Exercise - 26
Question: 1 Jill: 'I'm so confused, I don't know what to do.' Frank: '.......'
Correct Answer : 1 [Take it easy.]
Notes: Jill: 'I'm so confused, I don't know what to do.'Frank: 'Take it easy.'
Question: 2 Jill: 'What shall I do — I'm in a terrible state!' Frank: '.......'
Correct Answer : 2 [Calm down.]
Notes: Jill: 'What shall I do — I'm in a terrible state!'Frank: 'Calm down.'
Question: 3 Jill: 'I'm afraid I've just broken the handle.' Frank: '.......'
Correct Answer : 3 [Don't worry.]
Notes: Jill: 'I'm afraid I've just broken the handle.'Frank: 'Don't worry.'
Question: 4 Jill: 'I hope nobody minds if I leave early.' Frank: '.......'
Correct Answer : 4 [It'll be all right.]
Notes: Jill: 'I hope nobody minds if I leave early.'Frank: 'It'll be all right.'
Question: 5 Jill: 'It's going to cost a lot of money to put right, I'm afraid.' Frank: '.......'
Correct Answer : 5 [It's not the end of the world.]
Notes: Jill: 'It's going to cost a lot of money to put right, I'm afraid.'Frank: 'It's not the end of the world.'
Question: 6 Jill: 'I do hope they make it tonight — it's very late you know.' Frank: '.......'
Correct Answer : 6 [They're bound to come.]
Notes: Jill: 'I do hope they make it tonight — it's very late you know.'Frank: 'They're bound to come.'
Question: 7 Jill: 'I don't think I can stand much more of this.' Frank: '.......'
Correct Answer : 7 [The worst is over.]
Notes: Jill: 'I don't think I can stand much more of this.'Frank: 'The worst is over.'
Question: 8 Jill: 'What's your view of what's coming next?' Frank: '.......'
Correct Answer : 8 [Things can only get better.]
Notes: Jill: 'What's your view of what's coming next?'Frank: 'Things can only get better.'
Question: 9 Jill: 'I've lost everything my job, my house, my money — what should I do?' Frank: '.......'
Correct Answer : 9 [Count your blessings.]
Notes: Jill: 'I've lost everything my job, my house, my money — what should I do?'Frank: 'Count your blessings.'
Question: 10 Jill: 'I'm very depressed at the moment, sorry.' Frank: '.......'
Correct Answer : 10 [Chin up.]
Notes: Jill: 'I'm very depressed at the moment, sorry.'Frank: 'Chin up.'
Question: 1 The detective story is sometimes called 'whodunit' because the reader has to work ....... who did it, who committed the crime.
Correct Answer : 1 [out]
Notes: The detective story is sometimes called 'whodunit' because the reader has to work out who did it, who committed the crime.
Question: 2 The skill of course of the writing is how many times a reader can be sent up ....... alleys.
Correct Answer : 2 [blind]
Notes: The skill of course of the writing is how many times a reader can be sent up blind alleys.
Question: 3 Another way of putting this is how many red ....... the author can throw in the reader's path.
Correct Answer : 3 [herrings]
Notes: Another way of putting this is how many red herrings the author can throw in the reader's path.
Question: 4 The idea is to keep the readers in a permanent state of ....... so that they never know what's going to happen next.
Correct Answer : 4 [suspense]
Notes: The idea is to keep the readers in a permanent state of suspense so that they never know what's going to happen next.
Question: 5 As the plot ......., you find yourself agreeing with one character's solution and then another's.
Correct Answer : 5 [unfolds]
Notes: As the plot unfolds, you find yourself agreeing with one character's solution and then another's.
Question: 6 As a result you feel as if you are walking in a ....... since at each turning you come to a block end.
Correct Answer : 6 [maze]
Notes: As a result you feel as if you are walking in a maze since at each turning you come to a block end.
Question: 7 One of the best known detectives is Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot who uses what he calls his little grey ....... — his brains.
Correct Answer : 7 [cells]
Notes: One of the best known detectives is Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot who uses what he calls his little grey cells — his brains.
Question: 8 Invariably Poirots calls all the ....... together in the last part of the story.
Correct Answer : 8 [suspects]
Notes: Invariably Poirots calls all the suspects together in the last part of the story.
Question: 9 One by one he ....... the innocent until finally the murderer is unmasked.
Correct Answer : 9 [eliminates]
Notes: One by one he eliminates the innocent until finally the murderer is unmasked.
Question: 10 The thing that always surprises me is the fact that the murderer bothers to take ....... in the final meeting.
Correct Answer : 10 [part]
Notes: The thing that always surprises me is the fact that the murderer bothers to take part in the final meeting.
Question: 1 I hung the washing out only two hours ago but it is already bone ....... thanks to the hot sunshine.
Correct Answer : 1 [dry]
Notes: I hung the washing out only two hours ago but it is already bone dry thanks to the hot sunshine.
Question: 2 They came straight out with their complaint ....... no bones about it whatsoever.
Correct Answer : 2 [making]
Notes: They came straight out with their complaint making no bones about it whatsoever.
Question: 3 It was a miracle that he was still alive as he hadn't eaten for weeks and when they found him he was just ....... and bone.
Correct Answer : 3 [skin]
Notes: It was a micacle that he was still alive as he hadn't eaten for weeks and when they found him he was just skin and bone.
Question: 4 It was quite simple really — he never did any work at all and was sacked for being bone ........
Correct Answer : 4 [idle]
Notes: It was quite simple really — he never did any work at all and was sacked for being bone idle.
Question: 5 It's impossible to say exactly why I think that's the case. All I can say is that I ....... it in my bones.
Correct Answer : 5 [feel]
Notes: It's impossible to say exactly why I think that's the case. All I can say is that I feel it in my bones.
Question: 6 We're expecting a visit from a French couple soon so I'll have to bone ....... on my French.
Correct Answer : 6 [up]
Notes: We're expecting a visit from a French couple soon so I'll have to bone up on my French.
Question: 7 Ah, yes I've got a bone to ....... with you. You told me you would pay me back last week and I still haven't got the money yet.
Correct Answer : 7 [pick]
Notes: Ah, yes I've got a bone to pick with you. You told me you would pay me back last week and I still haven't got the money yet.
Question: 8 Although the TV programme was funny, my aunt was a bit shocked because some of the jokes were a bit ....... the bone.
Correct Answer : 8 [near]
Notes: Although the TV programme was funny, my aunt was a bit shocked because some of the jokes were a bit near the bone.
Question: 9 I won't go into the full details of the proposition, I'll just give you the ....... bones.
Correct Answer : 9 [bare]
Notes: I won't go into the full details of the proposition, I'll just give you the bare bones.
Question: 10 Her children were very ungrateful for all she'd done for them as she had really worked her ....... to the bone for them.
Correct Answer : 10 [fingers]
Notes: Her children were very ungrateful for all she'd done for them as she had really worked her fingers to the bone for them.