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

Set (37) - I’m doomed to learn it the hard way!

Dialogue

Peter: Once we cleared the air, we found that it had just been a simple misunderstanding. Stacy always makes a mountain out of a molehill.

Rob: See! It does go a long way to open up and come clean.

Peter: You’re right. Getting into disagreements has wiped me out. It’s no simple matter. I feel like I’m on the edge.

Rob: You should avoid trouble and mind your own business.

Peter: Man! fair enough; I’m doomed to learn it the hard way!

Vocabulary

Clear the air: to get rid of doubts or hard feelings.

Make a mountain out of a molehill: to treat a minor problem as if it were a very serious problem; to overact.

Open up: to speak candidly; to reveal one's inner thoughts or emotions.

Wipe someone out: to exhaust or tire someone.

No simple/easy matter: something that is not easy to do.

On the edge: very anxious and about to become distraught.

Be doomed to: likely to have an unfortunate and inescapable outcome.

Learn it the hard way: to learn by making mistakes through trial and error.

Exercise;

Fill in the gaps with the appropriate expressions;

clear the air

make a mountain out of a molehill

open up

wipe someone out

no simple/easy matter

on the edge

be doomed to

learn it the hard way

a. The silent treatment isn't helping the situation between you two, so just .......... already!

b. As time passed, and with the continuous urging, she finally .......... to me.

c. Starting your own business is really tough. I had to ..........

d. After the horrible events of the last week, we are all..........

e. It's.......... to find a decent place to live in this city.

f. Standing in lines.......... me.......... Please fill the forms yourself.

g. Those who do not know history.......... repeat it.

h. Don't make a.........., you only lost one chance. You can give it a another.