Bài tập Luyện thi Đại học môn Tiếng Anh - Lesson 79+80 - Thấm Tâm Vy

Thẩm Tâm Vy, March 31st, 2020 IDIOMATIC AMERICAN ENGLISH 40

IDIOMATIC AMERICAN ENGLISH 40

Lesson 79 ~ SPRUCING UP Dialogue John: We'll have to start from scratch to spruce up this house.I t's really going to pot. Sue: Maybe we could scrounge around fbr some second-hand furniture and other stuff. John: I would like to make the house larger. We could use some more elbow room. I'm beginning to feel hemmed in. Sue: Forget it. Where are we going to dig up the loot for major repairs? Vocabulary - from scratch adv.) from the very beginning; starting with raw materials - spruce up v.) clean, redecorate - go to pot v.) deteriorate; become undisciplined, unkempt - scrounge around v.) look in a lot of'places for a certain item - second-hand ad.j.) not new, previously used - stuff n.) things - elbow room n.) enough space to be comfortable - hemmed in adj.) crowded, cramped, uncomfortable - dig up v.) find, recall, discover - loot n.) money

PRACTICE I. Complete the sentences with the correct idiom.

a) scrounge around b) from scratch c )sprucing up d) went to pot e)stuff f) loot g) elbow room h) second-hand i) hemmed in j) dig up 1. The best apple pie is one made.......... 2. I have no money. I'll have to..........and see if there's anv money in the house. 3. That's a fancy car. How much..........will I needto buy it? 4. When springtime comes, most people feel like..........clothes. 5. Sometimes it's better not to..........memories of the past. 6. Usually the second or third child in a family gets..........clothes. 7. When I play golf, I don't want people all around me. I need.......... 8. It's amazing how much..........you can fit into your closet. 9. When there are too many people in one room, I feel.......... 10. That house used to be very well kept. Now it's in very bad condition. It.......... II. Rewrite the phrases in italics. Using the proper idiomatic expression. 1. It's too crowded. I need more space. 2. I'm looking for some junk food in this house. 3. That's a lot of money. 4. You have a lot of beautiful things. 5. Let's redecorate the house. 6. What did you find in the basement? 7. You can't sell used merchandise in that store. 8. Let's not use a cake mix. Let's start from the beginning 9. It was a beautiful neighborhood many years ago. It's too bad it deteriorated.

10. I like the open spaces of the country. Whenever I'm in the city, I feel cramped.

Lesson 80 ~ MUDSLINGING Dialogue Tracy: It's too bad his political opponents resorted to mudslinging. I hate to see someone raked over the coals. Lola: They really put him through the wringer. They had the gall to hit below the belt. Tracy: He won't take it lying down. He'll go down swinging. Lola: You're right. He won't say "uncle." Vocabulary - mudslinging n.) making malicious remarks to damage someone's reputation - rake over the coals v.) scold, reprimand, blame - put through the wringer v.) cause severe stress - gall n.) shameless, insolent attitude - hit below the belt v.) hurt someonecruelly and unfairly [as in boxing] - go down swinging v.) lose but fight until the end - say (cry) "uncle" v.) admit defeat - take something lying down v.) suffer without a fight

PRACTICE I. Complete the sentences with the correct idiom.

e) raked him over the coals b) hitting below the belt c) mudslinging

d) gall e) take that lying down f) put through the wringer

g) went down swinging h) said "uncle" 1. He wasn't going to lose easily. He fought all the way. He.......... 2. We had him down on the ground and wouldn't let him up until he.......... 3. He was not doing a good job so his boss.......... 4. The politician implied that his opponent's family was dishonest. Everyone agreed he was.......... 5. Her husband just had an operation. By the time it was over, she had been.......... 6. She spent all her money on clothes and records, then she asked to borrow money for groceries. She has.......... 7. She worked very hard for a promotion. One of her colleagues was jealous and .......... …