UNIT 6. THAT'S NOT NICE!

Exercise 1. Match the following idioms with the definitions.

1.drive smo up a wall A) insincere talk

2.string smo along B) lead smo on dishonestly

3.sell smo down the river C) abandon smo

4.leave smo high and dry D) reveal a secret

5.sell smo short E) annoy smo greatly

6.snow job F) deceive smo

7.spill the beans G) betray smo

8.feed smo a line H) underestimate smo

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

1. If you hadn't (revealed a secret) I wouldn't have any trouble now.

2. He (abandoned me). I will never forgive him.

3. People (underestimate him) for his appearance. But I think he is cleverer than anyone else is.

4. This music (annoys me greatly). This is even not music.

5. Well, you have been (deceiving me for ages). I don't want it to continue.

6. It can't be true! Mike couldn't (betray Jane). He is in love with her.

7. (Insincere talks)! Day by day! Aren't you fed up with it?

8. You shouldn't (lead your girl - friend on dishonestly) or you will stay alone.

Exercise 3 .Fill in the gaps with the correct idiom, which corresponds to the context. Pay attention to the grammar forms.

1. If I hadn't found a way to our camp, my group would have ___ and gone without me.

2. We wanted to give you the book as a complete surprise on your birthday, but I suppose Ben ___ when he asked you if you had read it.

3. I'm so tired. Even trifles ____.

4. When we were going to buy a flat, we had heard a lot of ____.

5. In my mind ____ is an awful thing. Then people don't believe you any more.

6. Why are you ___ me? Don't you think you're better than me?

7. When he promised to take me to a cruise around the world he a) ___.I understood that he b) ___ but it was too late.

Exercise 4. Translate the sentences from English into Russian.

1. The company management was stringing the workers along, letting them believe that the company was not going to fire them when the factory closed.

2. The project manager told us that construction would be finished by August; it wasn't until later that we discovered he had fed us a line.

3. Be sure when you buy a package vacation trip though a travel agency has a good reputation. Too many companies have gone out of business, leaving those who have already paid their money high and dry.

4. The boss was annoyed when he learned that we all knew he planned to quit. He wanted to know who had spilt the beans.

5. Those neighbors are driving me up a wall. They turn on music every night.

6. You shouldn't have sold Mary down the river. She was the only person to understand you.

7. I don't know why do you sell him short? Wearing glasses is not a cause to underestimate a man.

8. Newspaper articles about pop - stars are just snow job. I've never believed any.

Exercise 5. Translate from Russian into English.

1. Алису всегда раздражало, когда Джон говорил. Но его пустая болтовня это было еще ничего. Кроме всего прочего он не уважал ее, хотя она была умной и привлекательной. Но самое ужасное это то, что однажды он ее предал.

2. Кольцо выглядело настоящим по телевизору, но когда оно пришло по почте, Паола поняла, что ее ввели в заблуждение.

3. Я попросил Боба никому не рассказывать мой секрет, но он не смог держать свой рот на замке. Он разболтал первому, кто зашел в дверь.

4. Плут обманывал пожилую женщину историей о том, что он вложил ее деньги в какое-то безопасное мероприятие, тогда как на самом деле он ее обкрадывал.

5. Эрик поехал на вечеринку со своими друзьями, но они уехали домой без него, бросив его на произвол судьбы, так как обратной дороги он не знал.

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