Тест "Уровень знания идиом" по английскому языку

1. I prefer to talk to people face to face rather than to talk on the phone.

2. If you really want to come out of this without too much damage, my advice is to play dumb.

3. The audience held their breath as the magician started to saw a woman half.

4. In the end she lost her temper and told her daughter to hold her tongue.

5. My advice to you is to make your mind up before it's too late and simply go for it.

6. It was late at night, the wind was howling and when she heard the knock on the door, she almost jumped out of her skin.

7. I made it absolutely clear that he could on no account expect a pay rise this year.

8. No matter how smoothly things are running, you can always rely on Charlie to rock the boat.

9. By the way are you thinking of going on holiday?

10. As your house is on our way, we'll give you a lift home if you like.

11. My dream of having my own house has finally come true.

12. Tom told Andrea that giant turtles had escaped from the city zoo and were eating only left-handed people. It wasn't until she saw the smirk on his face that Andrea noticed he was just pulling her leg.

13. Learning a foreign language goes hand in hand with International Business.

14. Everybody thought Jane and Elliot were a happy couple, but it was all just make believe.

15. Now it makes sense to me why you moved out of that house.

16. They're very generous in that museum — not only is the entrance fee reasonable but they give you a brochure for free.

17. It's surprising how few people knew that Charlie was having money problems but I suppose it was because he had kept it to himself.

18. I shouldn't go outside without a raincoat because it's raining cats and dogs.

19. Some of you worked on until the small hours to make it a successful project.

20. Since she won the lottery last week she's been feeling on top of the world.