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

Set (84) - You double-crosser! Quit playing with fire

Dialogue

Mike: Her lifestyle as a tightwad had given her a handsome bank account and no one to share it with!

Luna: On top of that she’s on the verge of kicking the bucket! Go figure!

Mark: I should make use of this opportunity and tie the knot at her. And then, I end up the sole heir and come into all her fortune.

Luna: You double-crosser! Quit playing with fire.

Mark: Did I slip up or anything?

Luna: You just keep it up and see what happens!!

Vocabulary

Tightwad: (adj) a mean or miserly person; stingy; Scrooge.

Kick the bucket: to die; to pass away.

Make use of: to benefit from.

Tie the knot: to get married (to each other).

Sole heir: the person who inherits the whole heritage.

Come into: to inherit; to receive money as a result of a relative’s death.

Double-crosser: (adj) traitor; disloyal.

Play with fire: to do something that could cause you trouble.

Slip up: to make a careless error.

Keep it up: Just keep acting that way and see what happens to you.

Exercise

Fill in the gaps with the appropriate phrases:

tightwad

kick the bucket

make use of

tie the knot

sole heir

come into

double-crosser

play with fire

slip up

keep it up

a. Some people are born lucky! Mike .......... an enormous inheritance!

b. They often .......... when it came to spelling because of the heavy workload.

c. Moshweshwe now presented himself as .......... to a line of landholders

d. There's no point in asking Joe to pay for it - he's a real ..........

e. When the old girl finally .......... there was no mention of yours truly in the will.

f. They were educated enough to .......... further training.

g. We .......... in a little chapel on the Arkansas border.

h. I'll make sure that dirty .......... never works in this town again, if it's the last thing I do.

i. Jen swears she's being safe when she experiments with drugs, but I think she's ..........