Основы теории английского языка. Листунова Е.И. - 45 стр.

     17. David and the new boss seem to have got off on the wrong ...
Poor David! There go his chances for promotion.
     18. Stop putting words into my ..! I never said opera was boring,
I just said I preferred musicals, that’s all.
    V. Complete the proverbs.
    Complete the following proverbs by choosing an ending from those
marked a-p. Then try to explain what each proverb means.
    1. Absence...
    2. Beauty...
    3. First come...
    4. When the cat’s away...
    5. No news...
    6. A miss...
    7. One good turn...
    8. A bird in the hand...
    9. A bad workman...
   10. Charity...
   11. Practice...
   12. Necessity...
   13. A new broom...
   14. One man’s meat...
   15. Too many cooks...
   16. Where there’s a will...
       a) ...is worth two in the bush
       b) ...begins at home
       c) ...is as good as a mile
       d) ...spoil the broth
       e) ...is the mother of invention
       f)    ...makes the heart grow fonder
       g) ...always blames his tools
       h) ...sweeps clean
       i)    ...there’s a way
       j)    ...is only skin deep
       k) ...the mice will play
       l)    ...deserves another
       m) ...first served
       n) ...makes perfect
       o) ...is good news
       p) ...is another man’s poison
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