1.

Read the texts again and find the words or phrases that mean the
following:

1. When it’s more difficult to do sth than people say (phrase, text 1)
2. soon (texts 1, 3)
3. Attract somebody’s attention (an idiom, test 1)
4. to do the same thing as someone else did previously(before) (an idiom,
text 2)
5. a short period of being famous (text 3)
6. to say that you approve of and admire somebody/something (text 5)

2. Complete the sentences with the words and expressions above

1. It was the unusual colour of his jacket that _____________.
2. He wanted to ________ his mother's ________ and be a ballroom dancer.
3. He was highly _______ for his research on heart disease.
4. With a little exercise, you'll be back in shape _________.
5. Everyone wants their _______________
6. "Why don't you just ask Simon to pay?" "___________________."
7. I tried to _____the waiter's _____, so we could order.