EIIE Lesson 15

From Lesson 15 of the 5th Edition of Essential Idioms in English.

1. It is a fact of life that older children use the weaknesses of their younger brothers and sisters.

a. take up with

b. out of touch with

c. take advantage of

2. If you want the water to come out of the bottle, you have to turn it so the top is where the bottom was with the upper side facing the lower side.

a. inside out

b. in the long run

c. upside down

3. Jeanne has a determination to do well in every aspect of her work. She never stops trying just because the work is difficult.

a. gives up

b. takes up

c. takes after

4. Regardless of what he says, I don't believe any of the excuses he offers.

a. As for

b. No matter

c. As a matter of fact

5. Farah just got back from vacation. Let's inform her about what happened while she was gone.

a. fill her in

b. fill her out

c. think her over

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

a. out of the question

b. out of touch

c. cut and dried

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

a. to take up

b. to take advantage of

c. to look like

8. Tom and I have been not having contact for many years now. I can hardly believe that he just wrote me a letter.

a. in touch

b. in the long run

c. out of touch

9. Whom do you think that Terry resemble most--her mother or her father?

a. looks over

b. takes after

c. fills out

10. The hospital got crowded after a bad case of the flu because widespread in the city.

a. was carried away

b. took up with

c. broke out