UNIT 11
EXPAND YOUR VOCABULARY IDIOMS WITH GET
1 Match the idioms with get with the explanations. get ahead get a load off one’s mind get down to doing something get something into one’s head get out of hand get rid of
a. b. c. d. e. f.
2 Use some of the expressions from the box 1. I’m sorry if what I said upset him, but I had to ____________________.
EVERYDAY LANGUAGE
Common expressions with the word BRIDGE
уџ бе
to complete the sentences.
begin to do something seriously stop worrying about something remove become more successful than others have a fixed idea in one’s mind get out of control
ни ке
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.
2. She decided to ______________ her old
за
clothes. She doesn’t need them anymore.
Explain the meaning of the word ‘bridge’ in the following sentences. 1. ‘A lot of water has passed under the bridge.’ 2. They often gather in his house to play bridge. 3. ‘Cross that bridge when you come to it.’ 4. Is it possible to bridge the gap between two generations?
3. You have to practise playing the
во
________________.
д
piano every day if you want to
4. Things _________________ at the party
За
and juice was spilt all over the couch.
FOR FUN SOLVE THE RIDDLES 1. He has married many women, but has never married. Who is he? 2. If you have it, you want to share it. If you share it, you don’t have it. What is it? 3. Light as a feather, there is nothing in it; the strongest man can’t hold it for much more than a minute. 4. What can run but never walks, has a mouth but never talks, has a head but never weeps, has a bed but never sleeps? 5. What can fill a room but takes up no space?
Breath Light A secret A river A priest
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