Упражнение на устойчивые сочетания в Intermediate Language Practice
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Устойчивые сочетания из Intermediate Language Practice by Vince
DO
~ your best, ~ damage, ~ an experiment, ~ exercises, ~ someone a good turn, ~ someone a favour, ~ harm, ~ your hair, ~ your homework, ~ the ironing/shopping/washing, ~ some work.
GIVE
~ a call/ring, ~ a lift, ~ a hand, ~ a smile, ~ permission, ~ a tip, ~ credit.
HAVE
~ an accident, ~ an argument / a row, ~ a break, ~ a conversation/chat, ~ difficulty, ~ a dream/nightmare, ~ an experience, ~ a feeling, ~ fun / a good time, ~ a look, ~ a party, ~ a problem, ~ a try/go.
MAKE
~ arrangements for, ~ a change, ~ a choice, ~ a comment, ~ a contribution to, ~ a decision, ~ an effort, ~ an excuse, ~ friends, ~ an improvement, ~ a mis~, ~ a phone call, ~ progress.
TAKE
~ a holiday, ~ a trip, ~ a train, ~ a bus, ~ a liking to, ~ a risk, ~ an interest, ~ photos, ~ a chance, ~ a dislike to, ~ advantage, ~ action.
PAY
~ attention, ~ a compliment, ~ your respects, ~ tribute, a ~ rise, a ~ cut, sick ~.
Упражнение на устойчивые сочетания из Intermediate Language Practice Vince
1. They took a keen interest in our project.
2. Can I have a look at your laptop?
3. I’m sure that you will have a lot of fun here.
4. The medical community continues to make progress in the fight against cancer.
5. There is plenty of work to be done in the garden.
6. Who makes the financial decisions in your company?
7. Anyone can have a bad day.
8. The best thing to do is to apologize.
9. Once the damage is done, no surgery can undo it entirely.
10. The lawyer has five calls to make this morning.
11. She made unhelpful comments on his work.
12. It will make a very bad impression if you’re late for an interview.
13. We want to help students to make more informed career choices.
14. He had an accident at work and had to go to hospital.
15. He made some contribution to the success of the whole project.
16. Did you have fun at the party?
17. He often finds it hard to make friends with other children.
18. Don’t worry, we all are prone to making careless mistakes.
19. Three years ago they took a long holiday.
20. I’ll give you a lift to the station if you like.
21. I’ll be back in a minute. I’m doing my hair.
22. The mayor paid tribute to the men who had fought the blaze.
23. Why don’t you give me a call and we’ll have a chat?
24. I always take a couple of aspirins when I feel a cold starting.
25. They made arrangements to meet each other at the restaurant.
26. He paid me the compliment of inviting me to lecture at his school.
27. She took the first train home.
28. Could you do me a favour and help with my essay?
29. Doing the washing is such a bore!
30. Have a break for tea!
31. I’ll just do the dishes before we go.
32. He took his chances and jumped into the water.
33. I think she takes advantage of my good nature.
34. Listen to the questions carefully and try to give clear answers.
35. We made some modest improvements to our initial plan.
36. I took an instant dislike to her.
37. He did us a good turn by resigning.
38. «This problem is impossible to solve.» «Here, let me have a go.»
39. He made an excuse to explain his disappearance at the meeting on Monday.
40. Before you go near a stockbroker, do your homework.
41. I couldn’t get to the gym, so I had to do some exercises in my bedroom.
42. They gave one of their best performances to date.
43. I’ve come to pay my respects to my former teachers.
44. We need to make some effort to finish on time.
45. Can you phone the hairdresser and make an appointment?
46. They had no military experience at all.
47. I couldn’t just stand by and do nothing.
48. They had an awful row several months ago, but they made up.
49. She has difficulty running nowadays.
50. We must take action to deal with the problem before it spreads to other areas.
51. There, now, you’re all right. No harm has been done.
52. Have you made any progress on your research?
53. I think we may have a problem with them.
54. It makes a change to read some good news for once.
55. You should take the bus if you want to see the sights.
56. For some reason he had taken a liking to gambling.
57. If you paid more attention in class, you might actually come on!