Практикум по лексикологии английского языка. Часть 2. Фразеология. Маковецкая Н.А - 13 стр.

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The little girl shed a few crocodile tears.
a) She shed big tears.
b) Her tears were not real tears of sorrow.
c) She was crying because she was angry.
I haven’t been to the cinema for donkey’s years.
a) I haven’t been to the cinema for a few years.
b) I haven’t been to the cinema for many years.
c) I haven’t been to the cinema for ages.
Jane thinks she’s the cat’s whiskers.
a) Jane’s too self-important.
b) Jane’s shy.
c) Jane’s mad.

Exercise 24. a) Fill the missing words in the sentences below. Choose from the
following, using plural forms where necessary. b) Classify the expressions
according to structural-semantic parameters
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arm        Bone        body       finger     Hair       leg       stomach
back       Brain       cheek      flesh      Hand       mouth     tooth
blood      Breast      chest      foot       Heart      nerve

1. Being retired, he suddenly found himself with lots of time on his … but with little
to do to occupy it.
2. You need to have a strong … to work in a slaughterhouse.
3. He got up very late this morning and had the … to complain about his breakfast
being cold!
4. She had a sweet … and couldn't resist buying chocolates and cream cakes.
5. None of the students liked Mr. Baker. In fact, everyone was glad to see the … of
him when he left to teach in Italy.
6. I think I'll go and stretch my … I've been sitting down all morning and I'm
feeling a bit stiff.
7. I've got an essay to write on the history of computing. Unfortunately, I don't
know anything about it, so do you mind if I pick your … ?
8. He used to love mountain climbing, but when a friend of his was killed in the
Himalayas he lost his … and never went climbing again.
9. The viewers were up in … when the television station announced it was going to
change the time of the evening news broadcast from 9 o'clock to 9.30.
10.There's something wrong somewhere. I can't put my … on what it is exactly,
but something just doesn't feel right.
11. The cruel way some owners treat their pets makes my … boil.
12. "Hurry up, Dorothy! The taxi's waiting!"
    "All right, keep your … on! I'm coming."
13. Getting a problem off your … is the first stage to being able to solve it.
14. She decided to make a clean … of everything and confess that she was the one
who had stolen the money.