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Create 2 sentences with the following

new phrases:

1 Turned Into
1 Our holiday turned into a nightmare.
2 His first novel was turned into a television film.

2 Felt Empty
1 I'm feeling empty because my social life sucks.
2 I am single 2 years ago, sometimes I feel empty and lonely

3 Bombarded with
1 Some times I feel very tired when the teacher bombard us with a lot
of homework
Every time I come home for the holidays, my mom bombards me with q
uestions about my personal life.

4 Shaping
1 Technological development has changed the shape of the industry.
2 She runs six miles every day to help keep herself in shape.

5 Multitasking
1 The machine allows multitasking without the need
to buy extra hardware.
2 Women are supposed to be more adept at multitasking
and communicating.
6 Overwhelmed
1 He was overwhelmed by feelings of remorse for what he had done.
2 We were overwhelmed by the sacrifices they had made.

7 Go through
1 Collins went through every legal book she could find.

2 He’d gone through all his money by the end of the first week of
his holiday.

8 Enhance
1 It's things like this that enhance the quality of life..
2 High productivity lowers costs and enhances value.

9 Out of the woods


1 There has been a slight upturn in the economy, but we’re not out of
the woods yet.
2 It's too soon to say if either airline is out of the woods yet.

10 Feeding
1 She has a midnight feeding, then sleeps until morning.
2 He would not stop feeding last night. He must
have gained ten pounds
11 Driven
1 The student felt driven by her teacher's expectations.
2 Foreign investment has driven the country's economy forward.

12 Going on
1 There were going on 200 people at their wedding.
2 When you finish the first section of the test, go on to the next.

13 Went on a ____ binge


1 He went on a five-day drinking binge
2 She went on a shopping binge at the weekend.

14 Clean slate
1 We can therefore start with a clean slate
2 It is not as though we were starting with a clean slate.

15 Vicious cycle
1Many people get caught/trapped in a vicious circle of dieting and weig
ht gain.
2 Good personal organization is the key to breaking out of this vicious
circle.

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