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a) he has read half of the book; b) he has not started reading it yet; c) he will soon finish it

3. — How old is she? Forty? She looks great for her age!

— ... helps.

a) hard work; b) busy schedule; c) healthy lifestyle

4. Your bag looks heavy. Let me ... .

a) give you another bag; b) give you a hand; c) give my hand for a handshake

5. A person who can fix any technical problem is called ... .

a) handsome; b) handy; c) handicraft

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6. Things are running out of control in my department at work. I cannot handle this situation any longer.

a) deal with the situation; b) have this situation on my hands; c) touch this situation

7. Skating is not very hard to learn, once you get the hang of it.

a) learn how to do it; b) hang out with people who can skate; c) hang your skates

8. Kevin is popular with girls. He usually hangs out with really cool babes.

a) spends time; b) walks with; c) drives them around in his car 9. You forgot to write an email to your friend because you had a ...

week.

a) hilarious; b) hectic; c) hell of a; d) hot

10. Danny caught hell when father caught him smoking in the backyard.

a) made his father happy; b) got himself in trouble; c) overreacted 11. Do you think I’m happy? My life is a living hell!

a) full of surprises; b) miserable; c) could be better

12. When your parents find out that you didn’t study the whole semester, they will ... .

a) buy you a new car; b) never talk to you again; c) give you hell 13. My neighbor ... when he saw that I parked my car on his driveway.

a) raised hell; b) called the police; c) invited me to his birthday party 14. Kevin met a girl in a bar two weeks ago. They really hit it off that night.

a) liked each other very much; b) beat each other; c) got drunk together I

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15. — Does Jessy have a good sense of humor?

— Oh yeah! She’s ... !

a) OK; b) hilarious; c) funny sometimes

16. Of course you’ve got to be independent to hold out for the right man.

a) wait long enough until you meet the right man; b) hold the right man for a long time; c) make the right man interested

17. Don’t be so ... her. She was only trying to help.

a) nice to; b) mean to; c) hard on

18. My friends told me not to get involved in this situation, but I ended up learning the hard way.

a) I had a bad experience. b) I had a wonderful time. c) I didn’t like what happened to me, I expected more.

19. When your friend says that he’s hooked on whiskey, he means: a) he hates whiskey; b) he drinks lots of whiskey; c) he wants to stop drinking

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break the ice

растопить лед (в переносном смысле), сделать обста-

новку менее напряженной

• Mr. Hemming started his speech by saying a couple of jokes to break the ice. / Мистер Хемминг начал свою речь с нескольких

шуток, чтобы разрядить обстановку.

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ick out

быть неприятным, «вымораживать»

• Ann: That old creep asked me on a date. Can you imagine? / Этот

старый козел пригласил меня на свидание. Представляешь?

L i z : What did you say? / Что ты сказала?

A n n : Of course I said no. The idea of having sex with him icks me out. / Конечно, нет. Меня выворачивает от одной мысли о сексе с ним.

iffy

подозрительное, вызывающее сомнения

• A single father who raises his son without a wife? There’s something iffy about the situation. / Отец-одиночка, который воспиты-

вает сына без жены? Есть что-то странное в этой ситуации.

instinct

интуиция

• — What do you think of that deal? / Что ты думаешь об этой

сделке?

— Looks OK, but my instinct tells me that there’s something wrong.

I say we don’t do anything right now. We wait out on it and see what happens. / Выглядит нормально, но интуиция подсказы-

вает мне, что здесь что-то не так. Предлагаю пока ничего не

делать. Выждем и посмотрим, что произойдет.

intention, intentional

намерение, намеренный

• — I’m uncomfortable talking about that. / Мне неловко это обсуж-

дать.

— I’m sorry for bringing up that issue. It was not my intention to make you uncomfortable. / Простите, что поднял этот во-

прос. Я не хотел вас смутить.

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interest

процент (банковский)

• Mrs. Wilkins keeps her money in a bank. She lives off of the interest. /

Миссис Вилкинс держит деньги в банке. Она живет на проценты.

be into something