FCE Idioms 10
Index
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ID57
ANSWERS
EXPLANATION
shake
short
take
well
kill
family
liking
nerves
might
over
1)
Mathew has just bought another new car; he must be very
off.
2)
Lately he's not done a thing and it's really getting on my
.
3)
They're asking far too many personal questions for my
.
4)
Hey, kids,
a leg! You're going to be late for school!
5)
The reception for the new ambassador was quite lavish. Everybody was dressed to
.
6)
They said they had cleaned up but there were bottles all
the place.
7)
He was also
of breath, and his whole face was beginning to swell.
8)
If we can't get any funding we
as well forget the whole thing.
9)
A love of music must run in the
, given how many of them are musicians.
10)
He didn't
very kindly to being disturbed in the middle of the night.
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Answers
1)
be well off
to be rich
2)
to get on one's nerves
to annoy or disturb
3)
for someone's liking
for someone to like or enjoy
4)
shake a leg
to hurry up
5)
dressed to kill
in one's best clothes and looking good
6)
all over the place
in a lot of different places or in all parts of a place
7)
short of breath
having difficulty breathing
8)
might as well
because there is nothing better
9)
run in the family
to be a common feature in a particular family
10)
not take kindly to sth/sb
to not like something/somebody
