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.What do the initials U.S.A.stand for? Are there initials that stand for your country? What are they?5.Do you prefer to be involved in playing a sport or just looking on? Why?6.Whom do you look up to most in life? Why?7.What kind of a person would you look down on? Should you avoid feeling this way, or is it sometimes allright?www.ez-english.narod.ru = Easy English =248.When might you want to, or have to, take off from a party early? Have you ever done this?LESSON 23to make do with: to manage, to copeThis idiom is used when a person must accept a substitute that is not the most suitable." Pearl doesn t have a clean blouse so she has to make do with the one she wore yesterday." During difficult economic times, many people have to make do with less.to give birth to: to bear a human being or animal" Jane s mother has just given birth to twin girls." The zoo s Siberian tiger just gave birth to a baby cubclose call: a situation involving a narrow escape from danger (also: close shave)" Bob, that car nearly hit us! What a close call." We had a close call when a small fire in our kitchen almost spread to the rest of the house.to get on one s nerves: to annoy or disturb (also: to bug)" Laura loves to talk to anyone.Sometimes her chatter really gets on my nerves." Jack asked his neighbor to turn down the stereo because it was bugging him and he couldn t concentrate.to put down: to suppress, to quell (S); to criticize unfairly (S)" The police arrived just in time to put down the disturbance before it got very serious." Fred tries his best at playing tennis.You shouldn t put him down like that.to go for: to be sold at a certain price; to seek or strive for" This dress probably goes for about $50, don t you think?" Peter was going for first place in the swim meet, but he wasn t able to do better than third place.to go in for: to have as an interest, such as a sport or hobby (also: to go for, to be into, to get into)" Hal goes in for tennis while his wife goes for painting and sculpture." What sports are you into? I don t have any time to get into sports.to stay up: to remain awake, not to go to bed" I want to stay up tonight and watch a late movie on TV." He stays up every night until after one o clock, preparing his homework.to stay in: to remain at home, not to go outAn idiom with the opposite meaning is to stay out." On a rainy day, I like to stay in and read." Young people are able to stay out late at night and get very little sleep.to take over: to assume control or responsibility for (S); to do or perform again (S)The meaning of the second definition is almost the same as do over in Lesson 11.Also for the seconddefinition, a noun or pronoun must divide the idiom." That large investment company specializes in taking over smaller businesses that are in financial trouble." Most students didn t do well on the important test, so the instructor let them take it over." Little Mikey didn t have much chance to hit the baseball during practice, so the coach let him take his turnover.to show up: to appear, to arrive; to be found or located (also for the second definition: to turn up)" It really gets on my nerves that Ursula shows up late for every meeting." Willie hopes that the watch he lost last Sunday shows up soon." We ve looked everywhere for that book, but it hasn t turned up yet.to clean out: to empty, to tidy by removing (S); to steal, to rob (S); to buy or purchase all of something (S)" It s time for you to clean out your closet so that you can store more things in there." A burglar entered my apartment while I was gone and cleaned me out.He took over $200 in cash andjewelry." Thousands of shoppers cleaned out the store that had gone bankrupt and was selling all its remainingwww.ez-english.narod.ru = Easy English =25products at very reduced prices.www.ez-english.narod.ru = Easy English =26EXERCISESChoose the appropriate idiomatic expression to substitute for the italicized word or words in eachsentence below.Idioms from previous lessons are indicated by number.1.The instructor allowed the student to do the class again because he had received a letter grade of D thefirst time.a.to do without (Lesson 18)b.to make doc.to take over2 [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]