IDIOMATIC AMERICAN ENGLISH ~ LESSON 1 & 2

Thẩm Tâm Vy, June 28

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,, 2019 PRACTISE WITH AMERICAN ENGLISH

IDIOMATIC AMERICAN ENGLISH

Lesson 1. Having a Ball

Dialogue

Tina: I feel like having a ball. Let's splurge.

Barbara: Forget it. I'm broke.

Tina: Don't worry. I'll pick up the tab. I'm loaded today.I'll treat you.

Barbara: No, we'll go Dutch. I don't like to freeload.

Vocabulary

- have a ball (v.) enjoy one's self, have a good time

- splurge (v.) spend a lot of money for something

- (be) broke (adj.) having no money

- pick up the tab (v.) pay the bill

- (be) loaded (adj.) having lots of money

- treat (v.) pay for someone else

- go Dutch (v.) each pay for himself or herself

- freeload (v.) get things that others pay for

Exercise I. Complete the sentences with the correct idiom.

a) pick up the tab b) broke c) loaded d) splurge

e) treat f) go Dutch g) freeloads h) have a ball

1. I don't want pizza tonight. Let's go to a fancy restaurant. Let's .................

2. I have so much money today. I'm ...................

3. You're going to a party? ................................

4. I don't have any money. I'm ...........................

5. You pay for your meal. I'll pay for mine. We'll ...............................

6. This dinner was good. You don't have to pay. I'll ...........................

7. She always eats dinner with us, and never invites us to eat at her house. She always

8. Don't pay for that. I will. I'll ..............................

Exercise II. Reurite the phrases in italics, using the proper idiomatic expression.

1. They always get others to pay for them.. ..............................

2. I want to pay for you. ..............................

3. We will each pay our own bill. ..............................

4. Sometimes I spend a lot of money on clothes. ..............................

5. After payday, I always have a lot of money. ..............................

6. Who paid the check? ..............................

7. When I go to a party, I usually have a good time. ..............................

8. After I pay all my bills, I have no money. ..............................

Lesson 2. Footing the Bill

Dialogue

Florence: I'm always running out of food.

Tina: Why don't you pick up some odds and ends at the store?

Florence: Because I'm fed up with having to foot the bill. I don't like to throw my

money down the drain.

Tina: Have everyone chip in.

Florence: No, just skip it.

Vocabulary

- run out of' (v.) finish the supply, use up

- pick up (v.) obtain, get

- odds and ends (n.) miscellaneous items

- (be) fed up with (adj.) disgusted with, had enough of

- foot the bill (v.) pay

- down the drain (tubes) (adj. or adv.) wasted, lost

- chip in (v.) contribute, give jointly

- skip (v.) forget, pass over

Exercise I. Completethe sentences with the correct idiom.

a) ruus out of b) pick someup c) down the drain d) odds and ends

e) fed up with f) footing the bill g) chip in h) skip

1. She doesn't like cooking every night. She's....................

3. Everybody occasionally bread and milk. .....................

3. He goes to college and lives at home. He doesn't have a job yet. His father

is....................

4. I bought a pair of shoes that don't fit me. I wore them once but my feet hurt. I can't

wear them anymore. That was money.....................

5. Susana wanted to so to the movies but John was too tired. She told him to..................

6. I'm almost packed for vacation. I only need suntan lotion, toothpaste and other.........

7. I don't have enough money to buy that color TV. How much do you have? If all of us

.....................we can buy it.

8. I don't have any bread.I have to.....................

Exercise II. Rewrite the phrases in italics, using the proper idiomatic expression.

1. We used all the milk yesterday. .....................

2. I must get a loaf of bread. .....................

3. I'm disgusted with riding the subways. .....................

4. Whenever they went for dinner, he had to pay. .....................

5. If you gamble, it's money wasted. .....................

6. We're buying her a gift and asking everyone to contribute. .....................

7. We need some miscellaneous iterns for the party. .....................

8. Forget it! .....................