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English 没法 Learn 6 1) His kindness is a point in his favor. =On the c______________/p________________ side there is his kindness to consider. 2) The streets are b________________________________ with activity/are very busy. 3) They have taken over/c___________________________________ 24% of the market. 4) I leave my lawyer to deal with my affairs. =I leave my affairs in the h_______ of my lawyer. 5) He had some difficulty in gaining admission/e________________________ to the club. 6) It is i________________________________ for/aimed at a female audience. 7) He writes for/is a_____________________ a female readership. 8) Nobody knows what will come of it/how it till t________________________________ out. 9) Getting him to obey is no easy matter/no m__________________________ task. 10) When it comes to computers, he knows what he's about/knows his s___________________. 11) He made a dreadful fuss about it. =He made a great s_______ and d____________ about it. 12) That's quite another matter/a different k___________________ of fish. 13) It's no big deal! =It's nothing to get w_________________________ up about! 14) He's big enough to manage on his own/to s________________________ it out by himself. 15) That will certainly come in h________/do n_____________/be useful again for somebody. 16) There is no place under this government for political racketeering/for those who want to use politics to l_________________________ their own pockets. 17) The ground has s_______________________________________/sunk in places. 18) The two writers have a_______________. =There are similarities between the two writers. 19) The first-rate scholar was a_____________ /cursed with a cantankerous wife. ? Nature had a________________ /cursed him with a hooked nose. 20) Money is f______________________________ /flooding into the coffers of the bank. 21) I'm a__________________________ /horrified at the bad news. 22) Let's not panic/g____________________ in a panic. =Let's keep our h_________________. 23) These two theories clash/are in direct o________________________. 24) Repression has deepened/a________________________________ the crisis. 25) The medicine is slow to take e______________. =The medicine a__________/works slowly. 26) Now it's a m________________/q________________ of maintaining our lead. =Now what we must do is maintain our lead. 27) The two termagants h_______________ insults/a___________ at each other. =The two termagants h______________ insults/a_____________ on each other. 28) He has eyes like a h________________________________. =He's eagle-eyed. 29) His t____________________ are/His mind is elsewhere. =He's m_______________ away. 30) They are ruined, so to s___________/as it w_______. =You might say that they are ruined. 31) Their hostess immediately put them at their e________/made them feel immediately at home. 32) I am even happier now you are here. =Your arrival a________________ to my happiness. 33) They were all feeling listless/l_____________________ with the heat. 34) He earns something in the r________ of 10,000 yuan. =He earns about/around 10,0000 yuan. 35) The authorities have been informed/n_________________. =It has been b____________ to 1 the attention of the authorities. 36) I've wasted my time going back and f________________/to and f_____________. 37) There was general rejoicing/j_________________/e________________ on the playground. 38) Everyone had their say. =Everyone put in their two c______________________. 39) Your life is at s____________________/depends on it. 40) His health is deteriorating further/is getting p_____________________________ worse. 41) Grief made his voice break. =Grief d__________________________________ his voice. 42) All he thinks of is a______________________________/accumulating wealth. 43) The evidence is p_________________________________ /building up against him. 44) I'm not really a jazz fan. =I'm not all that k____________________ on jazz. 45) This film is not for the s_________________________________/the faint-hearted. 46) His technique is good but he plays without feeling/his playing is s________________. 47) The crisis might i_______________________/lead the government to take action. 48) He gave himself a terrible b______________/smashed himself up pretty well when he fell. 49) Work has been in p_________________________/been under way for two months. 50) He uses his car a lot to make it pay/to r_______________________ the cost to himself. 51) She is one of his old loves/f______________________. 52) Be a d_______________/a dear/an a_____________________ and pass me the water. =Pass me the water; t____________________ a darling/a dear. 53) His attitude is ample justification for my decision. =His attitude f___________/amply j_______________ my decision. 54) She was mere sport to him. =She was just a passing f____________________ for him. 55) I couldn't care less about it. =I don't give a d_____________________ about it. 56) That's the end of/has d_____________________ all my hopes. 57) This regime aims at the complete suppression/a____________________ of the individual. 58) He's an absolute angel. =He's as good as g______________________. 59) He slipped right through my fingers. =He w__________________ out of my clutches. 60) The driving force behind/The p___________________ mover in this undertaking is their ardent love for their great leader. 61) The pendulum was moving in a steady r_______________/swinging steadily. 62) The accomplished scientist prefers to remain anonymous/to p____________ his anonymity. 63) She has a past/p______________________ history of high blood pressure. 64) They have the s_______/exclusive right to the house. =They p_______ the house exclusively. 65) If we do that, I can see problems ahead/I can f_______________________ problems. 66) I've nearly lost my voice/I'm h________________________ from shouting so much. 67) That will put you right/on your f__________________ again. 68) It is easy enough, after the event/with h__________________, to say that they didn't take the right measure. 69) His tragedies are the a________________________/pinnacle of classical art. 70) It would a___________/seem that it was suicide. =There is every i______________ that it was suicide. 71) It's only on the surface/o____________________________ that he's happy. 72) He only p_____________ in/made a brief/c_____________________ appearance in the film. 73) We are on first-name t________________________. =We call each other by our first names. 2 74) This first attempt has given me a taste for it/has w______________________ my appetite. 75) I'm congratulating myself/p____________________ myself on the back for not having gone! 76) I slapped/s___________________ the old lecher in/a_____________________ the face. 77) The franc has risen/a____________________________ sharply against the mark. 78) Be w_______________________ that/Let me make it quite clear that I won't be trifled with! 79) I'll teach him a thing or two. =I'll straighten/s_____________________ him out. 80) The offensive will be b_________________________ up from the air/given air support. 81) It's always we who get stuck/l________________________ with all the chores. 82) He's got a s___________ loose! =He's got bats in the b__________! =He’s c_________/nuts! 83) Pressing up/B___________________ himself against the wall, he tried to push the table. 84) The film is good value for money. =The film is worth every p_________________. ? You get your m____________________ worth all right. =It’s good value for money. 85) It's a rip-off. =It's d_______________/highway r_______________________. 86) The sight of it broke his heart. =It was a h___________________________ sight for him. 87) Film directors are f___________ over themselves/are fighting to get him to act in their films. 88) Nothing can c______________________________/stop the march of history. 89) He just never stops. =He's always on the g___________________. 90) These concerns were put on the back b_________________/relegated to the background. 91) He can't hold a candle to you. =He's not a p______________________ on you. 92) She does occasionally make a mistake. =It occasionally h________ that she makes a mistake. 93) It is the wettest city/the city with the highest r______________________ in China. 94) He's got the k_____________________ /knows what he's doing and he does it in style. 95) He r______________ his own business/was self-employed before coming to work for me. 96) He has brought about/is the a________________________ of his own ruin. 97) My holidays went by the b___________________. =My vacation went down the drain. 98) The bus splashed us/s_________________________ water over us as it went past. 99) His foolishness s____________________________ me. =I'm stunned by his foolishness. 100) He can't resist the temptations that have long b____________________/assailed him. 101) There are fundamental changes taking place in China. =China is w__________________ fundamental changes. 102) The economy has picked up/There has been an u________________ in the economy since the beginning of the year. 103) He's on the state health s_______________/plan. =He p______________ National Insurance. 104) He made sure of an income for himself. =He ensured/secured himself an income. 105) He hasn't got a grain/an o________________________ of common sense. 106) That new tower is an a_______________________/a real eyesore. 107) His name will always be l___________________________ /connected with this discovery. 108) It wasn't a personal a________________________. =It was nothing personal. 109) The unruly boy d_________________/lingered/t_________________ on his way home. 110) The illness has affected/i_________________________ his mental faculties. 111) He doesn't know yet what's in store for him/a__________________________ him! 112) We must act without further d_____________________________/straight away. 113) They had great h________________________/expected great things of the talks. 114) Her tearful pleadings made him r_________________________/yield. 3 115) An attempt has been made on the life of the president. =There has been an a_______________ attempt on the president. 116) I was touched by his attentions/t____________________________. 117) This case deserves our u_________________/full/r____________________ attention. 118) His stupidity appalls me. =I am a_______________________ at his stupidity. 119) This show will really d________/attract the crowds. =This show will be a real c_________. 120) I'm really going to get it from my parents. =My parents are going to give me a real t___________ off. 121) Primary responsibility for the crisis b_______________ to the political leaders. =The political leaders have primary responsibility for the crisis. 122) What do you put this accident d_____ to? =What do you attribute/a_______ this accident to? 123) We were greatly saddened by/g________________________ at the news. 124) He's not in the l___________________/in no w_____________/not in any way to blame. 125) This author has had a favorable r_________________ from students/is popular with students. 126) He a__________________________/supplements his income by working overtime. 127) He has e_______________/enlarged his collection with a new painting. =He has a_________________ a new painting to his collection. 128) That's a bad sign. =That a__________________ badly/i__________________. 129) His colleagues r___________________ him as incompetent. =He is incompetent in the opinion of his colleagues. 130) Some people in that region want home rule/a_____________/s___________________. 131) He has set himself up as an expert/p________________________ himself to be an expert. 132) Loopholes in this law make abuses possible/o__________________ the way to abuses. 133) I picked up a/gave a l_________________ to a hitch-hiker/h____________________. 134) His first films were of an altogether different quality/in a different l________________. 135) In the past/In b_________________________ days they used candles for lighting. 136) Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. =Do as you would be d__________ by. 137) It was a b________________________/hard pill for him to swallow. 138) He's a_________________________ for his age. =He's ahead of his age group. 139) What he is p________________________ forward/suggesting seems quite plausible. 140) The traffic was almost at a standstill/was c________________________ along. 141) He's not making much h______________________________/progress with his book. 142) I don't know enough about it to venture/h__________________ an opinion. =I can't c________________ myself without knowing more about it. 143) He puts his health b__________/above his career. =He v_______ his health above his career. 144) He likes to push himself forward. =He likes to be in the f__________________. 145) He has got/become too involved. =He has c_________________ too deeply. 146) It will be to his a_______________________/worth his while to go to the meeting. 147) He has a very high o______________________ of himself. =He thinks a lot of himself. 148) One forgets everything in time/in the c___________ of time/with the p___________ of time. 149) With the best will in the world/For all my g________________, I couldn't help him. 150) He drives badly and what's more/on t____________________ of that he drives too fast. 151) The house was luxurious, and the furniture was equally so/was in k_____________ with it. 152) The young man has a good future/good p________________________. 4 153) His future is b___________________________________ him. =He's got no future. 154) The u_______________ view/The general o_______________ is that he won't be elected. ? The u___________________ opinion is that/Everyone agrees that something must be done about the situation. 155) His indifference borders on/v____________________________ on contempt. 156) She was sulky/h________________________ with me all day. 157) He is a s_________________________ for discipline. =He has strict ideas about discipline. 158) What's he babbling/j_____________________________ about? 159) That stay in the country put new life into her/r_______________________ her. 160) You'll soon pick it up/get the h__________________ of it/find your f________________. 161) There is a s_____________________ in business. =Business is on a downturn. 162) He s_______ through his chemistry exam. =His chemistry exam was a piece of cake for him. 163) The buildings were scarred/d______________________ by huge cracks. 164) They've made a clean sweep in the company. =There have been across-the-board r_______________________ in the company. 165) The wind rocked the branches/set the branches s_____________________. 166) He's f_____________________________ out/He's really worked up about his exam. 167) This child has been shifted/s_______________________ around from school to school. 168) What could be more m_______________________/ordinary than a wedding? 169) What makes life h_______________________________/robs life of its excitement? 170) We made s____________________ talk. =We talked about this and that. 171) He's still in short p________________/He's still w_______________ behind the ears/He’s still a babe in arms and he thinks he knows it all. 172) Things changed dramatically/took a very different t_________________ when Peru was affected by the crisis. 173) He has a good g____________________ in English/a sound basic knowledge of English. 174) They beat the living d__________ out of the bully. =They t________/beat the bully soundly. 175) Our troops fought well/p______________________ up a good fight. 176) He is far from being up to standard. =He is n____________________ near up to standard. 177) It was quite something/quite an a________________________ to have done it at all. 178) His jaw dropped. =He was f________________________. 179) It would be j_____________________________ the gun. =It would be a bit premature. 180) Lying has become c______________________________/a need with him. 181) He's far from/a____________________ but stupid. =He's no f__________________. 182) They looked at us as if we had just landed from M____________/as if we had two heads. 183) He found a d______________________/managed to find a way to get himself exempted. 184) The interview was faked/was a p______________________ job. 185) She had a g________________/great deal of difficulty in finding it. =She had no e_________________ of trouble in finding it. 186) He's a good-looking man/a fine f________________________ of a man. 187) The two corrupt officials are on the closest possible terms/on i_______ terms with each other. 188) I bet my b______________________ dollar/I bet you anything that he won't come. 189) We broke e________________________. =We didn't lose or gain by it. 190) There was a break/a l________________________________ in the conversation. 5 191) He is looking/has got paler. =He has lost c______________________. 192) The little boy b________________/b_______________________/went white with fear. 193) 30 people were slightly injured/suffered m__________ injuries in the bomb attack. 194) The noise offended the ear/g_____________________ on the ear. 195) The boss was l______________________/purple with rage when he was late again. 196) They were united/u_______________________ in their condemnation of the US attitude. 197) He drinks a____________________ the housekeeping money. =He spends all the housekeeping money on drink. 198) This wine goes down nicely. =This wine is very d__________________________. 199) He drained his cup to the d__________________________/last drop. 200) His face was impassive. =He was p______________________. 201) He can't stand having his leg p_________________. =He can't stand being made a joke of. 202) He was thrust into/p______________________________ into the position of manager. 203) He won the game by an unhoped-for s____________________ of luck/good fortune. 204) There is no real selection process; it's just p_________________ luck/the luck of the draw. 205) He felt b_________________________/unbounded admiration for her. 206) My tongue feels thick/c___________________. 207) His name is a h___________________________________ word/is on everyone's lips. 208) My nose is blocked up/s_______________________ up. 209) They have locked up the criminal/put the criminal under lock and k________________. 210) Prices have stayed p______________________/the same. 211) She's the breadwinner. =She's the one who brings home the b_________________. 212) His mind is t_______________ with ideas. =He's b_________________/bursting with ideas. 213) They were deeply d___________/upset by the news. =They were s__________ by the news. 214) The paper has got stuck/j________________________ in the machine. 215) It was a real rush/s__________________________ this weekend. 216) There are only a few bits and pieces/a few o_______________ and e_______________ left. 217) He's good with his hands. =He's very h____________________. 