's tym pay kr sams (p18 2 Toph cameue othe out) poe earn seat as hanging (18) Toefl of net be fol of We (0.18) 10, Tobe run Boer= bhi yaa, bre p20) unin Two. J. Apleceof hee ny on ag od (p28) 2 To get ceed away toyet nr eee p28) |S Vol ek one Ase mtn su mn enrgny p30) 5. GINA to er the bak of tap that aot is ing (39 {6 Toscome bach) domo to Baths tinge ately ee 2 reminds of p38) « ina sEhcupe fs bot eting (p40 2 Tovplt tds ts ara aan alnpron tl (9. 2) w. tet ny che ie ot (#4) UNIT THREE 1. Torook someone sine. $6) “Totabe on’ TeL—tee the ing of orca (52) A scinncrle—aefpereaing pen (p38) To put one's “To bef ihe fet crete amor cnn etait p38) (st omen son ae for Insets mate lac sor 36) To ake ofe log someone) rice somos 6) ‘A eomoetty) lero kette fEh(logeter enter ster ogee p82) 8. Tole the Pate rpade with anger (p68) 8. Toget dn soa stn fh of mend tp 8 18, oneep ane on te mer (. 68) Soha ee UNIT FOUR 1. To hark wp the wrong eet parte arn ine of 2 Tego cold Beet oe ne (9-78) 1 Totden on ameone=i ac fda (p78) 4 Volos eet ire man (p60) 5. Tell forthe omens place tempore (9 82) © Toget the ek be dma frm ne ob (4) 1. Notte havea ita dad nf in aan pion 2 Totave btucrice a your stomach fe epreaie (8) 8. A dlesng in dnglee asd ing which ese fst Be fed ise (9-90) 10, Toe he Mg of scone enoaty compra a9. 92) UNIT FIVE 1. To at hed over es in ove fall ope ae (8) 2 Tohavea bloc ple with somone faves gaet @ vise (100 p12)To make a mBuncan oof wBlehi—t eager rant ai af Comet (p09 cht af ip 10) rot To ge somerhing BU te sed (typos fp. 18