Question: 1 Jill: 'I'm so confused, I don't know what to do.' Frank: '.......'

Take it free. Take it easy. Take it light. Take it relaxed. Show Answer

Question: 2 Jill: 'What shall I do — I'm in a terrible state!' Frank: '.......'

Calm on. Calm up. Calm along. Calm down. Show Answer

Question: 3 Jill: 'I'm afraid I've just broken the handle.' Frank: '.......'

Don't brood. Don't annoy. Don't worry. Don't anger. Show Answer

Question: 4 Jill: 'I hope nobody minds if I leave early.' Frank: '.......'

It'll be all right. It'll be all correct. It'll be all straight. It'll be all fine. Show Answer

Question: 5 Jill: 'It's going to cost a lot of money to put right, I'm afraid.' Frank: '.......'

It's not the end of the day. It's not the end of life. It's not the end of the world. It's not the end of everything. Show Answer

Question: 6 Jill: 'I do hope they make it tonight — it's very late you know.' Frank: '.......'

They're tied to come. They're forced to come. They're destined to come. They're bound to come. Show Answer

Question: 7 Jill: 'I don't think I can stand much more of this.' Frank: '.......'

The worst is by. The worst is over. The worst is through. The worst is gone. Show Answer

Question: 8 Jill: 'What's your view of what's coming next?' Frank: '.......'

Things can only grow better. Things can only show better. Things can only get better. Things can only appear better. Show Answer

Question: 9 Jill: 'I've lost everything my job, my house, my money — what should I do?' Frank: '.......'

Count your blessings. Count your benefits. Count your assets. Count your possessions. Show Answer

Question: 10 Jill: 'I'm very depressed at the moment, sorry.' Frank: '.......'

Face up. Cheek up. Nose up. Chin up. Show Answer

Question: 1 The detective story is sometimes called 'whodunit' because the reader has to work ....... who did it, who committed the crime.

in out off over Show Answer

Question: 2 The skill of course of the writing is how many times a reader can be sent up ....... alleys.

short twisted blind long Show Answer

Question: 3 Another way of putting this is how many red ....... the author can throw in the reader's path.

fish sharks cod herrings Show Answer

Question: 4 The idea is to keep the readers in a permanent state of ....... so that they never know what's going to happen next.

suspense suspension suspending suspenders Show Answer

Question: 5 As the plot ......., you find yourself agreeing with one character's solution and then another's.

undoes unfolds unties unfurls Show Answer

Question: 6 As a result you feel as if you are walking in a ....... since at each turning you come to a block end.

muddle mess maze mist Show Answer

Question: 7 One of the best known detectives is Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot who uses what he calls his little grey ....... — his brains.

molecules cells particles atoms Show Answer

Question: 8 Invariably Poirots calls all the ....... together in the last part of the story.

suspicions suspecting suspected suspects Show Answer

Question: 9 One by one he ....... the innocent until finally the murderer is unmasked.

extinguishes excludes eliminates exerts Show Answer

Question: 10 The thing that always surprises me is the fact that the murderer bothers to take ....... in the final meeting.

partition part parting parted Show Answer

Question: 1 I hung the washing out only two hours ago but it is already bone ....... thanks to the hot sunshine.

parched dry clear dried Show Answer

Question: 2 They came straight out with their complaint ....... no bones about it whatsoever.

saying trying doing making Show Answer

Question: 3 It was a miracle that he was still alive as he hadn't eaten for weeks and when they found him he was just ....... and bone.

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Question: 4 It was quite simple really — he never did any work at all and was sacked for being bone ........

lazy useless idle inactive Show Answer

Question: 5 It's impossible to say exactly why I think that's the case. All I can say is that I ....... it in my bones.

understand feel see follow Show Answer

Question: 6 We're expecting a visit from a French couple soon so I'll have to bone ....... on my French.

in to with up Show Answer

Question: 7 Ah, yes I've got a bone to ....... with you. You told me you would pay me back last week and I still haven't got the money yet.

pick chew taste eat Show Answer

Question: 8 Although the TV programme was funny, my aunt was a bit shocked because some of the jokes were a bit ....... the bone.

next close near by Show Answer

Question: 9 I won't go into the full details of the proposition, I'll just give you the ....... bones.

naked bare simple stripped Show Answer

Question: 10 Her children were very ungrateful for all she'd done for them as she had really worked her ....... to the bone for them.

elbows arms legs fingers Show Answer