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Level: Advanced
Category: vocabulary
Topic: idioms

Idiomatic Expressions (1)

Use the correct idiomatic expression in the sentences below

To face up to
To shake hands with
To give (my) regards to
To know by heart
To tear to shreds
To pay a visit
To feel like
To have (nothing) to do with
Safe and sound
Up front
Monkey see monkey do
By no means
  1. I don't believe it! Your dog got at my new dress and _______________ it _______________ !
  2. After being lost in the Andes for two weeks, the mountaineers returned to Lima _______________
  3. I appreciate your being _______________ with me about your drinking problem.
  4. Harry bought a new car so Sam went out the next day and bought one too. You know, with Sam it's _______________ .
  5. I don't want to be a pessimist, but we have to _______________ the fact that the new assembly line is losing money.
  6. Sarah has seen 'Titanic' thirty times. She must _______ the dialogue _______________.
  7. If you see Jason again, please _______________ to him.
  8. _______________ do we consider your plan a good idea. Please forget about it
  9. If you ______ John ________ in the hospital, he would be glad to see you.
  10. Your honor, my client's gambling debts _______________ with his ability to do his job.
  11. Can we go to the cinema tomorrow? I'm exhausted and I really _______________ going tonight.
  12. Bill Clinton says that they day he _______________ with John F. Kennedy his life changed forever.

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Created:  2009-05-23
Updated:  2009-05-23

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