The Ministry of Higher and secondary education of the Republic of Uzbekistan State World Languages University

TRACK

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  to be on the right/wrong track – to make / not to make progress in one’s search for… ‘The police believe that they are at last on the fight track in their hunt for the murderers.’ ‘If you think I had anything to do with it, you’re on the wrong track.’
  
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  to keep track of – to keep oneself informed of someone’s movements, activities, etc. ‘I try to keep track of all my old school friends, but it isn’t easy.’ / to lose track of – not to be informed of the movements, etc., of someone. ‘Joyce has been married so many times that I’ve quite lost track.’ / to lose (all) track of time – not to be aware of the passage of time.
  
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  to make tracks for – to leave quickly for. ‘It’s getting late. We had better make tracks for home.’
  
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  a track record – a record of one’s successes/failures. ‘I think we should consider Holmes for the head-mastership. His track record for getting his pupils into the universities is very good.’
  
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  in one’s tracks – in the very place where one is standing at a particular moment. ‘Hugh was on the point of hitting his son when his wife entered the room; that stopped him in his tracks!’
  
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  to cover one’s tracks – to conceal traces of one’s movements. ‘The bank robbers have covered their tracks very cleverly. ’
  

PATH

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  to keep to the straight and narrow (path) – to resist temptation and lead a virtuous life. ‘As a clergyman, I am naturally expected to keep to the straight and narrow path, but it hasn’t always been easy.’ The phrase comes from the Bible (Matthew VII, 14): ‘Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way which leadeth into life, and few there be that find it!’
  
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  to beat a path to a place – to visit in large numbers. ‘Now that Vivien has become famous, all sorts of people will be beating a path to her door.’ The path to a place is beaten flat by the feet of so many people.
  
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