Unit 2:

How about going out

Is every likelihood that he will be

Is bound to return

Made it impossible for him to understand

Weren’t you supposed to sign this form

Is it likely he was telling the truth

Does coming on Saturday suit

How would you like to go

It isn’t compulsory to inform

Do u mind if I borrow

Will be prevented from entering

Is against the rules to start writing

Ravages of time

Few subjects are as controversial as

Denouncing it as an expression

No matter what one’s stance

Due to birth disorders

Kept under wraps

Even when you have it

Accept the body we were born with

Break in – interrupt

Break off – end st suddenly

Break out – begin war suddenly

Break down – stop functioning

Break down and confessed – lose control of oneself

Break into – sudden start doing st

Break through – overcome

Break up – end a relationship

Has accumulated – has built up

Assessed in elation to – balanced against

Depend on – bank on

Stopped and was forgotten – blew over

Fully reserved – booked up

Support the truth – bears out

It exploded – blew up

Improve – brush up on

Became visible – broke through

By and large – on the whole

Behind bars – in prison

Full of beans – very lively

Drop a brick = do - say st tactless

Browned off – fed up

A brainwave - clever new idea

Out of the blue – suddenly and unexpectedly

Break even – show neither profit nor loss

Cost a bomb – expensive

Have no choice in the matter

Consistent with

Belong to
Imed at

Agreeable to

Careless about

Bored with

Concentrated more on

Confined to

Apprehensive about

Bear with me

Notice for sale

Totally abosorbed in

The agent is belived to have neen in possession

Warning him not to meddle in

Came in sight

Advise you of

The end of the world is at hand

Supported her in her decisions

Knew each other by sight

Responded with

Blew his top when he heard

Wa completely baffled by his

Birthday coincides with the

Children are cruel to their

A new jacket on the spur of the

A blessing in disguise for

Socially, but drives a hard bargain in

Has a bee in his bonet about

Had butterflies in her stomach before the

On the verge of passing out

Simon had no recollection of

Finally had to hand in her resignation

Got up at the crack of dawn

Seemed to matter to him as much as

Will be postponed to

On suspicion of spying

Tittering nervously

Sniggered – chewing gum

Laugh at jokes

Beamed with pleasure

Smiled pleasantly at her neighbor

Guffawed loudly at the joke

Giggle nervously

Sneers at everyone

Grins when saw me

Those teenage girls smirk

Invariably found

Its durability

Attract man’s attention

Decorative objects

Colonization

Exploitation
Unprecedented

Underground vaults

A gaggle of geese

A shoal of fish

A swarm of bees

A pride of lions

A colony of monkeys, ants

A herd of cows

A flock of sheep

A pack of wolves

A troop of monkeys

A school of fish

A bunch of grapes

Vital component

In wholly irrational ways

Free card

In a sovereign default

The other key misconception

There is also a myth that

Go to the wall

Is an economic mainstay

Suitcase in hand

All the stresses of our daily life

With not a care in the world

Having little in common with

Our well-formed expectations about how

A surefire way

Crop up on holiday

Distraction from

Seductive art form

Stand motionless

Until inspiration hits them

Mistreated ethnic minorities

The graceful use of hands

Takes precedence

Are often the nost gripping

Precision of movement

Has no regrets about turning down

Is their intention to go to crete

That I was an idiot to give up

Only reason for coming was to see

Are the chances of your moving before

Was a poor turnout at the last match of the season.