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. I simply can't stand sugar in my tea or coffee.

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

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

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

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

10. If I had a chance to go to Paris, I would make the most of it.

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

12. Ana finally made it. She is an excellent doctor.

13. He kept saying he didn't do it but in the end he said he had done it.

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

15. They tried in vain to save enough money to buy a house and so finally they rented one.

16. If you think I'm going to parachute out of a plane for fun, you must be out of your mind.

17. When the business folded, he took the lion's share of the assets.

18. I take my hat off to all those people who worked hard to get the contract.

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

20. He is like a fish out of water whenever he goes to a party.