Practice the Vocabulary

A. Underline the definition of the expression in boldface:

1.	to get a load of something:
a. to arrive	b. to observe	c. to leave
2.	to be rolling in it:
a. to be tired	b. to be energetic	c. to be rich
3.	to bug someone:
a. to annoy someone	b. to hit someone	c. to hug someone
4.	rip off:
a. outfit	b. thievery	c. funny
5.	to trash someone:
a. tocriticize someone	b. to like someone	c. to hit someone
6.	to get a kick out of something:
a. to enjoy	b. to dislike	c. to become sick
7.	to sponge:
a. to lend	b. to steal	c. to borrow
8.	to get going:
a. to laugh	b. to arrive	c. to leave
9.	“What a scream!”:
a. “What a difficulty”	b. “How funny!”	c. “How strange!”
10.	to fork out:
a. to spend	b. to criticize	c. to eat
11.	joint:
a. money	b. place	c. car

B. Fill in the blank with the word that best completes the phrase:

1.	Get a ________________ of that dress she’s wearing.
a. toad	b.load	c.road
2.	I want to go ________________ my sorrows.
a. drown	b.crown	c.brown
3.	Let’s shop till we ________________.
a.drop	b.stop	c.crop
4.	Since I don’t have a lot of money, I can only ________________ shop.
a. door	b.chimney	c. window
5.	I get a ________________ out of that comedian.
a. hit	c.kick	c. punch
6.	Do you have a few ________________ I could borrow?
a. bucks	b.sponges	c.windows
7.	Why do you want to ________________ me to that stupid party?
a. brag	b.rag	c. drag
8.	I would never ________________ out that kind of money on a dress.
a. fork	b.spoon	c.knife
9.	That’s a lot of ________________ to spend on a car!
a. pastry	b.dough	c.cake
10.	Yon spent $100 on that? What a ________________ off.
a. tear	b. break	c.rip
11.	That dress is beautiful! It has my ________________ on it.
a.name	b. fame	c. lame
12.	This restaurant is too rich for my ________________.
	a. flood	b.water	c. blood

C. Match the two columns:

1.	Lets go attack the stores.	A.	I wouldn’t be caught dead wearing that.
2.	That sure is thievery!	B.	Hold it down.
3.	Now that’s a good idea.	C.	How funny!
4.	Be quiet.	D	. He’s rolling in it.
5.	What do you think of this
	little outfit?	E.	That’s drop-dead gorgeous.
6.	What a scream!	F.	She really trashed me.
7.	That’s absolutely beautiful.	G.	G. Talk about a rip-offl
8.	Let’s leave.	H.	. What do you think of this little number?
9.	I’d never want to be seen wearing that.	I.	Let’s get going.
10.	She really criticized me.	J.	Now you’re talkin’.
11.	I’m going to cheer myself up by drinking.	K.	I’m going to drown my sorrows.
12.	He’s rich.	L.	Let’s go hit to the stores.

Translate the following sentences paying attention to formal Subject (in italics) of a sentence which in translation becomes Object:

1. The second half of the 15th century saw wars and conquests in Morocco and the colonization of Madeira and the Azores. These islands offer a pleasant climate and fertile land. (“IHT”)

2. Queen Victoria’s reign saw rumbustious political rallies in Hyde Park and Albert’s Great Exhibition with Crystal Palace. (“G.”)

3. The postwar years have seen decisive advances in the study of primates such as chimpanzees and in discovery of fossils of our ancestors. (“MS”)

4. Paradoxically, the ending of the Cold War has not seen a reduction in either personnel or budget of the secret Intelligence Service. (“Ind”)

5. Brittany’s much-forgotten language is getting a new lease of life, as the firstever Breton dictionary prepares to hit the shelves next year. Three years of research have produced 1,000 pages containing 10,000 words, a modest feat when compared to the Larousse French dictionary of 60,000 words. (“G.”)

6. Commonwealth leaders yesterday concluded their biannual summit with pledges covering topics from South Africa to Cyprus, from democracy to global trade, but with little clout behind the words. Five days of talking produced a 17-page communiqué. (“Ind.”)

7. The main block of the boarding school houses the boy’s dormitories, dining rooms, common rooms and exercise room. (“G.”)

8. Built in 1933 as a memorial to Lillie Hitchcock Coit, who left a third of her fortune to beautify the city, the tower houses 3,691 square feet of murals that portray the life of 1930s California. (“MS”)

9. The Southeast of Turkey harbours a number of ancient and diverse languages brought in by the different people who, over thousands of years, settled in this area of mountains and wide open spaces. (“G.”)

10. Archeologists working in Israel’s Nahal hemar cave, a Neolithic site south of Jerusalem, have found pieces of fabric that may be the earliest known example of linen. The cave also has yielded what may be the oldest known samples of woven baskets in the Middle East. (“NG”)

11. Britain counts only four industries in which it can still be ranked as of world class: chemical, aerospace, steel and Pharmaceuticals. (“G.”)

12. His school draws about 600 pupils from 13 villages. The last teacher vacancy, for a head of physical education, attracted more than 50 applicants. But attracting queues of parents has proved difficult. (“G.”)

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