Из предложенных вариантов в каждом вопросе выберите тот, который ближе всего по смыслу подходит к выделенному жирным шрифтом участку предложения.
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. Don't worry, we pride ourselves on being helpful to all our customers and getting that booked for you is all in a day's work for us.
4. I can't understand why he doesn't take the hint.
5. The audience held their breath as the magician started to saw a woman half.
6. In the end she lost her temper and told her daughter to hold her tongue.
7. My advice to you is to make your mind up before it's too late and simply go for it.
8. No matter how smoothly things are running, you can always rely on Charlie to rock the boat.
9. By the way are you thinking of going on holiday?
10. This last year, my company has made money hand over fist!
11. The beginning of a new generation of computer software is at hand.
12. Charity made a scene at the club when she saw her boyfriend dancing with another girl.
13. Ana finally made it. She is an excellent doctor.
14. Mom, can you tell Todd to stop making fun of me?
15. You'll never see your money again because I'm afraid he's gone for good.
16. They tried in vain to save enough money to buy a house and so finally they rented one.
17. Considering they are over 70 years old, you must admit they are in good shape.
18. If you think I'm going to parachute out of a plane for fun, you must be out of your mind.
19. It's surprising how few people knew that Charlie was having money problems but I suppose it was because he had kept it to himself.
20. Since she won the lottery last week she's been feeling on top of the world.