Homework 12 : Idioms 12

Study the list of idioms in Part A, then choose one idiom for each sentence in Part B.

Write your answers on the answer sheet.

Only send homework answers by email if you CANNOT come to class.

Do NOT write all the sentence. Only write the missing words.

REMEMBER to change all indioms into the correct verb tense, if necessary.

Also REMEMBER to put your name, ID number and class period at the top of the answer sheet or email. Assignments that not not have a name, ID number or class period will not be accepted.

Part A

speak up :- speak in a louder voice

speak up for :- support

spell out :- make something very clear

take off :- become popular or successful very quickly

take over :- assume control of

take part in :- participate in

take the plunge :- finally take action, do something possibly risky

take (time) off :- take a vacation or break from work or school

take up :- begin to study some subject or start doing some activity

talk down to :- patronize, speak to someone as if they were a child

talk into :- persuade, convince

talk out of :- dissuade, convince not to

talk over :- discuss

tear oneself away from something :- stop doing something really interesting

tear up :- rip into small pieces

tell apart :- distinguish, notice a difference

things are looking up :- the situation is improving

think over :- consider

throw away :- get rid of, discard

throw the book at :- give a very severe punishment to

throw cold water on :- discourage, force someone to cancel a plan

Part B

1) I'll _______ it _______ for you - if you don't do your homework, you'll fail the course.

2) The twins are so identical it's totally impossible to _______ them _______.

3) Let's _______ this_______ and see if we can't come up with a solution.

4) Over twenty thousand people _______ _______ _______ the anti-war demo.

5) In the 60's, the craze for long hair _______ _______ after the Beatles became popular.

6) Office shredding machines save office staff the trouble of _______ _______ sensitive documents before they are disposed of.

7) He was _______ _______ investing his money in orange juice futures by a banker friend.

8) The admiral _______ _______ _______ _______ the captain who had run his warship aground.

9) 'How's business, Alan?'

'_______ _______ _______ _______ . We just got a two million dollar order from the Moroccan government.'

10) At the trial, three people came as character witnesses and _______ _______ _______ the defendant.

11) At the age of 78, my grandfather surprised everyone when he _______ _______ skiiing.

12) My wife _______ one year _______ work when she was expecting our first child.

13) Margaret Thatcher used to enrage many people by the way she seemed to _______ _______ _______ them.

14) After prevaricating for months, he finally _______ _______ _______ and joined the religious cult.

15) You should carefully _______ _______ what it is you wish to study at university.

16) In the 1920's, Stalin _______ _______ the security apparatus of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.

17) ‘You look depressed, Peter. What's the matter?’

‘It's my boss, he _______ _______ _______ _______ all the ideas I come up with.'

18) It was such an exciting TV program, I just couldn't _______ _______ _______ _______ it.

19) ‘What happened to your old chest of drawers?’

‘Oh, I _______ that_______ years ago.’

20) 'What is the answer to number twenty.'

'I can't hear you. Could you _______ _______ .

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