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

Set (21) - You guys ’ve gone too far this time!

Dialogue

Max: Thanks, Bill. I’ll make up (1) for the missing work on Friday. I’m tied up right today.

Bill: Did you and John make up (2)? You guys ’ve gone too far this time!

Max: Yeah. We met and hanged out for hours last night.

Bill: Good. You two make up (3) half our team! We need you to be friends.

Max: Wow! This book is made up of twelve separate stories. Can I borrow it?

Bill: Yeah. I made up (4) half of them myself. I’ve got a knack for writing stories.

Vocabulary

Make up (1): to compensate for something lost, missed, or deficient.

To be tied up: to be busy or being used, with the result that you are not available for anything else.

Make up (2): to reconcile; to be friendly with someone after an argument.

Go too far: to exceed the limits of what is reasonable or acceptable.

Hang out: to spend time relaxing or enjoying oneself.

Make up (3): to form; to combine together.

Make up (4) to create; to invent.

Have a knack for: to be exceptionally proficient at (doing) something.

Exercise;

Fill in the gaps with the appropriate expressions;

make up (compensate)

tied up

make up (reconcile)

go too far

hang out

make up (form)

make up (create)

have a knack for

a. The teacher asked the students to .......... short dialogues by themselves.

b. He leans over backwards to .......... for what he has lost.

c. Road accident victims .......... almost a quarter of the hospital's patients.

d. We often quarrel but we always .......... it soon after.

e. It's all very well having a joke but sometimes you ..........

f. Do you .......... coming up with ideas? If so, we would love to hear from you.

g. Guys play basketball, goof off, gamble, .........., argue and ignore their women.

h. I'm afraid I 'll be .......... tomorrow at ten.