218) I'm a t___________________/a s_____________________/a bit worried. 219) He's a v____________________________________________/an old hand in politics. 220) Our efforts were frustrated/t_________________________ by this difficulty. 221) He really knows how to suck up to people/b______________________ people up. 222) The incident set him at o_________________ with/put him on bad terms with his family. 223) Everything became confused/m_____________________________ in his mind. 224) It's the b_________________________ question/issue of the hour. 225) I'll go and light a candle for you. =I'll c_______________________ my fingers for you. 226) The lights have been l______________________ on/have been burning away all day. 227) The moth burnt/s_________________________ its wings in the flame. 228) They greeted the news with w_____________________________/with loud cries of joy. 229) Closing all the forest tracks would defeat the object/would be c_____________________. 230) The place was swimming in blood. =The place was a_____________________ with blood. 231) He is overjoyed. =His joy knows no b_______________________. 232) You must think I'm a g_____________________________ fool/a complete innocent. 233) He wasn't born yesterday. =He is not as g____________________________ as he looks. 6 234) I saw the beginning of a smile on his face. =I saw a smile c________________ over his face. 235) He has a happy d___________________________________/a sunny temperament. 236) Playing the piano comes naturally to her. =She has a natural t___________ for the piano. 237) To succeed here you need to know how to get around/you need to know the r____________. 238) He's a man who's been around a lot/who's k____________________ about quite a bit. 239) The file found its way from office to office. =The file went the r___________ of the offices. 240) She's always neatly dressed/t_____________ out. =She's always very neat and t__________. 241) Things are decidedly/d______________________________ better. 242) It's as plain as the nose on your face. =It s______________________ out a mile. 243) He's always got his nose in a book. =He's a real b_____________________. 244) He p_________________ his head round the door/just showed his face and then disappeared. 245) I'm telling you for the nth/u______________________________ time. 246) This pupil keeps up a good level of a________________________/a good standard. 247) They are not of the same standard. =They are not on a p____________/on the same l______. 248) The director is considering bringing salaries into l__________________ with standard/upgrading salaries to standard rates. 249) The street was teeming/s________________________ with people. 250) He is only n______________________ a specialist. =He is a specialist in name only. 251) They o__________________________ us. =There were more of them than of us. ? We o_________________ them =We are s_________________ in numbers. 252) Provided you don't overdo it/o___________________ the limits, you will not be held responsible for the accident. 253) There has been a f_____________/new/f_________________ development in this business. 254) Here is the l____________________ news of the accident. =Here is an up-to-the-minute report on the accident. 255) I'll give him a piece of my m____________________! =I'll give him what for! 256) His eyes were brimming/s______________________ with tears. 257) This expense won't be noticed when it's l__________________/put together with the rest. 258) His ugliness is very much against him/is a great d_____________________ to him. 259) That goes back to the dawn of time. =That's as old as the h____________________. 260) This piece of work is worth nothing/doesn't deserve any m_________________. 261) He knows how to c__________ obedience from his pupils/how to make his pupils obey him. 262) You have to t_____________________________ the line/obey orders here. 263) Spelling is g________________________ by/follows complex rules. 264) She always has some objection or other to make. =She always r___________________ some objection or other. 265) The investigation has achieved its purpose/o________________/o__________________. 266) Learning the language of a country is a p___________________ to understanding/is essential if you want to understand its civilization. 267) He was o___________________________/kind enough to drive me back. 268) This critic likes to o______________________________/cloud the simplest issues. 269) He cast no light/didn't e____________________________ us on that aspect of the problem. 270) He was r_____________ /c__________ by remorse. ? He was stricken with/r___________ by remorse. 7 271) He's o___________________________ with sex. =He's got a one-track mind. 272) He doesn't say much but he o_________________/watches keenly what goes on around him 273) His age is no i__________________________/obstacle in this job. 274) This accident is going to i___________________ me in/cause me a great deal of expense. 275) We need a national debate on the key issues, which have long been lost s______ of/neglected. 276) He takes a bit of an interest/d__________________ a bit in politics. 277) The secretary is in the boss's bad b________________/is out of favor with the boss/is in bad o________________ with the boss. 278) His eyes were nearly popping out of his head. =His eyes were out on s_______________. 279) They played under the w____________ eye of their mother/with their mother looking on. 280) It will be a long-term task/u___________________. 281) The fire had wrought its h_____________________________/had done its work. 282) He had done everything possible/had taken all possible s__________________ to help them. 283) He let the blows rain down on him. =He s__________________________ to the blows. 284) The teacher took u__________________________/offence at the student's careless work. 285) His arrival was t____________. =He arrived o____________________/just at the right time. 286) He took on/p__________ himself against someone/an opponent who was stronger than him. 287) It is against his religion. =His religion does not a__________________________ it. 288) He's a born optimist. =He always looks on the b____________________ side. 289) My way of looking at things is quite different from his. =I have a completely different p_______________________ from his. 290) It's a r________________________________ investment. =It's as safe as houses. 291) That's really unusual/out of the o___________________________! 292) The ideas began to organize themselves/s___________________ themselves out in his head. 293) The old mechanic often works in an orderly/a m_____________/a s________________ way. 294) You can't give me orders. =I don't t_____________________ orders from you! =I'm not at your b________________ and c_________________! 295) It's fit for the d__________________/rubbish bin. =It belongs in the g______________ can. 296) His cap cocked over one ear/t__________________________ to one side. 297) Speech is the medium/v___________________________ of thought. 298) I'll just fit in with you. =I'll f_____________/a_________________ my plans round yours. 299) The sculptures which a____________/decorated/e______________ the facade were superb. 300) He is a b_____________________________ of bones. =He's all skin and bones. 301) That took a great weight off his chest/l___________________ a great weight from his chest. 302) His constant l_____________ of memory worry me. =His constant forgetfulness worries me. 303) She's a bit of a bear/a g___________________________ individual. 304) To do this job, we'll have to equip ourselves/k__________________ ourselves out properly. 305) He's like a whirlwind. =He's a human t_______________________. 306) This affair has been hyped up by the media/has been the s__________ of intense media hype. 307) He was u_________________________/overly surprised at my decision. 308) Tomorrow sees the o________________________ of/is the first day of the shooting season. 309) He opened the door abruptly. =He t_____________/f____________________ the door open. 310) That trip through Asia opened my eyes/was an e______________________ to me. 311) This weekend did me a power of good/really l_______________________ my spirits. 8 312) He has made his p______ with his brother. =He and his brother have m______ up/made it up. 313) He has a number of victories to his credit/under his b____________________. 314) They are always fighting among themselves. =They are always at each other's t___________. 315) It caused panic among/sent a w_____________________ of panic through the population. 316) Work is at a standstill/has come to a h_________________________ on this project. 317) They traveled the l___________________ and b__________________ of the region/They covered the whole region in a month. 318) It doesn't make the s________________________ difference. =It comes to the same thing. =It makes no o___________. 319) These two languages are not in any way related/have no common r________________. 320) It could/L______ it be said incidentally/in p_______ that she would have done better to stay. 321) You have a perfect right to keep it. =You're perfectly e______________________ to keep it. 322) She quickly put/d_________________ some perfume/s__________________ on. 323) There's no knowing/It's anyone's g________________________ whether he will come. 324) He's being talked about/sp________________ of as a p________________/future minister. =He's t_______________________ as a likely minister. 325) He kept his word. =He was as g_________________ as his word. 326) The crisis had reached a head/c__________________________________. 327) The refugees were c______________________________ up/penned in like animals. 328) The sky was sprinkled/s______________/s_____________________ with stars on that night. 329) Everyone pays his share. =Everyone c________________________ in. 330) Chance had noting to do with/played no p__________________________ in their meeting. 331) You just have to come to t_________________________ with/put up with the situation. 332) The able politician has managed to turn a situation to best a____________________/get the most he can out of a situation. 333) He can turn anything to his a__________________. =He can make c_______________ out of anything. =He can put everything to good use. 334) Pupils are asked to p_______________________ more/take a more active part in class. 335) These models all have the distinctive f_____________________ of being tall enough. =These models are all distinguished by being tall enough. 336) It will be for another time. =We'll take a r__________________________. 337) The country is in a bad w__________________/in a mess/in a sorry s_________________. 338) Our analysis is based on this observation/takes this observation as its s_____________ point. 339) He's an a____________ of/a b______ in firm measures. =He supports/a_______________ firm measures. 340) I'm willing to p_______________________________ over/overlook this mistake. 341) He almost/very n_____________ got run over. =He n____________ missed getting run over. 342) You could take him for a German. =He could p________________ for/as a German. 343) He won't last the week. =He won't s_________________________________ the week out. 344) I won't stand for that! =I won't let it r_________________________ at that! 345) You've got to allow yourself a few/i________________________ in a few extravagances. 346) It takes the patience of a saint/of J___________________________ to put up with him. 347) I'm at the e__________________________ of my patience. =My patience is exhausted. 348) Read this paper to f___________________ in/pass/o_______________________ the time. 9 349) He is an a___________________ reader of detective stories. =Detective stories form his usual reading matter. 350) There is still a lot of p__________________/There are still many poor people in this country. 351) It's nothing to w______________ home about/to get excited about/to s____________ about! 352) His success makes all his efforts worthwhile/r___________________ him for all his efforts. 353) In order for our association to work, everyone must pull their w________________/make a real effort/do their b___________________. 354) He's been r______________________________________ a bit/seen the world. 355) The new secretary lords it over everyone/acts all h________ and m________ in the company. 356) He's as queer as a c____________________________/a three-dollar bill. 357) It's not worth wasting one's b_____________________ over. =It's not worth talking about. 358) It p______________________________/depicts the social customs of the period. 359) Stop p____________________________________ me! =Keep your hands to yourself! 360) This regulation puts our industry at a serious disadvantage/severely p_________ our industry. 361) This measure makes provision for imposing financial penalties/s___________________ against certain products that cause pollution. 362) I’ve got a candlestick and I’m looking for one to match it/and I’m trying to make up a p____. 363) He’s always clinging to his mother’s skirts. =He’s still tied to his mother’s a________ strings. 364) The pig-headed official is full of self-importance/i______________________ with a sense of his own importance. 365) They i____________ the idea in the young people/got the idea into the young people’s heads. 366) He was filled with r_________________________. =He was conscience-stricken. 367) He imagined his travel in his mind. =He c_______________ up a mental picture of his travel. 368) This tune reminds you of Debussy/is r________________________ of Debussy. 369) We must just make the best of a b________________ job/the best of what we’ve got. 370) That p______________________________ me up/gave me a boost! 371) What he did was badly received/was p________________________ as something negative. 372) I can’t make him out. =I find it hard to get a s________________________ of him. 373) He catches on quickly. =He’s quick on the u___________________. 374) He must have gone out of his mind/taken l___________________ of his senses when he boxed his wife’s ears in the presence of the guests. 375) He didn’t miss a single word/s________________________ of the conversation. 376) Ambition was his d_______________/the ruin of him. =Ambition proved his u___________. 377) There are so many figures; I’m all confused/all at s______________________. 378) His shout was lost in the din/was d_____________________________ out by the din. 379) Their figures vanished into the night/were s______________________ up by the darkness. 380) I’m d__________________________ for! =It’s all up with me! 381) It he succeeds, it’ll be an outstanding f_______________________/achievement. 382) This country is still heavily subsidized/still d_______________________ on subsidies. 383) She has been through a difficult period/p________________. 384) The cook is an absolute g_____________________________________/a perfect treasure. 385) He’s the best of husbands. =You couldn’t h______________________ for a better husband. 386) Beads of sweat stood out/f____________________________ on his forehead. 387) There is someone on duty on Sundays. =The office is m___________________ on Sundays. 10 388) The teacher has given him permission to s______________ off school/not go to school today. 389) This qualification will allow/e_____________/p____________________ him to find a job. 390) He p____________________ in/keeps on contributing to the cause of international peace. 391) He’s become a very important person/a big n____________________. 392) There will be a number of key figures/p_________________________ at the meeting. 393) The factory has 60 people on the p_________________. =The factory has a workforce of 60. 394) The hoodlum is the e_______________ of evil/is evil itself/is evil p___________________. 395) They examined the same question from different a______________________/viewpoints. 396) He’s very p_____________________________. =He knows how to convince people. 397) The divorce was a very disturbing/u__________________________ experience for the child. 398) This minister doesn’t carry much w_____________________/doesn’t count for much. 399) There's no future/There are no p______________ in this job. =This is a d____________ job. 400) Remorse lies heavy on his conscience. =He is w__________________ down with remorse. 401) All the responsibility is on him/on his s_____________________. =He has to s_______________ all the responsibility. ? The responsibility will f______/l_____ on him. 402) The solitude is getting him down/w___________________________ heavy on him. 403) The bomb went off/b____________________________ up in his face. 404) His eyes were sparkling/t____________________________________ mischievously. 405) She is satisfied with w_______________________ little money/the little money she has. 406) He gave me a horrible f___________________________! =He didn’t half scare me. 407) He’s afraid/s___________________/f_____________________________ of everything. 408) He accepted for f_______________________ of annoying them/lest he should annoy them. 409) It’s the main event/the h_______________________________ of the competition. 410) It is a s____________________________/highly influential film. 411) She takes a good photo. =She’s p__________________________________________. 412) He had got the place firmly fixed in his mind/in his m________________________ eye. 413) You couldn’t have come at a b____________ time. =You’ve come just at the right moment. 414) I wished the ground would open up and s____________________ me. =I could have died. 415) The corrupt official trampled our principles underfoot/rode r__________ over our principles. 416) It stopped him dead/in his t_________________. =It brought him up s________________. 417) She is so full of herself. =She’s horribly s________________________. 418) It adds a bit of s_____________________________ to life. =It makes life more exciting. 419) He didn’t breathe a word. =He kept m____________________. 420) The dog has made a p___________________________ on/has done a wee on the carpet. 421) The smoke is stinging my eyes/making my eyes s______________________. 422) He was having forty w___________/a nap/a s_________. =He was getting a bit of s_______. 423) Blood was g____________________________ /pouring from his nose. 424) He got somebody to pull some strings/w_______________________________ for him. 425) The stone-hearted businessman is pitiless/m____________________/r_________________. 426) He never stops c__________________________ around/acting the fool. 427) He wouldn’t change places with anyone for all the tea in China/for the w_______________. 428) The writer carved out a place/n__________________________ for himself in society. 429) The champion has won back the number one world r_____________________/title. 