Idiomatic Expressions
What does “break the ice” mean?
Option 1: to break the ice on the road so you don’t slip during winter
Option 2: to start a conversation or ask a question to someone to make them feel comfortable
Option 2: to start a conversation or ask a question to someone to make them feel comfortable
What do you call someone who writes songs?
a songwriter
Complete the question with the correct question tag: You're a student, ________?
Option 1: are you?
Option 2: aren’t you?
Option 3: aren’t we?
Option 2: aren’t you?
The person who investigates crimes.
Option 1: a detective
Option 2: a witness
Option 3: a judge
Option 1: a detective
What does the idiomatic expression in this sentence mean? “Let's keep in touch after the holidays.”
Option 1: This idiomatic expression means to continue communicating with someone.
Option 2: This idiomatic expression means that you feel comfortable with each other and you’re asking to be friends with this person
Option 1: This idiomatic expression means to continue communicating with someone.
What do you call a book with a soft cover?
a paperback (book)
Complete the question with the correct question tag: He wasn't at work, ________?
was he?
A person who sees a crime happen.
Option 1: a detective
Option 2: a witness
Option 3: a judge
Option 2: a witness
This idiom means to catch someone while they are doing something wrong. Which one is it?
Option 1: to stick your nose where it doesn’t belong
Option 2: to be caught red-handed
Option 3: to shoulder the blame
Option 2: to be caught red-handed
What do you call a company that builds cars?
a car manufacturer
A phrasal verb that means the same thing as pressing the power button on a machine.
switch on / turn on
A person the police think may have committed a crime.
a suspect
This idiom means to follow the rules or instructions exactly.
Option 1: hit the books
Option 2: by the book
Option 2: by the book
What do you call a very talented child?
a child prodigy
Complete the blanks with a phrasal verb: If the music is too loud, you should ________ it ________.
If the music is too loud, you should turn it down.
What is the name detectives use to refer to facts, fingerprints, or objects that help solve a crime?
evidence
What does the idiom “get the ball rolling” mean?
Option 1: This idiom means to start a project, conversation, or activity.
Option 2: This idiom means that if you start something early you can finish earlier, instead of procrastinating on it.
Option 1: This idiom means to start a project, conversation, or activity.
A public location or place that people could use to make telephone calls?
a phone box / a telephone booth / a telephone box / a public phone / a payphone
Make these two verbs into nouns:
To improve ⟶
To sell ⟶
improvement / sale
The process of showing that something is true in court or during an investigation.
Option 1: speaking to witnesses
Option 2: prove that the crime happened
Option 3: writing up a police report
Option 2: prove that the crime happened