English Conversations

Practice and Learn Module

90 minutes

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Overview

• Went like clockwork• Really chic• It’s a cross• Put to sleep• He got a taste for• Been told off before• Wipe out• Stamp out• I’m in the dark

• Give us a lift home• In low spirits• With open arms• He’ll see red• Pay through the nose• Tailor your resume• Smell a rat• Got his head screwed on• Chewing the fat

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• Take after• Hit the sack• A close shave• A far cry from• Daylight robbery• A stone’s throw away• Hanging out• Popping the question• Get a hang of it

•Take the bull by the horns•A bee in your bonnet•Give up the ghost•Playing hardball•Up to the hilt•At a premium•Capital gains•Went up the wall

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Really chic

It’s a cross

Put to sleep

Got a taste for

Has been told off

Wipe out

Stamp out

In the dark

A lift

In low spirits

With open arms

See red

Pay through the nose

Tailor

Smell a rat

Got his/her head screwed on

Chewing the fat

Take after

Hit the sack

A close shave

A far cry

Daylight robbery

Stone’s throw away

Hanging out

Popping the question

Get a hang of it

Bee in your bonnet

Give up the ghost

Playing hardball

Up to the hilt

At a premium

Capital gains

Went up the wall

Glossary

“A dialogue (sometimes spelled dialog) is a conversation between two or more people. It is also a literary form in which two or more parties engage in a discussion. It is used to make a person feel like they are there listening to the conversation happen in person.”

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