Idiomatic American English - Lesson 63+64 - Thấm Tâm Vy

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1. IDIOMATIC AMERICAN ENGLISH 32 Lesson 64. A Knockout Lesson 63. Getting Down to Brass Tacks Dialogue Dialogue Stacy: I know she's a knockout and he's nuts about her but he's playing with fire. Terry: Let's get down to brass tacks. Wendy: She twists him around her little finger and leads him on. He's at her beck Marty: I'm game. I don't want to hear about this project in dribs and drabs. Let's get to and call. the nitty-gritty. Stacy: Why does he put her on a pedestal? Terry: I don't know what you have up your sleeve now, but your last idea was out of Wendy: Because she plays up to him and pours it on thick. this World. Vocabulary Marty: If we sink our teeth into the next project,we'll be on the gravy train. - a knockout n.) a beautiful person or thing Vocabulary - nuts about adj.) in love with, enthusiastic about - get down to brass tacks v.) begin important work or business - play with fire v.) invite danger, trouble - game adj.) willing, ready - twist someone around one's finger v.) influence someone easily - dribs and drabs n.) small quantities, little by little - lead on v.) insincerely encourage - nitty-gritty n.) the essence or important part - at one's beck and call adj,) always ready to do as ordered - have something up one's sleeve v.) keep secretly ready for the right time - put someone on a pedestal v.) idolize, worship - out of this world adj.) wonderful, terrific - play up to someone v.) flatter or please for selfish reasons - sink one's teeth into v.) go to work seriously - pour (spread, put, lay) it on thick v.) flatter profusely, exaggerat - on the gravy train adj.) making a lot of'money PRACTICE PRACTICE I. Complete the sentences with the correct idiom. L Complete the sentences with the corcect idiom. a) lay it on thick b) twist him around her little finger c) leadinghim on a) nitty-gritty b) sink your teeth into c) out of this world d) I'm game e) on the gravy d) playing with fire e) puts her on a pedestal f) at his beckand call g) nuts about train f) in dribs and drabs g) has up his sleeve h) get down to brass tacks h) a knockout i) playing up to him 1. You want to make plarnsto go to Japan next year. Okay, 1. He wanted to go home early sohe said he had a headache. Nobody really believed 2. Stop talking on the phone. We have to discussbusiness. Let's him, so he had to 3. Tell me all about the party now. I don't want to hear it. 2. Did you notice that beautiful girl? She was 4. Tell rne what's really bothering you. Let's get down to the 3. If you experiment with drugs, you're 5. He's planning something special.They have been talking secretly fbr hours. I'd like to 4. Chocolate ice cream is her favorite food. She is it. know what he 5. She can make him do whatever she wants. It's amazing how she can 6. That dinner was delicious. It was 6. He is in love with her but she is not in love with him. Why does she make him 7. When recording artists sell a miilion records, they are believe she loves him by ? 8. If you're going to pass that course, you better those book. 7. I don't understand why he idolizes her. He II. Rewrite the phrases in italics, nsing the proper idiomatic expression. 8. He can call her at any time of night and she will come running. She is 1. He won the lotttery. 9. She is going to make sure she gets the job by 2. That's terrific. II. Rewrite the phrases in italics, using the proper idiomatic expression. 3. Just tell me the important part. l. She will do whatever he says. 4. That sounds like a good idea. I'll go along with it. 2. He worships her. 5. Let's start to discuss business. 3. He is very enthusiastic about golf. 6. I'm getting this work done little by little. 4. She has a lot of influence over him. 7. He’s hiding something. 5. She is looking for trouble. 8. This project is due. Let's seriously go to work on it. 6. He goes out with a lot of girls but he is trying to ntake her believe she is the only one. Thẩm Tâm Vy, Feb 21, 2020 IDIOMATIC AMERICAN ENGLISH 32
2. 7. She is a terrific-looking girl. 8. He wanted a raise, so he tried to be especiallybnice to his boss. 9. Although her dress was ugly, he told her it was the prettiest one he's seen. That is some exaggeration (*||*) ~ ANSWER KEY Lesson 63. Getting Down to Brass Tacks I: 1. d 2. h 3. f 4. a 5. g 6. c 7. e 8. b II: 1. He's on the gravy train. 2. out of this world 3. nitty-gritty 4. I'm gane. 5. get down to brass tacks 6. in dribs and drabs 7. He has something up his sleeve. 8. sink our teeth into Lesson 64. A Knockout I: l. a 2. h 3. d 4. g 5. B 6. c / i 7. e 8. f 9. c / i II: 1. She's at his beck and call. 2. puts her on a pedestal 3. nuts about 4. has him twisted around her little finger PLAY WITH FIRE HAVE SOMETHING UP ONE’S SLEEVE TWIST AROUND ONE’S FINGER SINK ONE’S TEETH INTO Thẩm Tâm Vy, Feb 21, 2020 IDIOMATIC AMERICAN ENGLISH 32