Idioms (1, 2, 4) and slang (3):

🧩 a heart of gold 💛
🧩 the curtain falls on something 🔚
🇬🇧 knackered 😴
🇬🇧 pull your socks up 💪

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Here are all the idioms with pictures 🧩

Using words and phrases figuratively

Familiar words may appear with an unfamiliar meaning (often a “figurative meaning), or surrounded by other words that together form an idiom or common phrase.

As I crawled along the motorway, I was having second thoughts about staying with Marcus. I’d been in two minds about going in the first place, but it was sweet of him to invite me, and I wasn’t tied up, so I said ‘yes’. But now it struck me that perhaps he wanted to go out with me! How could I be so thick? Marcus was very nice, but a romantic relationship was the last thing on my mind. How can I get out of this, I wondered? Just then, the traffic suddenly started to speed up, and something went into the back of me. I pulled my mobile out of my bag. ‘Is that you Marcus? Listen, you’re not gonna believe this, but …’

GLOSSARY:

🧩 crawl — (of a vehicle) move very slowly
🇷🇺 тащиться, ползти, еле двигаться (о транспорте)

🧩 have second thoughts (about sth) — start having doubts about a decision you have made
🇷🇺 начать сомневаться в принятом решении

🧩 be in two minds about sth — be unable to decide what to do about sth
🇷🇺 колебаться, сомневаться насчёт чего-то

🧩 sweet (of sb) — kind (of sb)
🇷🇺 милый, добрый поступок; it was sweet of you to come — очень мило с твоей стороны, что ты пришёл

🧩 be tied up — be busy and unable to do other things
🇷🇺 быть занятым, не иметь времени

🧩 strike sb (that) … — (of a thought or idea) suddenly come into sb’s mind
🇷🇺 осенить, внезапно прийти в голову

🧩 thick inf — stupid
🇷🇺 тупой, глупый (разговорное)

🧩 be the last thing on sb’s mind — be the thing that sb is least likely to be thinking about
🇷🇺 быть совсем не тем, о чём кто-то думает; быть последним, о чём думает кто-то

🧩 get out of sth — avoid doing sth
🇷🇺 избежать чего-то, отвертеться от чего-то

🧩 you’re not gonna believe this — used to introduce surprising and often unwelcome news (gonna = going to, разговорное)
🇷🇺 ты не поверишь, но…

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Make sentences from the jumbled words.

1. gonna / not / lost / this / I / but / you’re / believe.
You’re not gonna believe this, but I lost.

2. homework / out / this / get / doing / of / how / can?
How can I get out of doing this homework?

3. going / two / about / I’m / minds / to / in / Greece.
I’m in two minds about going to Greece.

4. thing / on / university / mind / is / the / last / my.
University is the last thing on my mind.

5. it / take / of / sweet / to / us / was / him.
It was sweet of him to take us.

Complete the dialogues with a word or phrase.

Do you still want to go? ~ Actually, I’m having second thoughts.

Are you thinking of getting married? ~ No, that’s the last thing on my mind!

Do you want to go to the wedding? ~ Not really, but I can’t get out of it.

You’re not gonna believe this, but … ~ You’ve lost my keys, again! How could you?

Did he invite all of you? ~ Yes, it was very sweet of him. He’s a lovely man.

Are you going or not? ~ I’m still in two minds about it, actually.

Did you think she looked like her sister? ~ Yes, I was struck by how similar they are.

Could we talk about it this morning? ~ I’m afraid I’m tied up this morning.

Why are you so late? ~ Half the road was closed. We were crawling along for ages.

He may not have understood the instructions. ~ Yeah, he’s a bit thick.

Complete the sentences using words from above with their more usual literal meanings.

Leyla is only eight months, so she’s still crawling across the living room floor.

It’s a very thick book — almost 1,000 pages.

These oranges are lovely. They’re very sweet.

The men were tied up, with both hands behind their backs.

I saw him striking the dog with a large stick. I was really angry.

The policeman stopped me and asked me to get out of the car.

I’ve just had a thought, Carrie. Do you think we could hire a car for the weekend?

I think his mind was disturbed when he had that accident.

Here are all the vocabulary words with pictures 🧩

One word is missing in each sentence.
What is it, and where does it go?

How did you him to do it? ~ I offered him money.

These batteries in all sorts of different sizes.

If both brothers come, that will it 20 altogether.

It’s the fishing that most people to this part of the coast.

When I speak to the staff tomorrow, I’l what they think.

We’d better finish the cream: it won’t after today.

He has great ideas but finds it difficult to them into words.

I’ve got a packet of noodles. Do you think that will for six people?

Complete the dialogues with suitable verbs.

A: Hello. What (1) brings you to this part of the building?
B: I can’t (2) get this new clock to work, and it didn’t (3) come with instructions.
A: OK, (4) leave it with me. I’ll (5) see what I can do.
B: Thanks. Oh, one other thing, we’ve run out of paper for the photocopier.
A: Er, there’s some over there. Will that (6) do?
B: Yeah, that’s plenty.


A: What are the bookings like for this evening?
B: We had two more this morning, so I (7) make that 36 now.
A: Ok, but we’ll need more tables. Can I (8) leave that with you?
B: Well, I’ll (9) see how things go, but I may have to (10) get Mario to do it.
A: OK, but don’t (11) push him too hard; he’s had a very tough week.