English Language Tests-Intermediate level's archive
English Slang Idioms (96)
1."Why haven't you gone on any dates in the past six
months? Don't tell me that you are still holding a for
Steve. He doesn't even live in this area anymore," Lisa
said to her roommate.

shamrock
shower
torch
locket
2."I can't believe Joe's holier-than attitude toward
people who live together before they are married. He
shouldn't be so judgmental of other people," Maggie said
to Elisa.

thou
church
saint
pope
3.She was sure that her best friend had a leg. She
could eat and eat and was still as skinny as a rail.

fat
restricted
hollow
multipurpose
4.She had made a scene in front of the dinner party when
she had yelled at her boyfriend in front of everyone for not
allowing her have a cat. He had agreed to let her get a cat
at dinner, but as it turned out, she had won kind of a

8.He had come from Israel but now the United States felt
more like home. He figured that whoever had coined the
saying "home is where you lay your ," must have
had a similar background.

bed
boots
eggs
hat
9."Well, there are only two more weeks left in the
semester. We are on the stretch now," Morris said
to Jackson.

long
big
home
barn
10.He knew that he would be able to finish Basic Training
and become a soldier. With only a week left to go in the
program, he was on the final .

frontier
stretch
match
path