1. He set his sights on crossing the Pacific by balloon.

2. It is no easy feat to perform such a difficult piece.

3. In a decade and a half at the helm, O'Neil transformed the company's image.
. !ost "ids get teased a bit at school # they ha$e to learn to ta"e it in their stride.
%. !y leg &as blac" and blue &here the "id had "ic"ed me.
'. He &ent to great lengths to "eep their name out of the papers.
(. )he sho& &as an o$ernight success.
*. He al&ays had this burning ambition to start his o&n business.
+. )he plan to e,pand the company o$erseas met &ith complete failure.
1-. Our difficulties pale into insignificance &hen compared to the problems of the homeless.
11. )he team rose to the challenge and fought bac" to produce another goal.
12. )hese price rises &ill ha$e a "noc"#on effect on the economy.
13. He is a doctor and e,pects his son to follo& in his footsteps.
1. .he has refused to rule out the possibility of singing again.
1%. He's as pleased as punch about the baby.
1'. Harry &as a bundle/bag of ner$es the &hole time his &ife &as in the hospital.
1(. )erry seems to be in rather lo& spirits today.
1*. 0hen I heard she'd been released I felt on top of the &orld1
1+. I &as so o$er the moon I &al"ed all the &ay home &ith this huge smile on my face.
2-. )hey're bound to be on a high after such an incredible $ictory.
21. .ome actors ne$er ha$e butterflies in their stomach before going on stage.
22. 2ran faced a ner$e#rac"ing &ait for her medical test results.
23. 3lthough he &as a fair man, he ruled us &ith an iron grip.
2. )he ne& 4epublicanism is a &orld a&ay from the old pragmatism of the t&o senators.
2%. !yfirst port of call &ill be the post office.
2'. 5urrent landfill sites are more than sufficient to handle all of the trash e,pected to be generated for the
ne,t se$eral years.
2(. .omething 6ucy said began to so& seeds of doubt in his mind.
2*. )his go$ernment department is pressed for both time and money.
2+. )ry to set aside some time to loo" o$er the test before handing it in.
3-. )he little time I had outside of school &as ta"en up &ith &or".
31. 7ou'll learn ho& to do it e$entually ## it's only a matter of time.
32. It may be useful at some time in the future.
33. He's decided to gi$e up racing and de$ote all his time to his farm in Ireland.
3. 6et's not &aste any more time on this.
3%. I rang my boss and arranged to ta"e some time off.
3'. )he t&o boys get on li"e a house on fire8 you hardly see one &ithout the other.
3(. )he long &or"ing hours put a se$ere strain on employees.
3*. .he en9oys putting me do&n in front of other people.
3+. :ean thin"s his teachers ha$e it in for him8 it;s the only e,planation he gi$es for his poor mar"s.
-. 3s time &ent by, their marriage turned sour.
1. Ho& can you turn your bac" on your o&n mother<
2. 3nd to ma"e matters &orse I too" an instant disli"e to the &ife.
3. 5harles &as an odd character &hom =elly had ne$er really ta"en to.
. I'$e al&ays loo"ed up to >ill for his courage and determination.
%. .he loo"s do&n on anyone &ho is not as &ell off as she is.
'. 0e &ent to bed, but ?ulie and =ate stayed up tal"ing and playing cards.
(. )he baby slept peacefully through the night.
*. .ometimes !i"e has a hard time getting to sleep.
+. He lay do&n and fell into a deep sleep.
%-. )here's no obligation to do anything at all. .leep on it, and tell me &hat you thin" in the morning.
%1. 2or years, =e$in has suffered from a bad bac".
%2. It's a practice game # I &ouldn't lose any sleep o$er it.
%3. .arah had almost nodded off &hen @ictor suddenly spo"e.
%. .he had an ability to put people at their ease.
%%. Health reform &as one of his goals that fell by the &ayside.
%'. ?ennifer "ne& &hat a difficult time I &as ha$ing, and &ent out of her &ay to be friendly.
%(. Paying for your children to go to a pri$ate school is beyond the means of most people.
