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

Set (49) - Who filled you in on that?

Dialogue

George: I truly pity Mike! This guy is completely dominated by his wife.

She simply leads him around by the nose!

Carl: You’re such a pushover! Who filled you in on that? Things are not always what they seem.

George: What do you mean?

Carl: Mike does have a mind of his own but she is putting the screws on him after she caught him cheating on her.

George: Yeah! They used to be at odds with each other most of the time and could never see eye to eye!

Carl: I know Mike well. He’ll stand up for himself one way or another.

Vocabulary

Leads someone around by the nose: to completely control a person.

A pushover: a person who is easy to overcome or influence.

Fill someone in on: to give someone extra or missing information.

Have a mind of one’s own: be capable of independent opinion or action.

Put the screws on someone: to force somebody to do something, especially by frightening and threatening them.

Cheat on someone: to secretly have sex with someone other than your husband, wife, or partner.

At odds: in conflict or at variance.

See eye to eye: be in full agreement.

Stand up for oneself: to speak or act in support of.

Exercise;

Fill in the gaps with the appropriate expressions;

leads someone around by the nose

a pushover

fill someone in on

have a mind of one’s own

put the screws on someone

cheat on someone

at odds

see eye to eye

stand up for oneself

a. Please .......... what happened last night.

b. She gave him a sweet smile, totally at .......... the look of dislike in her eyes.

c. Dad's a .......... He'll let me do anything I want.

d. Though they work as a team, they often don't .......... on most issues.

e. You've got to .........., stop being such a mama's boy.

f. I can't stand the way your mother .......... like that and tells you what to do!

g. The electricity company is really .......... We've got a week to pay before our supply is cut off!

h. Her parents want her to go to college, but she .......... and insists on trying to become an actress.

i. The magazine claims that almost half of Britain's women .......... their partners.