Advanced English Conversations - Robert Allans, Ahmet Mustafaoglu, Metin Emir 2019

Set (15) - You mean she was pulling my leg!

Dialogue

Jack: Don’t be such a gullible person. Did you truly believe that Jessie got the tender for the hospital project?

Tony: You mean she was pulling my leg!

Jack: Without doubt. I don’t deny that she is an ambitious girl and bold enough to go to extremes but this deal is definitely beyond her means.

Tony: Then, she making fun of me!

Jack: Not exactly. She is trying to get you worked up so that you give up trying.

Tony: She is such a dirty rat!

Vocabulary

Gullible: (adj) easily persuaded to believe something; credulous.

Pull someone’s leg: to deceive someone playfully; tease someone.

Without doubt: Without question; certainly; definitely.

Go to extremes: to do something much more than is usual or reasonable.

Beyond one’s means: beyond (or within) one's budget or income.

Make fun of someone: to mock or direct insults at someone or something.

Worked up: (adj) upset or very excited about something.

Give up: to stop trying to do something before you have finished.

Dirty rat: Any malicious act against you or your friends can qualify the perpetrator to be called a dirty rat.

Exercise;

Fill in the gaps with the appropriate expressions;

gullible

pull someone’s leg

without doubt

go to extremes

beyond one’s means

dirty rat

make fun of someone

worked up

give up

a. So you've changed sides! That’s not fair. You ..........!

b. The .......... woman gave all her money to a fake charity.

c. He was very worked up about seeing his family again after so many years.

d. A second vacation this year is well ..........

e. I .......... Karl's .......... when I said Marissa wanted to go out with him.

f. You can .......... me all you want, but I love these shoes.

g. I hope you won't .......... playing the piano after that defeat.

h. She had .......... to avoid seeing him.

i. He was .......... the very worst kind of reporter.