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

Set (44) - She’s feeding you lies

Dialogue

Sam: Michael unless you stop overstepping your bounds and messing with me, I’m gonna wipe you out! Enough is enough!

Michael: Oh boy! I’m shaking in my little boots!

Sam: I heard you’re going out with Kathy.

Michael: Yeah! I’m trying to prove to you that she’s a worthless girl. How many times should I warn you that she’s feeding you lies?

Sam: Come on! I feel down! You’ve ruined all my dreams. I just can't get her off my mind.

Michael: You’re really too emotional. You’ve got to come to your senses!

Vocabulary

Overstep one’s bounds: to go further or do more than one is permitted.

Mess with: to meddle or interfere with.

Wipe out (someone): to eliminate someone; to kill someone.

Be shaking in one’s little boots: (sarcastic) to be trembling with fear.

Go out with someone: to go on a date with someone.

Feed something to someone: to tell to someone something that is untrue.

Feel down: to feel sad and depressed.

Get someone/something off one’s mind: to stop thinking about or wanting someone or something.

To come to one’s senses: to begin to think in a sensible or correct way after being foolish or wrong.

Exercise;

Fill in the gaps with the appropriate expressions;

overstep one’s bounds

mess with

feel down

wipe out (someone)

be shaking in one’s little boots

get someone/something off one’s mind

feed something to someone

go out with someone

to come to one’s senses

a. I was .......... when I didn't get the thing I was waiting from long time.

b. She had been .......... him for three years before they got married.

c. The local city council has .......... by imposing this steep new income tax on residents

d. Don't try to.......... that nonsense me! I know it isn't so.

e. He finally .......... and gave up his plans to quit his job and become an artist.

f. That song is so darn catchy — I can't ..........!

g. Ooh, I'm really scared of you! I'm .........., you frighten me so! Huh!

h. The storm ruined the corn crop and .......... everyone in the county.

i. Sarah's a very sensitive kid, so don't .......... her.