English Conversations

Practice and Learn Module

90 minutes

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The following are your objectives: Next…

• Be familiar with everyday

conversational phrases that Americans
use in their language
• Practice and adopt new colloquial
terms and phrases
• Accomplish the group assignment on
this module
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Overview 

• Went like clockwork • Give us a lift home

• Really chic • In low spirits
• It’s a cross • With open arms
• Put to sleep • He’ll see red
• He got a taste for • Pay through the nose
• Been told off before • Tailor your resume
• Wipe out • Smell a rat
• Stamp out • Got his head screwed on
• I’m in the dark • Chewing the fat

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• Take after •Take the bull by the horns

• Hit the sack •A bee in your bonnet
• A close shave •Give up the ghost
• A far cry from •Playing hardball
• Daylight robbery •Up to the hilt
• A stone’s throw away •At a premium
• Hanging out •Capital gains
• Popping the question •Went up the wall
• Get a hang of it
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Went like clockwork
Really chic
It’s a cross
Put to sleep
Got a taste for
Has been told off
Wipe out
Stamp out
In the dark
A lift
In low spirits
With open arms
See red
Pay through the nose
Tailor
Smell a rat
Got his/her head screwed on
Chewing the fat
Take after
Hit the sack
A close shave
A far cry
Daylight robbery
Stone’s throw away
Hanging out
Popping the question
Get a hang of it
Bee in your bonnet
Give up the ghost
Playing hardball
Up to the hilt
At a premium
Capital gains
Went up the wall
Group Assignment

Groupings
1. Form 4 teams, with
approximately 10-15 members “Write a dialogue
each.
2. Assign a team leader who will
using the Next…
have to talk to other team
leaders about which TASK
terms/phrases
NUMBER your team will be assigned to your
working on.
group, which you’ve
“Be prepared as you will learned and studied
present this in a role play
on our next meeting!”  on this module.”
Group Assignment

TASK # 1 TASK # 2
• Went like clockwork • Give us a lift home
• Really chic • In low spirits Next…
• It’s a cross • With open arms
• Put to sleep • He’ll see red
• He got a taste for • Pay through the nose
• Been told off before • Tailor your resume
• Wipe out • Smell a rat
• Stamp out • Got his head screwed on
• I’m in the dark • Chewing the fat
Group Assignment

TASK # 3 TASK # 4
• Take after •Get a hang of it
• Hit the sack •Take the bull by the horns
• A close shave •A bee in your bonnet
• A far cry from •Give up the ghost Next…
• Daylight robbery •Playing hardball
• A stone’s throw away •Up to the hilt
• Hanging out •At a premium
• Popping the question •Capital gains
•Went up the wall
Glossary

“A dialogue (sometimes spelled dialog) is a

conversation between two or more people. It is also a Next…
literary form in which two or more parties engage in a
discussion. It is used to make a person feel like they are
there listening to the conversation happen in person.”
Wikipedia®
Your script/dialogue, written down and
submitted, will be your exercise for the day.

10 points correct usage

10 points role play

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