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

Set (30) - My holiday plans fell apart

Dialogue

Josh: Oh, Not again. My holiday plans fell apart (1). My wife is gonna go nuts. She always accuses me of not keeping my word.

Bill: Do you often go back on your word?

Josh: When the vase fell apart (2) last month, I promised to buy a new one. But I’m still broke!

Bill: Don't let on to her yet. Maybe everything will turn out okay.

Josh: The point is my wife is counting a lot on this holiday. She has already informed all friends about it. I can’t just overlook that.

Bill: Man! marriage is no a bed of roses!

Josh: Looking back on my bachelorhood days, I can obviously say that marriage is heaven in comparison. Al least I got rid of the dog’s life.

Vocabulary

Fall apart: to fail.

Go nuts: to become very angry or very excited.

Keep one’s word: do what one has promised.

Go back on one’s word: fail to keep a promise.

Fall apart (2): break into pieces.

Let on: to reveal; to inform; to tell.

Count on: to hope or expect that something will happen.

No bed of roses: there are unpleasant things to deal with as well as the pleasant ones.

Look back: to think about a time or event in the past.

Heaven: (Uncountable noun) something that gives you great pleasure.

Dog’s life: a very unhappy and unpleasant life.

Exercise;

Fill in the gaps with the appropriate expressions;

fall apart (fail)

go nuts

keep one’s word

go back on one’s word

fall apart (break)

let on

count on

no bed of roses

look back

heaven

dog’s life

a. We hope we can .......... your continued cooperation and support.

b. I just lay in the sun for a week and did nothing - it was ..........

c. Tom always .........., so if he promised to help you move, then he'll be here.

d. I had a great childhood and .......... on those days very fondly.

e. Their marriage .......... when she found out about her husband's affair.

f. The watch parts .......... and jumbled up.

g. The old lady will .......... if still no news comes from her son.

h. Don't .......... about our arrangements. At least for a couple of days.

i. Poor Mike! He's been leading a .......... since his wife left him.

j. .......... makes you a liar.

k. This job is .........., the pay is good but my boss is a real Simon Legree.