Make Your Way 6, Schulbuch mit Audio-CD und CD-ROM

Language booster: Idioms on words 15 • Complete the minidialogues with the missing lines. • Match the “word” expressions from the exercise above with the alternative way of saying them. 1 A: So you’ll pay us the money tomorrow? B: _________________________________ 5 A: Anna, will you marry me? B: _________________________________ 8 A: So did she actually call you a liar? B: _________________________________ 6 A: I’ve never worked so hard in my life. B: _________________________________ 2 A: How do I know you’re not lying? B: _________________________________ 4 A: I can’t remember ever having seen such a bad film. B: _________________________________ 3 A: Can I borrow the car tonight, dad? B: Well, I need it until 7 pm and I think your sister wants it … A: _________________________________ 7 A: Hey, Dan. You work at AKA Computers, don’t you? B: Yeah, why? A: Well, I’ve got a job interview there tomorrow with your boss, Mr Hardy. A: _________________________________ a And you want me to put a good word in for you. Sure, I’ll talk to him. b What? I’m lost for words! Are you serious? c Don’t make me laugh! You don’t know the meaning of the word hard work! d Of course I will. I give you my word. e Not in so many words, but she made it clear she didn’t believe me. f So in other words, “no”. g I guess you’ll just have to take my word for it. h You took the words out of my mouth. It was terrible! 1 to put a good word in for sb. 2 I am lost for words. 3 You don’t know the meaning of the word 4 to give sb. one’s word 5 not in so many words 6 in other words 7 Take my word for it. 8 to take the words out of one’s mouth a You don’t know what it is. b I was just about to say the same thing. c what you’re trying to say is d not using exactly those words e to recommend sb. f to promise sth. to sb. g I don’t know what to say. h Believe/trust me. 163 3 Compact unit 3: “Words are all we have” Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv