Advanced everyday english: Advanced vocabulary, phrasal verbs, idioms and expressions - Collins Steven 2011
Choose the correct word from those in red
Chapter Four: Exercise
Answers on page 133
1. My kids a(dwell on/take the mickey out of/get a kick out of/lose track of) me when I’m being b(distraught/passe/pompous/squeamish) trying to impress our posh neighbours.
2. His aunt and uncle are a(like chalk and cheese/raking it in/past it/a handful). Sheila b(reaps the rewards /gets flustered/is distraught/loses track) easily, while Derek c (dwells on/skims the surface/goes astray/relishes) leaving things until the last minute and takes everything in his stride.
3. The President has a(squeamishly/inadvertently/handfully/pompously) caused b(unrest/ passing out/stranded/astray) amongst the citizens by introducing a set of tough laws and regulations. I fear he will get his C(rewards/chalk and cheese/comeuppance/stilted) at the next election.
4. a(Amidst/Losing track of/Unwittingly/Gobsmackingly) all the excitement of the wedding celebrations, no-one had noticed that my mother-in-law had b(lost track/gone astray/skimmed the surface/passed out). We were all quite (past it/distraught/stranded/ unrestful) until she came round.
5. I’ve d(got a kick out of/played up/lost track/raked it in) of how many times recently I’ve had a go at the kids for b(reaping the rewards/playing me up/skimming the surface/going astray). They really can be quite c(a handful/passe/past it/stranded) at times.
6. It’s probably best that we don’t a(go astray/skim the surface/dwell/take the mickey)on the issue and this time b(get it out of the system/give him the benefit of the doubt/reap the rewards/get flustered). He’s never got into trouble before.
7. How on earth did you let so much money a(pass out/get stranded/reap the rewards/go astray)? I just can’t b(rake it in/get a kick out of/get my head round/dwell on) this massive loss of funds.
8. I really think we should try our best to a(get to the bottom of/take the mickey out of/reap the rewards of/get a kick out of) this difficult problem rather than simply b(take the mickey/ get to the bottom of/rake it in/skim the surface).
9. I was totally a(stranded/squeamish/pompous/gobsmacked) when he told me how much he was earning. Who would have believed when we were at school together that this wimp would now be b(passing out/raking it in/pompous/skimming the surface)?
10. This type of theatre production has been done so many times, it’s considered a(passe/ squeamish/stranded/gone astray) by all the critics. I have to say that I also find the dialogue very b(distraught/stilted/relished/gobsmacked).
11. When I was a kid, I used to a(get my comeuppance/reap the rewards/get my head round/ get a real kick out of) telling my little sister very bloody horror stories. It was nasty of me because I knew how b(pompous/squeamish/past it/gobsmacked) she was.
12. / had always wanted to swim the English channel and felt I needed to a(give it the benefit of the doubt/get it out of my system/reap the rewards/get my comeuppance), even though my children kept telling me I was b(past it/pompous/squeamish/passe). But one night I had a bad dream, where I was left C(gobsmacked/amidst/like chalk and cheese/stranded) in the middle of a freezing cold sea with no one around to help, so I gave up on the idea.