EIIE Lesson 14

From Lesson 14 of the 5th Edition of Essential Idioms in English.

1. I asked my neighbor to watch my dog while I was our of town.

a. to come to

b. to make fun of

c. to look after

2. Do you want to consider going to a movie tonight?

a. feel like

b. stand to reason

c. look forward to

3. I wonder when I'm finally going to receive news from oe.

a. to hear of

b. to hear from

c. to make fun

4. The teacher told her yound student, "Please don't cheat from this time into the future."

a. from now on

b. once and for all

c. as a matter of fact

5. Aren’t you glad that we decided to eat at a restaurant tonight/ This food is great!

a. to eat in

b. to take out

c. to eat out

6. The decision to sell the failing business was rather predicable.

a. come true

b. in fact

c. cut and dried

7. Barbara is a nice person, but unfortunately she always has to arrange matters the way she wants.

a. to have her way

b. to make up er mind

c. to come true

8. Are you pleasantly anticipating the end of the school semesters?

a. hearing of

b. looking forward to

c. paying attention to

9. Actually, I really don't want t take a break right now. I'd rather keep working.

a. Little by little

b. As a matter of fact

c. For good

10. Everything that my parents told me about becoming an adult proved to be correct.

a. came true

b. to hear of it

c. in fact