Продуктивное чтение. Еремин Ю.В - 115 стр.

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UNIT 4.

8. Use the idioms from the list to rewrite the sentenc

es below.

be at a loss be a dead loss cut your losses

(to do sth)

1. For once my mother didn’t know what to do, so I sat

her down and gave her a cup of tea.

2. The last conference we went to was completely use

less – I didn’t learn anything.

3. Nobody in America wanted to the film, so the only

solution was to stop working and sell the film to televi

sion.

9. Be sure you know the difference between the fol

lowing verbs. Give your own example sentences using these

words.

FORCE STH ON

to force someone to

accept sth that they

do not want

IMPOSE

sth on

INFLICT

sth on