Exercise 41. Decide which word or phrase completes the sentence and insert
it. You may consult the dictionary of collocations.
1. He didn’t know anything about business, so starting his own was ____ .
a) a leap into the clouds b) a leap in the dark c) a leap into the whole
2. His new car is amazing, but it must have cost him _______ .
a) a packet b) the sea c) the Sun
3. I hate the way he criticises everybody. It really rattles ______ .
a) my back b) my bones c) my cage
4. When her business crashed, she had to pick up ___ and start again.
a) the fragments b) the pieces c) the stones
5. She felt really bad when she realised that she had lost her watch. It wasn’t
expensive but it had sentimental ______ .
a) expense b) price c) value
6. I used to go to church under false _ . I never wanted to go but my mother
made me.
a) agreements b) feelings c) pretences
7. One minute they were just talking and then all hell broke _____ and
everybody started screaming and shouting.
a) free b) loose c) over
8. He never cheats or tricks anybody when he plays. He always goes by the __.
a) book b) instructions c) principles
9. Don’t tell Mary your plans or she’ll tell everybody. She is always __ her
mouth off.
a) shooting b) speaking c) talking
10. Tom might be able to help with your problem. He has friends in high ____
who might be able to change the decision.
a) jobs b) places c) spots
Exercise 42.Group the given phraseological units into native and borrowed
ones. State the sources of their origin.
1) Sir Toby: ―Dost thou think because thou art virtuous there shall be no more
cakes and ale?‖.
2) He is a classic modern tough guy as well as being an Old Testament prodigal
son.
3) She achieved success by the sweat of her brow.
4) I think Frank‘s vanity is his Achilles‘ heel.
5) My rejoinder was like a voice crying out in the wilderness.
6) But tormented though I was with guilt and self-doubt, I knew I had crossed the
Rubicon.
7) This territory has become an apple of discord between two countries.
8) Wearing her heart on her sleeve, she gushed over any man who took an interest
in her.
9) A regular old salt, almost.
10) The only fly in the ointment was Jacky.
11) The boy took French leave of his parents to go to the football match.
12) The observed of all observers, the fantasied of all fantasists (a newpaper
headline).
13) They were living in a fool's paradise, refusing to accept that they were in debt.
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