American Idiomes ) Having Breakfast )

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أسم الكتاب المستخدم: Success with American Idioms
أسماء المؤلفين: Lin Lougheed and the staff of Kaplan Educational Centers


أسم الموضوع:

Having Breakfast


:Conversation One

?Tony: Put in a slice of bread for me, will you
.Nadine: The toaster is full. You'll have to stand in line
.Tony: Come on! My ride will be picking me up any minute. Hand over one of your slices


:Conversation Two


.Linda: What's wrong with this coffee maker? I turned it on, and nothing's happiening
.Clyde: Maybe it's not plugged in. Or maybe you forgot to put water in the tank
Linda: I checked out both. I'd better run down to the corner and get some coffee
.from the deli
?Clyde: would you mind picking up some pastries for me while you're there


:Short Talk

You can't mess with anyone's breakfast. You may be able to surprise someone
with a new taste sensation for lunch. You might be able to fool around with
new ways to prefare chicken for dinner, but at breakfast time, people are not in the mood
for experiments. They won't put up with different tastes early in the day. Most people
.start off their day with the same thing, day after day, week after week, month after month
People get into a rountine, and if the rountine changes, they get riled up and will make their
.anger known. Stay away from someone who did not get his normal breakfast
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الترجمة لبعض العبارات التى جاءت في النص:-

.Put in: Place into --

Pick up: Give a ride to some place --
.Turn on: Make operable; start --

.Checked out: Look into; investigate --

.Run down to: Go to --
.Pick up:Get; buy --
.Mess with: Temper with or change --

. Fool around with : Casually try different things out --
.Put up with:Tolerate --
.Start off with:Begin --
.Get into:Follow; become used to --
.Stay away from: Avoide --

.Plug in: Connect to an electrical source --

.Rile up: Annoy --

.Hand over: Give --
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[2k2]

thaaaaaaaanx :45:

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.. :) You are most welcome 2k2
.Questions and answers are going to be posted next in this thread

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: Fill in the blanks to complete the sentences


.(1

.I _______ from stores that have a lot of sales staff pestering me to buy things


.(2

.Elizabeth asked her secretary to ________ her mail ________ the outgoing basket


.(3

.If no one can ________ the ambassador at three, I’ll have a taxi sent for him


.(4

.When the policeman stopped her, she had to ________ her driver’s license to him


.(5

. Make sure the toaster isn’t ________ if you’re going to repair it


.(6

.If he hadn’t ________ the computer program, it would probably still be working


.(7

. We ________ the day ____ with a trip to the beach


.(8

.If you’re going to the grocery store on the corner, please ________ some milk


.(9

.I’ll ________ the bakery and get some doughnuts for breakfast


.(10

.It is important to quietly ________ a new employee’s mistakes and many questions


.(11

.Maria got ________ when she was not invited to her best friend's engagement party


.(12

. It used to be easy to ________ a daily exercise program


.(13

.these scarves and colors until you find a combination you like ________


.(14

.She ________ all her options and decided to invest in the stock market


.(15

.I usually ________ the TV if I’m home alone

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:Answer Key

.(1

stay away


.(2

put ( her mail ) in


.(3

pick up


.(4

hand over


.(5

plugged in


.(6

messed with


.(7

started ( the day ) off


.(8

pick up


.(9

run down to


.(10

put up with


.(11

riled up


.(12

get into


.(13

fool around with


.(14

checked out


.(15

turn on
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