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Answer key 12. getting…across 13. get into 14. getting on for (This can be used in other sentences that involve numbers: "It's getting on for 10 (o'clock). Perhaps we should leave?") 15. get on to (also written get onto) 16. get…out of 17. get back to 18. round to (We can also say got around to)
15. gone to the dogs (This has a similar meaning to number 8 above) 16. Don't even go there! 17. going for a song 18. coming and going 19. go on 20. got the go-ahead.
Exercise 2: 1. I 2. B (Get on with it has a similar meaning) 3. T (impolite: sometimes used as a direct command: "Get lost! Leave me alone!". You could also tell someone to get off your back if you are trying to work and someone is watching you and interfering: "Get off my back! Let me do it my own way") 4. Q (This has the same meaning as to be / get fired: "You'll get fired if you continue coming in late") 5. Y (We can use this spoken expression if we don't know the answer to a question, or because we don't want to give an answer to a question because we know it will get us into trouble) 6. W 7. U (If someone continually annoys you, usually on purpose, we can say that they get your back up: "My neighbour plays his music really loud just to get my back up") 8. S (This can also be a phrasal verb, to get together: "Let's get together at the weekend") 9. G 10. K (Usually used when we think someone looks stupid in the clothes) 11. X 12. P 13. A 14. C (We can say raise instead of rise) 15. F (We can also say We aren't getting anywhere, or, if you are making progress, We're getting somewhere: "At last we're getting somewhere!") 16. N (a spoken expression. If someone is being very lazy and we want them to do something, we could say "Get off your backside!") 17. D (Often used in its conditional form, as in this sentence) 18. O (a spoken expression) 19. M 20. J 21. E 22. L (More informally, we could say Let's get cracking) 23. R 24. V (also see number 1 in Exercise 1) 25. H
'When the going gets tough, the tough get going!'
Phrasal verbs, idioms and other expressions using 'give' (page 25) 1. up 2. away 3. shoulder 4. slip 5. up on 6. over (This is normally said in a friendly way. If we are angry with someone, we can say Don't give me that) 7. away 8. giveaway (We can also say Her face gave the game away) 9. off 10. mind 11. All of these options are possible 12. good 13. a chance 14. take 15. straight 16. what for
The letters that you have replaced make this expression:
Idioms and other expressions to talk about health, feelings and emotions (page 28) 1. (She is so worried and tired because of her problems that she cannot think of any more ways of solving them) 2. (He is very nervous or worried) 3. (She is very ill and could die) 4. (She is not feeling as good as she usually feels) 5. ☺ (She is fit and healthy) 6. (He is very ill and could die) 7. (She is a bit depressed) 8. ☺ (He is feeling extremely happy) 9. (He is very angry and you should avoid him) 10. (He looks very tired) 11. (He is very tired) 12. ☺ (She looks very fit and healthy) 13. ☺ (He is very fit and healthy) 14. ☺ (She is extremely happy) 15. (He is feeling depressed) 16. ☺ (She is feeling very happy because something good has happened) 17. (She is feeling a bit ill and tired) 18. ☺ (She is not worried about anything) 19. (She is very angry because of something that someone has said or done) 20. ☺ (She is very healthy) 21. ☺ (She is experiencing a feeling of great happiness or excitement) 22. (He is feeling very ill) 23. (He is angry and has lost his temper, probably because of something minor or unimportant) 24. ☺ (He is feeling happy and healthy, although this expression is often used ironically when you are not feeling happy or healthy: "Are you OK, Mark?" "Oh yes. My wife has left me, my car has been stolen and I've lost my job, so everything is just peachy!" 25. (He looks extremely tired) 26. (He is very angry) 27. (He feels very ill) 28. (She is ill, and has suddenly become more ill) 29. (She has become ill, usually with something minor like a cold or a mild stomach illness) 30. (She is very tired) 31. (He is excited, worried or angry about something. We could also say he is agitated) 32. (She looks very ill) 33. (She is feeling a bit ill) 34. (She is angry or unhappy) 35. ☺ (He is feeling very happy because something good has just happened)
Informal phrasal verbs (pages 29 – 30) Phrasal verbs, idioms and other expressions using 'go' (pages 26 – 27) Exercise 1: 1. 2. 3. (gone off) 4. (gone up) 5. 6. 7. (go over) 8. 9. (went off) 10. (go round or go around) 11. 12. (go along with) 13. (going for) 14. (went back on) 15. 16. 17. (gone down with) 18. Exercise 2: 1. went the whole hog 2. go it alone 3. go Dutch 4. How are things going? 5. while the going is good 6. go one better 7. it goes without saying that… 8. going to rack and ruin (This expression can also be used to describe a building that needs to be repaired) 9. no-go area 10. have a go at 11. went haywire 12. went to town 13. go all out 14. bang goes my chance of… (We can also say there goes my chance of…)
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1. Yes. 2. No. Stump up means to pay, often without wanting to. 3. No. If something hacks you off, it makes you angry. 4. No. If you bottle out, you run away in order to avoid a fight. 5. Yes. If you freak out, you might become very angry, surprised or excited. 6. No. The government has been accused of making the facts more interesting and impressive than they really are in order to try to trick people. We can also say juice up or jazz up. 7. No. She took (and passed) the exam without difficulty. 8. No. He suddenly went quiet. 9. No. The neighbour talks about something for a long time in a boring and annoying way. We can also say harp on (about something); "He's always harping on about politics" 10. Yes. 11. No. The President has become lucky. 12. No. If you muck in, you join an activity in order to help people get a job done. 13. Yes. This has a similar meaning to bottle out in number 4. We can also say chicken out. 14. No. Someone who is raking it in is making a lot of money. 15. No. They deny that