English Language Tests-Intermediate level's archive
English Slang Idioms (57)
1."You're doing a good job, Todd. You've made some
minor mistakes, but don't the small stuff," his boss
said.

suffer
seize
sweat
sense
2."You know he's going to try to take advantage of you.
Don't take any nickels, Jane — we didn't raise a
fool," her father said.

wooden
rubber
copper
tin
3."That's just throwing stones when you live in a
house! You complain that she lies, but you've lied yourself
to almost everyone here!" his assistant said.

glass
grass
straw
strong
4.It was going fine and everyone was having fun until my
alcoholic sister the party and started a fight with one
of my co-workers.

crushed

retire. She wished he would move or quit.

deer
dog
duck
donkey
9."You Harvard graduates are the of the crop," the
job interviewer told Jessie.

honey
grain
bulk
cream
10.He told his grandfather that he had improved his school
grades from a C to an A average, and his grandpa replied,
" See? I told you always rises to the surface."

cream
bubbling
wood
syrup