#1 Match the phrases in bold to the definitions below.

1. Do you know what it's like to commit to memory a neverending

list of clues and deductions to be parroted back to Lestrade and
reporters? g
2. Look, he's the only person in (within) living memory who has...
actually touched the Octavo with his bare hands. f
3. Yes, indeed, it has. And I do appreciate that trip down memory
lane. a
4. Right there on the tip of my tongue. b
5. Sir, does the name Solomon Lane ring a bell? d
6. But sometimes there's a man, sometimes... there's a man... Wow,
lost my train of thought here. c
7. I’ve tried to rack my brains to find that answer, Bret. h
8. Out of sight, out of mind. e

a) when you spend some time remembering the past;

b) you think you know it and that you will be able to remember it
very soon;
c) a series of connected thoughts;
d) to sound familiar;
e) said to emphasize that when something or someone cannot be seen,
it is easy to forget it, him, or her;
f) can be remembered by some people who are still alive;
g) to learn (something) so that one remembers it perfectly : to
memorize (something);
h) to think very hard;
#2 Fill in the gaps with the phrases from Task 1.
1. He commited the entire letter memory He keeps reciting it every
holiday!
2. There is possibly less chance of another world war while the last
one is living memory.
 3. I racked my brains all day but I can't remember her name.
4. Her name is on the tip of my tongue, but I cannot remember, just
a second.
5. We’ll be taking trip down memory this evening when Mary
Smithson talks about her 50 years in publishing.
6. No, I'm sorry, that description doesn't ring a bell. I haven’t seen it.
7. I will deal with your friend when he is back in the country. For
now he out of sight out of might for me.
8. What amazing train of thought led you from Napoleon to global
warming? How did you manage to connect these ideas?
#3 Answer the questions below.
1. Do you often take a walk down memory lane?
2. Do you agree with the idiom “out of sight, out of mind”? Can you
prove it with the examples from your life?
3. What was the last thing on the tip of your tongue that you failed to
remember?
4. What was the last thing you committed to memory? When? What
for?
5. What is the most important event happened in the world within
living memory?