Binomial pairs

dead and buried, -

dos and don’ts, -
high and dry, -
live and learn, -
pick and choose, -
rough and ready, -
safe and sound, -
short and sweet, -
through and through, -
wear and tear -

Ex. 2
1. Sooner or later the fortune will smile to you.
2. The day was nothing more than just a part of a boring daily routine.
3. Her suspicion is nothing more than just paranoia.
4. Had they not warned citizens in time there would have been more
than 1 million victims.
5. It has never been nothing more than a casual affair.
6. The class was astonished when the student left with no single word.
7. When I entered the room, Bingo was glowing with happiness seeing
me.
8. We were halfway through the jungle to see its treasure.
9. The artist wouldn’t have been such a prominent person if he hadn’t
got a chance to be a student of such a great mentor.
10. If you decide to drop out of the race, you can take me on next time.
Ex. 3
1. I knew that sooner or later it would happen at some time in the
future.
2. The room was nothing more than a dry musty cell.
3. She had been halfway through the wallpapering one room when the
pull of the sun had grown too strong to resist a second longer.
4. You can lie and lie beautifully, but sooner or later the truth comes
back like a wave and sweeps everything before it.
5. The fact that you report through him is nothing more than a formula
to save his face.
6. Halfway through the summer Moses, the raven, suddenly
reappeared on the farm, after an absence of several years.
7. For the moment most of them took it for granted that his
disappearance was nothing than more a ridiculous prank.
8. Approximately halfway through the discussion, I began feeling
fatigued and experienced a bit of what-I-call “information overload”.
Ex. 4
1. You know, I already have everything packed if we need to take a
quick trip.
2. Sooner or later, we will find a way out of this unpleasant situation.
This is nothing more than an attempt to manipulate public opinion.
3. Currently, I am halfway through to the completion of the scientific
work and will soon be able to show the results to the scientific
supervisor.
4. If you do not have time to return before midnight, the carriage will
turn into a pumpkin, and the dress into rags.
5. For him, autumn is nothing more than the beginning of studying, lack
of sleep, fallen leaves and rain.
6. Sooner or later we will have to make a choice and take responsibility
for all our words and actions.
7. The government assured citizens that it will do everything possible to
prepare for the heating season, provided that people will pay utility
bills.
8. Mary is already halfway through to fulfilling her dream and sooner or
later we will be proud of her.
9. Do not be angry with your classmates. They did not intend to offend
you, it was nothing more than a prank.
10. If it were not for the mobilization of the fighting spirit of all
Ukrainians in the first days of a full-scale war, it would be impossible to
stop the enemy.

4. How was the written examination conducted as presented in the extract

and how are papers marked according to Grimsdyke? 
The examination began with the written papers. A single invigilator sat
in his gown and hood on a raised platform to keep an eye open for
cheating. Two or three uniformed porters helped the invigilator. They
stood by the door and looked down at the victims. Three hours were
allowed for the paper. About halfway through some of the examinees
strode up for an extra answer book. Others handed in their papers and
left. The invigilator tapped his bell half an hour before time. Then the
porters began tearing papers away from gentlemen.
They never read the papers anyway. The night before the results are
announced, an elderly professor from the university board throws the
papers down the stairs. Those whose papers fell on the upper steps will
receive an "excellent"; if the papers fell on the middle part, they will
receive a "good" mark. “Satisfactory” will be given to those whose
sheets fell to the lower steps, and those whose works fell to the ground
floor are recognized as having failed the exam. This system has been
working admirably for years without arousing any comment.
They never read the papers anyway. The night before the results are
announced, an elderly professor from the university board throws the
papers down the stairs. The ones that stick on the top flight are given
firsts, most of them end up on the landing and get seconds, thirds go to
the lower flight, and any reaching the ground floor are failed. This
system has been working admirably for years without arousing any
comment.
5. Why are oral examinations so unpopular with students? What is your
opinion about them?
The written answers have a certain remoteness concerning mistakes and
omissions, they can be made like those of life, without the threat of
immediate punishment. But the viva is judgement day. A false answer,
and the professor’s brow threatens like imminent thunderstorm. If the
candidate loses his nerve he is finished: confusion breeds confusion and
he will come to the end of his interrogation struggling like a cow in a
bog.

6. What psychological types of students are commonly seen in the viva

waiting rooms? 

There were six candidates, who illustrated the types fairly commonly seen
in viva waiting-rooms. There was the Nonchalant, lolling back on the rear
legs of his chair with his feet on the table. Next to him, a man of the
Frankly Worried class sat on the edge of his chair tearing little bits off
his invitation card and jumping irritatingly every time the door opened.
There was the Crammer, fondling the pages of his battered textbook in
a desperate farewell embrace, and his opposite, the Old Stager, who
treated the whole thing with the familiarity of a photographer at a
wedding. He had obviously failed the examination so often. He looked
upon the viva simply as another engagement to be fitted into his day.
The other occupant of the room was a woman. Women students - the
attractive ones, not those who are feminine only through in escapable
anatomic arrangements — are under disadvantage in oral examinations.
(The male examiners are so afraid of being prejudiced favourably by
their sex they usually adopt towards them an attitude of undeserved
sternness.) But this girl had given care to her preparations for the
examination. Her suit was neat but not smart; her hair tidy but not
striking; she wore enough make-up to look attractive, and she was
obviously practising, with some effort, a look of admiring submission to
the male sex.