Choose the correct word from those in red - Chapter One: Exercise

Advanced everyday english: Advanced vocabulary, phrasal verbs, idioms and expressions - Collins Steven 2011

Choose the correct word from those in red
Chapter One: Exercise

Answers on page 133

I. / don’t think, he had anything to do with what happened. They used him as a(scapegoat/ dogsbody/loophole/cliche) just because he’s the office b(scapegoat/dogsbody/backlog/cocky).

2. You can’t a(come through/go by/go around/bog down) what he says; he has never experienced any form of b(cliche/loophole/backlog/hardship) in his entire life.

3. You are a(on recordloff the record/bogged downlat stake) as saying that he is the best of the b(understated/cocky/outgoing/up and coming) footballers, even though he’s had an appalling season so far. Be prepared to b(lay out/break even/ get a lot of stick/get going) from the viewers of this show.

4. / didn’t think you a(laid out/were in your element/had it in you/were so baffled) to be so nasty.You really b(got going/rubbed him up the wrong waylkept him posted/pencilled him in).

5. Last year was a hard time in our business when we weren’t a(breaking even/in our element/ going around/brushing up), but look how things have picked up so dramatically this year. I don’t know how we b(went about/got going/ went around/came through) such a difficult patch.

6. / will a(come through/go by/pencil you in/get going) for Thursday, but I do have a b(cliche/backlog/loophole/dogsbody) of paperwork to catch up on. I’ve allowed myself to get a bit c(bogged down/up in the air/touchy/loopholed) with it all.

7. a(On record/Off the record/At stake/Coming through), the Prime Minister has admitted that there is not much he can do about the b(backlogs/scapegoats/understatements/loopholes) in the law which allow criminals to get away with murder...sometimes literally, but he keeps telling journalists that he is c(baffled/bogged down/on record/outgoing) as to why the previous government did nothing about it.

8. You say he is a(dogsbody/scapegoat/outgoing/up in the air). That’s a bit of an b(off the record/loophole/cliche/understatement). He’s a big C(cocky/touchy/bogged down/laid out) show-off!

9. He’ll be a(kept posted/baffled/in his element/touchy) at the party with all those pretentious academics coming out with all the usual b(layouts/dogsbodies/cliches/backlogs). But don’t tell him I said that; you know how C(cocky/touchy/baffled/bogged down) he can be.

10. There’s a rumour a(going round/coming through/breaking even/up and coming) the office that you’re not very keen on the new b(understatement/layout/backlog/cliche) of the building I have proposed.

11. It’s all a bit a(at stake/outgoing/off the record/up in the air) at the moment. I’ll b(rub you up the wrong way/give you stick/keep you posted/get you bogged down) and let you know how things proceed.

12. There’s an awful lot a(at stake/in our element/up and coming/of dogsbodies) here. It’s clear that we’re all going to need to b(give a lot of stick/brush up/go round/come through) on our negotiating skills if were going to succeed.

13. I don’t really know how to a(go around/go about/come through/get going) telling him our relationship is over... but I’d better b(pencil him in/rub him up the wrong way/get going/ go about) if I’m going to catch him before his train leaves.