EXPRESSIONS
My girlfriend was ______the moon when I proposed to her las week.
OVER
I´m sick and tired with all the boss says! he´s so negative. I can´t COPE WITH/ COPE ON this any more!
COPE WITH
Are you sure about buying that bed? I think it won´t fit in your bedroom.
TOO
I think the bed is TOO BIG to fit in your bedroom.
Most teenagers _____ (spend) hours on their phones. Most of the time they ________ (only -scrolling). Once in a while, one of them _____(find) something meaningful.
SPEN - ARE ONLY SCROLLING - FINDS
My grandpa wasn´t a very communicative person. However, every now and then, he gave me A LITTLE/ A FEW tips about fishing in the rivers. He was the ___(expert) fisher in the area.
A FEW - the most expert
Attending a RIVER -BOCA match is really ____on Tomi´s bucketlist.
HIGH
Most classmates never fail to surprise me. They aren´t scared of spiders, they are petrified OF/ABOUT them!
OF
As a child, the house had seemed spacious. There was rooom to contain all the furniture the family owned.
As a child, the house had seemed spacious. It _____ to contain all the furniture the family owned.
ENOUGH
As a child, the house had seemed spacious. It WAS BIG ENOUGH to contain all the furniture the family owned.
Mary and Joseph ______(work) in this company for 10 years now. When Mary ______(start) working here, she _____ (not- finish- yet) her career. It wasn´t until 2019 that she finally _____(get) her degree.
HAVE BEEN WORKING
STARTED
HADN´T FINISHED YET
GOT
Since the students started taking private lessons, they find Maths _____ ______ (easy) than before. They believe that the technique the teacher uses is _____ _____(good) than any other they know. They do _____of exercises and then, they correct them in pairs.
MUCH EASIER
MUCH BETTER
LOTS/PLENTY
After being fired from his job, Jason felt ____ in the ____ for a long time.
DOWN IN THE DUMPS
If the authorities want to GET CONTROL OVER/ TAKE CONTROL OVER/ TAKE CONTROL AT the situation at the company, they will have to TRY IN / TRY OUT/ TRY OVER some new policies.
TAKE CONTROL OVER
TRY OUT
The trip wasn´t what we had expected. However, it wasn´t the ______(BAD) one. I´ve heard stories of travels which ended up being a real catastrophe. So, although it could have been ____(GOOD), we can´t complain about it.
WORST
BETTER
The only ones who will BENEFIT FOR/BENEFIT OUT OF/ BENEFIT FROM these regulations, are those who don´t need the money that much. What´s more, by the time the resolution is approved, most workers WILL HAVE ALREADY RETIRED/WILL HAVE BEEN ALREADY RETIRING/ WILL BE ALREADY RETIRING
BENEFIT FROM
WILL HAVE ALREADY RETIRED
A _____ days ago, I decided to invest ______ money in a new business. There are ______ a few companies I found worth investing in. ALTHOUGH/HOWEVER I got some advice from my son, it was _____ ______ difficult than I had expected.
FEW - ONLY - ALTHOUGH - MUCH MORE
The students looked really thrilled. They were _____away by their rsults in the exam.
BLOWN
I am really disgusted. The coach told me that if I didn´t train hard enough, I wouldn´t be able to go to the Olympics and that I would be missing OUT ON/ OUT OF/ OUT FROM the greatest opportunity in my entire life.
MISS OUT ON
Having recahed the _____of that mountain was the ______(GOOD) thing I have ever acieved. Not only it gave me a true ______of adevnture, but also of freedom.
I had tried climbing it _____times but I had always failed. It was disappointing: _____time I tried, something happened on the way up.
BEST
SENSE
SEVERAL/MANY
EVERY/EACH
Those tourist ______ (look) for a hotel for ages and still they ______(not-find) one. Something similar ____(happen) to my parents last year: they ____(spend) 5 hours trying to book a room. When they finally managed to find a place where to stay, they ______(surf) the web for 4 hours.
HAVE BEEN LOOKING
HAVEN´T FOUND
SPENT
HAD BEEN SURFING
Again, there is only a _______water left in the bottle. We should buy a big bottle instead of refilling the small one ______day. IN this way, we would save _____of time. I have called the service S_____times but, after the 10th time without answer, I gave up calling. Anyways, next time they come, I will ask them for a large bottle. Therefore, we will have plenty ____water! We will only have to ask for more a_____times a month.
LIVED UP TO OUR EXPECTATIONS
I ENDED AT/ENDED UP/ENDED AFTER doing whatever I wanted!
PUT UP WITH
APPEALED TO
ENDED UP
Apparently, it left the station with a lot of time. (PLENTY). The officers informed us that it arrived too late to the second station. (ENOUGH). As it tried to catch up with the schedule, the train operator drove at the maximum permitted speed. (AS/AS)
DUE TO ARRIVE - PLENTY - DIDN´T ARRIVE EARLY ENOUGH - AS FAST AS HE COULD/PERMITTED
Many people believe that by the year 2050, many jobs _____ (replace) by robots. By 2055, almost half the population _______(do) nothing for their lives for the last 5 years.
On the other hand, other people claim that, by that year, the world as we know it, _____ (disappear)
WILL HAVE BEEN REPLACED
WILL HAVE BEEN DOING
WILL HAVE DISAPPEARED
It is said that volcanoes in Europe _____ (not- erupt - often -as) as those on the Pacific coast of South America. This is due to the age of the mountain ranges: the Alps are _____ _____ ______(old) the Andes. HOWEVER/ALTHOUGH there are ______ new signs of movement in a ______European towns, scientists say there is ______to worry about because they are _____isolated cases. HOWEVER/ALTHOUGH, the inhabitants of these towns are getting ready to evacuate in ____time.
DO NOT ERUPT AS OFTEN - MUCH OLDER THAN - ALTHOUGH - FEW - NOTHING - ONLY - HOWEVER - ANY