UNIT 5 SPORTS AND INTEREST
FIND a fitness word for the sentence:
She can touch the back of her head with her leg!
Flexibility
find an idiom:
We shared a flat for a year and then one day she just left without paying her share of the bills, leaving me realy badly ___ ___ _____.
We shared a flat for a year and then one day she just left without paying her share of the bills, leaving me realy badly out of pocket.
CHOOSE the option:
The number of animals abandoning / abandoned by their owners.
the number of animals abandoned by their owners
What does "smuggling"mean?
transporting illegal things (diamonds, drugs, antiques)
explain the collocation:
DODGING THE QUESTION
to avoid the question
Find a fitness word for:
He doesn't drink, doesn't smoke, doesn't stay out late.
Healthy lifestyle
Our old place really wasn't that great! I think you're looking back at it through ____ ____ _____.
Our old place really wasn't that great! I think you're looking back at it through rose-coloured glasses.
1. the number of people ____ together before marriage (live)
2. the number of people ______ abroad (move)
1. the number of people living together before marriage
2. the number of people moving abroad
When we got back, we found the house had been ____ __Fortunately, they hadn't much _____
broken into, stolen
what is "breach the contract"?
break the contract
Find fitness words:
1. He can lift 50 kilos.
2. She's really good at racket sports.
1. Strengths
2. Hand-eye coordination
Don't get me wrong. My roommate is great __ ___ _____. It's just that after too much of him, I have an overwhelming desire to fall asleep!
Don't get me wrong. My roommate is great in small doses. It's just that after too much of him, I have an overwhelming desire to fall asleep!
what is the meaning of the idiom:
"weather the storm"
If someone or something weathers the storm, they successfully deal with a very difficult problem:
In the next few days we will see if the ambassador can weather the political storm caused by his remarks.
I was standing outside the cathedral and this guy ___ ___me, ____ my bag and ran off.
came up, grabbed
explain the idiom "poacher turned a gamekeeper"
someone whose behaviour is now the same as that he or she previouslyopposed
complete the sentence:
It's your birthday? You should've said. I ___ ____ ____ you a present.(buy)
It's your birthday? You should've said. I would have bought you a present.
They pay a lot in rent, so they must be struggling to ____ ____ ____now she's lost her job.
They pay a lot in rent, so they must be struggling to make ends met now she's lost her job.
complete the sentence:
When I ___ to work, I _____ I_____ my keys at home. (get, realise, leave)
When I got to work, I realised I'd left my keys at home.
what is the synonym for "RUN IN PARALLEL"?
COINCIDED
explain: on the straight and narrow
behaving in an honest, moral way
1. I___ ___ ____for six months now. (knit)
2. I___ ___ __ five kilos since January.(put on)
3. We___ ____ each other for years. (know)
1. I've been knitting for six months now.
2. I've put on five kilos since January.
3. We've known each other for years.
1. I've told my landlord I'm not going to pay any more rent until he gets the heating fixed, so now the ___ ___ __ ___ ____.
2. I only moved here a few months ago. It was realy
hard to begin with, but bit by bit I'm ___ ___ ____.
1. I've told my landlord I'm not going to pay any more rent until he gets the heating fixed, so now the ball is in his court.
2. I only moved here a few months ago. It was realy
hard to begin with, but bit by bit I'm finding my feet.
The low numbers of young people ____ part in sport or ____regular exercise continues to be a cause for
concern. (take, do)
The low numbers of young people TAKING part in sport or DOING regular exercise continues to be a cause for concern.
As mobile phone use has _____ sharply, it has ____ __ a similar rise in street crime.
As mobile phone use has INCREASED sharply, it has
RESULTED IN a similar rise in street crime.
As mobile phone use has SOARED sharply, it has
LED TO a similar rise in street crime.
explain the difference between these idioms:
1. throw the book at
2. be brought to book
1. punish someone as severely as possible
2. be punished