Idiomatic American English - Lesson 63+64 - Thấm Tâm Vy

Thẩm Tâm Vy, Feb 21, 2020 IDIOMATIC AMERICAN ENGLISH 32

IDIOMATIC AMERICAN ENGLISH 32

Lesson 63. Getting Down to Brass Tacks Dialogue

Terry: Let's get down to brass tacks. Marty: I'm game. I don't want to hear about this project in dribs and drabs. Let's get to the nitty-gritty. Terry: I don't know what you have up your sleeve now, but your last idea was out of this World. Marty: If we sink our teeth into the next project,we'll be on the gravy train.

Vocabulary - get down to brass tacks v.) begin important work or business - game adj.) willing, ready - dribs and drabs n.) small quantities, little by little - nitty-gritty n.) the essence or important part - have something up one's sleeve v.) keep secretly ready for the right time - out of this world adj.) wonderful, terrific - sink one's teeth into v.) go to work seriously - on the gravy train adj.) making a lot of'money

PRACTICE

L Complete the sentences with the corcect idiom.

a) nitty-gritty b) sink your teeth into c) out of this world d) I'm game e) on the gravy

train f) in dribs and drabs g) has up his sleeve h) get down to brass tacks

1. You want to make plarnsto go to Japan next year. Okay, .......... 2. Stop talking on the phone. We have to discussbusiness. Let's .......... 3. Tell me all about the party now. I don't want to hear it. .......... 4. Tell rne what's really bothering you. Let's get down to the .......... 5. He's planning something special.They have been talking secretly fbr hours. I'd like to know what he .......... 6. That dinner was delicious. It was.......... 7. When recording artists sell a miilion records, they are.......... 8. If you're going to pass that course, you better..........those book. II. Rewrite the phrases in italics, nsing the proper idiomatic expression. 1. He won the lotttery. 2. That's terrific. 3. Just tell me the important part. 4. That sounds like a good idea. I'll go along with it. 5. Let's start to discuss business. 6. I'm getting this work done little by little. 7. He’s hiding something. 8. This project is due. Let's seriously go to work on it.

Lesson 64. A Knockout

Dialogue

Stacy: I know she's a knockout and he's nuts about her but he's playing with fire. Wendy: She twists him around her little finger and leads him on. He's at her beck and call. Stacy: Why does he put her on a pedestal? Wendy: Because she plays up to him and pours it on thick.

Vocabulary

- a knockout n.) a beautiful person or thing - nuts about adj.) in love with, enthusiastic about - play with fire v.) invite danger, trouble - twist someone around one's finger v.) influence someone easily - lead on v.) insincerely encourage - at one's beck and call adj,) always ready to do as ordered - put someone on a pedestal v.) idolize, worship - play up to someone v.) flatter or please for selfish reasons - pour (spread, put, lay) it on thick v.) flatter profusely, exaggerat

PRACTICE I. Complete the sentences with the correct idiom.

a) lay it on thick b) twist him around her little finger c) leadinghim on d) playing with fire e) puts her on a pedestal f) at his beckand call g) nuts about

h) a knockout i) playing up to him

1. He wanted to go home early sohe said he had a headache. Nobody really believed him, so he had to.......... 2. Did you notice that beautiful girl? She was.......... 3. If you experiment with drugs, you're.......... 4. Chocolate ice cream is her favorite food. She is..........it. 5. She can make him do whatever she wants. It's amazing how she can.......... 6. He is in love with her but she is not in love with him. Why does she make him believe she loves him by..........? 7. I don't understand why he idolizes her. He.......... 8. He can call her at any time of night and she will come running. She is.......... 9. She is going to make sure she gets the job by.......... II. Rewrite the phrases in italics, using the proper idiomatic expression. l. She will do whatever he says. 2. He worships her. 3. He is very enthusiastic about golf. 4. She …