3.When we started this project, we ______ideas.
4.Studying this course was ______ for Charles beacause he was fon of physics.
5.Nancy is a diligent student and she is_____.
6.I was so happy when I knew that I ______ higher mathematics.
7.Unfortunately your work wasn‘t considered because it didn‘t______.
8.Could you____ because I am trying to concentrate on my report.
9.I didn‘t think that it would so easy to study this course and pass it _____.
10.Which mark did you expect if you didn‘t even ____?
Exercise 39. Try to make an example to each phraseological units.
at sixes and sevens * as cool as a cucumber * white elephant * green light * to
wash one's hands off dirt * to set free*
a mare's nest *
to break a promise *
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Exercise 40. Complete each idiomatic phrase with a word from the box,
classify them on the functional principle.
Bee bull cat chicken dog fish fly lamb pig snake
1. It‘s time to be brave and take the _________________________ by the horns.
2. Terry went meekly into the exam room, like a ____________ to the slaughter.
3. Misfortune was to _______________________ Charles for the rest of his life.
4. From this point the road begins to _________________ down hill to the coast.
5. I‘ve eaten too much, I‘ve made a real ________________________ of myself.
6. Philip‘s such a gentle man, he wouldn‘t hurt a _________________________.
7. Grandfather looked like a ______________________ out of water at the disco.
8. John‘s got the big match tomorrow, but I‘m sure he‘s going to _____ out at the
last minute and stay at home.
9. Carol arrived at the party and made a __ line for the sandwiches as she hadn‘t
eaten for hours.
10. Lisa walked in tentatively, like a _____________________ on a hot tin roof.
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