UNIT 3. FIND OUT ABOUT IT!

Exercise 1. Match the following phrasal verbs with the correct definition.

1. get away with A) learn

2. look up to B) come to an end

3. keep out of C) finish in a particular way or place

4. run out of D) remain out

5. stand up for E) advance to

6. find out about F) respect

7. work up to G) contact

8. end up with H) escape punishment

9. pencil something in I) defend

10. get in touch with J) write smth down

Exercise 2. Choose the correct phrasal verb, which corresponds to the definition in brackets. Be sure to use context clues and the correct grammar forms.

(to respect) 1. Americans usually ___ a President who is sincere

and does the best possible job.

(to make contact) 2. I have to ___ John and ask him to come over

for a visit.

(to escape punishment)

3. Just because she's so popular, she thinks she can

___ anything.

(to remain out) 4. ___ that affair. It isn't your concern.

(to learn) 5. I need to ___ how to buy life insurance.

(to come to an end) 6. We've ___ milk. You'll have to drink your

tea without it.

(to defend) 7. She ___ the ideas, in which she believes.

(to finish in a particular place)

8. The Olympic Games ___ the laser show and

the fireworks.

(to write down) 9. ___ what I am telling you.

(to advance to) 10. Jane is going back to school so that she can

learn more and ___ a position in higher

management.

Exercise 3. Choose the phrasal verb, which has the best meaning in the context below. No phrasal verb is used twice as a correct answer.

1. You can ___ him by telephone by calling the Hotel Commotore.

a) get in touch with

b) run out of

c) end up with

2. How have you ___ for being late every morning?

a) keep out of

b) get away with

c) find out about

3. My girl-friend warned me to ___ this boy. He is a gangster.

a) get away with

b) keep out of

c) work up to

4. Mary ___ the surprise party even though we tried to keep it a secret.

a) end up with

b) keep out of

c) found out about

5. A manager should always try to make his workers ___ him.

a) look up to

b) pencil in

c) stand up for

6. I've ___ time and I have to hurry up.

a) got away with

b) got in tough with

c) run out of

7.They were saying bad things about you after you had left, but I ___ you.

a) kept out of

b) ended up with

c) stood up for

8. The concert ___ a noisy scandal.

a) ran out of

b) ended up with

c) got away with

9. ___ this ___ in your notebooks!

a) pencil … in

b) get … in touch with

c) find … out about

10.John ___ supervisor after twenty years as assistant.

a) got in touch with

b) worked up to

c) looked up to

Exercise 4. Complete the sentences, using a suitable phrasal verb. Pay attention to the grammar forms.

1. You always forget to do your homework, but you always ___.

2. I have been trying to ___ Mr. Jones the whole morning.

3. If a child does not ___ his parents, they probably are not very good to him.

4. I'll be out and you, please, ___ the children ___ fire.

5. John thought he could get away with smoking, but his mother ___

him ___.

6. Paul was dreadfully frightened, but he ___ the absent friend.

7. What to do? We've ___ sugar.

8. He'll ___ delirium tremens (D.T.) if he goes on drinking.

9. Only one sentence must ___ on paper.

10. I think that you can ___ a higher score on the next text.

Exercise 5. Translate from English into Russian.

1. Keep out of the window, they can recognize you.

2. I'd lost money and my wife didn't find out about the truth.

3. His money is running out of.

4. How can I get in touch with you tomorrow?

5. You'll never get away with it.

6. A boy needs a father he can look up to.

7. If we don't stand up for him, nobody will.

8. Our speed worked up to 70 miles an hour.

9. Why isn't my surname penciled in on the list?

Exercise 6. Translate from Russian into English.

1. Я буду завтра в офисе. Свяжитесь со мной около 10 часов.

2. Мне кажется, его никто не уважает.

3. Не вмешивайтесь в наши дела.

4. Ну и как же ты выкрутился?

5. Я все о нем разузнаю.

6. У него лопается терпение.

7. Чем закончился митинг?

8. Он защищался, несмотря на полное недоверие.

9. Я забыла записать его адрес.

10. Они работали усердно и слишком уж быстро для меня, чтобы я мог догнать их (достичь их уровня).

UNIT 4. IT'S A ZOO OUT THERE!

Exercise 1. Guess the meaning of the underlined idioms from the context in part I, and match the following idioms with the definition in part II.

Part I.

1. I smell a rat - a big filthy rat … I tell you, there is evil in the air.

2. There was something rather shady about him, you see. Don't let the catout of the bag, will you, Dixon.

3. Jenny’s a real busy bee today. She’s been rushing around all morning.

4. My lawn is going to the dogs. I had better weed it.

5. The children started horsing around when mother walked out.

6. We are going to solve this problem, someone is going to take the bull by the horns.

7. Why don't you speak up? Cat got your tongue?

8. This comes straight from the horse's mouth, so it has to be believed.

9. Simon backed the wrong horse from the start. He favoured Hart but it was Robins who won the election!

10. Winter weather is for the birds.

11. But, of course, if Edith was in love with him, that made it … a horse of a different color.

12. She was afraid of him, not only because of his appearance, but for his manners, fishy manners.

13. I’m fed up with all the donkey work. I’d rather go for a walk.

14. The police did their best but following the robbers was a wild goose chase. They managed to escape.

15. Well, well. Our children are together again. – Nothing surprising, Birds of a feather flock together.

Part II.

1. smell a rat A) uninteresting and meaningless

2. go to the dogs B) Can't talk?

