English Collocations in Dialogue: Master Hundreds of Collocations in American English Quickly and Easily - Jackie Bolen 2021

Keep a secret

Jerry: Hey Min, can you keep a

Min: Sure, what's up? I can keep quiet.

Jerry: I can't say for sure but I think that Ted paid someone to take his place for the CPA exam. He had to take the exam on Friday at 10:00 am but I saw him posting on Facebook during that time.

Is he capable of that? Do people make money taking exams for others?

Jerry: I think it's a thing. Ted should be ashamed of He should get fired for sure.

Vocabulary

Keep a secret: Not telling other people what someone told you in confidence.

Keep quiet: Don't say anything.

Can't say for sure: Uncertain about something.

Take his place: Replace somebody.

Take the exam: Write a test.

Posting on Writing something on uploading a video or picture, etc.

Capable of: Having the ability to do something.

Make money: Do a job, task, etc. in order to get paid.

Be ashamed of himself: What other people say in response to someone doing something bad.

Practice

He should ... for acting like that at school.

Please ... about it, okay? I don't want everyone to know.

If you ... now, then you'll be eligible for that promotion next month.

I need to ... quickly to pay the rent at the end of the month.

I'll tell you but only if you can ... .

I need to find someone to ... for the game next week. He broke his leg.

I don't think he's ... doing such a terrible thing!

I'm addicted to social media and can't stop ... .

I ... but I think Ted and Judy are going to get divorced.

Answers

be ashamed of himself

keep quiet

take the exam

make money

keep a secret

take his place

capable of

posting on Facebook

can't say for sure