Idiomatic American English - Lesson 53+54 - Thấm Tâm Vy

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1. IDIOMATICE AMERICAN ENGLISH 27 4. He was out looking for a job. Lesson 53. Pounding the Pavement 5. He enjoys talking with people. Dialogue 6. Crying children bother me. 7. The mother asked her child where he got the candy. He better tell the truth. Jay: John's going to be pounding the the navement pavement if he doesn't stop 8. My car is giving me trouble. I'm disgusted with it. shooting the breeze all day. 9. I’m not thoughtless enough to tell her I saw her boyfriend with another woman. Kay: He's starting to get under the boss's skin. He is up to here with John. Jay: I hope the boss doesn't put me on the spot about John. He'll probably give me the Lesson 54. Hitting It Off third degree. Dialogue Kay: I know you don't have the heart to squeal on him but I think you have to come clean. Rachel: I like your friend. She's down-to-earth. Wendy: I know. She'sswell. We really hit it off. Vocabulary Rachel: I don't like her other friend. She really turns me off. - pound the pavement v.) look for a job Wendy: I'm surprised they're so buddy-buddy. - shoot the breeze v.) talk idly or gossip Rachel: I saw her the other day and she gave me the cold shoulder. - get under someone's skin v.) annoy, bother, upset Wendy: You're putting me on! - up to here with adj.) disgusted with another's continual behavior Rachel: No, that's about the size of it. - on the spot adj. or adv.) in a difficult or embarrassing situation Vocabulary - the third degree n.) prolonged questioning - squeal v.) inform - down-to-earth adj.) having good sense,practical, unpretentious - have the heart to (neg.) v.) be pitiless or thoughtless enough - swell adj.) terrific - come clean v.) tell the truth - hit it off v.) enjoy one another's company, get along - turn one off v.) disgust, bore, repel PRACTICE - buddy-buddy adj.) very friendly I. Complete the sentences with the correct idiom. - give (get) the cold shoulder v.) be unfriendly to, ignore a) shoot the breeze b) pounding the pavement c) up to here with d) squealed - put someone on v.) tease, pretend, exaggerate e) on the spot f) the third degree g) came clean h) get under my skin i) have the heart to - the size of it n.) the way it is 1. Work is diffrcult to find. He's been for a week. PRACTICE 2. I just cashed my paycheck, so when he asked me to lend him some money. I was I. Complete the sentenceswith the correct idiom. a) gave me the cold shoulder b) turned her off c) swell d) putting me on 3. All his friends wanted to know about his exciting evening. As soon as he came in the e) hit it off f) the size of it g) down-to-earth h) buddy-buddy door, they gave him 4. Jane ate the cookies.The mother asked the children who ate them. but nobody 1. She's friendly and sensible. She's 2. They have been very good friends for years and always go places together. They 5. The criminal confessed. Everybody was surprised he are 6. I call up my girlfriend every night and we 3. She didn't like her sister's new boyfriend at all. He 7. Some TV commercials 4. Debbie and Mike enjoy each other's company. I'm glad they 8. My telephone bills are so high. I'm them. 5. We were at a convention and he ignored me. He 9. She studied so hard that I don't tell her she failed. 6. You got a raise? That's II. Rewrite the phrases in italics, using the proper idiomatic expression 7. I don't believe you got tickets for a cruise.You're 1. The police questioned him for a long time. 8. There's nothing you can do. He doesn't want to go to college. That’s about 2. Finally he informed on his friends. II. Rewrite tlte phrases in italics, using the proper idiomatic expression. 3. I was in a difficult situation. 1. That's a terrific tdea. Thẩm Tâm Vy, Feb 12th, 2020 IDIOMATIC AMERICAN EMGLISH 27
2. 2. They are very rich but not fancy or pretentious. 3. They're very friendly. 4. I can't eat that food. It repels me. 5. That's the way it is. 6. I don't believe you got all A's. Don't exaggerate. 7. At the party, he was very unfriendly towards me. 8. The first time they met, they got along very well ANSWER KEY Lesson 53. Pounding the Pavement II 1. b 2. e 3. f 4. d 5. g 6. a 7. h 8. c f. i II: 1. gave him the third degree 2. squealed 3. on the spot 4. pounding the pavement 5. shooting the breeze 6. get under my skin 7. come clean 8. up to here with 9. I don't have the heart to Lesson 54. Hitting It Off I: 1. g 2.h 3. b 4. e 5. a 6. c 7. d 8. f II: 1. swell 2. down-to-earth 3. buddy-buddy 4. turns me off 5. the size of it 6. put me on 7. gave me the cold shoulder 8. hit it off Thẩm Tâm Vy, Feb 12th, 2020 IDIOMATIC AMERICAN EMGLISH 27