Practice 1

1. The proverb “Don’t count your chickens before they hatch” menas that a person can’t be
too certain about what will happen in the future.
2. The saying “Mistakes are part of the dues one pays for a full life” means that mistakes are
necessary for people to live the world.
3. The saying “Two heads are better than one” means that when two people work together
they are more likely to solve a problem than one person doing it alone.
4. The saying “Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadow” means that
people should be optimistic. The idea of keeping your face to the sunshine is that you
should always look on the bright side of life. If you do so, you will not see the
"shadows." That means that you will not see the potential bad things that could happen to
you.
5. The saying “United we stand; divided we fall” means that  If we work together we can be
successful. If we fight each other we will fail.
6. The saying “Animal are such agreeable friends; they ask no questions, pass no criticisms”
means that animal always there to listen to you and comfort you, not like a human being
who likes to criticize.

Practice 2

1. Extended example
2. Extended example
3. Extended example
4. Several examples