3: No hard feelings! Each response in the following conversations uses an idiomatic expression with no. Match them up: 1. Look, I'm really sorry about what I said yesterday. 2. Can I borrow your car? 3. I've just been offered a part in a Hollywood film! 4. Look, we found the hotel in the end, didn't we? 5. Can you get away from work early on Friday?
a. b. c. d. e.
No kidding! No thanks to you! No hard feelings! No such luck! No way!
4: No news is good news Use the following idiomatic expressions in the situations below: a. no bad thing b. a no-go area c. a real no-no
d. no news is good news e. no end of problems f. in no time
1. I haven't heard anything from the hospital but I suppose 2. I've had with my new computer. 3. I have to take an exam at the end of the course, which is because it gives me extra motivation to study. 4. Whatever you do, don't park in Frank's parking space. It's He gets very annoyed about it. 5. English is actually quite easy. You'll be speaking it like a native 6. When I was in Naples years ago, the hotel told me not to go near a certain area. They said it was for tourists.
5: Revision Rewrite the following idiomatic expressions, correcting the mistake: 1. Parts of Belfast were stop-go areas. 2. There's no fire without smoke. 3. I'll be with you in any time. 4. There's no coming back. 5. It's no laugh bringing up children as a single parent. 6. There's no house like home. 7. It's a real yes-no. 8. No news is no news. Is anything a real no-no at the place where you work or study? 219