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English Language Tests-Intermediate level's archive
English Slang Idioms (167)
1."I am sorry about the other night at your parents' house.
I hope they don't think I am boring or impolite. I know I
didn't talk much. I wasn't at my the other night. I
have been sick all week and, then, I found out the night of
the dinner party that my cousin had passed away. I didn't
get a chance to tell you before dinner," Jack told Maureen.

usefulness
polished self
greatness
best
2.He finally had his desk set up so that everything he
would need was at his .

knuckles
elbows
fingertips
sight
3."Jack, are you there?" The boss called out. "Right here.
At your , Sir," he replied from the next room over.

leisure
aims
service
frontline
4.He had finally earned the company's trust. When they
trusted you, they really trusted you. He had gone from
having barely any responsibility to having millions of the
company's dollars at his .

disposal
reach
reserves
aims
5."I am sorry but there is nothing more that we can do. We
have, at great , done our best to make your
experience with us a positive one. We gave you a new
product, after your warranty had expired, and then we
refunded you the money. There isn't anything else we can
do," Kyle said to the disgruntled customer.

areas
ideals
pains
standards
6."I am at wit's . My husband doesn't have a job and
won't look for one. I don't know what to do!" Lisa said to
Phyllis.

end
stopping
boundaries
refusing
7."James, do you have a moment? I have been trying to
sight of you all day," Tristan said.

lose
catch
ascertain

find
8.He decided to move out of the dormitories at the school
and into an apartment. He had somehow lost of his
goal of getting perfect grades in his classes and he
suspected that the reason for this was the constant
distraction of living with others who were just starting out
in college and wanted to party.

vision
focus
place
sight
9."Mark, you have been making a few mistakes in your
paper work. I need you to double-check your work from
now on. There is a lot of money at here," the boss
said to him.

place
stake
sight
motion
10."I was late again today after being warned that I would
be fired if I was late again. I am totally at the of my
boss and am just waiting for her to call me in to her office,"
Jane told Louise.

discretion
side
mercy
place