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Exercise - 25
Question: 1 Mike: 'Do you know what I did last night?' Jane: '.......'
Correct Answer : 1 [I shrink to think.]
Notes: Mike: 'Do you know what I did last night?'Jane: 'I shrink to think.'
Question: 2 Mike: 'I bet you don't know what happened at the party?' Jane: '.......'
Correct Answer : 2 [I can't imagine.]
Notes: Mike: 'I bet you don't know what happened at the party?'Jane: 'I can't imagine.'
Question: 3 Mike: 'Do you know how much the bill has come to?' Jane: '.......'
Correct Answer : 3 [I daren't think.]
Notes: Mike: 'Do you know how much the bill has come to?'Jane: 'I daren't think.'
Question: 4 Mike: 'Guess how much income tax I pay.' Jane: '.......'
Correct Answer : 4 [I haven't a clue.]
Notes: Mike: 'Guess how much income tax I pay.'Jane: 'I haven't a clue.'
Question: 5 Mike: 'Then you add the square root and multiply by 67, do you follow?' Jane: '.......'
Correct Answer : 5 [Sorry, it's beyond me.]
Notes: Mike: 'Then you add the square root and multiply by 67, do you follow?'Jane: 'Sorry, it's beyond me.'
Question: 6 Mike: 'Do you understand what he's on about?' Jane: '.......'
Correct Answer : 6 [No, it's way above my head.]
Notes: Mike: 'Do you understand what he's on about?'Jane: 'No, it's way above my head.'
Question: 7 Mike: 'I assume you're following the argument, aren't you.' Jane: '.......'
Correct Answer : 7 [No, it's all Greek to me.]
Notes: Mike: 'I assume you're following the argument, aren't you.'Jane: 'No, it's all Greek to me.'
Question: 8 Mike: 'It's amazing when you learn what technology can do, isn't it?' Jane: '.......'
Correct Answer : 8 [The mind boggles.]
Notes: Mike: 'It's amazing when you learn what technology can do, isn't it?'Jane: 'The mind boggles.'
Question: 9 Mike: 'So what do you think is the answer?' Jane: '.......'
Correct Answer : 9 [No idea.]
Notes: Mike: 'So what do you think is the answer?'Jane: 'No idea.'
Question: 10 Mike: 'Then you take away the first number — are you with me?' Jane: '.......'
Correct Answer : 10 [No, you've lost me.]
Notes: Mike: 'Then you take away the first number — are you with me?'Jane: 'No, you've lost me.'
Question: 1 One day a hare looked at a tortoise and ....... the short feet of the tortoise.
Correct Answer : 1 [ridiculed]
Notes: One day a hare looked at a tortoise and ridiculed the short feet of the tortoise.
Question: 2 He also made ....... of the slow pace at which the tortoise travelled.
Correct Answer : 2 [fun]
Notes: He also made fun of the slow pace at which the tortoise travelled.
Question: 3 The tortoise agreed that the hare ran as fast as the wind but claimed that he could easily ....... him in a race.
Correct Answer : 3 [beat]
Notes: The tortoise agreed that the hare ran as fast as the wind but claimed that he could easily beat him in a race.
Question: 4 It was ....... that the tortoise should choose the course and also the end of the race.
Correct Answer : 4 [agreed]
Notes: It was agreed that the tortoise should choose the course and also the end of the race.
Question: 5 The tortoise never stopped and continued walking at a ....... pace all the time to the end of the race.
Correct Answer : 5 [steady]
Notes: The tortoise never stopped and continued walking at a steady pace all the time to the end of the race.
Question: 6 The hare shot ahead and then decided to ....... down at the side of the path for a rest.
Correct Answer : 6 [lie]
Notes: The hare shot ahead and then decided to lie down at the side of the path for a rest.
Question: 7 It wasn't long before the hare fell into a ....... sleep.
Correct Answer : 7 [deep]
Notes: It wasn't long before the hare fell into a deep sleep.
Question: 8 When he woke up, he couldn't ....... his eyes because there was the tortoise crossing the finishing line.
Correct Answer : 8 [believe]
Notes: When he woke up, he couldn't believe his eyes because there was the tortoise crossing the finishing line.
Question: 9 At the end of the race the tortoise, ....... by all his hard work, was quietly slumbering on the line.
Correct Answer : 9 [exhausted]
Notes: At the end of the race the tortoise, exhausted by all his hard work, was quietly slumbering on the line.
Question: 10 The moral of this fable is: slow but ....... always wins the race in the end.
Correct Answer : 10 [sure]
Notes: The moral of this fable is: slow but sure always wins the race in the end.
Question: 1 You can hear everything that's going on next door because the walls are paper ........
Correct Answer : 1 [thin]
Notes: You can hear everything that's going on next door because the walls are paper thin.
Question: 2 We're going to the college tonight to hear Professor Kent ....... a paper on language learning on the net.
Correct Answer : 2 [deliver]
Notes: We're going to the college tonight to hear Professor Kent deliver a paper on language learning on the net.
Question: 3 I can't see the point of trying to settle the dispute between those two institutions because you'll just be papering over the ........
Correct Answer : 3 [cracks]
Notes: I can't see the point of trying to settle the dispute between those two institutions because you'll just be papering over the cracks.
Question: 4 After the first revolution the dictator no longer had much control and became just a paper ........
Correct Answer : 4 [tiger]
Notes: After the first revolution the dictator no longer had much control and became just a paper tiger.
Question: 5 The cross country run where the runners follow a track of pieces of paper is called a paper ........
Correct Answer : 5 [chase]
Notes: The cross country run where the runners follow a track of pieces of paper is called a paper chase.
Question: 6 Some countries have some very interesting designs on their paper ........
Correct Answer : 6 [money]
Notes: Some countries have some very interesting designs on their paper money.
Question: 7 Not that it has happened yet but the age of the computer was meant to introduce the idea of the paper....... office.
Correct Answer : 7 [less]
Notes: Not that it has happened yet but the age of the computer was meant to introduce the idea of the paperless office.
Question: 8 The main work has just been completed and all we have to do now is finish the paper ........
Correct Answer : 8 [work]
Notes: The main work has just been completed and all we have to do now is finish the paper work.
Question: 9 She was given a very decorative paper ....... to stop all her papers blowing away once the window was opened.
Correct Answer : 9 [weight]
Notes: She was given a very decorative paper weight to stop all her papers blowing away once the window was opened.
Question: 10 Her first novel was a huge success and it was only a few weeks after publication that the paper ....... came out.
Correct Answer : 10 [back]
Notes: Her first novel was a huge success and it was only a few weeks after publication that the paper back came out.
