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English Language Tests-Intermediate level's archive English Slang Idioms 174 1."I heard someone outside my window last night and my blood turned to .... It turned out that my husband re

English Language Tests-Intermediate level's archive

English Slang Idioms (174)

1."I heard someone outside my window last night and my

blood turned to I was so scared! It turned out that

my husband realized, in the middle of the night, that he

had forgot to lock the shed and it was him that I was

hearing," Jamie told Dorothy

mud

water

ice

plastic

2."I hated elementary school I got picked on a lot and

have tried to the whole experience out of my

memory," Chad told David

blot

smudge

paint

brush

3."I am sorry that I am late for dinner," Jack told his

friends "I had a out on my way here and had to put

on my spare tire You can see the little spare tire from

here."

deflate

pop

blow

white

4.James was surprised that Jack had blown the on

his criminal plans He offered Jack a lot of money to look

the other way but he refused He just didn't think that he

would call the police on him too

trash

lid

seal

gasket

5."You can yell at me until you are in the face I am

still not going to miss my prom because I am grounded I

am going and that is it," Jamie told her dad

blue

hot

strained

green

6.It looked like it was a Monday for about half of the

staff members They looked depressed, tired and like they

wanted to be anywhere but the office

yellow

green

brown

blue

7.He couldn't believe his stupidity The boss started in on

him asking why he had been late — and he had out

that he had accidentally forgot to set his alarm when he

had gone to bed late last night

shouted

blurted

screamed

held

8.His plan to get all of his chores done by 1 o'clock in the

afternoon was coming apart He got down by three

different friends stopping by, unexpectedly, and he was

way behind schedule

do

shoved

bogged

let

9.Computer technology changes so often that it is often

hard to keep up with the newest programs Each time a

new program comes out, there is enough information that

one has to learn to the minds of even the very

intelligent

throttle

boggle

spring

divide

10.Lucy and her boyfriend had been harboring a growing

resentment toward each other Finally, one night, he

started in on her about not taking back the movies and she

finally reached her point She told him everything

that she hated about him and then some

stopping

boiling

throwing

pushing