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3 PRACTICE THE IDIoMs

Fill in the blanks using these idioms:

buy time cut it out
chill out in charge of
freaked out sick and tired of
all along first things first

1) Nicole really when she heard she lost the
presidential election. She threw her books across the room!

2) Ted, why do you always leave your dirty clothes on the floor?
Your mother is cleaning up after you.

3) Donna, from the National Cookie Company, wanted Susan to
sign a contract right away. Susan told her .
She wanted to speak to a lawyer before signing any papers.

4) As president of the Spanish Club, Nicole will be
organizing a trip to Spain in the spring.

5) When Nicole saw a group of her brother’s friends laughing at
her, she told them to

6) After losing the election, Nicole was very upset. She needed
to take it easy and

7) Bob and Susan weren’t sure yet how much they wanted to
sell their cookie company for. They needed to
so they could get some advice.

8) Nicole had assumed that she was going to
win the election. She was really surprised when she lost.

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