430) There’s a lot of competition for jobs in the media. =Jobs in media are hard to c_________ by. 11 431) One of these days someone must put the hoodlum in his place/take the hoodlum down a p_____________ or two. 432) In my place/p___________________ would you have agreed? =Would you have accepted if you were in my s_____________________? 433) He can’t keep/s____________________ still. =He’s always f_________________________. 434) He is in a good position/well p____________________________ to win the election. 435) We decided to take our competitor to court/take p________________ against our competitor. 436) By making that remark, you are simply t____________________/turning the knife in the wound/r_______________________ salt in the wound. 437) She doesn’t deserve any s_______________________________/doesn’t deserve to be pitied. 438) I pity you/s__________________________ with you for having to live with that sadist 439) What are you complaining/g_____________________/m_____________________ about? 440) I’m in no mood for jokes/j_________________. =I’m not in a j______________ mood. 441) Failing the final examination is no j_________________________/laughing matter. 442) His friends are always making fun of him/p______________________ fun at him. 443) He could solve this problem with his eyes shut/standing on his h________________. 444) This has gone far enough! =This has gone beyond a j___________________! 445) This problem is uppermost in our minds/is one of our foremost p__________________. 446) Of all these questions, inflation is the k______________/p_______________ issue. = Of all these questions, we consider inflation to be the most important. 447) Their divorce is at the f___________________________ of the news/very much in the news. 448) Morally speaking/On the moral p_____________________, what he did was not acceptable. 449) He left us h______________ about/standing on the pavement while he went to get a paper. 450) He planted/p_______________________________ himself in front of me. 451) I f_____________________/failed history. =I really b_____________________ it in history. 452) I got it completely wrong. =I was way off the m_____________________. 453) This passage looks like it has just been stuck onto/t_____________ onto the rest of the text. 454) The road was so slippery that he fell f______________________ on his face/fell full-length. 455) They are just miming to a prerecorded tape/l________________________. 456) The vixen showered insults on her husband. =The vixen s____________________ her husband to a torrent of insults/a_____________________. 457) The branches bent/s______________________________ under the weight of the peaches. 458) The plane dived down/s____________________________ down towards its target. 459) The dictator made the country b______________________ down/submit to his authority. 460) A__________ with his diploma/With his diploma under his belt, he started looking for a job. 461) It’s a whole lot of hassle. =It’s a real p________________________. 462) It l_____________/weighs heavy on his conscience. =It’s a w__________ on his conscience. 463) That l_______________________________/gives weight to his hypothesis. 464) He’s a financial h__________________________. =He’s a big name in finance. 465) If he had an i________/an ounce of good sense, he would never choose such a fickle woman. 466) His invention was a success, so m__________________ so that/to such an extent/d_________________ that be became famous. 467) The meat was d________________/cooked to perfection/done to a t__________________. 468) He answered the charges point by point/taking each point in t___________________. 12 469) She is about to leave/is on the v______________________________ of leaving her husband. 470) The ship was now nothing but a d_____________/s_________________/spot on the horizon. 471) The poor student failed the exam by one mark/p______________________. 472) It’s one of the burning/most t__________________________ issues of the moment. 473) So we’re back to s_________________________ one/back where we started. 474) The government needs to find the right balance/the happy m_____________________. 475) We should like to know your point of view/s_________/where you s________ in this matter. 476) He has the merest h________________________ of an accent/a very slight accent. 477) You must meet the increasingly s_______________________/rigorous standards of hygiene. 478) He’s a p___________________________. =He’s short on grey matter. 479) The she-fox called her husband all the names under the s______________/b_____________ her husband out/called her husband all the names imaginable. 480) She is too b____________________________ up/wrapped up in her career. 481) The town has become a magnet for investors. =The town is d______ investors like a magnet. 482) I’m worn out/k_______________/p_________________________ after all that work. 483) Its’ the last s_________________. =That b_____________ everything! =That’s the limit! 484) He has d__________________ into/drawn on his capital so often that he has used it all up. 485) Buying an expensive car makes a large hole in/makes serious i__________ into my savings. 486) Television played an important role in making opera a____________________ to/in bringing opera to the general public. 487) The travelers finally arrived home i____________________/safe and sound. 488) This allowed him to leave with d_____________________________/without losing face. 489) I would like to have a quick w_________________ with the secretary. =I would like to speak to the secretary very briefly/in p___________________. 490) He is a__________/i_________ to swim against the tide. =He tends to swim against the tide. 491) This hotel is not within everyone’s m__________. =This hotel does not suit everyone’s purse. 492) This concept is beyond the reach/s__________/c__________________ of the average mind. 493) Their newspaper is the m_________________________/organ of the party. 494) This beam c______________/takes/b___________________ the whole weight of the ceiling. 495) I don’t want to carry the can/take the r________________ for the failure of the project. 496) He has a very kind-looking face. =His face is a p_______________________ of kindness. 497) He turned his attention to/f_________________________ his attention on this detail. 498) Having a brother who is a prime minister really makes people l__________________ up to you/gives you real status! 499) He turned his eyes to the clock. =His glance f________________ on the clock. 500) The government must make its position/s____________________ on this question clear. 501) You’d better try to concentrate on the positive aspects/the p_________ side of your decision. 502) They are trying to get the workers to have a more positive attitude towards/to be more favorably d________________________ towards management. 503) He is beside himself with/is c_____________ with/is o___________________ with jealousy. 504) How many people can you accommodate/p______________________ up? 505) He had all kinds of problems getting a visa. =He had every p____________/c_____________ difficulty getting a visa. 506) You just can’t shake him off. =He sticks like a l___________________. 13 507) She wears far too much make-up. =She p______________________ herself with make-up. 508) This piece of work is barely p________________________ /acceptable. 509) This is going to stir things up. =There’ll be quite a r________________ over this. 510) He refused to budge. =He wouldn’t budge an i_____________________. 511) The situation has changed in the slightest/hasn’t changed the least little b____________. 512) The old man is an early r___________. =The old man gets up with the l____________/birds. 513) He is p___________________/l_______________ responsible for the success of the play. =He had something/a lot to do with the play’s success. 514) As he s___________ it/In his opinion/In his v________________, the plan isn’t feasible. 515) He can’t get the idea out of his mind. =He’s h__________________ by the idea. 516) It’s got to be done n_______________/al the s______________________/even so. 517) With the inheritance he’s received, he’s very well-off/very well p_________________ for. 518) The pupils are w_________________/d________________/pushed too hard in this school. 519) He always looks on the black __________of things. =He always takes a black view of things. 520) New towns are s__________ up/s________ like mushrooms. =New towns are mushrooming. 521) They couldn’t be on w___________________ terms with their neighbors. =They are on the worst possible terms with their neighbors. 522) They can’t take any more humiliation. =They’ve had e______________ of being humiliated. 523) He has remarkable/e______________________ powers of persuasion. 524) It’s beyond/It doesn’t l_____________________________ within his power to help you. 525) In the ordinary run of things/In the normal c______________________ of things, your daughter should have got married by now. 526) Putting it into practice won’t be easy. =It won’t be easy to c_____________ it out in practice. 527) He is out of practice. =He has lost the k____________________. 528) Empty v_____________________ make the most noise. =The least intelligent people are often the most talkative or noisy. 529) The shrewd politician is w___________________ in/familiar with the ways of society. 530) You cannot leave without first obtaining the director’s permission/without the p____________________ agreement of the director. 531) Such a high unemployment rate is a threat to/u_______________________ social stability. 532) He went through his teaching notes with the utmost care/the greatest p______________. 533) The professor p____________________ his speech by/p__________________ his speech with an introduction. =The professor gave a short introduction to his speech. 534) Life is harsh nowadays. You’d better look after your own interests. =You’d better look after/take c______________ of n___________________ one. 535) He finished the book in great h__________. =He completed the book in a great r_____/hurry. 536) We mustn’t be too hasty. =We mustn’t r________________________ things. 537) The beautiful girl rushed into/t______________ herself into/f______________ into his arms. 538) The fireman r____________________/d___________________/rushed onto the balcony. 539) Be more p_________________ in your choice of words. =Choose our words more carefully. 540) As a matter of fact it was he/It so h_____________ that it was he who advised me to do it. 541) The girl has a weak constitution. She is p_______________________/prone to colds. 542) It is p________________________/better that I should leave/for me to leave right now. 543) His electricity bills are d____________________/automatically deducted from his account. 14 544) The criminal committed p_________________/willful murder and was sentenced to death. 545) It’s the p___________________________/essential quality for a head of state. 546) You can only believe half of what he says. =You must take what he tells you with a p________________/g__________________ of salt. 547) The shameless politician has t______________/used/p____________________ my idea. 548) I can daydream for hours when I feel like it/when the m____________________ takes me. 549) A threatening note c________________ into his voice. =His voice took on a threatening tone. 550) I shall pass over/l_____________________ out/s______________________ the details. 551) They charge a c_____________________ on the sale. =They take a percentage on the sale. 552) He had to d________________________ into/go into his savings to pay for the damage. 553) We really got it in the n__________________________! =We really got what for! 554) He took what I said in good p__________________/quite well/g____________________. 555) He took e________________________/didn’t take kindly to what I said to him. 556) She knows how to h______________/a______________/get round her brute of a husband. 557) There are several ways of going about/t_______________________ the problem. 558) His ill health was a further worry to/cause for c______________________ to his parents. 559) Something is w___________/b__________ him. =He’s got/There’s something on his mind. 560) All he ever thinks about is himself. =He’s totally w___________________ up in himself. 561) He made the p__________ for/organized/s______ up the meeting between the two ministers. 562) I wonder what she’s got in store for us/she’s c_______________________ up for us. 563) He has a surprise in store for us. =He’s got a surprise up his s____________________. 564) You’re making trouble/s____________________________ up trouble for yourself. 565) It was quite a_________________________. =It happened quite by chance. 566) She was on the p______________ of refusing. =She was about to refuse. =She came c_______________ to refusing. 567) The patient is fatally ill. He has looked/s______________ death in the face. 568) We must have/t________________ a closer look at this business. =We must look more c_______________________ into this business. 569) We came within an i____________ of disaster. =We had a close s________/a narrow escape. 570) Nothing good will come of it. =That’s an o______________________ sign. 571) The meeting was held on the p________________/appointed/s__________ date. =The meeting was held on the date s________________. 572) My t_____________________________ are with you/I’m thinking of you all the time. 573) His pessimism runs right through/is e______________________ throughout his latest novel. 574) I can’t bring the figures to mind. =I can’t remember the figures o_________________. 575) This memory will be e_________________ in my mind/will always be fresh in my mind. 576) Your check is payable on p_____________/at c___________/at sight/over the c_________. 577) This patient p__________________________ /shows symptoms of tuberculosis. 578) He reads everything he can get/l_______ his hands on. =He reads anything that’s g________. 579) It’s almost/virtually/p_______________/w___________________ impossible. 580) He makes no p________________ of knowing everything. =He doesn’t pretend/c_______________ to know everything. 581) He didn’t want any p______________ in/refused to have anything to do with their scheme. 582) We consider these problems of great importance. =We a_________________ a great deal of 15 importance to these problems. 583) People were s_____________________________ up/crushed up against one another. 584) He s________________________________ up/quickened the pace. 585) People were pushing to get in. =There was a c__________________ to get in. 586) We must hurry up/get c_____________________/get a m_________________ on. 587) I only buy r__________________ /o___________________ /off-the-rack clothes. 588) His opinion prevailed over/o____________________________ that of his colleagues. 589) He s_______________/has no consideration for others. =He’s very t________________. 590) An improvement can be expected/is f___________________ within the next few months. 591) We must allow for/make p________________________ for possible errors. 592) We hadn’t r_________________ on his refusing. =We hadn’t a_______________/foreseen that he would refuse. 593) He turned a deaf ear to my pleas/e___________________. 594) He didn’t need persuading. =He was only too w___________________________ to do it. 595) In her case, intelligence is more in evidence/to the f_________________ than generosity. 596) She played a major r___________________ in the business. =She was one of the l_________________/main figures in the business. 597) The disabled have p______________________ for these seats. =These seats are reserved first and foremost for the disabled. 598) No one has any h_________________________/influence over him. 599) His attitude gives rise to/l_________________________________ him open to suspicion. 600) I found him battling with/trying to get to g_________________________ with his computer. 601) This loss has d___________________ me of my only joy/has taken my only joy from me. 602) He made no b________________________ about/had no hesitation in criticizing the boss. 603) This country has the dubious privilege/d____________ of being the most polluted country. 604) They have special/p___________________________ access to the market. 605) I’ll let you have it cheap/at a r______________ price. =I’ll k____________ a bit off for you. 606) That’s affordable/within my price r____________________. 607) The prices in this shop are exorbitant/o___________________________. 608) A price was put on the criminal suspect’s head. =A reward was offered for the criminal suspect’s c______________________. 609) He’s u__________________ to come. =There’s l________________ chance of his coming. =The chances are that he won’t come. 610) In all l____________, he’s right. =It’s highly/very l__________/probable that he won’t come. 611) His joining the club is p________________________/is not straightforward. 612) This philosophy o_______________________ in/is a development from that of Plato. 613) What procedure must one f_______________ to obtain a driving license? =What’s the usual procedure for obtaining a driving license? 614) Our positions are very similar. =We take a very similar l___________________. 615) He p______________________________/declared himself to be the savior of the country. 616) Thanks to his p__________________/extraordinary patience, he talked the woman into going out with him. 617) The inquisitive woman is full of advice/f______________________ with her advice. 618) The sycophant l______________________________ compliments/poured out on the boss. 16 619) The criminal suspect defended himself/p________________________ his own case. 620) Some soils are more productive/give a better y_______________________ than others. 621) You can easily tell the change that has c________________ over him/taken place in him. 622) I’m a l_____________________ in the field. =I don’t know very much about the subject. 623) His previous experience/His career to d__________/His career p_______________ seems right for the job. 624) The cathedral towers stand out/stand o_________/are s__________________ against the sky. 625) His holiday did him a lot of good. =He greatly b____________________ from his holiday. 626) The bird is beating/f__________________________ its wings. 627) He made the m________________ of/took advantage of the bad weather to tidy the attic. =He turned the bad weather to good a__________________ by tidying up the attic. 628) We didn’t expect such a f______________ of applicants/such a large number of applications. 629) There is fruit g________/in p_______ on the market. =There is plenty of fruit on the market. 630) It’s a great a___________________________. =It’s a great step forward. 631) He’s easy p______________________________/game for swindlers. 632) According to official forecasts/p_______________, the public deficit is going to rise. 633) This film may be p___________________________ onto/shown on a small screen. 