FAMILY
RELATIONSHIPS
RELATIONSHIPS
1. to become more adult and mature
2. to raise someone (a child)
1. grow up
2. to bring someone up
1. to discontinue something (a factory or organisation) temporarily or permanently
2. to employ someone
1. close something down
2. take someone on
1. to experience something difficult and unpleasant.
2. to ask someone professional to come and provide help.
1. go through something
2. call someone in / out
I'm afraid I put ___ ___ in it when I asked if she was going out with Paul.
1. my foot
1. She is pregnant.
2. He is naked.
1. She's got a bun in the oven.
2. He's in his birthday suit. (He's in the altogether.)
1. to resemble someone (a member of your family)
2. to escape being punished for something
1. take after someone
2. get away with something
1. to reduce something, especially to save money
2. to learn something (without difficulty or special study)
1. cut back on something / cut down on something
2. pick something up
1. to investigate something
2. to begin suddenly (e.g. fire)
1. look into something
2. break out
1. We arrived ___ ___ ___ . (= safely)
2. He is ___ ___ ___ a mouse today.
1. safe and sound.
2. as quiet as
1. Excuse me for swearing.
2. swear words
1. Pardon / Excuse my French.
2. four-letter words
1. to respect and admire someone
2. to avoid having to do something
1. to look up to someone
2. to get out of doing something
1. to refuse or reject something/someone
2. to manage to survive with the money
1. turn something/someone down
2. get by
1. to start operating (ringing)
2. to extinguish something
1. go off
2. put something out
1. When we talk about a small part of a much bigger problem, we talk about the ___ ___ ___ ___.
2. When need to limit her freedom, you need to ___ ___ ___.
1. tip of the iceberg
2. clip her wings
1. I am quite happy he's gone!
2. Stop criticizing me!
1. Good riddance!
2. Give me a break!
1. to succeed in making someone understand the meaning of what one is saying
2. to persuade someone to let you do what you want to.
3. to reprimand; to speak severely to someone for doing something
1. to get through to someone
2. to get round someone
3. to tell someone off
1. to succeed (in life)
2. to chose something as one's career
1. get on (in life)
2. go in for something
1. to cause something to start working (e. g. alarm)
2 to decide something is impossible
1. set something off
2. rule something out
1. A person in a bad mood "is like a ___ ___ a ___ ___.
2. When we mean from birth to death we can say - from the ___ ___ ___ ___.
1. like a bear with a sore head.
2. cradle to the grave.
1. Try to see an advantage in the situation, however difficult.
2.Hurry up!
1. Look on the bright side./Every cloud has a silver lining.
2. Get your skates on!
Idioms:
1. My father and I don't always agree. We don't see ___ ___ ___ on politics.
2. That's not fair! When I argue with my sister, my parents always ___ ___ side.
1. eye to eye
2. take her
Idioms:
1. I'm afraid I'm not ___ ___ for teaching.
2. That was the ___ ___ , so I handed in my resignation.
1. cut out
2. last straw
Idioms:
1. He was as white ___ ___ ___.
2. I was shaking ___ ___ ___.
1. as a sheet
2. like a leaf
She didn't know what to say, she was ___ ___ ___ ___ ___.
at a loss for words.
1. You may be happier if you do not know all the facts.
2. When the situation is over, it's easy to say what we should have done.
1. Ignorance is bliss.
2. It's easy to be wise after the event.