Unit 5 Vocabulary
5 A What’s wrong? in / the / eye / look / me and
Communication
1 Complete with the words in the sentences.
1 Does anyone have a tissue? I really need to
b _ _ _ m_ n _ _ _.
2 In many countries it is considered i _ _ _ _ _ _ _
to ask someone how much they earn.
3 In China and Japan, a weak h _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ is
preferred to a strong one.
4 In some countries it is okay to w _ _ _ _ _ _ to
get the waiter’s attention.
5 In Thailand, touching someone’s head shows a
l _ _ _ of r _ _ _ _ _ _.
6 In Greece, you can say ‘no’ by n _ _ _ _ _ _
y _ _ _ h _ _ _.
7 In Britain, people can t _ _ _ o _ _ _ _ _ _ if you
don’t say ‘please’ and ‘thank you’.
8 In some countries it is b _ _ m _ _ _ _ _ _ not to
take a gift when visiting someone’s house.
2 Put the letters in the underlined words in order
to complete the sentences.
1 It is correct to owb when meeting the Queen of
England. ___________
2 Can you stop rasnigt at me? I find it very
distracting. ___________
3 My boss is always nutbl and to the point. You
always know what she’s thinking. ___________
4 Some people say that we don’t klinb much when
we are concentrating. ___________
5 In most countries, if you hasek ouyr adeh it
means ‘no’. ___________
Idioms
3 Put the words in bold in order to make idioms.
1 A It must be the tenth time we’ve studied this.
B Just remember: makes / perfect / practice!
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2 A The secretary told me not to bring my ID.
B I’m afraid he garden / the / path / led / up /
you.
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3 A Janet says her ex was really lazy.
B That’s a / of / lies / pack! He did everything!
______________________________________
4 A Why was your boss arrested?
B Er … not all of his taxes were the / on / level.
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say it!
B I’m sorry, but I’m leaving you, Rupert.
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6 A Honestly, I didn’t take your pen.
B You did! You are / teeth / through / your /
lying.
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Dependent prepositions
4 Match the sentence halves.
1 Did you hear… D
2 From the moment she smiled… _____
3 Can I ask… _____
4 I can’t help you if you insist… _____
5 I apologise… _____
6 We all believed … _____
A for some help over here, please?
B on ignoring my advice.
C for having broken your mirror.
D about what happened to Wendy?
E in my sister – she became a brilliant singer.
F at me, I knew I was in love!
5 Choose the correct options.
1 Can we talk later? I’m concentrating / hearing
on writing an email at the moment.
2 We started a study group to help us believe /
prepare for our final exams.
3 Are you two still arguing / smiling about who is
going to do the washing-up?
4 I would really like to ask / thank you for inviting
us to dinner tonight.
6 Complete the text with verbs in the correct form.
Did you (1) _ _ _ _ about what happened to me
when I was living in Poland? Well, I was on the train
from Warsaw to Gdansk. I went to the café car and
(2) _ _ _ _ _ for a bottle of water in Polish, but the
waiter (3) _ _ _ _ _ _ at me. I was really thirsty so I
(4) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ on getting the water. Luckily,
another passenger spoke English and she told me
that I had actually ordered a bottle of vodka, which I
definitely didn’t want! She explained to the waiter
and we all (5) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ about it. The waiter said
that he was (6) _ _ _ _ _ for misunderstanding what
I had said and gave me the bottle of water for free.
Unit 5 Vocabulary
KEY

Unit 5 *
1 1 blow my nose
2 impolite
3 handshake
4 whistle
5 lack of respect
6 nodding your head
7 take offence
8 bad manners
2 1 bow
2 staring
3 blunt
4 blink
5 shake your head
3 1 practice makes perfect
2 led you up the garden path
3 pack of lies
4 on the level
5 look me in the eye
6 are lying through your teeth
4 1 D 2 F 3 A 4 B 5 C 6 E
5 1 concentrating on
2 prepare
3 arguing
4 thank
6 1 hear
2 asked
3 smiled
4 insisted
5 laughed
6 sorry

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