%*. Nigel smiled and too" the criticism in his stride.
%+. )ell them you'$e come out in a rash, or something.
'-. 6ou set about decorating their ne& house in blues and yello&s.
'1. An$ironmental e,perts said the mo$e &ould set bac" further research.
'2. )ry to set aside some time each day for e,ercise.
'3. !an's ability to reason sets him apart from other animals.
'. If &e set off early in the morning &e should reach the coast before dar".
'%. )he farmer threatened to set his dogs on us.
''. 0inter seems to be setting in early this year.
'(. One catches the $irus and they pass it on to the rest.
'*. .tress can bring on an asthma attac".
'+. I slapped his face a couple of times to try to bring him round.
(-. 5ome on and sit do&n. 7ou loo" absolutely &orn out.
(1. Once the initial shoc" has &orn off you'll realiBe that things aren't as bad as you first thought.
(2. I ha$en't got round to unpac"ing from my holiday yet.
(3. Is that the best e,cuse you can come up &ith<
(. I thin" I'm coming do&n &ith a cold.
(%. )he Cuality of >ritain's o$erseas aid programme is second to none.
('. 0e'$e got precious little in the budget for tra$el e,penses.
((. He spends an a&ful lot of time on the computer.
(*. )here aren't any coo"ies left # :an ate e$ery single one.
(+. 3ll too often doctors are too busy to e,plain the treatment to their patients.
*-. 7ou can get to Adinburgh by train or plane, but either &ay it's $ery e,pensi$e.
*1. )he uni$ersities ha$e sho&n fe& if any signs of a &illingness to change.
*2. I'$e done this a good fe& times no&.
*3. 0e'$e only got one day in Paris, so &e'd better ma"e the most of it.
*. )hese are issues that affect each and e$ery one of us.
*%. I'$e done my bit # no& it's up to you.
*'. 5harles &as an odd character &hom =elly had ne$er really ta"en to.
*(. If she calls about this one more time I'm going to blo& my top.
**. 0hen you are a gro&n#up, you don't thro& a tantrum if something offends you, you discuss it.
*+. 3fter spending the day on $ery e,acting &or", )om let off steam by going for a long run.
+-. 4ichens &as 1( &hen he fle& into a rage and stabbed another teenager.
+1. 0hen his paychec" bounced, ?ohn ble& a fuse.
+2. )ell !om &hat really happened before she blo&s a gas"et.
+3. ?ac" 9ust felt he had better things to do &ith his time than get &or"ed up about stuff.
+. 3fter a short heated argument, the inspector agreed to pay the costs in cash from his local station funds.
+%. )hough modest, 6ucy admits she gets a buBB from seeing the characters she creates come to life on the
screen.
+'. 6eft to their o&n de$ices, fe& people understandably &ish to ta"e a holiday in the &inter months, other
than at 5hristmas.
+(. It;s hard to imagine that the par" is only a fe& minutes; &al" from the hustle and bustle of midto&n
!anhattan.
+*. I &as &orried that they &ouldn't li"e each other, but in fact they're getting on li"e a house on fire.
++. He ga$e free rein to his imagination.
1--. )he three &omen &or"ed together on a stage play, and then each &ent off to do her o&n thing.
1-1. >ut !ansell has a mind of his o&n, and he &as adamant he &ould ma"e racing his career.
1-2. .he ris"s life and limb e$ery day in her 9ob as an underco$er in$estigator.
1-3. .he &as out of her depth in the ad$anced class, so they mo$ed her to the intermediate class.
1-. 7ou ha$e to hand in your notice at least four &ee"s before you lea$e.
1-%. 0e;ll ha$e the place spic" and span in no time.
1-'. )hose &ho do ta"e ris"s often reap the re&ards.
1-(. If you don't start pulling your &eight around here, you're fired.
1-*. )he situation came to a head &hen the &or"ers &ent out on stri"e.
1-+. 5hildren pic" up on our &orries and an,ieties.
11-. )hey put me up in the spare room for a fe& days &hile I sorted things out.