IDIOMS EXERCISES
IDIOMS EXERCISES Answers on page 50
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Gap-fill exercise
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Complete the definitions with the words from below.
drum
buzz
pill
brownie
music
crunch
track
1. If you “generate a ”, you create a lot of interest in a product or service by doing something that is reported by the media. ”, you have to deal with 2. If you “face the the consequences of a bad decision or action. 3. “ time” is a critical moment when you need to take action or make a decision urgently. ” something, you give it high 4. If you “fast priority, and you make it happen more quickly than usual. up business”, you find new 5. If you “ customers for your product or service. 6. If you get “ points”, you get imaginary bonus points for doing something good (such as helping someone). As a result, your boss, manager, supervisor, etc. is happy with you. back your hours”, you reduce 7. If you “ the number of hours that you work. 8. A “bitter ” is something bad or unpleasant that has happened to you and that is difficult to accept.
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Sentence completion
Complete the definitions with the correct words. 1. Demand for our services is down for the 5th consecutive month, so I think we need to bite the and lay off certain members of staff. -dog in the entertainment 2. It’s dogsector – one minute you’re on top, the next minute, everyone has forgotten about you! 3. You need lots of important friends if you want in this to climb the corporate organisation. 4. When preparing the annual report, it’s very important your t’s – there can’t to dot your i’s and be any errors! 5. Drinks and snacks sales in the cinema are our cash – they generate even more than movie ticket sales. 6. You can’t expect everyone else to do all the work on too. the project – you need to pull your 7. When this product first came out, it was selling at a , but now it’s sold at about 50% of its original price. 8. Comparing the food at this restaurant and the other – one one is like comparing apples to sells fast-food and the other is a 5-star establishment.
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