Idiomatic American English - Lesson 97+98 - Thấm Tâm Vy

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1. IDIOMATIC AMERICAN ENGLISH 49 Lesson 98 ~ A STUFFED SHIRT Lesson 97 ~ A QUACK Dialogue Dialogue Bryan: That new employee is a stuffed shirt. I had his number from the start. Mae: That doctor is a quack. You run a risk if you use him. Harold: You were right all along. Nobody can break the ice with him. He's getting Susan: He won't talk straight from the shoulder. He thinks I believe him hook, line off on the wrong foot. and sinker. Bryan: I think we'll have to cut him down to size. Mae: Don't have him pull any punches. Ask him if it's a touch and go situation. Harold: When they chose him, they scraped the bottom of the barrel. Susan: You're right. I'm sick and tired of getting the runaround. Bryan: He is the pits. Mae: As far as I'm concerned. he's nothing but hot air. Harold: I think he got the job by the skin of his teeth. Vocabulary Vocabulary - quack n.) an ignorant or fraudulent doctor - stuffed shirt n.) a person who is rigid or too formal - run (take) a risk v.) be open to danger or loss, unprotected - have someone's number v.) know what kind of person someone is - straight from the shoulder adv.) open and honest way of speaking - all along adv.) all the time - hook, line and sinker adv.) without question or doubt - break the ice v.) overcome formality or shyness with others - pull punches v.) hide unpleasant facts or make them seem good - get off (start off) on the wrong foot v.) make a bad start - touch and go adj.) very dangerous or uncertain - cut someone down to size v.) prove someone is not as good as he or she - sick and tired adj.) disliking some continual behavior, annoyed thinks - get (give) the runaround v.) be sent from place to place without getting the - scrape the bottom of the barrel v.) take whatever is left after the best has been information needed taken - hot air n.) nonsense or exaggerated talk - the pits n.) the worst, anything that is very bad PRACTICE - by the skin of one's teeth adv.) by a very small margin I. Complete the sentences with the correct idiom. PRACTICE a) touch and go b) hot air c) runaround d) straight from the shoulder I. Complete the sentences with the corcect idiom. e) quack f) pull any punches g) sick and tired a) cut him down to size b) all along c) by the skin of'his teeth d) the pits h) run a risk i) hook, line and sinker e) scrape the bottom of the barrel f) got off on the wrong foot 1. You of being hit by a car if you cross the street without looking. g) stuffed shirt h) had his number i) break the ice 2 He spoke bluntly. He didn't 1. I went to that new movie and it was awful. It was 3. What did I do wrong? Teli it to me 2. The vote was 102 to 100. He won 4. That doctor is no good. He's a 3. He never smiles or has any fun. All he thinks about is doing things properly.He is 5. The salesman said the car was in good condition. The customer believed him a 6. Don't listen to him. He doesn't know anything. It's a lot of 4. Ann chewed gum her first day at school and the teacher was angry. I think Ann 7. The team u'on the game by a narrow marqin. It was for a while. 5. It is difficult to find good soldiers. The Arrny has to 8. I'm of eating hamburgers every day. 6. On the first day of school, the new student kept answering all the teacher's questions. 9. I was overcharged on my bill. Nobody wants to help. I keep getting the The other students II. Rewrite the phrases in italics, using the proper idiomatic expression. 7. The big boy tried to hit John but John knew karatedo and 1. We don't know who's going to win that game. It's a very uncertain outcome. 8. We won, but I knew we would 2. That's a lot of nonsense. 9. When you don't know anyone at a party, it is hard to 3. They sent me from place to place without giving me the information I needed. II. Rewrite tlte phrases in italics, using the proper idiomatic expression. 4. Tell him he better not hide the truth. 1. He won by a very small margin. 5. The programs on television are continuously bad. 2. He is a very stiff and rigid person. 6. That doctor doesn't know what he's doing. 3. I knew what kind of person he was. 7. I want you to honestly give me your opinion. 4. He made a bad first impression. 8. If you go out in the rain without an umbrella, you'll probably catch a cold. 5. All the time he spoke English and I didn't realize it. 9. I believe everything he said. Thẩm Tâm Vy, April 12th, 2020 IDIOMATIC AMERICAN ENGLISH 49
2. 6. I didn't get the top workers so I have to take whatever is left. 7. He thinks he's so smart. We'll have to show him he isn't. 8. That party was the worst. 9. It is very diflicult to become friendly with people you don't know. ANSWER KEY Lesson 97 ~ A QUACK I: 1. h 2. f 3. d 4. e 5. i 6. b 7. a 8. g 9. c II: 1. touch and go 2. hot air 3. gave me the runaround 4. pull any punches 5. I'm sick and tired of the programs on television. 6. is a quack 7. talk straight from the shoulder 8. run a risk of'catching a cold 9. him, hook, line and sinker Lesson 98 ~ A STUFFED SHIRT I: 1. d 2. c 3. g 4. f 5. e 6. h 7. a 8. b 9. i II: 1. by the skin of his teeth 2. stuffed shirt 3. had his number 4. He got off on the wrong foot. 5. All along 6. scrape the bottom of the barrel 7. cut him down to size 8. the pits 9. break the ice T m â V 2 0 hẩ T m y, 20 Thẩm Tâm Vy, April 12th, 2020 IDIOMATIC AMERICAN ENGLISH 49