634) We can’t stay any longer. =We can’t p________________________________ our stay. 635) This building is an extension/a c________________________________ of the main wing. 636) He couldn’t promise anything. =He didn’t dare to c_______________ himself. 637) We are p___________________________/We’re in for some fine weather. 638) The young man is d__________________________ for great things. =The young man has a bright future ahead of him. 639) This area is e___________________________/scheduled for demolition. 640) The international situation has grown less t________________________/has relaxed. 641) The vagrant workers live in very close q_____________________/live on top of one another. 642) He was promoted/u______________________________ to the rank of manager. 643) The doctor still hasn’t given a v_________________________________/a firm opinion. 644) I certainly won’t be doing any advertising for/p______________________ this product. 645) This atmosphere is favorable/c________________________ to negotiation. 646) If turnover increases, salaries will be raised proportionately/c__________________. 647) The amount of money the company invests will be r__________/proportional to its turnover. 648) It’s just empty/i_____________________ talk. =It’s just hot a_________________. 649) I am writing regarding/c____________________ the advertisement. =I am writing in c______________________ with the advertisement. 650) That young man hasn’t got much to r_______________________ him/isn’t up to much. 651) It’s a trait which is p__________ to him. =It’s a d____________/specific characteristic of his. 652) The parliament has adjourned/p________________________ until October. 653) I s____________________________/searched the area to find a house. 654) He gave the orphan his protection/p______________. =He took the orphan under his w____. 655) Will they work miracles/perform amazing f_____________________ this time? 656) Its effectiveness is no longer in doubt/in q__________________. 657) That bottle of water was our s_______________________________/was a lifesaver. 658) He did it just to be p____________________________/to get a reaction. 17 659) It would be s___________________/w_______________/a_______________/a good idea to take an umbrella. =You would be w__________________ to take an umbrella. 660) She is the apple of his eye. =She is very p_____________________ to him. 661) You have to be perceptive about people. =You have to have good i____________ into people. 662) It’s p_____________________________. =It’s all in the mind. 663) His book was launched amid a blaze of p_____________________/amid much media hype. 664) The minister went on the r_____________________ to express his disagreement. =The minister publicly expressed his disagreement. 665) He could have had the decency/p_________________________ not to talk about it. 666) His feet s_______________________________. =He has smelly feet. 667) He has got his just d____________________________. =He’s paying for his sins. 668) He’s paying the p____________________ for/being made to suffer for his pride. 669) He’s a d__________________________________ communist. =He is a communist through and through/to the c____________________. 670) What he told us was the p_____________/simple/u_____________ truth. ? Do you swear to tell the n__________________/u____________________ truth? 671) The vixen often swears like a t____________________. =The vixen is foul-mouthed. 672) The players s____________/shouted their head off in protest. =The players y_____________ blue murder. 673) It’s like trying to s_______________________ the circle. =It’s attempting the impossible. 674) The area is under close/t_______________________ police control. 675) Such behavior is beyond description/d______________________________ description. 676) As to that/As r___________ that/As far as that g______________, I know nothing about it. 677) No further mention of this fact is made subsequently. =There is no further r________________ to this fact thereafter. 678) It’s important to do some s__________________ /to take a good look at oneself/to take s_____________________ of oneself from time to time. 679) He hasn’t been outside/hasn’t set f___________________ outside the house for three days. 680) If I take my eyes off him for a second/If I let him out of my s___________________ for a second, he will surely run into trouble. 681) He keeps r____________/h____________/w__________/going on about the same old thing. 682) He is the type who never stops repeating himself/h_____________________ on. 683) She never gives herself enough c___________________. =She’s always b______________ herself/running herself down. 684) He is an awful k______________/s__________/wet b_________. =He always spoils the fun. 685) He wouldn’t take/k_______________ a halfpenny/c______________ off the price. =He wouldn’t come down by c______________________ on the price. 686) The runner cut/s___________________________________ across to the inside lane. 687) He’s always trying to make a bit on the side. =He’s always on the f__________________. 688) I cut/s___________________________ the chapter by three pages. 689) Skirts are shorter this year. =H____________________________ have gone up this year. 690) She put the phone down on the swindler. =She h____________________ up on the swindler. 691) He stopped/w___________________/b__________________________ me in the street. 692) He bought his partner out. =He bought up all his partner’s s___________________. 18 693) He tried and made up for it/tried to make a______________ by apologizing to the victim. 694) He’s r_____________________________. =He belongs nowhere. 695) He got t_____________________________________ /hammered in the elections. 696) The witness described/r____________________ what had happened. 697) There have been calls for him to be e____________________ from the club/for his club membership to be cancelled. 698) Try this remedy; it works like a c______________________/it really does the trick. 699) His resignation will cause a row/a s_________________________. 700) The customers had swept up/s_______________________________ everything. 701) She ran away/off with all the prizes. =She made a clean s_________________ of the prizes. 702) The i___________________/maddening thing about him is that he is always late for class. 703) His words made me f___________________/f______________________/mad! 704) That’s a bit hard to swallow/a bit f________________________. 705) He left the stage to the b______________/catcalls of the audience. ? He left the stage to h_____________ and b___________ from the audience. =He was b_________ off the stage. 706) He has lost his r____________. =He has taken l___________________ of his senses. =He is not in his right mind. 707) On what g__________________ did you fire him? =What were your reasons for firing him? 708) What he said b________________ me to my senses/t_________________ sense into me. =What he said made me see sense/r_____________________. 709) We are paid according to/in p________________________ to the work produced. 710) This child is her whole life/her entire r______________________ for living. 711) She should know better/She should have more s____________________ at her age. 712) I’m having trouble following his argument/his l_____________________ of thought. 713) Love cannot be reasoned/k__________________________ no reason. 714) Being in love t______________________ 10 years off her/makes her look 10 years younger. 715) He doesn’t do a damned thing. =He doesn’t do a s__________________ of work. 716) You’re certainly one to bear a g______________________! =You don’t know how to forgive and forget, do you? 717) Several people are in the r___________________/have got themselves l______________ up to buy it. =Several people have indicated an interest in buying it. 718) He is one of the highest r____________ of/He ranks among the best of contemporary artists. 719) The ship m_____________/b______________________/came alongside the quay. 720) He s________________/stood a______________ to let her go by. =He made way for her. 721) The castle d___________________ all the surrounding houses. =The castle made all the surrounding houses look/s_________________ small. 722) You’re a bit slow/You’re not on the b_________________________ this morning. 723) The situation is fast d____________________. =The situation is getting worse every minute. 724) Please remember me to him. =Please give him my kind r____________________. 725) This job is in k________________/in harmony/in l__________________ with his tastes. 726) Every man for h_________________. =You must think of your own interests before the interests of others. 727) We have never had any d_________________/anything to do with that company. 728) This investment gives a good profit/has a good y___________/gives a good r____________. 19 ? It’s extremely p____________. =It brings in a lot of money. =It gives a high r_________. ? This is a h________________ /h__________________ investment. 729) From the point of view of honesty/As far as honesty is c________________, there’s nothing to worry about. 730) Everything has to be related/r_______________________ to the same scale of values. 731) This paragraph bears no r______________ at all to the subject. =This paragraph is totally i____________________ to/unconnected with the subject. 732) That t____________ up with/connects with/r____________ to what I was saying just now. 733) I hadn’t made/e_____________ the c__________________/link between the two incidents. 734) We felt d________________________ together by a common misfortune. =We felt that a common misfortune had brought us together. 735) We can r_________________/connect that to Li Bai’s poem. =We can establish a c_______________/l_________________/p_____________ between that and Li Bai’s poem. 736) He e________________________ his way towards her/drew closer to her on the bench. 737) At this time of day three are few customers. =At this time of day customers are few and f_________________ b___________________. 738) It’s a r____________________/an unusual occurrence for him to make a mistake like that. 739) The news put his mid at e________________/r_________________. =He was relieved/r______________________ when he heard the news. 740) That guy’s really stingy/a real s___________________. 741) His car was a complete w_____________________________. =His car was totaled. 742) He was c___________________________ out/lost everything at the gambling table. 743) He has no more ties with his family. =Nothing b_____________ him to his family any more. 744) What he loses in one way he gains in another. =What he loses on the s_______________ he gains on the r______________________. 745) He’s completely n________________/b_____________. =He’s off his head. 746) This kind of behavior brings man down/r_______________ man to the level of animals. 747) This wine b________________________ you up/puts new life into you. 748) After saying “yes”, he changed his mind/decided o_______________/decided a_________________ it/thought b_________________ of it. 749) His name/He has been c__________________________ /struck off the list. 750) He knows masses about it. =He’s really c__________________________ up about it. 751) Will he have what’s needed to achieve/f____________________________ his ambition? 752) Several projects are in the p______________________________/are under way. 753) His dream became a r_____________________________/came true. 754) They tried to get things going again/to set things in m__________________________ again. 755) The teenagers resist/r__________________________ against intellectual activities. 756) He has a p_______________________________. =He has a fat stomach. 757) This goes against/runs c______________________________ to the general trend. 758) Don’t be d_____________________________/put off straight away. 759) The player missed the ball/failed to take the p___________________________. 760) We a____________________________________/confirm receipt of your letter of 15 July. 761) It did my heart g___________________________/It was heartwarming to see them. 762) He’s always looking for/on the l___________________________ for a good excuse. 20 763) What is he doing research on? =What is his f______________________ of research? 764) When I told him to help me, he b______________________/made a sour face. 765) The loan-shark lent me the money with bad g_______________/reluctantly/g__________. 766) Reoffending/R__________________ is on the increase among juvenile delinquents. 767) We planned for everything and left nothing to c___________________. =We prepared for everything possible. 768) She’s been doing the job so long that she’s on c____________________ control. =She does not put a lot of effort into the job. 769) It was a f________________________ of his imagination/something that he imagined. 770) The food is all that one could w_________________ for/leaves nothing to be desired. 771) The movie’s sex scenes leave nothing to the i______________________/show everything. 772) By way of i__________________________/As an example, let us examine this poem. 773) On closer i__________________________/When it was examined more closely, the painting proved to be a fake. 774) The study indicates an i_______________________ relationship between the unemployment rate and inflation. =As the unemployment rate drops, inflation rises. 775) She is deeply i________ in this project. =She has given a lot of time and effort to this project. 776) The judge’s decisions have made a m___________________ of the legal system/made the legal system seem ridiculous or useless. 777) The writer and her main character are one/one and the s___________________. 778) He threatened to beat them to a p_______________________/to hurt them very badly. 779) Her boss’s resignation s________________________ the end to her troubles. =Her troubles ended when her boss resigned. 780) They have a s_____________________ in the company. =They own part of the company. 781) They offered her the job with no s_______________________ attached/with no conditions. 782) Her friends were there to provide m______________ support/to give her encouragement. 783) You are t_______________ my patience. =You are starting to make me annoyed or upset. 784) She has i_______________ everyone with her enthusiasm/has made everyone enthusiastic. 785) She thinks that she has a m_______________________ on the truth/that she is the only person who knows what is true. 786) Have you gone s____________________ in the head? =Are you crazy? 787) She was a l________________________ in her own time. =She was very famous and admired while she was still alive. 788) The bullet missed his heart by a narrow/s___________ m______________. =The bullet almost hit his heart. 789) He acknowledged p__________ of her child. =H admitted that he was the father of her child. 790) He has several records to his c_____________________________/name. 791) A detective writer worth his s____________________/A good detective writer keeps his readers from solving the mystery. 792) They have gotten/received short s_________________ from the city government. =The city government has ignored their problems. 793) There is no s___________________ of restaurants/There are many restaurants in the city. 794) The company was successful beyond my w_________________ dreams/f______________. =The company was much more successful than I ever thought possible. 21 795) The budget has been p____________________ to the bone/reduced as much as possible. 796) Money is no o________________ to them. =They don’t worry about how much things cost. 797) He doesn’t s__________/have a g____________ of a chance/any chance of wining the game. 798) The campaign has begun to gather m_________________/s_______________. =The campaign has begun to be more popular and effective. 799) Her emotions ran the g____________________ from joy to despair. =She felt emotions from joy to despair. 800) His behavior has raised a few e______________________. =People have reacted with surprise and disapproval to his behavior. 801) In this case you might as well choose the l_______________________ of two evils/the better choice between two unpleasant choices. 802) He was a______________________ /offended by her rude behavior. 803) Taxes are a necessary e____________________________/a bad or unwanted thing that has to be accepted to achieve some good result. 804) His words e_____________________ in my head. =I kept thinking about what he had said. 805) Cost was the d_________________ factor in their decision/the reason for their decision. 806) He woke up at the c_______________________ of dawn/very early in the morning. 807) He hates me but the opposite/r_____________________________ isn’t true. 808) He claims to d_____________________/take his inspiration from the romantic school. 809) He leads the life of a recluse. =He leads a c________________________ life. 810) He knows the Pyreneees like the back of his hand. =He knows every n_____________ and c_____________________ of the Pyreneees. 811) The runner caught up with/closed the g__________________ with the rest of the pack. 812) Beginning again/Making a f______________________ start is always difficult. 813) They have made their peace with one another. =They’ve p________________ things up. 814) In r_______________ of/a____________________ of/gratitude for his services, the company rewarded him with a gold watch. 815) They’ll l_______________/kill me if I come home late. 816) We are going to see how the land lies. =We are going to r________________ the ground. 817) There is no way of changing this decision. =There is no a_________________ possible. 818) There’s nothing we can do about the situation. =There’s no w______________ out of the situation. =The situation is h__________________. 819) The sky is getting cloudy/becoming o____________________________ again. 820) The children are having their break. =The children are on r____________________. 821) He was hunched up/h____________________________ up in a corner. 822) They d______________ away with him. =He got himself killed/b___________________ off. 823) They listened to their great leader with almost religious respect/r___________________. 824) He would spend some time c____________________/gathering his thoughts. =He would spend some time c_____________________ with himself. 825) His foot s_________________________________. =He missed his footing. 826) The timid man drew back/s_________________ back in horror. =The timid man r_________________ in horror. 827) He doesn’t shrink from/f_____________________ at informing on people. 828) That will b_________________ your strength back up. =That will put new strength into 22 you/r______________________ your strength. 829) Can you give me some more meat/another h________________________ of meat? 830) I need you to pay even closer attention. =I need your i______________________ attention. 