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

Set (59) - It could be right under your nose!

Dialogue

Peter: Steven you’re such a slob! How many times should I warn you not to pile everything up and scatter stuff around? The place is a complete mess!

Steven: Here we go again! I bet you’ve lost your glasses. Haven’t you?

Peter: Of course not! This time my wallet is missing. I’ve looked high and low but to no avail.

Steven: Just stop nagging and it’ll turn up! It could be right under your nose!

Peter: Here it is! On the TV. Anyway, I’m gonna straighten the flat out.

Vocabulary

A slob: (noun) a person who is lazy and has low standards of cleanliness.

Pile up: to accumulate; to put things on top of each other

Scatter around: carelessly put in different places.

A mess: (noun) disorderly, cluttered condition; bad or confused situation.

Look high and low: to look everywhere.

Nag: harass (someone) constantly to do something that they are averse to.

Turn up: to appear.

Right under someone’s nose: in an obvious, nearby place.

Straighten something out: to make something tidy or organized.

Here it is /they are!: said when you've found something you're looking for.

Exercise;

Fill in the gaps with the appropriate expressions;

a slob

pile up

scatter around

a mess

look high and low

nag

turn up

right under someone’s nose

straighten something out

here it is /they are!

a. Getting out of this mess was going to require a fair degree of ingenuity.

b. There were several brightly colored rugs ..........

c. Boats often .......... on the rocks in the shallow water.

d. He leaves his germ - laden, dirty tissue on the table because he is ..........

e. I don't know why you couldn't find it—it's ..........!

f. With the aid of a professional investigator; all the missing documents ..........

g. Jackie constantly .......... her daughter about getting married

h. I've been .......... for that certificate and I still can't find it!

i. A. ”Have you seen my key?” B. “Yeah! In my pocket! ..........

j. The project got so muddled that they had to bring in an outside advisor to ..........