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English Slang Idioms (124)
1.Tom Larrington was one of her favorite employees. The
guy was a regular live . He was always full of energy
and enthusiasm. He never ceased to motivate others who
wanted to be motivated.

performance
animal
cable
wire
2.There was a knock and the door and, lo and , it
was the pizza man who was 45 minutes late.

mold
behold
beholding
held
3.He knew he had a gambling problem, he just wished he
admitted it to himself and got help before borrowing
$30,000.00 from a dangerous shark. The money
was due, plus 40% interest, two days from now and he
didn't have it.

finance
fiancee
loan
capital
4.He asked the manager if it would be possible to place
him on a different work team. She had assigned him to the
same team as Ricky. He and Ricky disagreed on

everything and he knew that it would only be a matter of
time before he and Ricky locked about an issue if
they were forced to work together.

doors
gates
horns
deals
5."Why the long , John? I would think that you would
be happy now that your final exams are over and you are
on summer vacation," his girlfriend said to him.

shirt
face
tail
hair
6.She knew that she only had a shot at graduating
college after this semester now that she had flunked two
of her four midterm exams.

short
mini
powder
long
7."Hi, Jack. Long time, no . How long has it been
since we got together last? It must be at least a year," Ron
said.

sight
sea

see
bonding
8."I am sorry that I applied and took the job you wanted,
Steve. It was the only job being offered that I was qualified
for and I had to for number one," Cathy told him.

seek
block
flight
look
9.His grandfather had always told him "look before you
" and he had found time and time again that failing
to contemplate the consequences of one's actions could
get one in a lot of trouble.

sign
leap
buy
enter
10."I know that you really wanted to work in Nicaragua this
summer and are sad that you won't be able to. Look at the
side, though. At least you will have more time to
spend with me," Mike's girlfriend said to him.

long
white
bright
desirable