831) He is a man of his word. =His word is his b________________________. 832) To pass the examination, you must s___________ up/r_________ your efforts/try extra hard. 833) I’ll l______________/c_______________ myself to a few examples. =I’ll just select/q__________ a few examples. 834) It will have to be done all over again. =We’ll have to start again from s_______________. 835) They’ll r__________________ in the south of China. =They’ll recover/r___________________ their health in the south of China. 836) He has a doctorate, which is not a bad recommendation/which is something to g_______ by. 837) I’ve caught measles off him. =He has p___________________ his measles on to me. 838) Someone has palmed/f_______________________ a forged coin off on him. 839) His immediate/i__________________ reaction was to switch off the electricity. =He i_______________________ switched off the electricity. 840) On r______________________/On second thoughts, I decided to accept the offer. 841) He has changed his ways/has turned over a new l_______________________. 842) The corrupt official sought refuge/s______________________ in a church. 843) He was refused/d_______________________________ access to the prestigious university. 844) It is a sight for s__________________ eyes. =It is a delight/t_________________ to look at. 845) All eyes were on her/were t_________________________ towards her. 846) He is the sort of person who will n___________________ over/worry about two franks. 847) You must apply through the proper c_____________________/according to the rules. 848) Believe it or not, we overdid it/o_______________________ last night. 849) She is suffering from/getting period p_______________. =She is having painful periods. 850) I’ve come to settle my debts/to s_________________________ up with you. 851) He is incapable of p_______________________ out/organizing his daily routine. 852) Pineapples are plentiful in the region. =The region a_____________________ in pineapples. 853) This year there is a g_______________________/an abundance of fruit on the market. 854) He is rolling in/c______________ money. =He’s making a m______________________. 855) He looks back n___________________/wistfully to the time when everything was simple. 856) She is a c_____________/p__________________/perfect idiot. =She really takes the cake for sheer s___________________. 857) They r__________________ him in his job. =They restored him to his former position. 858) Some of the profits have been r_____________ in/have gone straight back into the company. 859) The volcano is s_______________________ /throwing out lava. 860) They l____________________ the responsibility for the break-up at each other’s door. =Each wants the other to take responsibility for the break-up. 861) My idea is closely a________________________ to yours/is very much like yours. 862) She found a job through her c_______________________/by knowing the right people. 863) That didn’t raise him in my esteem. =That didn’t i__________________ my opinion of him. 864) I i__________________ this insinuation. =I did not r____________/reply to this insinuation. 865) That comes/f_________________________ within the province of theology. 866) The boxer got up again/got back to his f______________/p______________ himself up. 23 867) I wish to u________________/s__________________/emphasize this point in my report. 868) He is n_______________________ for/stands out because of his height. 869) He likes to be noticed/to d_____________________________ attention to himself. 870) Everything’s in the b_____________________ again because of the bad weather. =The bad weather throws the whole thing back into question. 871) The honest teacher was well ahead of/in a_________________ of his time. 872) This book reminded me of these events/brought these events to m_______________. 873) There are echoes of Rabelais in this author’s work. =Parts of this author’s work are r_______________________ of Rabelais. 874) A bad smell was coming/w_____________________________ up out of the drain. 875) All this d_______________________ back/goes back a very long time. 876) The boss gave him a real t_________________________ /dressing-down. 877) I had second thoughts/I thought b________________________ of it and went to check. 878) Whenever they go for a walk, they always have the sister-in-law in t_______________/they always drag along their sister-in-law. 879) He’d never had such a fine time. =He was having the time of his l___________________. 880) We had to get somebody to s____________________ in/substitute for the sick teacher. 881) His son has taken over from him/has r______________________ him as director. 882) Honey can be used in p____________________________ of/as a substitute for sugar. 883) This singer won’t f________________________ the hall/won’t get a full house. 884) He gets a lot done in the course of a day. =He p__________________ a lot into his days. 885) You do not f____________________/meet/s____________________ the conditions. 886) We stuffed ourselves. =We p____________________ out. 887) The hussy s____________________________/sways her hips as she walks. 888) A chance e____________________________/meeting changed my life. 889) I met/r______________________ into/b_______________________ into Paul in town. 890) I r______________________ the poor boy from his promise/let the poor boy off his promise. 891) He played a dirty trick on me, but I’ll get e_________ with him/I’ll get my own back on him. 892) That doesn’t r_______________________ /convey his thoughts very well. 893) The inquiry drew a b________________. =The inquiry didn’t c________________ to anything/produced nothing/didn’t p______________ off. 894) It is he who holds the reins of government/who is in the s__________________. 895) This sentence e_____________________/contains several ideas. 896) It is one of the c_________________/r____________/famous restaurants in the city. 897) Ever since then he has led a life of renunciation/a______________________. 898) The seductive secretary is enjoying r________________ favor/has come back into favor. 899) This discovery has given us a whole new i___________________ into things/has cast a whole new light on things for us. 900) The house reaffirmed/r_________________________ its confidence in the government. 901) I’ll make i__________________________ about him. =I’ll find out about him. 902) With fuel the price it is, private transport isn’t a paying/v______________ proposition, =private transport doesn’t p___________________. 903) Taking this stand paid off/was a good m_________________________ politically. 904) Parliament r_________________/r____________________ this week. =The new session of 24 parliament starts this week. 905) He can’t take grammar in. =He can’t get the h_____________________ of grammar. 906) The news bowled him over/s_________________________ him. 907) He h_________________ the responsibility over to me. =He left the responsibility up to me. 908) They each refuse to take responsibility. =They’re trying to pass the b__________________. 909) The crowd s___________________________ out/pours out into the streets. 910) The angry boss let out a t______________________ of abuse/poured out a stream of abuse. 911) It will be hard to put such a blunder r______________________/make up for such a blunder. 912) That’ll never make up for/c____________________ for the harm I’ve suffered. 913) You’ll have to make a_____________________ by marrying her. =You’ll have to make an honest woman of her. 914) We’ll have to repair the damage/pick up the p_______________________. 915) They divided themselves/s________________________________ into two groups. 916) We s_________________________ the work out/divided the work up among ourselves. 917) These incidents were frequently repeated. =These incidents kept r_______________________/occurred r____________________. 918) He’s always r________________ with an answer. =He’s never at a loss for an answer/a reply. 919) This does not meet/c________________________ up to our requirements. ? This installation does not c____________ with/s______________ standard requirements. 920) It doesn’t meet/falls s_____________________________________ of my expectations. 921) He wouldn’t say yes or no. =He wouldn’t give me a s_________________________ answer. 922) That’ll r______________ the whole problem again/bring the whole problem up again. 923) His theory doesn’t r_______________________ on/isn’t based on anything specific. 924) I’ll leave it to you/I’m r____________ on you to sort this business out. 925) The exam has been put off/p__________ until Monday. =The date of the exam has been put b____________ until Monday. 926) Everything about him repels/r________________ me. ? I feel r_______________ for his hypocrisy. =I am absolutely r______________________ by his hypocrisy. 927) The heavy smoker got back into his old habits/t______________ up his old habits again. 928) There’s not a single correction/a__________________ to be made in his essay. 929) You've got what you deserved. =It s_____________________ you right. 930) He was going to make a joke but he stopped himself/p________________ himself up in time. 931) After feeling quite despondent for a while he’s got a g__________________ on himself/pulled himself together again. 932) The runner made a good r_________________/caught up well towards the end. 933) I could no longer bring his face to mind/v_____________________ his face. 934) The general public were shocked at the r____________/crackdown which followed the coup. 935) The mother r_______/scolded/r__________ her son severely for breaking the beautiful vase. 936) The man has previous c____________. =The man is an ex-prisoner/an e_____________. 937) The economic r____________________/recovery is quite marked in certain sectors. 938) He r____________________ my success. =He holds my success against me. 939) I’ve nothing to r_____________________ myself with. =I’ve nothing to be ashamed of. 940) This sight f____________ me with disgust. =I find this sight r_______________/disgusting. 941) He was reluctant/l__________________________ to speak in public. 25 942) He has a reputation for/of being miserly. =He is r__________________ to be miserly. 943) This town is r________________________ for/has a great reputation for its food. 944) This problem c________________ for/r______________/demands our full attention. 945) With a bit of a rest in three days you’ll be your old p___________________ self again/you’ll be back on form again. 946) Do you have the necessary/r______________________ qualifications for this job? 947) Children have an enormous supply/enormous r_____________________ of energy. 948) She talked to me u__________________/o_____________________/freely. 949) We’ll have to r_____________________ ourselves to it/put up with it. 950) The third party made a very determined stand against the project/put up a f_________________ resistance to the project. 951) He was seen in a favorable l________________/to advantage. 952) That won’t be done without some r_____________________________/opposition. 953) He is firmly re_____________/He is determined to leave. =He is s__________ on leaving. 954) He resigned/r___________________________ himself to losing the game. 955) He has no respect/c_______________/r____________________ for other people’s property. 956) This is an environment-friendly/environmentally s_______________________ project. 957) This post carries/i________________________ considerable responsibilities. 958) You are r_________ for/in c__________ of the luggage. =The luggage is your responsibility. 959) Any r_________________/likeness to any person living or dead is purely accidental. 960) His work is affected. =It is t____________________________ on his work. 961) The army is tightening its grip/the n___________________________ around the capital. 962) These are the themes they have been feeding us with/t________________ out to us for years. 963) This is not my responsibility. =This is outside my r____________________. 964) They have limited/s_____________________ resources/m_____________________. 965) The only course open to me is to phone him. =I have no other o_________ but to phone him. 966) All the rest/r_______________________ of the supplies were lost. 967) Of course we shall keep this to ourselves/this is s________________ between ourselves. 968) The city center was choked with traffic/g______________________ all day. 969) It still r________________________________ me. =I still feel sore about it. 970) This country allows unrestricted e_________ to/has an open door policy towards immigrants. 971) The affair a________________________ to/comes down to nothing really. 972) They are doing everything in their power to r_______________________ the situation/to get the situation back to normal. 973) He was dead/was a g____________________ within a month. 974) This has set him back in/h_____________________________ him in his studies. 975) Black r____________________________ the heat/keeps in the heat. 976) A ribbon kept/h_____________ her hair in place. =Her hair was t________ up with a ribbon. 977) The only thing that stands out/that s_____ in my mind is that he’s stingy and narrow-minded. 978) He could not h______________ back/s______________ a smile. =He couldn’t help smiling. 979) Those words are still ringing/e______________________ in my ears. 980) Show some r____________________! =Control/C____________________ yourself! 981) He got two hours’ d__________________. =He was kept in for two hours after school. 982) The old couple live in isolation/s___________. =The old couple lead a s___________ life. 26 983) He lived w______________________/cut off from the rest of the world. 984) The agreement had an immediate k__________________ effect on the economy/immediate economic repercussions. 985) The fog f_____________ again/came down again/c__________ in again towards lunchtime. 986) We were landed/s____________________ with the expense. 987) Wait until the aircraft has come to a complete s______________/h_____________/stop. 988) If he l_______________ hands on/touches my sister again, he’d better look out! 989) Events went his way/F______________ was fair to him this time and he got his just reward. 990) The film goes back over/t_____________________ the artist’s career. 991) It’s just been announced that this product has been withdrawn from s______________/taken off the market. 992) He has had retirement f_____________________ on him. =He has had to retire early. 993) He was driven/h____________________ into a corner and had to admit the facts. 994) Looking back on it/In r_______________, I saw the worrying side of these facts. 995) She t_______________ a long time to regain her composure. =It was a long time before she regained her composure. 996) He pulled a w_________________ face/grimaced when he heard the news. 997) An opportunity like this will never occur again/c____________________ up again. 998) Retribution soon overtook him; he ended up/w__________ /l______________ up in prison. 999) It’s hard to find one’s way through/to make s__________________ of these digressions. 1000) All I hope is that we don’t lose on it/that we break e____________. 1001) After a quarrel which lasted several years, this bereavement brought them together again/r____________________ them. 1002) Why wasn’t the venture a success? =Why didn’t the venture c________________ off? 1003) They want to improve/b_____________ the image of the teaching profession. =They want to restore the p__________________ of the teaching profession. 1004) He’s daydreaming. =He’s in a w________________________ of his own. 1005) I can’t d_________________/reveal anything yet. =I can’t give anything a__________ yet. 1006) This honor is due to him/is his by r_____________________. 1007) All the credit g_____________________ to you. =The credit is all yours. 1008) He brushed aside all our arguments. =He d______________ all our arguments out of hand. 1009) Human language appears in/t___________________ on the most varied forms. 1010) Did you call me? —Me? You must have been dreaming! =You are i______________ things! 1011) As autumn draws near, the mountain tops d__________________ their snowy mantle/are bedecked with snow. 1012) There has been a c________________/U-turn/t_________________ in public opinion. 1013) The mind is repelled/r_______________________ by such propaganda. 1014) Our profession has been revolutionized/has undergone a r______________ transformation. 1015) There is a w____________________ of/a vast amount of information on this subject. 1016) You learn a great deal from this experience. =It’s a t_______________ learning 27 experience. 1017) Good health is a great blessing/is a b____________________. 1018) Money is going to be t__________________ this month. =We’ll just about make it through the month money-wise. 1019) Ridicule has never been the u_______________ of anyone. =Ridicule never killed anyone. 1020) They h_______________ ridicule on the new comer/made a laughing stock/made an o___________ of ridicule of the new comer. 1021) He cries at the d_____________________ of a hat/at the slightest little thing. 1022) He thinks everything’s a big laugh. =He makes a j_________________ of everything. 1023) He had us all laughing/in s___________________. ? It really made me laugh. =It had me in f__________________. 1024) You’ll be laughing on the other side of your f______________. =You won’t be laughing when you see the damage. =You won’t find it f______________. 1025) You shouldn’t m_______________________ about/fool about with machines like these. 1026) It was only a joke. =I only said it in f___________/for a l______________. ? He said it j______________/in j_______________. 1027) His immediate superior treated him with the utmost harshness/s___________________. 1028) He answered back/r________________ with an insult. =He f______________ back an insult. 1029) He spends his time f_____________ around/playing about/l________ about with his friends. 1030) The laughter forced him to stop speaking. =He was l__________________ down. 1031) Smoking is definitely a health h____________________/a health risk. 1032) He’s trying to emulate me/to v______________________________ with me. 1033) His paintings rival the greatest masterpieces/can h__________________ their own against the greatest masterpieces. 1034) The athlete is of strong/r__________________________ constitution. 1035) The show took a little while to get over its teething troubles/get into its s_____________. 1036) The show is really running well/s________________ now. =All the initial problems in the show have been i___________________ out. 1037) He is a master/an a______________________ at getting something for nothing. 1038) I gave him the role/p__________________ of Lear. =I c______________ him as Lear. 1039) It’s a long story. =It’s a real s_____________________. 