Advanced Conversation A Midterm

Match the following

• start to cry suddenly

• feel at home

• To drink something quickly

• gulp down something

• talk too much

• blabber

• feel comfortable

• burst into tears

• constantly harass

• pester someone

Match the following

• nervous feeling

• take a break

• take a rest

• kick oneself

• regret doing something

• wrong side of the tracks

• go to an area not visited by most people

• get off the beaten path

• the bad section of a city

• knot in one's stomach

The little girl was ______when her doll was thrown away. (devastated)

I'm going to have to _______if I hope to pass this class.

• slack off

• knuckle down

• ditch

• hook up

To hope for a positive result

• make a fuss

• sleep on it

• keep one's fingers crossed

• run of the mill

to lose someone on purpose

• pull one's leg

• ditch someone

• stressed out

• look into something

very nervous

• keyed up

• down and out

• drag

• play it safe