3. fishy C) inform beforehand

4. take the bull by the horns D) become run-down

E) do the most routine unpleasant &

uninteresting work

5. horse of a different color F) play around

6. let the cat out of the bag G) strange and suspicious

7. for the birds H) quite a different matter

I) people of similar character or interests

8. straight from the horse's J) take decisive action in a difficult

mouth situation

9. horse around K) feel that sth is wrong

10. Cat got your tongue? L) from a reliable source

11.a wild goose chase M) a busy active person, who moves

12.birds of a feather quickly from one task to another

(flock together)

13.a busy bee N) search for sth with no result

14.do the donkey work

15.back the wrong horse O) support the wrong person

Exercise 2. Choose the correct idiom, which corresponds to the definition you see in brackets. Be sure to use context clues and the correct grammar forms.

(feel that sth is wrong) 1. He ___ - he is trying to get at the pastry.

(tell a secret) 2. You'd better not know because

you can ___.

(go to ruin) 3. After his wife's death, Mr.Palmer let

the house to ____.

(decide to face a problem) 4. She decided to ___ and tell her boss that

she wasn't prepared to do overtime so often

without extra pay.

(play in a wild, noisy manner)

5.Okey, you boys! Stop ___ and get your

homework finished.

(Can't talk?) 6. Answer me! What's the matter? ___?

(from a reliable source) 7. I know it's true! I heard it ___!

(meaningless, uninteresting)

8. This TV program is ___.Let's switch off.

(quite a different matter) 9. Mary enjoys playing the piano for her own

pleasure, but she says playing in the school

concert will be ___.

(strange) 10. Gragson is a ___ man, I suppose. He has

no sense of humor at all.

(searching with no result).

11.Jonny wanted to find any job to keep his

family, but it was _____.

(a busy active person) 12.Look! Something strange has happened

with Jim! He is ____ today.

(people of similar interests) 13. You shouldn’t be surprised that Mark and

Susan spend most of their spare time

together. They are _____.

(do the routine unpleasant work)

14.Hate it! Sticking these pieces is ______.

(support the wrong person) 15. Why are you standing for Mike? Can’t

you see that you are ________?

Exercise 3. Complete the sentences, using the suitable idiom.

1. All John's friends tried to help him but in spite of it his business ___.

2. Mary’s working all day. She got up early and hasn’t gone to bed yet. She a real ____.

3. You said you wanted to know all about this case, so I'll tell you. I know it ___. Mr. Littletor told me.

4. Please, ___ with that vase. You'll break it.

5. I'm in a big trouble. Will you help me? Why don't you answer? ___?

6. It isn’t surprising that Max and David are good friends. They both look after their own interests and, as well all know, _____.

7. After their quarrel, Pam and Jack avoided each other for weeks, until Jack decided to ___ and invite Pam to a concert. Now they're good friends again.

8. Doing shopping I ran around all supermarkets. But it was ___. I didn't find what I looked for.

9. Don’t offer to help Bob. He’ll sit back and let you do all ______.

10. One of the French officers, after he was taken prisoner, asked me how we had managed to set the gun there; but I didn't ___.

11. The children had planned to play a trick on the teacher, but because the class was so quiet and attentive, he ___.

12. Tom’s tests are excellent but he was mistaken from the very beginning and _____.

13. "What do you say?" " Oh, don't pay much attention to my words. They are ___."

14. They say they got the computer from a friend, but they won't say who it was. Their story sounds ___. I think they may have stolen it.

15. You can't behave like that. Socializing with grown-ups is ___.

Exercise 4. Translate from English into Russian.

1. If everyone was a busy bee like Alice, we would have the work finished by the end of the week.

2. It’s the usual thing for him to back the wrong horse.

3. That lovely ancient house on the corner is going to the dogs.

4. He never takes the trouble to learn rules if you take the bull by the horns and make him do it.

5. The minute I came in I smelt a rat. Sure enough, I had been robbed.

6. Bill and I were just horsing around when we heard the sound of breaking glass.

7. What is going on with you? Cat got your tongue?

8. I'd love to help you, but the police know the truth straight from the horse's mouth. They have an eye - witness.

9. Nick, stop doing the donkey work. Let’s have some fun!

10. He now knew who let the cat out of the bag and decided to punish that person.

11. It's a silly idea. It's for the birds.

12. I know this guy. Very fishy!

13. Sally, just having done the wrong thing one time is nothing, but doing such things regularly is a horse of a different color.

14. Tom went all over town from one office to another trying to find out how he could apply to change his citizenship. At the end of the day, he was no closer to finding out. It had been a wild goose chase.

15. Our whole group are birds of a feather. We can do everything together.

Exercise 5. Translate from Russian into English.

1. Чепуха! Он ничего не знает.

2. Ты что, язык проглотил?

3. Перед тем как отправиться в отпуск мне нужно многое сделать, поэтому я сегодня такая труженица.

4. Хватит меня дурачить, мне уже надоело.

5. Вероятно, вся моя жизнь рушится.

6. Иногда очень трудно найти человека, с которым бы ты чувствовал себя как одного поля ягода.

7. У детектива сразу возникли подозрения. Человек не может быть таким чистым.

8. Не верь Паркеру. У него всегда неприятности с полицией. Я знаю это из надежного источника.

9. Сначала моя племянница сказала мне, что я смогу купить то, что мне нужно в одном магазине; затем она послала меня в другой. Я не смогла найти это. Она отправила меня на бесполезные поиски.

10. Я бы хотел найти интересную работу, где бы мне не нужно было заниматься чем-то скучным.

11. Он воспользовался этой ситуацией, чтобы действовать решительно.

12. Если ты проболтаешься, то у меня будут неприятности.

13. Когда ты просто принимаешь участие в соревнованиях - это одно, но если ты выигрываешь - это совсем другое.

14. Он снова поддерживает не того кандидата. Мейсона никогда не выберут.

15. В этом квартале так тихо и подозрительно.

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