1040) The boss is s________________________/straight in business matters. =The boss is on the l_____________________ in business matters. 1041) We’ve been m_______________________ time/going round in circles for three months. 1042) That must be worth a m_______________/a p__________________ penny/a penny or two. 1043) She says she'll never walk down the a_________________/get married. 1044) He has been on his rounds/covered his b_______________________ three times today. 1045) He pressed the starter and the engine t_____________________/roared into action. 1046) She’s eating her heart out. =She’s t______________________ with grief. 28 1047) This novel gives a rosy p_______________________________/view of life. 1048) It’s not all roses/all r_____________________. =It’s no b___________________ of roses. 1049) The doctors are on duty each month on a r_____________/roster basis/s_____________. 1050) She’s a cunning/w________________/s____________________ little minx. 1051) They gave the scoundrel a t_______________________/beat the scoundrel black and blue. 1052) She went bright red/b______________________ to the roots of her hair at the words. 1053) He has a brilliant career in store for him/a___________________ of him. 1054) She’s got all the right c__________________ in all the right places. =She’s well put together. 1055) There was a r________________/p_________________/roll of thunder in the distance. 1056) I really c_______________________ him. =I really took him for a ride. 1057) They are not exactly living in the l____________________ of luxury/They are not terribly well-off now they have retired. 1058) It’s a load of old rubbish/j__________________. =It’s absolute t__________________. 1059) I’ll be turning in. =I’m off to hit the h__________________. 1060) There’s a smell of burning/s________________/s____________________ in the kitchen. 1061) The teacher put the unruly student back on the right road/p_____________/t___________. 1062) Poverty is not a v____________________. =There is no shame in being poor. 1063) It will be difficult to i________________ the reforms/to get the reforms under way. 1064) To my way of thinking, the work is a bit routine/h___________________. 1065) Since you haven’t been asked to do anything, why put yourself out? =why be so z________? 1066) The failure is a hard/h_____________/s________________ blow for our team. 1067) The farmers were severely tested/were put through the m__________________ last year. 1068) He learned life the hard way when he was young. =He went to the school of hard k_______. 1069) The hospital facilities are rather r_______________________ /a bit basic. 1070) When the shop opened, there was a great rush/a s________________ for the entrance. =As soon as the doors opened, there was a mad s________________ to get into the shop. 1071) The influx of tourists doesn’t t__________________ off until the autumn. =The tourist invasion doesn’t end until the autumn. 1072) The gambler is on the road to ruin. =The gambler is h_________________ for ruin. 1073) Here are a few tips for going on holiday without spending a fortune/b___________ the bank. 1074) His forehead was b______________________ in/dripping with sweat. 1075) The old fox was always in his corner chewing the c______________/chewing things over/p_________________ things. 1076) They obtained their property by trickery/g____________________. 29 1077) We’ll have to use a bit of cunning/be a bit c______________________ if we want to get in. 1078) It’ll take more than stopgap measures/c_____________ improvements to save the company. 1079) The general is very spick and span/very s______________________ in his uniform. 1080) The car j_______________________ along/moved along in fits and starts. 1081) He’s got a/one h__________________/hell of a nerve. =He’s got a right c_____________. 1082) I think so but it’s only a h______________________/I’m just hypothesizing. 1083) The soldiers l____________________ down/sacrificed their lives for their country. 1084) He had the w______________________/good sense to say nothing about the scandal. 1085) The town has been bled dry/w_____________________. 1086) The patient is of sound mind/is s____________________________ at the moment. 1087) The chairman flew into a holy/an a__________________________ rage at the rude remark. 1088) The case has been s__________________________/referred to the court. 1089) The weather is r_________________/what one would expect for the time of year. =The weather is s______________. 1090) He used to spin y________________________/tell stories about his former girlfriends. 1091) He was reduced to the ranks of the employees/of the s_____________________ staff after having been in a senior position. 1092) I had a/o_________________ hell of a fright. =I was damned/b________________ scared. 1093) White shows the dirt easily. =White s_______________________ easily. 1094) They had to do a lot of talking/use a lot of b_______ to persuade the students to study harder. 1095) The film will be in cinemas/on general r____________________ next month. 1096) The guest said goodbye/took his l____________________ and went out. 1097) He’s a s___________________________ individual. =He’s got no guts. 1098) My heart missed/s_____________________________ a beat when I heard the terrible noise. 1099) The story is not d_______________________ of interest/is not without interest. 1100) I f_____________________ a certain satisfaction in/get a certain satisfaction out of helping the problem student. 1101) I’ll give him full points/full m_______________ for the way he conducted the business. 1102) Something must be done to prevent the road network from getting c______________ up/becoming saturated. 1103) People have had their f_______________________ of/are sick and tired of advertising. 1104) People are complaining about television programs being c_________________ up/constantly interrupted by commercial breaks. 1105) These are only outward/s_______________________________ discrepancies. 1106) He owed his life to his frankness. =It was thanks to his frankness that his life was s________. 1107) The meal was excellent except for/a_______________ from/a___________ from the 30 dessert. 1108) He p_______________________/sprinkles his conversation with English words. 1109) The passengers j___________________/bounced along over the bumps. 1110) The adulterer jumped/l______/s_______ out of bed the moment he heard a knock at the door. 1111) She had it off with Peter. =She got l____________________ by Peter. 1112) It’s the illustrations that save/r___________________ the book. =The illustrations are the redeeming f_____________/the saving g_________________ of the book. 1113) He b_____________________ me out. =He got me out of a tight corner. 1114) He bought his ticket from an unauthorized source/from a ticket t___________________. 1115) He doesn’t know what he wants. =He doesn’t know his own m__________________. 1116) The students were heavily fined for disturbing the peace/for creating a public d___________. 1117) It’s always the same old r____________________________/carry-on. 1118) They only do as they’re told if you really l___________ into them/if you give them what-for. 1119) He is naturally arrogant/arrogant by n________________________. 1120) He has no s________/misgivings/q_______ about toying with the innocent girl’s affections. 1121) We shall leave f____________________________/without further ado. 1122) Spasms/Great sobs shook the patient’s body. =The patient was r____ with spasms/great sobs. 1123) We often keep our most secret/our i______________ thoughts to ourselves. 1124) He has no s____________________ from his wife. =He keeps nothing from his wife. 1125) Please note that negotiations must be carried out in the strictest/u______________ secrecy. 1126) The state is duty-bound to look after the s_________________/safety of its citizens. 1127) Very strict security p______________/measures had been taken. =Security was very tight. 1128) He has been in prison three times before. =He has had three s_______________ in prison. 1129) His film was a complete failure/f_____________. 1130) He’s been selected over 20 times for the national team. =He has more than 20 c_____________________ to his credit. 1131) Her angry response caught/t_____________ me off g__________/surprised me. 1132) He delivered a speech very much like/very much in the same v_____________ as last year’s. 1133) On this occasion he behaved true to f____________________/as usual. 1134) The road to democracy is f________________________ with difficulties/is not easy. 1135) Our manager has business a__________________/good business s_____________. =Our manger has a good head for business. 1136) He acted along the same l_____________________. =He did more or less the same thing. 1137) How does it make you feel? =What kind of s____________________ does it give you? 31 1138) Public opinion has only recently become sensitive/a________________ to this problem. 1139) The difference is hardly noticeable/a_______________________. 1140) In this case, we have to put sentiment to one side/d___________________ our own feelings. 1141) You won’t get round me like that. =You can’t s___________________ me. 1142) I have a cold and can’t smell anything/and I’ve lost my s_________________ of smell. 1143) I have lost all s________________________ in my fingers. =I can’t feel my fingers. 1144) Someone’s in for a t________________________. =Someone’s going to be punished. 1145) It befits/b______________________ him to make such comments on her performance. 1146) They were fighting and I s____________ them/pulled them a______________/parted them. 1147) Only one obstacle stood/r__________________ between him and his goal. 1148) The dirty politician resolved to r________________ for a second term in office/to seek a second term of office. 1149) The accident had serious a___________________________ /consequences. 1150) He views the future with relative e_____________. =He feels quite calm about the future. 1151) If you want to be taken seriously/If you want to come a_______ well, you should wear a suit. 1152) She is in real/s_____________________ need of money. 1153) I solemnly s__________ to you/I’ll make you a solemn promise that I’ll never gamble again. 1154) When he learned that he was HIV p______/that he was infected with HIV, he burst into tears. 1155) The road s___________________________/wound its way down to the plain. 1156) All the exits are guarded. =A watch is being k________________ on all the exits. 1157) The two candidates are fighting it out in a very close second round. =The two candidates are running n____________ and n_____________ in the second round of voting. 1158) He likes to do good t_____________________/be helpful. 1159) His caution served him well/stood him in good s_______ in his dealings with the authorities. 1160) Leave me a____________________/on my o________________/by myself for moment. 1161) Don’t be too h_________________________ on/strict with your students. 1162) He’ll need some kind of p_______________/substitute product to help him give up smoking. 1163) He’s been drugged/d____________________ up to the eyeballs. 1164) What sign were you b__________________________ under? =What’s your sign? 1165) Kindness does not necessarily mean/s_____________/i_______________ weakness. =Kindness is not necessarily s_____________________ with weakness. 1166) It means/s________ that autumn is near. =It m________/s_______ the approach of autumn. 1167) Planes have been droning b____________ and f_________/to and fro across the sky all day. 32 1168) Tourists travel to every c_______/throughout the length and breadth of France in the summer. 1169) A musty smell lingered/p____________________ in the old house. 1170) She made a great f__________________ about it/She put on a great show of reluctance before she accepted his present. 1171) He isn’t ill—it’s all put on/he’s just m____________________. 1172) He is eager to call attention to himself/make himself c_______________________. 1173) My telephone call interrupted his t_____________________ train of thought/his convoluted thought processes. 1174) This villa is very well situated/is in an excellent l______________________. 1175) This scene is s______________________________________/takes place in Paris. 1176) He was weaving in and out of the traffic/z________________________ through the traffic. 1177) I’m not in a sociable m____________________ today. =I don’t feel like socializing today. 1178) He was only acting for himself/in his own i______________________. 1179) It is a very p_______________________/well-crafted film. 1180) His speech was greeted with shouts of a_________________/loud expressions of approval. 1181) The invention of printing has been attributed to him. =He has been c_________________ with the invention of printing. 1182) I had very good t________________________/I was very well looked after in that clinic. 1183) He takes great care/goes to some l________________________ to avoid us. 1184) He takes good/g__________________ care of his little self/of n________________ one. 1185) His condition requires treatment/medical a_____________________. 1186) Be it out of/W__________________ out of shyness or contempt, she never spoke to him. 1187) During strikes workers stand/s________ together. = During strikes workers show s________. 1188) We s________________ by/are behind/are b____________________ the government. 1189) These opinions have no solid/s_____________________ foundation. 1190) He swore b__________________________/by all the gods that he hadn’t done anything. 1191) She sailed single-handed/s_____________________ around the world. 1192) I have already a____________ to him/approached him on several occasions over this matter. 1193) We have exhausted all the possibilities. =We are at the end of our r_________________. 1194) These are the attractions that tempt/e____________________ the tourist in the city. 1195) This affair has h_____________________/been given too much publicity. 1196) We found their constant concern for our welfare/their s_____________ annoying in the end. 1197) The traveler was a____________ on his feet. =The traveler was ready/f_________ to drop. 33 1198) It is in your interests to leave the matter lying dormant/to leave the matter in a__________. 1199) The drunkard acted like a sleepwalker/as if in a t_____________________. 1200) I s____________________ him out. =I asked him what his real intentions were. 1201) The wizard put/c_______________ a spell on the little girl. =The wizard put a c___________/j________________ on the little girl. 1202) Arrange t____________/S___________ to it/Arrange it so that you finish the task tomorrow. 1203) You are in a way/s_______________________ of admitting to having said it. 1204) He left the room discreetly. =He s_____________________________ out of the room. 1205) He’s just gone through/had a s________________________ of depression. 1206) That is not your responsibility/part of your b______________________________. 1207) This encyclopedia comes out/is p_____________________________ in installments. 1208) Go and see a film; that’ll get you out a bit/give you a change of s___________________. 1209) This arrangement would s_______________________/save you a lot of worry. 1210) The businessman is concerned/p______________________ solely with his own interests. 1211) Having the young people joining us gives a new l_________________ of life to/breathes new life into our company. 1212) He never l________________________ up. =He never stops to catch his breath. 1213) You should give him time to get his breath back/give him a b_________________. 1214) The fire was at its h____________________/at its fiercest. 1215) The strawberries have suffered from/have been hard h_____________________ by the frost. 1216) The rule a__________________________ of/allows of a few exceptions. 1217) He has no c_________________ of the language. =He has a very poor grasp of the language. 1218) Everything went perfectly/went like a d________________________. 1219) This confession made him feel better/e_______________________________ his conscience. 1220) She found r________________________ in/eased her feelings by throwing insults at him. 1221) It makes me feel sick/want to h___________________. =It turns my s______________. 1222) The vehicle raised/s_______________________ up clouds of dust. 1223) That striped material emphasized/a___________________________ his stoutness. 1224) Dou E is free from any suspicion. =Dou E is a_______________________ all suspicion. 1225) He f________________________ off the handle easily. =He’s very quick-tempered. ? The boss is quick-tempered/has a short f_________________. 1226) I heard the news from a reliable source/on good a_______________________. 1227) The brazen boy listened to my reproaches without turning a hair/b_____________ an eyelid. 1228) There was a m_____________________ rumble of thunder in the distance. =Thunder rumbled dully in the distance. 34 1229) This remark made them smile/b_____________________ a smile to their faces. 1230) These threats can’t just be laughed/s______________________ off. 1231) I don’t r__________ the thought of doing that. =The idea of doing that doesn’t appeal to me. 1232) They withdrew/r_____________________ to a corner to talk business. 1233) We must e_________________ every angle/f________________ of the question. =We must look at the question from every angle. 1234) He was painted as a shepherd/in the g_________________________ of a shepherd. 1235) He is running the affair. =The affair is under his m______________________. 1236) He s______________________/applied for 200 euros’ worth of shares in the scheme. 1237) This company contracts out/s________________________ clothes manufacturing. 1238) They gave him an injection to s___________________ his heart/to keep his heart going. 1239) His legs can hardly s_______________________ him. =He can hardly stand. 1240) She takes the children’s p_____________/stands up for the children against their father. 1241) He was a real support/p_______________________ to them in their time of trouble. 1242) It is a doctrine which I shall never be able to support/u_____________________. 1243) A point of view like that is indefensible/u________________________. 1244) The spinster is an odd character/a q______________________________________ fish. 1245) The foolish official made a s________________________/an exhibition of himself in front of his superiors at the banquet. 1246) The tomboy gave us her speech/s_______________________ on male chauvinism. 1247) He has been given/g______________________ political refugee status. 1248) He is slightly cross-eyed. =He suffers from a slight s__________. =He has a slight s_______. 1249) He is a s_____________________ for punctuality. =He’s very strict about punctuality. 1250) The northerners undergo/are s___________________ to the rigors of winter. 