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exhaustive

inexhaustible

exhaustion

X. Match each of the following idioms with a suitable definition in the right-hand column:

211. 
     He is doing time.
     
212. 
     You have arrived.
     
213. 
     She blew her top.
     
214. 
     Most people don’t usually like playing gooseberry.
     
215. 
     I think I put my foot into it.
     
216. 
     You gave me kittens.
     

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  to frighten someone very much
  
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  to achieve fame, success
  
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  to do or say something wrong or stupid
  
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  to be present with two persons, lovers who want to be alone
  

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  to get into a rage and lose self-control
  
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  to undergo a period of imprisonment
  
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  to reach a destination
  

217. 
     Mary is giving him the cold shoulder.
     
218. 
     He was on the ball.
     
219. 
     It is still on the cards.
     
220. 
     I’m picking up now, thank you.
     
221. 
     I saw red.
     
222. 
     You’ve had it!
     

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  to be in trouble
  
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  to feel better, recover health
  
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  to show distaste for someone’s company
  
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  to be likely to happen
  
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  to be competent in what one is doing
  
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  to lose control of oneself
  
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  to anticipate danger
  

223. 
     John us full of beans as usual.
     
224. 
     He went off the deep end.
     
225. 
     They live in the sticks.
     
226. 
     You’ve got me there.
     
227. 
     Now you’ve done it.
     
228. 
     He was a bit shirty.
     

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  Good point: I have no idea of what the solution is
  
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  to be lively and energetic, in high spirits
  
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  far from big cities
  
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  to do something seriously wrong
  
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  to feel ill-tempered
  
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  to catch someone doing something wrong
  
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  to express strong feelings without trying to control them
  

229. 
     They’ve made it!
     
230. 
     That’s torn it!
     
231. 
     He is getting on a bit
     
232. 
     He’s got a chip on his shoulder.
     
233. 
     It is still rather wooly
     
234. 
     Shall we square up later?
     

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  to do something that someone else will strongly complain about
  
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  not to be clear or incisive
  
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  to pay the bills or debts that one owes to someone else
  
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  to ruin something completely
  
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  to succeed
  
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  to have a defiant air, as if expecting a challenge from others
  
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  to be or get old