1251) More and more computer illiterates live on the f________________/margins of society. 1252) I have been s____________ under/s________________/o_______________ with work at the moment. =I am up to my ears/e_________________ in work at the moment. 1253) He agreed to subordinate himself to his colleague. =He accepted a subordinate p__________________ under his colleague. 1254) His successes have made his head swell/made him p________________ up with pride. 1255) Their departure is s_____________________ to/depends on the exam results. 1256) They have just enough to live on/to keep b__________ and s______________ together. 1257) Here is, in substance, what they said. =Here is the g____________ of what they said. 1258) Cornfields were followed/r________ by meadows. =Cornfields gave w_______ to meadows. 1259) All his books were bestsellers. =Every one of his books was a s________________. 1260) A verbal agreement is s_________/is enough/will s____________ to conclude the matter. 1261) The party will poll badly/h________. =The party will get a p_______/good share of the vote. 1262) Here is the follow-up to/f_______________ information on the item we mentioned yesterday. 35 1263) What he said lacked c____________________________/consistency. 1264) They have taken no action concerning our letter. =They have not f___________ up our letter. 1265) He came here three days in a r_______________________/three days running. ? The Pacific League won three straight/c_____________ games. = The Pacific League won three games in a r________________. 1266) They don’t i____________________________________. =They just follow along. 1267) They were walking one behind the other/in single f_______________ along the narrow path. 1268) He is inclined/l_________________/p___________________ to jump to conclusions. 1269) The children were a real constraint to her/were like a m________________ round her neck. 1270) I a________________/suppose/p______________ you are against it. 1271) Their attitude p_______________/prevents any possibility of negotiation. 1272) I don’t know; I’m just guessing/it’s pure c_________________________ on my part. 1273) You must cut fat meat out of your diet/e______________________ fat meat from your diet. 1274) There is a s__________________________/an overabundance of ornamentation. 1275) Emotions were running very high/were at fever p__________________ among the workers. 1276) Estimates are often i_______________________/made too high. 1277) These industrialists are cashing in on the ecology trend/have jumped on the green b_________________________. 1278) You should be sensible enough to avoid o____________________ schoolchildren/pushing schoolchildren too hard. 1279) This obstacle is difficult to s_____________________________/overcome. 1280) The result s___________________________/is beyond all hour hopes. 1281) With what’s left over of the wood/with the s__________________ wood I’m going to try to build myself a bookcase. 1282) What a grumbler/m__________________________ the crybaby is! 1283) He succeeded, which is hardly surprising/which hardly c__________________ as a surprise. 1284) He took me by surprise. =He caught me off g______________/u_______________. 1285) The judge granted a stay of execution/a r_____________________ to a condemned man. 1286) The criminal was given a two-year suspended/d_______________________ sentence. 1287) She is the very s__________________________/spirit of charity. 1288) He is a c________________ man. =He’s living under a death sentence/on b________ time. 1289) This regime needs to be watched closely/to be kept under close s_________________. 1290) They have to w____________________ themselves/be careful in front of the children. 1291) They weighed their words carefully so as not to offend people’s s_________________________/sensibilities. 1292) Don’t be so t__________________________________/sensitive. 36 1293) The employees seem to be hanging on their boss’s every word/on their boss’s l_________. 1294) I’ve got a score to settle with him. =I’ve got a b_______________ to pick with him. 1295) The breaking off/s____________________ of diplomatic relations between the two countries shocked everyone concerned. 1296) It’s a purely symbolic gesture. =It’s just a t_______________________ gesture. 1297) I’m very much impressed by the friendship there is between them/the a_____________________ they feel for each other. 1298) The bad news has shaken/u______________ his m_______________/his confidence. 1299) Please accept our deepest/most h___________________________ sympathy. 1300) He is suspected of having communist sympathies/l______________________. 1301) They took to each other immediately. =They h_________________ it off straight away. 1302) They don’t have much c_________________ with/much to do with their neighbors. 1303) He is too d________________________. =His views are too set. 1304) The student appeared on the m_____________/prize list. =The student made the h_____ roll. 1305) He had counted/b________________________________ on the rates going down. 1306) The scandal is a b___________________________/stain on his reputation. 1307) She has no waistline. =She doesn’t g____________________________ in at the waist. 1308) He’s built like an athlete. =He has an athletic b_________________________. 1309) He’d go through fire/suffer t_____________________________ rather than reveal his secret. 1310) They have c_______________________ themselves/cornered a large share of the market. 1311) He left quietly. =He slipped away u____________________________. 1312) Moderation is everything to the health. =T________________ is the best physic. 1313) We can barely e______________ out a living/are just able to make it on my husband’s salary. 1314) I find no f_____________________ with her. =She is beyond/a________________ reproach. 1315) Now that he has a grandchild, he gets a kick out of life/has a z____________ for living. 1316) He has great/a l________________ of resistance/s__________________. 1317) Fortunately, they had a little money put by/a little money in r_______________. 1318) The rain was beating down/d__________________________ on the roof. 1319) He passed his exam but it was a close thing/it was t___________ and g________. 1320) Drunken sailors were r__________________________/swaying along the street. 1321) He’s been b______________________/pestering me for weeks to go and see that film. 1322) He shouted as loud as he could/for all he was w_______________________. 1323) He is not as nice as his brother—not by a long way/s___________________. 1324) If he is even r_______________________ intelligent/If he has the slightest grain of intelligence, he’ll be able to get out of it. 1325) The sun is beating down today. =It’s s______________________ hot today. 1326) We must l__________________ the matter on the table/bring the matter up for discussion. 37 1327) Don’t worry—things will settle down/i_____________________ themselves out. 1328) He’s had a g_________________ at/He’s tried his hand at lot of jobs. 1329) He’s done t__________________/a s________________________. =He’s been inside. 1330) He hasn’t got the k________________________/the right technique. 1331) The peaks took on a purple tinge/h________/t_______. =The peaks were tinged with purple. 1332) His popularity rating has f____________________ by 3 points/is down 3 points. 1333) He is the boss and as such he ought to have taken action. =He’s the boss and in that c_______________ he should have acted. 1334) Now he is showing himself in his true c___________________/as he really is. 1335) These ruins are the evidence of/a t__________________ to the fierceness of the fighting. 1336) Too many hire purchase c_________________/Too many installment purchases had got him into a difficult situation. 1337) You have all the time in the w___________/p___________ of time/all the time you need. 1338) In a period of inflation, prices tend to/have a t_________ to/are i____________ to go up. 1339) He is one who always s__________________ towards perfection/aims at perfection. 1340) The rope is s_____________. =The rope isn’t tight/t________________ enough. 1341) The children are held very much in check/are kept on a very tight r_______________/are c_________________ down on. 1342) Everything is h_________________/u_____________ down/going wrong in our office. 1343) He had lost his w__________________ to live. =He no longer had any desire to live. 1344) Don’t t____________________ fate. =Don’t push your luck. 1345) Come on. Behave yourself! =Watch your m_____________________! 1346) Stop beating about the bush! =Stop p___________/e__________ /s_____________! 1347) This is what will happen e_______________/in the long r_______________/in the end. 1348) He finally managed to bring the project to c_____________/to carry the project through. 1349) They f_____________ off/r_________________ off/ended their meal with a coffee. 1350) It takes three years to r______________________/write off the cost of this equipment. 1351) There is no such thing as p____________________. =Nothing is perfect. 1352) I can’t go a___________ with him t_____________/on that. =I’m not with him on that. 1353) The journalist v________________ onto dangerous ground. =The journalist brought up a highly sensitive/t_____________________ issue. 1354) The white-collar worker was struck down/f____________________ by a heart attack. 1355) That really messes up all our plans. =That puts p________________ to all our plans. 1356) He’s bought a piece/p____________/p____________________ of land in Canada. 1357) The dentist was my greatest fear. =I was t______________________ of the dentist. 1358) The millionaire died i___________________________/without leaving a will. 1359) I can’t recall the name. =The name has gone clean out of my h______________. 1360) The chairman is as s__________ as a mule. =The chairman is mulish/p______________. 1361) The young mother was feeding a baby at the b______________. =The young mother 38 was s____________________/nursing a baby. 1362) His heart was beating wildly/p__________________________ with emotion. 1363) It’s a full h______________________ tonight. =The performance is sold out tonight. 1364) This author’s works have huge print r___________________/are printed in great numbers. 1365) He had sharp/s__________________/s____________________ pains in his shoulder. 1366) The actress has always been i_______________/well turned-out. =The actress has always d____________ up/dressed up to the n__________/been wearing her S___________ best. 1367) This noise brought him out of/r____________________ him from his daydream. 1368) The play was taken from/a____________ from/d________________ from a famous novel. 1369) He is f___________________ qualified/He has all the necessary qualifications to teach. 1370) We were so tired that we could hardly keep upright. =We were so tired that we were s_________________/s________________ along. 1371) His application for a p___________________ post/for tenure was refused. 1372) The vagrant worker has no r______________________ over his head. = The vagrant worker has nowhere to call home/his own. 1373) He can’t take/t______________ alcohol. =Alcohol doesn’t a_______________ with him. 1374) My lips are s________________________. =I’ll be as silent as the grave. 1375) We can only s_________________. =We can only make suppositions/a____________. 1376) He wanted to do law but he soon gave it up/d______________________ it. 1377) The p_____________________ mood is one of caution. =Caution is the order of the day. 1378) It’s set in too high a key for her. =It’s p____________________ too high for her. 1379) His jokes are very l___________________/heavy-handed. 1380) The student had a crush on the new teacher/was i________________ with the new teacher. 1381) The silly girl lost her head over the singer/went crazy over the singer. 1382) The man’s face was twisted/c_____________________ with anger. 1383) The f_________________ is entirely on their side. =They are completely in the wrong. 1384) This measure will harm/be h___________/be d________________ to the dairy industry. 1385) This tragedy a__________________ them greatly/has shaken them very badly/has shaken them to the c____________________. 1386) That is a very delicate matter you have raised/b____________________. 1387) We are nearing our goal. =Our goal is in s____________________. 1388) The garden a_________________________________ the forest/borders on the forest. 1389) The river m_________________ along/winds its way in and out. =The river t__________ and t____________________ along its way. 1390) He writes songs by the d_______. =He runs off/c____________ out songs one after the other. 1391) We’re living in troubled/t___________________ times. 1392) His creditors continued to h____________________________/hound him. 39 1393) This company has managed the change/s______________ well. =This company has a________________ well to the new circumstances. th1394) The d_______________________/turning point of the match came in the 50 minute. 1395) The information turned his brain/put his head in a w____________________. 1396) The lawyer is good at getting around the law/finding a l__________________ in the law/o____________________ the law. 1397) He made l_______________________ of the incident/made a joke of the incident. 1398) No good will c_______________________ of it. =It will end in trouble. 1399) His bronchitis has turned/d_____________________________ into pneumonia. 1400) The leaves were t______________________/whirling down in the garden. 1401) Nobody could predict the way the situation was developing/the t___________________ events were taking. 1402) It is well-advised to put the matter in a different l__________/to put a new face on the matter. 1403) He carries himself well. =He has a very upright b_______________________. 1404) This child is my only/s_______________ joy. =All my joy in life l_________ with this child. 1405) There’s no in between with you. =You see everything in b__________ and w____________. 1406) This is merely a game for the very young/for t__________/for tiny t________________. 1407) His face showed signs of tiredness/bore the m___________________ of tiredness. 1408) He spoke without the slightest trace/h_________________ of emotion in his voice. 1409) The police lost track of/lose the trail of the hit-and-run driver. 1410) He is not l______________________ /responsible for damage caused by his children. 1411) The effect of this was a drop in buying power. =It was t_______ into a drop in buying power. 1412) He was going f______________________ out. =He was tearing along. 1413) The tired man was dragging his feet/s_____________________________ along. 1414) She has to t_______________________/drag her children along with her everywhere. 1415) He d_______________________ when he gets dressed. =He takes ages to get dressed. 1416) The ex-convict made a complete b______ with his past/severed all connections with his past. 1417) Your promotion? You can forget about it! = You can k_________________ it goodbye! 1418) This is a characteristic t________________________/feature of this author. 1419) He asked the jury to make allowances for/to show l________________ toward his client. 1420) The book deals with/t________________________ of the problems of drugs. 1421) The revolutionist was a t_______________________ to his cause/betrayed his cause. 1422) The two men have followed very different p_____________________ in politics/have pursued very different political careers. 1423) A feeling of quiet/calm well-being c_____________________________ over him. 1424) Leave him in p_________________________/Let him be—you can see he’s working. 1425) Since he got married, we’ve seen a real t___________________ in him/a complete change came over him. 40 1426) You’ll never put right/never u______________________ the harm you’ve done me. 1427) The corrupt official was paralyzed by fear/was t____________________ with fear. 1428) The politician came to t_____________/to a c________________ with his conscience. =The politician made a deal with his conscience. 1429) High-fiber foods relieve c_______________________/facilitate regular bowel movements. 1430) The disease is passed on/t_________________________ by sexual contact. 1431) He held back/b_______________________________ back the words that came to him. 1432) They decided to u________________________ themselves and move to a distant country/to resettle in a distant country. 1433) The performance sent us into transports of delight/into r____________________. 1434) This novel can easily be adapted for the screen/l______________ itself to screen adaptation. 1435) They looked away d_______________________/out of a sense of decency. 1436) It’s a s________________ of a question. =It’s a really tough question/a p____________. 1437) She u________________/suffered a traumatic experience while living with her mother-in-law. 1438) It’s a very nice piece of h_______________/c_______________________/work. 1439) She hasn’t gone into labor yet. =Labor hasn’t s_____________________ yet. 1440) They passed the responsibility for the accident on to us. =They l____________________ us with the responsibility for the accident. 1441) The criminal slipped through the n_________________________/escaped. 1442) They were p_____________/worlds a_______________. =They had nothing in common. 1443) She has put her hat on c_______________________. =Her hat is not on straight. 1444) He takes everything the wrong way/a______________________. 1445) He gets hold of the wrong end of the s_______________________ every time. =He gets in a muddle about everything. 1446) The criminal suspect was t_______________/shaking/s_________________ with fear in front of the police. 1447) She’s very r___________________________________. =She keeps herself to herself. 1448) Xianglin’s wife was telling her story in a t____________/q_______________/shaky voice. 1449) He s______ fear and trembling into his subordinates. =His subordinates live in dread of him. 1450) She is very much the great lady/every b___________________ a great lady. 1451) His silence speaks for itself/speaks v_________________/tells its own s_______________. 1452) The boss l_______________________/praised his new secretary to the skies. 1453) He takes his studies very seriously. =He is a c_________________________ student. 1454) It is of great significance to s_______________________/separate fact from rumor. 1455) Disease has cost them dearly. =Disease has taken a heavy t________________ among them. 1456) The butcher used to c_____________________ over the weight/to give short weight. 41 1457) The dustman kept his n_______________ to the grindstone/d_______________ himself hard/kept him hard at it. 1458) The town’s population has t_______________/t___________________ since the war. =There has been a threefold increase in the town’s population since the war. 1459) She was playing with/f__________________________ with her rings nervously. 1460) He rooted about/r_______________________ about in the drawer for his pen. 1461) The sensitive girl is g_______________ to melancholy. =The sensitive girl is inclined to be g__________________________ sad. 1462) He's easily hurt/o__________________. =He's quick to take o__________________. 1463) If we want to get down to the n_____________________ /to get down to brass tacks, we need to redouble our efforts. 1464) They b_______________/exchanged/s______________________ sheep for arms. 1465) You are m_________ about their intentions. =You m_____________/mistake their intentions. 1466) We mustn’t go to visit him too often. =We mustn’t o__________________ the visits. 1467) He showed no trace of regret/no s______________________ of being sorry. 1468) He is far too stupid/too much of an i____________________ to understand the mystery. 1469) If I’m in the w_________________________/not welcome I can always leave! 1470) There are g______________________ in/things missing from his account of what happened. 1471) The strange feeling of turmoil/a__________________________ overcame her. 1472) In doing so, you disturbed public order/caused a b______________________ of public order. 1473) She looked at him, all of a tremble/all in a f_______________________. 1474) The creditors were on his tail/hot on his h___________________. 1475) The lazy man always finds that time passes slowly/h________________ heavy on his hands. 1476) He said something along those l________________________/something of the sort. 1477) I’ll get killed/get my head b_______________________ off if I arrive late! 1478) He is on first-name t______________ with that hoodlum. =He is a great pal of that hoodlum. 1479) He is r____________________ mad. =He is off his head/r____________________. 1480) He wouldn’t hurt a f____________________________. =He’s quite harmless. 1481) He explained the incident to me until he was b______________________ in the face/wore himself out explaining the incident to me. 1482) She sang at the top of his voice. =She sang her h______________________ off. 1483) The meeting ended in uproar/in p__________________. 1484) He’s the t_______________ bachelor. =He’s a perfect/c__________ example of the bachelor. 1485) He tyrannizes his subordinates. =He w________ his tyrannical powers over his subordinates. 1486) He was o________________________ by/appalled at the accusation against him. 1487) He was elected chairman with only one vote against/with only one d____________ vote. 42 1488) United we stand, divided we fall. =S________________________ through unity. 1489) He is a p___________________________. =He’s a man of vast knowledge. 1490) He is well-known for his honesty. =His honesty is u__________________ recognized. 1491) The surrounding countryside is quickly becoming u__________ /becoming rapidly built up. 1492) I h_________________________ him responsible/I blame him for the accident. 1493) This question ought to be dealt with as a matter of the utmost urgency/as a top p_________. 1494) I’ve got to phone him but there’s no r_____________________ /it’s not urgent. 1495) She uses far too much/an e______________________________ amount of perfume. 1496) The company is not in the habit of doing that. =It is not the usual p______________ of the company to do that. =It is not c_________________ for the company to do that. 1497) These shoes have l_______________ a long time. =I’ve had good use out of these shoes. 1498) He wrongfully took/a_________________________ the title of Doctor of Medicine. 1499) These measures were e_______________ in putting/helped put the country back on its feet. 1500) She gets a salary. =She’s on the p____________________. 1501) He knows how to make the m_________ of his skill/how to use his skill to its best advantage. 1502) I’m feeling a bit under the w______________________. =I don’t feel too good. 1503) These pictures are of e________ value/have the same value/are worth the same a_________. 1504) I hope that these arrangements meet with you’re a___________________/I hope that they are acceptable to you. 1505) He made one or two judicious remarks/o______________________. 1506) We’d like to present you with this gift in a______________________ of your hard work/to show that we are grateful for your hard work. 1507) His boss gave him the a_________________________/fired him. 1508) I don’t agree with their decision, but all I can do is g_____________ and b______________ it/accept it because I have no choice. 1509) He’s somewhat given to h_________________________. =He tends to exaggerate. 1510) He’s been given a five-year stretch/five years in the n____________________. 1511) The old secretary has an i__________________/very detailed knowledge of the company. 1512) She is on a m____________________/She is very determined to locate her lost sister. 1513) I refuse to compromise on this point. =I am a________________________ on this point. 1514) You were a little off p_______________________/too high or too low on that last note. 1515) The team will be p_______ against/will be playing against last year’s champion in the finals. 1516) In his case, complication arose from a vaccination/i______________________. 1517) The clerk must have g____________ through hard/l_____________ times. =The clerk must have had a very hard time of it. 43 1518) It helped me no e______________________. =It was a big help. 1519) Its’ a very busy café. =There are a lot of c___________ and g_______________ in this café. 1520) The boss kept us guessing/kept us in the d__________________ about the coming holiday. 1521) Loyalty is not an e_____________________ word for him. =The word loyalty really means something to him. 1522) It goes against/f____________________________ in the face of common sense. 1523) The swindler disappeared without t______________________/disappeared completely without leaving a mark. 1524) He emerged v_________________ from the election/emerged as the winner of the election. 1525) It is only valid/It only h_____________/It only a_________________ in certain cases. 1526) If you carry on, I shall have to deal s__________________ with you/use harsh measures. 1527) It’s not financially v____________________. =It’s not worthwhile financially. 1528) You need to be a specialist to be able to make v______________________ comments/to have anything worth saying about it. 1529) The boxes nearly came c________________________ down/nearly went flying. 1530) She felt f______________/well enough to go to work. =She felt u________ to going to work. 1531) It’s not a very good job; you’re c___________________ out/made for better things! 1532) There is not much to c_____________________ between the two applicants. =The two applicants are of equal merit. 1533) Being given responsibilities like these increases young people’s self-respect/is good for young people’s s________________________. 1534) I say it with all due m_____________________________/without wishing to boast. 1535) The vixen had a dig at me/j___________________________ at me. 1536) There is nothing to be proud of/to b__________________________________ about. 1537) He a__________________________ to his affairs/went about his business conscientiously. 1538) The effect varies greatly from person to person/according to the i__________________. 1539) His reaction is typical of him. =His reaction is true to f_____________/t____________. 1540) You come across the most varied/d_____________________ opinions on the subject. 1541) I’m in a bit of a d_____________________________. =I feel a bit out of it. 1542) They have started a vast/s______________________________ program of reforms. 1543) The old professor is an extremely c_______________ man/a man of immense learning. 1544) The drug addict is on the road to ruin/to go to the d______________________. 1545) He was in the l___________________________/was the center of attraction all evening. 1546) Nothing will ever come between us/drive us a_______________. 1547) The thief was keeping an eye open for trouble/p__________________. =The thief was looking out for s______________________. 1548) The nurse is in a patient mood/f_____________________ of mind. 1549) It’s an excellent idea and I s___________________________ to it/and I’m all in favor f 44 it. 1550) These advertising posters get things sold/are b_______________________ sales. 1551) The students all v________________________/revered the well-learned professor. 1552) Nothing will avenge this injustice. =There is no r__________________ for this injustice. 1553) The lorry was coming straight at us/h____________ straight for us/b_________ down on us. 1554) He has an unenviable fate in store for him/r_____________________ for him. 1555) That would never have o_____________ to me/e______________ my head/c____________ my mind. =I would never have thought of that. 1556) He was reduced to begging. =He had to r____________________ to begging. 1557) He has come to hate his half-sister. =He has got to the s______ where he hates his half-sister. 1558) We are waiting impatiently to see which way the wind blows/how the l______________ lies. 1559) He has the wind in his s________________________. =He’s on a roll. 1560) She did it against all the o_______________________/despite all the obstacles. 1561) The local officials r__________________/run r_________________ over the farmers. =The local officials walk over the farmers. 1562) It would be better to go to bed hungry/on an empty s_____________________. 1563) We’ll see what he is made of/if he’s got g______________________. 1564) She is in no p_______________________ to complain. =She should be the last to complain. 1565) His remark was rather out of p___________/u________________. =His remark was a bit off. 1566) Being married has t________________________ him/made a new man of him. 1567) It would not be f_________________/It would be a bit out of place to ask him that. 1568) This accident has b___________________ out/confirmed my fears. 1569) He’s had one too many/a d________________ too much. =He’s had one over the e________. 1570) The police c__________________________ off/sealed off the area. 1571) This factory is a b___________ on the landscape/an eyesore in the middle of the countryside. 1572) He really k___________________ it back. =He’s a h_________________/heavy drinker. 1573) The conscientious teacher is at p______________ with his conscience/has a clear conscience. 1574) He cleaned her out. =He took her to the c_____________________. 1575) These countries feel they have each other’s support/feel a sense of s_______________. 1576) He skipped school/s____________________________ off school for three days. 1577) I want to put some money into my account. =I want to make a d__________ into my account. 1578) He’ll t____________________ us into the ditch. =We’ll end up in the ditch because of him. 45 1579) He suddenly felt dizzy/g_____________. =He was suddenly overcome by v_____________. 1580) Prices are rising at a dizzy rate. =Prices are r______________/are going s______________. 1581) She would have us believe that the moon is made of green cheese. =She’s trying to pull the w________________________ over our eyes. 1582) Its’ a very practical g_______________/i________________ of clothing/article of clothing. 1583) The ill-matched couple are always quibbling over trifles/t____________/t_____________. 1584) They pushed the young girl into the limelight/put the s______________ on the young girl. 1585) The pianist’s performance stirred the audience. = The pianist’s performance sent a t______________ through the audience. 1586) I am afraid of heights. =I have no h________________________ for heights. 1587) His departure leaves a great void/v_______________________. 1588) You are advised to i______________________ the guy completely/leave the guy on his own. 1589) This occupation will leave you mentally d__________________________/exhausted. 1590) Our rural areas are becoming empty of people/d_______________________. 1591) They’re proud of having kept this newspaper going/a______________________. 1592) He brings some life/a b_________ of life into the house. =He l___________ the house up. 1593) He has a sedentary lifestyle. =He l_______________________ a sedentary life. 1594) He kicked up a real fuss/made a real s________________________ when he found that his vase had been broken. 1595) He carried on with his day-to-day e_____________________/his daily affairs. 1596) We have sworn e__________________________ friendship. =We are friends for life. 1597) It has s___________________________ the test of time. =It has not become dated. 1598) We’ve made massive a___________________ to the house. =We’ve transformed the house. 1599) He’s getting old. =He’s getting on in y__________________________. 1600) The teacher put the students through/s___________________ the students to an examination. =The teacher made the students u__________________ an examination. 1601) He was rather sharp/b_______________/c_____________________ with the babysitter. 1602) He looked a bit down in the m___________/down in the d____________/gloomy. 1603) They will do a l___________________________/an on-the-spot broadcast of the match. 1604) Nothing of importance escaped their n______________________/attention. 1605) They will soon bring the reforms into f____________/e__________________. =They will soon implement the reforms. 1606) Those rogues reviled/v_____________/i____________________ against the new leader. 1607) The young leader has an i________________________/urgent need to assert himself. 1608) The film l________________________ into a farce. =The film becomes farcical. 46 1609) He wished to restore this place to its untouched/v_____________________ quality. 1610) He is a m__________________________ of the pen/a brilliant writer. 1611) He gave a v_________________ performance of this piece. =He played this piece brilliantly. 1612) They were sitting o______________________ each other. =They were sitting face to face. 1613) I have a deep/v__________________________ loathing of shallow women. 1614) These measures are aimed at reuniting/are i_____________________ to reunite the majority. 1615) It is the most frequently visited website. =It is the website with the most h_______________. 1616) I shall get/h______________/t____________ my revenge. =I shall be a________________. 1617) The boss railed against the poor clerk/r_____________ and r_________ about the poor clerk. 1618) His grandfather lived to a r______________________ old age/lived to a great age. 1619) Colonialism is a thing of the past. =Colonialism has had its d_____________________. 1620) I don’t like this job but it pays the b____________________/it’s a living. 1621) He’s not afraid to take c____________________/to do things that are risky or dangerous. 1622) I live for the day. =I take l__________________/each day as it c__________________. 1623) There has been a considerable increase in prices. =Prices have u__________________ a considerable increase. 1624) I prefer to s_________________ him from the truth/to conceal the truth from him. 1625) We’ll have to look into the question more closely. =The question requires closer e_________. 1626) We are late—we must stop hanging around/d___________________. 1627) He has been through the m__________________/through some hard times. =He has taken some hard k______________________. 1628) The result bears scarcely any r___________________/very little relation to the initial project. 1629) He planned things on a g_________________/big s__________________. =He thought big. 1630) It happens every day. =It is an everyday o_________________________. 1631) The depressed clerk is in a state bordering on/a____________________ to madness. 1632) The two lovers were talking in h____________________/low voices. =The two lovers were talking in u__________________________. 1633) You must l_____________________________ at/seize such a golden opportunity. 1634) We are sitting on a powder k_____________________________/a volcano. 1635) He goes about his work with g_______________/g________________. =He does his work willingly/unwillingly. ==He does his work with a g_____________/b____________ grace. 1636) The disabled man has succeeded through sheer w__________________/determination. 1637) It’ll have been your own fault. =You’ll have b_____________________ it on yourself. 47 1638) He plays well when he wants to/has a m__________ to/when he p__________ his mind to it. 1639) The two brothers absolutely hate each other/are at d____________________ drawn. 1640) He holds the fact that I don’t understand against me. =He r_______________________ the fact that I don’t understand. 1641) I could k_____________________ myself/I’m so annoyed with myself for saying that. 1642) The end of hostilities looks i_____________________/is likely to come very soon. 1643) She has d_______________________________ on him/has her eye on him. 1644) He put his placard in a p__________________/a c___________________ position. =He put his placard where everyone could see it. 1645) It’s a book that makes science accessible to the l_____________________/the general public. 1646) The quarrel set the family at l______________________/stirred up ill-feeling in the family. 1647) He went to the e_____________________ of beating/went so far as to beat that young man. 1648) The news w____________________/rends my heart. =It is heart-rending to hear that. 1649) Like father, like son. =A son's character can be expected to r_________________ his father's. 1650) Every man has his price. =Everyone's l__________________ can be bought for a price. 1651) Patience is a v_________________________. =It is good to be patient. 1652) Experience is the father of w__________________________. =Experience and knowledge result in better judgment. 1653) B__________________ will out. =A person's background or education will eventually show. 1654) C___________ begins at home. =A person's first duty is to help and care for his own family. 1655) The young singer soon s_________________/f_________________/sank into obscurity. 1656) Repairing a torn ligament can’t be done in a hurry/at a moment’s n___________________. 1657) He broke down through overwork/under the s___________________ of the hard work. 1658) They are leading a cat-and-dog life. =They are on very bad t__________________. 1659) They t________________ a vote on the question. =They put the question to the vote. 1660) Apples are in s__________________________ now. =Apples are at their best now. 1661) The dirty water empties/d________________________ into the sewer. 1662) His father is completely gaga/has lost his m________________. 1663) They made a big secret of their engagement. =They acted as if their engagement were a s_______________________ secret. 1664) He makes an honest living. =He lives on the s_________________. 1665) It is recognized beyond the possibility of question that they decided/s_______________ the fate of their enemy. 1666) I did my best. =I e______________________ myself to the utmost. 48